1956 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Raleigh 250 Race Results

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1956 - Raleigh 250 Race Results

Race Name - Raleigh 250
Date - 7/4/1956
Race Track - Raleigh Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 82.587 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 79.822 mph
Lead Changes - 6
Total Race Purse - $13,425
Race Number - 30

More Races from 1956

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	32	Fireball Roberts	22	Pete DePaolo	250	56 Ford	201	$3,000
2	2	Speedy Thompson	500	Carl Kiekhaefer	248	56 Dodge	13	$2,000
3	27	Frank Mundy	502	Carl Kiekhaefer	247	56 Dodge	13	$1,275
4	3	Herb Thomas	92	Herb Thomas	246	56 Chevrol	0	$925
5	10	Tim Flock	11	Mauri Rose Engineering (Mauri Rose)	243	56 Chevrol	0	$750
6	4	Paul Goldsmith	3	Smokey Yunick	242	56 Chevrol	0	$650
7	30	Marvin Panch	99	Tom Harbison	241	56 Ford	0	$550
8	18	Bill Walker	5		238	56 Chevrol	0	$500
9	25	Rex White	0	Max Welborn	237	56 Chevrol	0	$400
10	29	Jack Smith	91	Ted Chester	236	56 Chevrol	0	$375
11	28	Buck Baker	300	Carl Kiekhaefer	234	56 Chrysle	23	$300
12	6	Jim Paschal	75	C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth)	231	56 Mercury	0	$275
13	20	Emanuel Zervakis	113	Emanuel Zervakis	222	56 Chevrol	0	$225
14	14	Billy Carden	9	Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam)	217	56 Ford	0	$225
15	13	Rat Garner	240	Rat Garner	216	56 Ford	0	$225
16	36	Ed Cole	94	Ed Cole	216	56 Mercury	0	$100
17	15	Al Watkins	48	Don Holcomb	213	56 Ford	0	$100
18	16	Bill Champion	31	John Whitford	212	56 Ford	0	$100
19	35	Bobby Keck	96	Bobby Keck	206	56 Chevrol	0	$100
20	12	Pat Kirkwood	286	Jim Stephens	203	56 Pontiac	0	$150
21	19	Arden Mounts	18	Arden Mounts	195	56 Pontiac	0	$100
22	5	Johnny Allen	264	Spook Crawford	181	56 Plymout	0	$150
23	8	Gwyn Staley	2	Hubert Westmoreland	146	56 Chevrol	0	$100
24	34	Ken Love	640	Ken Love	144	55 Ford	0	$100
25	7	Joe Eubanks	82	Satcher Motors (James Satcher)	136	56 Ford	0	$150
26	31	Billy Myers	14	Bill Stroppe	91	56 Mercury	0	$100
27	17	Ralph Liguori	88	Ernest Woods	90	56 Oldsmob	0	$150
28	9	Ralph Moody	12	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	82	56 Ford	0	$100
29	22	Johnny Dodson	131	Johnny Dodson	77	55 Chevrol	0	$100
30	21	Bob Duell	95	Julian Buesink	63	56 Ford	0	$100
31	26	Bud Geiselman	3		61	55 Chevrol	0	$
32	11	Sherman Utsman	418		47	56 Chevrol	0	$
33	33	Dick Beaty	34	Ike Kiser	45	56 Ford	0	$
34	24	Blackie Pitt	59	Brownie Pitt	43	56 Plymout	0	$
35	23	Pat Grogan	29		21	56 Mercury	0	$
36	1	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	9	56 Dodge	0	$50