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1956 Raleigh 250

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NASCAR Grand National race number 30 of 56
Wednesday, July 4, 1956 at Raleigh Speedway, Raleigh, NC
250 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (250.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:07:55
Average Speed: 79.822 mph
Pole Speed: 82.587 mph

Cautions: 1
Margin of Victory: 2 lp 10 sc
Attendance: 13,600
Lead changes: 6

Glossary 1956 NASCAR Grand National results / 1956 standings

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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Frank Mundy	1	13	13
Fireball Roberts	14	64	51
Buck Baker	65	87	23
Fireball Roberts	88	161	74
Speedy Thompson	162	174	13
Fireball Roberts	175	250	76

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