1956 - NASCAR Grand National Series

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1956 - 29 Race Results

Race Name - 29
Date - 7/1/1956
Race Track - Asheville-Weaverville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 72.26 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 56.435 mph
Lead Changes -
Total Race Purse - $4,285
Race Number - 29

More Races from 1956

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	11	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	200	56 Dodge		$850
2	12	Jim Paschal	75	C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth)	200	56 Mercury		$625
3	4	Joe Eubanks	82	Satcher Motors (James Satcher)	197	56 Ford		$450
4	7	Gwyn Staley	2	Hubert Westmoreland	194	56 Chevrol		$350
5	9	Herb Thomas	300	Carl Kiekhaefer	193	56 Chrysle		$310
6	6	Frank Mundy	500	Carl Kiekhaefer	193	56 Dodge		$250
7	14	Billy Rafter	41	Billy Rafter	187	56 Dodge		$200
8	16	Dick Beaty	34	Ike Kiser	186	56 Ford		$150
9	18	Bill Bowman	58	Bill Bowman	181	56 Plymout		$100
10	22	Al Watkins	48	Don Holcomb	179	56 Ford		$100
11	13	Tootle Estes	100	Dave Everett	178	56 Chevrol		$100
12	27	Johnny Allen	264	Spook Crawford	172	56 Plymout		$100
13	25	Bobby Keck	96	Bobby Keck	170	56 Chevrol		$100
14	21	Harvey Henderson	19	Harvey Henderson	168	56 Ford		$100
15	29	Joe Bill McGraw	114		163	56 Ford		$100
16	19	Chuck Mahoney	40	Billy Rafter	162	56 Dodge		$100
17	23	Billy Carden	209	Vance McLean Sales Co (Pete Stewart)	147	56 Plymout		$100
18	1	Fireball Roberts	22	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	142	56 Ford		$100
19	10	Rex White	0	Max Welborn	139	56 Chevrol		$50
20	15	Junior Johnson	55	Brushy Mountain Motors (AL Bumgarner)	137	56 Pontiac		$50
21	5	Buck Baker	300	Carl Kiekhaefer	126	56 Chrysle		$
22	8	Billy Myers	14	Bill Stroppe	102	56 Mercury		$
23	3	Ralph Moody	12	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	85	56 Ford		$
24	20	Sherman Utsman	418		80	56 Chevrol		$
25	17	Ed Massey	56		76	56 Ford		$
26	2	Speedy Thompson	300	Carl Kiekhaefer	71	56 Chrysle		$
27	24	Brownie King	760	Brownie King	54	56 Chevrol		$
28	28	Blackie Pitt	59	Brownie Pitt	36	56 Plymout		$
29	26	Jack Smith	91	Ted Chester	5	56 Chevrol		$