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1956 - 26 Race Results


Race Name - 26
Date - 6/15/1956
Race Track - Southern States Fairgrounds
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 59.661 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps - 6
Average Race Speed - 56.022 mph
Lead Changes - 3
Total Race Purse - $3,935
Race Number - 26
 More Races from 1956
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 2 Speedy Thompson 300 Carl Kiekhaefer 200 56 Chrysle 174 $650
2 8 Curtis Turner 99 Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam) 195 56 Ford 0 $525
3 7 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 195 56 Dodge 0 $400
4 1 Fireball Roberts 22 DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) 193 56 Ford 26 $320
5 5 Buck Baker 300 Carl Kiekhaefer 189 56 Chrysle 0 $290
6 10 Herb Thomas 500 Carl Kiekhaefer 186 56 Dodge 0 $250
7 6 Tim Flock 11 Mauri Rose 180 56 Chevrol 0 $300
8 3 Ralph Moody 12 DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) 150 56 Ford 0 $150
9 19 Pete Yow 203 Pete Yow 150 56 Buick 0 $100
10 17 Richard Riley 34 141 56 Oldsmob 0 $100
11 18 Ed Cole 94 Ed Cole 134 56 Mercury 0 $100
12 11 Jim Paschal 75 C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth) 115 56 Mercury 0 $100
13 4 Billy Myers 14 Bill Stroppe 106 56 Mercury 0 $100
14 12 Junior Johnson 55 Brushy Mountain Motors (AL Bumgarner) 69 56 Pontiac 0 $100
15 15 Joe Weatherly 9 Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam) 66 56 Ford 0 $100
16 14 Joe Eubanks 82 Satcher Motors (James Satcher) 30 56 Ford 0 $100
17 16 Bobby Waddell 62 30 56 Chevrol 0 $100
18 9 Billy Carden 271 24 56 Mercury 0 $100
19 13 Dick Beaty 34 Ike Kiser 16 56 Ford 0 $50