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1956 Southern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 44 of 56 Monday, September 3, 1956 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 364 laps on a 1.375 mile paved track (500.500 miles) Time of race: 5:15:33 Average speed: 95.167 mph Pole speed: 119.659 mph Cautions: 7 for 68 laps Margin of victory: 2 laps + Attendance: 70000 Lead changes: 13 Glossary    1956 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1956 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 11 99   Curtis Turner Schwam Motors   (Charlie Schwam) '56 Ford 364 11750 running 224 2 1 57   Speedy Thompson Mercury Outboards   (Carl Kiekhaefer) '56 Chrysler 362 5000 running 15 3 2 8   Marvin Panch Hunter Ford   (Pete DePaolo) '56 Ford 359 3370 running 40 4 23 7   Jim Reed Jim Reed '56 Chevrolet 359 1850 running 0 5 4 3   Paul Goldsmith Smokey's Best Damn Garage   (Smokey Yunick) '56 Chevrolet 358 1300 running 0 6 17 26   Jim Paschal Bill Stroppe '56 Mercury 358 1850 running 31 7 3 97   Bill Amick DePaolo Engineering   (Pete DePaolo) '56 Ford 357 1020 running 0 8 16 9   Joe Weatherly Schwam Motors   (Charlie Schwam) '56 Ford 352 900 running 0 9 30 47   Bobby Johns J.M. Fitzgibbons '56 Chevrolet 349 700 running 0 10 20 93   Pat Kirkwood Howard Moore '56 Pontiac 347 550 running 0 11 28 10   Rex White Max Welborn '56 Chevrolet 345 400 running 0 12 15 86   Tim Flock John Foster Motors   (John Foster) '56 Ford 345 490 running 19 13 22 61   Roz Howard Roz Howard '56 Chevrolet 343 250 running 0 14 25 38   Johnny Patterson H.B. Ranier '56 Chevrolet 343 225 running 0 15 35 32   Junior Johnson Smokey Yunick '56 Chevrolet 342 200 running 0 16 14 14   Billy Myers Bill Stroppe '56 Mercury 341 300 running 0 17 68 35   Lee Petty Mullen Special   (Fred Frazier) '56 Ford 340 175 running 0 18 39 80   Harold Hardesty Beryl Jackson '56 Oldsmobile 339 350 running 0 19 42 81   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '56 Chevrolet 338 140 running 0 20 46 43   Shorty York – '56 Ford 336 130 running 0 21 19 31   Bill Champion Whitford Brothers   (John Whitford) '56 Ford 336 120 running 0 22 65 69   Possum Jones Warren Lee '56 Chevrolet 336 110 running 0 23 57 11   Emanuel Zervakis Emanuel Zervakis '56 Chevrolet 334 100 running 0 24 54 16   Tiny Lund Gus Holzmueller '56 Chevrolet 331 100 running 0 25 45 64   Johnny Allen Spook Crawford '56 Plymouth 330 300 running 0 26 6 87   Buck Baker Mercury Outboards   (Carl Kiekhaefer) '56 Chrysler 330 225 running 0 27 53 91   Jack Smith Elridge Motors   (Ted Chester) '56 Chevrolet 329 75 running 0 28 36 19   Billy Carden Schwam Motors   (Charlie Schwam) '56 Ford 329 75 running 0 29 24 75   Bill Blair Temple Motors   (Frank Hayworth) '56 Mercury 327 125 running 0 30 33 63   Sherman Utsman Robert McReynolds '56 Chevrolet 327 75 running 0 31 64 65   Lou Spears Matt Gowan '56 Plymouth 322 150 running 0 32 50 60   Brownie King Brownie King '56 Chevrolet 320 50 running 0 33 9 82   Joe Eubanks Satcher Motors   (James Satcher) '56 Ford 317 50 gasket 0 34 66 48   Allen Adkins Don Holcomb '56 Ford 315 50 running 0 35 43 89   Tom Lupo Granger Motors '56 Ford 313 50 running 0 36 29 21   Gene Bergin Malcolm Barlow '56 Dodge 308 250 running 0 37 31 88   Ralph Liguori Ernest Woods '56 Oldsmobile 300 150 axle 0 38 7 27   Frank Mundy Mercury Outboards   (Carl Kiekhaefer) '56 Dodge 276 180 engine 0 39 40 66   Harvey Henderson Harvey Henderson '56 Ford 266 50 running 0 40 61 34   Dick Beaty Ike Kiser '56 Ford 264 50 crash 0 41 67 84   Judge Rider Lawson & Netti Racing '56 Ford 258 50 running 0 42 52 23   Wade Fields – '56 Ford 244 50 running 0 43 56 54   Bill Brown City of Whiteville, N.C.   (Leland Colvin) '55 Buick 235 250 crash 0 44 55 73   Larry Flynn Williamson Motors   (B.B. Morris) '56 Buick 222 150 crash 0 45 62 83   Johnny Dodson Johnny Dodson '56 Chevrolet 204 50 wheel 0 46 63 59   Blackie Pitt Brownie Pitt '56 Plymouth 202 100 rear end 0 47 51 6   Pat Grogan Pat Grogan '56 Mercury 202 50 gas tank 0 48 47 30   Clyde Palmer Jack Chatenay '56 Plymouth 177 50 overheating 0 49 5 92   Herb Thomas Herb Thomas '56 Chevrolet 173 50 crash 0 50 18 1   Parnelli Jones Torrance Motors   (Vel Miletich) '56 Ford 169 70 crash 0 51 13 22   Fireball Roberts DePaolo Engineering   (Pete DePaolo) '56 Ford 166 160 crash 35 52 44 44   Ray Hendrick – '56 Chevrolet 163 50 engine 0 53 10 52   Bill Widenhouse Beatty Motors   (Bob Widenhouse) '56 Ford 159 50 engine 0 54 27 29   Dink Widenhouse Dink Widenhouse '56 Ford 158 50 crash 0 55 48 50   Roy Bentley Marion Cox '56 Ford 146 50 crash 0 56 58 24   Ken Love Richard Gallup '56 Ford 134 50 running 0 57 8 12   Ralph Moody DePaolo Engineering   (Pete DePaolo) '56 Ford 119 70 crash 0 58 12 15   Fonty Flock Bill Stroppe '56 Mercury 117 80 spindle 0 59 32 98   Danny Letner Tom Harbison '56 Dodge 113 100 crash 0 60 37 40   Don Oldenberg Don Oldenberg '56 Plymouth 100 50 gas tank 0 61 34 76   Bobby Myers Bill Stroppe '56 Mercury 91 50 gas tank 0 62 21 95   Bob Duell Police Special   (Julian Buesink) '56 Ford 90 50 rear end 0 63 60 51   Nace Mattingly Nace Mattingly '56 Ford 73 50 engine 0 64 41 5   Pee Wee Jones Joe Blair '56 Dodge 60 50 throttle 0 65 26 2   Gwyn Staley Alamance Motors   (Hubert Westmoreland) '56 Chevrolet 57 50 crash 0 66 49 25   Doug Yates Air Lift   (Leland Colvin) '56 Chevrolet 54 50 crash 0 67 70 72   Peck Peckham Peck Peckham '55 Chevrolet 27 50 gasket 0 68 38 17   Russ Graham Earl Wright '56 Chevrolet 26 50 crash 0 69 69 13   Jesse James Taylor Jesse James Taylor '56 Ford 25 50 engine 0 70 59 18   Arden Mounts Arden Mounts '56 Pontiac 12 50 piston 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Bryce Beck Bryce Beck Chrysler Bobby Boyd Bobby Boyd Plymouth Pete Yow 03 Pete Yow Ford Joe Blair 5 Joe Blair Dodge Rat Garner 17 Rat Garner Ford Everett Brashear 39 Walter Mason Chevrolet Matt Gowan 64 Matt Gowan Plymouth Jud Larson 69 Dick Schofield Chevrolet William Pike 74 William Pike Pontiac WD Johnny Fite 20 Plymouth WD Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises Dodge Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Marvin Panch 1 1 1   Speedy Thompson 2 16 15   Tim Flock 17 32 16   Marvin Panch 33 33 1   Curtis Turner 34 35 2   Tim Flock 36 38 3   Curtis Turner 39 95 57   Marvin Panch 96 100 5   Jim Paschal 101 131 31   Fireball Roberts 132 166 35   Curtis Turner 167 168 2   Marvin Panch 169 201 33   Curtis Turner 202 364 163