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1956 - 41 Race Results


Race Name - 41
Date - 8/23/1956
Race Track - Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 61.433 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 54.372 mph
Lead Changes - 2
Total Race Purse - $4,185
Race Number - 41
 More Races from 1956
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Ralph Moody 12 DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) 200 56 Ford 133 $850
2 10 Jim Paschal 75 C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth) 198 56 Mercury 0 $625
3 6 Rex White 0 Max Welborn 198 56 Chevrol 0 $450
4 3 Herb Thomas 92 Herb Thomas 196 56 Chevrol 0 $350
5 8 Speedy Thompson 296 Pete DePaolo 193 56 Ford 67 $310
6 7 Joe Eubanks 82 Satcher Motors (James Satcher) 193 56 Ford 0 $250
7 18 Buck Baker 300 Carl Kiekhaefer 192 56 Chrysle 0 $200
8 5 Fireball Roberts 22 Pete DePaolo 192 56 Ford 0 $150
9 12 Wayne Fielden 100 Dave Everett 190 56 Chevrol 0 $100
10 11 Johnny Allen 264 Spook Crawford 176 56 Plymout 0 $100
11 9 Billy Rafter 41 Billy Rafter 148 56 Dodge 0 $100
12 14 Roy Bentley 50 Marion Cox 142 56 Ford 0 $100
13 13 Fred Frazier 35 Fred Frazier 104 56 Ford 0 $100
14 4 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 97 56 Dodge 0 $100
15 15 Jimmy Pardue 62 28 55 Chevrol 0 $100
16 17 Jim Watkins 28 27 55 Chevrol 0 $100
17 16 Joe Bill McGraw 14 18 56 Ford 0 $100
18 2 Billy Myers 4 Bill Stroppe 10 56 Mercury 0 $100