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1956-26

NASCAR Grand National race number 26 of 56
Friday, June 15, 1956 at Southern States Fairgrounds, Charlotte, NC
200 laps on a .500 mile dirt track (100.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:47:06
Average Speed: 56.022 mph
Pole Speed: 59.661 mph

Cautions: 2 for 6 laps
Margin of Victory: n/a
Attendance: 7,800
Lead changes: 3

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	2	300C	Speedy Thompson	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Chrysler	200	650	running	174
2	8	99	Curtis Turner	Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam)	'56 Ford	195	525	running	0
3	7	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'56 Dodge	195	400	running	0
4	1	22	Fireball Roberts	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	193	320	rear end	26
5	5	300	Buck Baker	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Chrysler	189	290	quit	0
6	10	500B	Herb Thomas	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Dodge	186	250	fuel	0
7	6	11	Tim Flock	Mauri Rose	'56 Chevrolet	180	300	engine	0
8	3	12	Ralph Moody	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	150	150	crash	0
9	19	203	Pete Yow	Pete Yow	'56 Buick	150	100	carburetor	0
10	17	34A	Richard Riley		'56 Oldsmobile	141	100	running	0
11	18	94	Ed Cole	Ed Cole	'56 Mercury	134	100	overheating	0
12	11	75	Jim Paschal	C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth)	'56 Mercury	115	100	oil pressure	0
13	4	14	Billy Myers	Bill Stroppe	'56 Mercury	106	100	piston	0
14	12	55	Junior Johnson	Brushy Mountain Motors (A.L. Bumgarner)	'56 Pontiac	69	100	clutch	0
15	15	9	Joe Weatherly	Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam)	'56 Ford	66	100	rear end	0
16	14	82	Joe Eubanks	Satcher Motors (James Satcher)	'56 Ford	30	100	distributor	0
17	16	62	Bobby Waddell		'56 Chevrolet	30	100	brakes	0
18	9	271	Billy Carden		'56 Mercury	24	100	engine	0
19	13	34	Dick Beaty	Ike Kiser	'56 Ford	16	50	spindle	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Speedy Thompson	1	1	1
Fireball Roberts	2	27	26
Speedy Thompson	28	200	173

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