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1956-47 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 47 of 56 Sunday, September 23, 1956 at Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne, PA 300 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (300.000 miles) Time of race: 4:06:34 Average speed: 70.615 mph Pole speed: 93.628 mph Cautions: 9 Margin of victory: 7 laps + Attendance: 31000 Lead changes: 10 Glossary    1956 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1956 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 3   Paul Goldsmith Smokey Yunick '56 Chevrolet 300 4150 running 182 2 8 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '56 Dodge 293 1800 running 0 3 10 67   Speedy Thompson Carl Kiekhaefer '56 Dodge 292 1175 running 0 4 9 26   Jim Paschal Bill Stroppe '56 Mercury 292 950 running 70 5 11 92   Herb Thomas Herb Thomas '56 Chevrolet 290 700 running 0 6 7 14   Billy Myers Bill Stroppe '56 Mercury 288 550 running 0 7 42 5   Bill Blair Bill Blair '56 Mercury 284 450 running 0 8 37 10   Rex White Max Welborn '56 Chevrolet 280 400 running 0 9 19 64   Johnny Allen Spook Crawford '56 Buick 274 400 running 0 10 21 62   Russ Truelove Bob White '56 Mercury 268 250 running 0 11 25 17   Dick Allwine Earl Wright '56 Chevrolet 263 200 running 0 12 23 03   Vince Cougineri – '56 Chrysler 256 150 running 0 13 20 84   Jack Tykarski Lawson & Netti Racing '56 Ford 250 225 running 0 14 28 20   Charles Blewitt – '55 Plymouth 242 100 running 0 15 29 77   Cecil Lassiter – '56 Ford 235 100 running 0 16 13 16   Tiny Lund Gus Holzmueller '56 Chevrolet 232 100 running 0 17 3 22   Fireball Roberts DePaolo Engineering   (Pete DePaolo) '56 Ford 220 125 oil line 38 18 35 21   George Cork – '55 Plymouth 215 100 engine 0 19 34 98   Danny Letner Tom Harbison '56 Dodge 209 100 engine 0 20 31 53   Jack Montgangelo Jack Montgangelo '56 Chevrolet 206 100 running 0 21 41 79   John Lindsay John Lindsay '55 Chevrolet 204 75 transmission 0 22 32 34   Johnny Coy – '56 Chrysler 197 175 running 0 23 17 63   Bill Tanner Al Liberty '55 Chevrolet 182 75 running 0 24 39 47   Harvey Eakin Harvey Eakin '54 Nash 173 75 crash 0 25 14 7   Jim Reed Jim Reed '56 Chevrolet 169 75 fire 1 26 33 31   Bill Champion John Whitford '56 Ford 145 75 transmission 0 27 38 95   Jim Rhoades Jim Rhoades '55 Packard 143 75 steering 0 28 15 1   Elton Hildreth Elton Hildreth '56 Mercury 122 75 spindle 0 29 12 97   Bill Amick DePaolo Engineering   (Pete DePaolo) '56 Ford 104 75 radiator 0 30 40 27   Peck Peckham Peck Peckham '55 Chevrolet 101 75 running 0 31 24 02   Mario Rossi Mario Rossi '55 Chrysler 97 60 rear end 0 32 16 38   Bill Parks – '56 Ford 92 60 crash 0 33 36 24   Gene Bergin Malcolm Barlow '56 Dodge 76 60 gasket 0 34 6 9   Marvin Panch Tom Harbison '56 Ford 74 60 engine 0 35 22 69   Dave Terrell Gowan's Auto Parts   (Matt Gowan) '56 Plymouth 66 60 gasket 0 36 27 83   Chuck Hanson – '55 Oldsmobile 66 50 gasket 0 37 18 81   Frank Jamison – '55 Chevrolet 54 50 crankshaft 0 38 1 87   Buck Baker Carl Kiekhaefer '56 Chrysler 51 125 oil line 9 39 26 23   Benny DeRosier Adelmo Tiezzi '54 Hudson 43 50 steering 0 40 30 18   Ronnie Herra – '55 Plymouth 34 50 head 0 41 43 4   Corey Benjamin – '55 Plymouth 34 50 gasket 0 42 4 12   Ralph Moody Pete DePaolo '56 Ford 3 50 crash 0 43 5 66   Harvey Henderson Harvey Henderson '56 Ford 3 50 crash 0 44 44 11   Francis Dionne – '56 Packard 2 150 crash 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Vincent Cannizzaro 30 G. Pitcairn Chrysler Chick Garno 33 Chick Garno Chevrolet Louis Headley 43 Louis Headley Chevrolet Al Watkins 48 Don Holcomb Ford Larry Flynn 73 B.B. Morris Buick Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Buck Baker 1 9 9   Paul Goldsmith 10 18 9   Fireball Roberts 19 42 24   Paul Goldsmith 43 74 32   Fireball Roberts 75 76 2   Jim Reed 77 77 1   Jim Paschal 78 116 39   Paul Goldsmith 117 209 93   Fireball Roberts 210 221 12   Jim Paschal 222 252 31   Paul Goldsmith 253 300 48