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 - 41 Race Results
| Race Name - 41Date - 8/23/1956Race Track - Piedmont Interstate FairgroundsTrack Length (Miles) - 0.5 milesRace Length (Miles) - 100 milesPole Speed - 61.433 mphNumber of Cautions - Caution Laps - Average Race Speed - 54.372 mphLead Changes - 2Total Race Purse - $4,185Race 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 |
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