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1956-43

NASCAR Convertible Series race number 43 of 47
Tuesday, September 18, 1956 at Cleveland County Fairgrounds, Shelby, NC
200 laps* on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:07:50
Average speed: 43.416 mph
Pole speed: 60.729 mph

Cautions: 1
Margin of victory: 1 lap +
Attendance: 2400
Lead changes: 1

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	2	26	Curtis Turner	Pete DePaolo	'56 Ford	185	500	running	184
2	1	12	Joe Weatherly	Pete DePaolo	'56 Ford	184	425	running	1
3	7	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn	'56 Chevrolet	182	325	running	0
4	5	34	Gwyn Staley	Hubert Westmoreland	'56 Chevrolet	178	300	running	0
5	11	48	Jimmie Lewallen	Bob Welborn	'56 Chevrolet	175	275	running	0
6	10	99	Billy Carden	Schwam Motors	'56 Ford	173	250	running	0
7	17	7A	Larry Odo	Larry Odo	'56 Chevrolet	173	200	running	0
8	13	4	Art Binkley	Art Binkley	'56 Plymouth	172	175	running	0
9	21	41	Billy Rafter	C.M. Julian	'56 Dodge	169	150	running	0
10	4	22	Glen Wood	Wood Brothers	'56 Ford	169	150	running	0
11	15	56	Cannonball Brown	Cannonball Brown	'56 Chrysler	166	125	running	0
12	8	3	Norman Schihl	Norman Schihl	'56 Ford	164	125	running	0
13	3	2	Bill Lutz	–	'56 Ford	160	125	running	0
14	16	34A	Richard Riley	–	'54 Oldsmobile	148	125	running	0
15	14	14	Bob Beck	Bob Beck	'56 Chevrolet	130	125	crash	0
16	18	711	Bill Poor	Bill Poor	'56 Chevrolet	123	110	running	0
17	19	55	Mel Larson	Mel Larson	'56 Ford	68	100	handling	0
18	20	45	Bun Emery	Bill Brown	'56 Mercury	67	100	overheating	0
19	6	33	Jimmy Massey	Hubert Westmoreland	'56 Chevrolet	8	50	fuel tank	0
20	12	86	Don Oldenberg	Don Oldenberg	'55 Buick	2	150	a frame	0
21	9	0	Possum Jones	Ray Fletcher	'56 Ford	145	50	disqualified	0

* Race shortened to 185 laps due to rain.

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Joe Weatherly	1	1	1
Curtis Turner	2	185	184