1956 - NASCAR Grand National Series

NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race

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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 - 47 Race Results

Race Name - 47
Date - 9/23/1956
Race Track - Langhorne Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 300 miles
Pole Speed - 93.628 mph
Number of Cautions - 9
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 70.615 mph
Lead Changes - 10
Total Race Purse - $13,900
Race Number - 47

More Races from 1956

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Paul Goldsmith	3	Smokey Yunick	300	56 Chevrol	182	$4,150
2	8	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	293	56 Dodge	0	$1,800
3	10	Speedy Thompson	67	Carl Kiekhaefer	292	56 Dodge	0	$1,175
4	9	Jim Paschal	26	Bill Stroppe	292	56 Mercury	70	$950
5	11	Herb Thomas	92	Herb Thomas	290	56 Chevrol	0	$700
6	7	Billy Myers	14	Bill Stroppe	288	56 Mercury	0	$550
7	42	Bill Blair	5	Bill Blair	284	56 Mercury	0	$450
8	37	Rex White	10	Max Welborn	280	56 Chevrol	0	$400
9	19	Johnny Allen	64	Spook Crawford	274	56 Buick	0	$400
10	21	Russ Truelove	62	Bob White	268	56 Mercury	0	$250
11	25	Dick Allwine	17	Earl Wright	263	56 Chevrol	0	$200
12	23	Vince Cougineri	3		256	56 Chrysle	0	$150
13	20	Jack Tykarski	84	Lawson Netti	250	56 Ford	0	$225
14	28	Charles Blewitt	20		242	55 Plymout	0	$100
15	29	Cecil Lassiter	77		235	56 Ford	0	$100
16	13	Tiny Lund	16	Gus Holzmueller	232	56 Chevrol	0	$100
17	3	Fireball Roberts	22	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	220	56 Ford	38	$125
18	35	George Cork	21		215	55 Plymout	0	$100
19	34	Danny Letner	98	Tom Harbison	209	56 Dodge	0	$100
20	31	Jack Montgangelo	53	Jack Montgangelo	206	56 Chevrol	0	$100
21	41	John Lindsay	79	John Lindsay	204	55 Chevrol	0	$75
22	32	Johnny Coy	34		197	56 Chrysle	0	$175
23	17	Bill Tanner	63	Al Liberty	182	55 Chevrol	0	$75
24	39	Harvey Eakin	47	Harvey Eakin	173	54 Nash	0	$75
25	14	Jim Reed	7	Jim Reed	169	56 Chevrol	1	$75
26	33	Bill Champion	31	John Whitford	145	56 Ford	0	$75
27	38	Jim Rhoades	95		143	55 Packard	0	$75
28	15	Elton Hildreth	1	Elton Hildreth	122	56 Mercury	0	$75
29	12	Bill Amick	97	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	104	56 Ford	0	$75
30	40	Peck Peckham	27	Peck Peckham	101	55 Chevrol	0	$75
31	24	Mario Rossi	2	Mario Rossi	97	55 Chrysle	0	$60
32	16	Bill Parks	38		92	56 Ford	0	$60
33	36	Gene Bergin	24	Malcolm Barlow	76	56 Dodge	0	$60
34	6	Marvin Panch	9	Tom Harbison	74	56 Ford	0	$60
35	22	Dave Terrell	69	Dave Terrell	66	56 Plymout	0	$60
36	27	Chuck Hansen	83		66	55 Oldsmob	0	$50
37	18	Frank Jamison	81		54	55 Chevrol	0	$50
38	1	Buck Baker	87	Carl Kiekhaefer	51	56 Chrysle	9	$125
39	26	Benny DeRosier	23	Adelmo Tiezzi	43	54 Hudson	0	$50
40	30	Ronnie Herra	18		34	55 Plymout	0	$50
41	43	Corey Benjamin	4		34	55 Plymout	0	$50
42	4	Ralph Moody	12	Pete DePaolo	3	56 Ford	0	$50
43	5	Harvey Henderson	66	Harvey Henderson	3	56 Ford	0	$50
44	44	Francis Dionne	11		2	56 Packard	0	$150