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1956-37 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Convertible Series race number 37 of 47 Saturday, August 25, 1956 at Raleigh Speedway, Raleigh, NC 150 laps* on a 1.000 mile paved track (150.000 miles) Time of race: 1:56:09 Average speed: 76.969 mph Pole speed: 83.237 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: 6000 Lead changes: n/a Glossary    1956 NASCAR Convertible Series results   /   1956 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 3 26   Curtis Turner Pete DePaolo '56 Ford 149 2100 running – 2 1 12   Joe Weatherly Pete DePaolo '56 Ford 149 1450 running – 3 9 33   Jimmy Massey Hubert Westmoreland '56 Chevrolet 149 975 running – 4 2 22   Glen Wood Wood Brothers '56 Ford 148 500 running – 5 10 5   Tom Pistone Tom Pistone '56 Chevrolet 146 400 running – 6 8 98   Allen Adkins Tom Harbison '56 Dodge 145 300 running – 7 15 7A   Larry Odo Larry Odo '56 Chevrolet 141 250 running – 8 4 34   Gwyn Staley Hubert Westmoreland '56 Chevrolet 140 200 engine – 9 23 711   Bill Poor Bill Poor '56 Chevrolet 139 150 running – 10 22 25   Bill Brown Sam McCuthen '56 Chevrolet 138 125 running – 11 13 14   Bob Beck Bob Beck '56 Chevrolet 135 100 running – 12 19 77   Larry Frank Lonnie Fish '56 Chevrolet 132 100 running – 13 5 49   Bob Welborn Bob Welborn '56 Chevrolet 130 100 engine – 14 21 56   Cannonball Brown Cannonball Brown '56 Chrysler 129 100 crash – 15 11 86   Don Oldenberg Don Oldenberg '55 Buick 127 100 tires – 16 18 45   Bun Emery Bill Brown '56 Mercury 125 100 axle – 17 20 71   Dick Joslin Bill Webb '56 Dodge 124 100 running – 18 7 2   Bill Lutz – '56 Ford 124 100 water hose – 19 24 54   Don Corley – '56 Ford 106 75 running – 20 16 55   Mel Larson Mel Larson '56 Ford 104 75 rear end – 21 6 0   Possum Jones Ray Fletcher '56 Ford 103 50 fuel pump – 22 14 4   Art Binkley Art Binkley '56 Plymouth 89 50 clutch – 23 17 3   Norman Schihl Norman Schihl '56 Ford 32 50 push rod – 24 12 48   Jimmie Lewallen Bob Welborn '56 Chevrolet 11 50 engine – * Race shortened to 149 laps due to scoring error.