NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race
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NASCAR's premier series has been known as the NASCAR Cup Series since 2020, previously known as the Monster Energy Cup Series. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is the top top racing series of NASCAR. It holds 36 races over the season at tracks loacted in the United States. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1956 - 42 Race Results
| Race Name - 42Date - 8/25/1956Race Track - Coastal SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.5 milesRace Length (Miles) - 100 milesPole Speed - 58.346 mphNumber of Cautions - Caution Laps - Average Race Speed - 50.576 mphLead Changes - Total Race Purse - $4,485Race Number - 42 | More Races from 1956 |
| Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
| 1 | 3 | Fireball Roberts | 22 | DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) | 200 | 56 Ford | 1 | $950 |
| 2 | 7 | Billy Myers | 4 | Bill Stroppe | 200 | 56 Mercury | $675 | |
| 3 | 10 | Jim Paschal | 75 | C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth) | 199 | 56 Mercury | $475 | |
| 4 | 6 | Buck Baker | 300 | Carl Kiekhaefer | 196 | 56 Chrysle | $365 | |
| 5 | 19 | Speedy Thompson | 501 | Carl Kiekhaefer | 196 | 56 Dodge | $320 | |
| 6 | 9 | Joe Eubanks | 82 | Satcher Motors (James Satcher) | 196 | 56 Ford | $250 | |
| 7 | 4 | Billy Carden | 271 | 191 | 56 Mercury | $200 | ||
| 8 | 18 | Johnny Allen | 264 | Spook Crawford | 184 | 56 Plymout | $150 | |
| 9 | 12 | Fred Frazier | 35 | Fred Frazier | 184 | 56 Ford | $100 | |
| 10 | 13 | Pete Yow | 203 | Pete Yow | 182 | 56 Ford | $100 | |
| 11 | 16 | Larry Flynn | 54 | BB Morris | 180 | 55 Buick | $100 | |
| 12 | 8 | Bill Champion | 31 | John Whitford | 90 | 56 Ford | $100 | |
| 13 | 2 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Herb Thomas | 76 | 56 Chevrol | $100 | |
| 14 | 15 | Joe Bill McGraw | 14 | 66 | 56 Ford | $100 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 64 | 56 Dodge | $100 | |
| 16 | 1 | Ralph Moody | 12 | Pete DePaolo | 61 | 56 Ford | $100 | |
| 17 | 14 | Ed Cole | 94 | Ed Cole | 60 | 55 Mercury | $100 | |
| 18 | 20 | Jim Watkins | 28 | 43 | 55 Chevrol | $100 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Roy Bentley | 50 | Marion Cox | 41 | 56 Ford | $50 | |
| 20 | 17 | Spook Crawford | 64 | Spook Crawford | 13 | 55 Plymout | $50 |
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