1956 - NASCAR Grand National Series

NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race

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.

The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. 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 - 11 Race Results

Race Name - 11
Date - 4/22/1956
Race Track - Langhorne Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 150 miles
Pole Speed - 104.59 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 75.928 mph
Lead Changes - 2
Total Race Purse - $5,800
Race Number - 11

More Races from 1956

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Buck Baker	87	Carl Kiekhaefer	150	56 Chrysle	109	$1,750
2	5	Herb Thomas	92	Carl Kiekhaefer	149	56 Chrysle	0	$1,000
3	6	Tim Flock	3	Smokey Yunick	149	56 Chevrol	41	$725
4	3	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	149	56 Dodge	0	$530
5	12	Jimmy Massey	2	Hubert Westmoreland	146	56 Chevrol	0	$345
6	17	Allen Adkins	97	Tom Harbison	146	56 Ford	0	$200
7	18	Cotton Owens	86	Jim Stephens	143	56 Pontiac	0	$150
8	7	Billy Myers	14	Bill Stroppe	140	56 Mercury	0	$135
9	14	Jim Paschal	75	C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth)	139	56 Mercury	0	$115
10	40	Bill Blair	5	Joe Blair	134	56 Dodge	0	$100
11	38	Al Watkins	48	Don Holcomb	129	56 Ford	0	$50
12	24	Russ Graham	3		127	55 Chrysle	0	$50
13	32	John Lindsay	78	John Lindsay	124	55 Chevrol	0	$50
14	23	Ray Chaike	16	Gus Holzmueller	124	56 Chevrol	0	$50
15	34	Walt Schubert	77	Bob Bunselmeyer	120	55 Ford	0	$50
16	29	Buzz Woodward	81		120	55 Chevrol	0	$50
17	4	Danny Letner	98	Tom Harbison	119	56 Dodge	0	$50
18	13	Jim Reed	7	Jim Reed	116	56 Chevrol	0	$50
19	33	Bill Parks	95	Roy Alloway	113	55 Packard	0	$50
20	25	Bud Geiselman	33	Chick Garno	112	55 Chevrol	0	$50
21	35	Harvey Eakin	47	Harvey Eakin	105	54 Nash	0	$25
22	9	Ralph Moody	12	Southeastern Dealers (Pete DePaolo)	98	56 Ford	0	$25
23	27	Harvey Henderson	19	Harvey Henderson	93	55 Chevrol	0	$25
24	10	Junior Johnson	55	AL Bumgarner	83	56 Pontiac	0	$25
25	19	Rex White	10	Max Welborn	83	56 Chevrol	0	$25
26	39	Fred Lorenzen	50	Fred Lorenzen	76	56 Chevrol	0	$25
27	22	Ralph Liguori	6	Ralph Liguori	71	56 Dodge	0	$25
28	31	Benny DeRosier	23	Adelmo Tiezzi	64	54 Hudson	0	$25
29	41	Donald Thomas	51		62	56 Dodge	0	$25
30	11	Tiny Lund	37	Gus Holzmueller	60	56 Pontiac	0	$25
31	15	Fireball Roberts	22	Pete DePaolo	59	56 Ford	0	$
32	37	Bill Tanner	63	Al Liberty	48	55 Chevrol	0	$
33	30	Buzz Auckland	39	Leslie Carr	43	56 Chevrol	0	$
34	16	Jimmie Lewallen	49	Bob Welborn	40	56 Chevrol	0	$
35	26	Dick Allwine	17	Earl Wright	31	55 Chevrol	0	$
36	36	Don Carr	85	Jim Stephens	30	56 Pontiac	0	$
37	2	Speedy Thompson	0	Carl Kiekhaefer	29	56 Chrysle	0	$
38	8	Bobby Myers	15	Bill Stroppe	28	56 Mercury	0	$
39	20	Fonty Flock	34	Carl Kiekhaefer	22	56 Chrysle	0	$
40	21	Russ Truelove	26	Bob White	22	56 Mercury	0	$
41	28	Kenneth Wagner	84	Lawson Netti	16	56 Ford	0	$