Grand National Race No. 30
1956 NASCAR Cup Series Race 30 of 56
Race InformationTrack Information
Total Purse:$13,425Race Date:Jul 4, 1956Raleigh Speedway
Margin of Victory:2 LapsRace Duration:3Hr 7Min 55Sec.Raleigh, North Carolina
Lead Changes:8 Among / 6 DriversAverage Speed:79.822 MPH1 Mile Paved
No. of Cars:63No. of Cautions:1

Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information
Winner InformationPole InformationManufacturer Points
Driver: Fireball Roberts F. RobertsDriver: Lee Petty L. PettyFord:9
Car No.:#22 FordCar No.:#42 DodgeDodge:0
Team:DePaolo EngineeringTeam:Petty EnterprisesChevrolet:0
Crew Chief:Crew Chief:Chrysler:0
Laps Led:201 of 250Pole Speed:82.587 MPH
Official 1956 Grand National Race No. 30 Results
FinishStartNumDriverSponsorMfgPointsLapsLedStatus
13222 Fireball Roberts F. RobertsFireball RobertsPete DePaolo (Car Owner)0250127Running
22500 Speedy Thompson S. ThompsonSpeedy ThompsonMercury Outboards024813Running
327502 Frank Mundy F. MundyFrank MundyMercury Outboards02470Running
4392 Herb Thomas H. ThomasHerb ThomasThomas Racing02460Running
51011 Tim Flock T. FlockTim FlockMauri Rose Engineering02430Running
643 Paul Goldsmith P. GoldsmithPaul GoldsmithSmokey's Best Damn Garage02420Running
73099 Marvin Panch M. PanchMarvin PanchTom Harbison (Car Owner)02410Running
8185 Bill Walker B. WalkerBill Walker02380Running
925X Rex White R. WhiteRex WhiteMax Welborn (Car Owner)02370Running
102991 Jack Smith J. SmithJack SmithTed Chester (Car Owner)02360Running
1128300C Buck Baker B. BakerBuck BakerMercury OutboardsChrysler023423Running
12675 Jim Paschal J. PaschalJim PaschalC U Later Alligator02310Running
1320113 Emanuel Zervakis E. ZervakisEmanuel ZervakisZervakis Racing02220Running
14149 Billy Carden B. CardenBilly CardenSchwam Motors02170Running
1513240 Rat Garner R. GarnerRat GarnerRat Garner (Car Owner)02160Running
163694 Ed Cole E. ColeEd ColeEd Cole (Car Owner)02160Running
171548 Al Watkins Al WatkinsAl WatkinsDon Holcomb (Car Owner)02130Running
181631 Bill Champion B. ChampionBill ChampionJohn Whitford (Car Owner)02120Running
193596 Bobby Keck B. KeckBobby KeckBobby Keck (Car Owner)02060Running
2012286 Pat Kirkwood P. KirkwoodPat KirkwoodJim Stephens (Car Owner)02030Oil Pressure
211918 Arden Mounts A. MountsArden MountsArden Mounts (Car Owner)01950Running
225264 Johnny Allen J. AllenJohnny AllenSpook Crawford (Car Owner)01810Overheating
2382 Gwyn Staley G. StaleyGwyn StaleyWestmoreland Racing01460Bearings
2434640 Ken Love K. LoveKen LoveKen Love (Car Owner)01440Hub
25782 Joe Eubanks J. EubanksJoe EubanksSatcher Motors01364Engine
263114 Billy Myers B. MyersBilly MyersStroppe Motorsports0910Engine
271788 Ralph Liguori R. LiguoriRalph LiguoriErnest Woods (Car Owner)0900Engine
28912 Ralph Moody R. MoodyRalph MoodyDePaolo Engineering0823Lifter
2922131 Johnny Dodson J. DodsonJohnny DodsonJohnny Dodson (Car Owner)0770Overheating
302195 Bob Duell B. DuellBob DuellJulian Buesink (Car Owner)0630Bearings
31263A Bud Geiselman B. GeiselmanBud GeiselmanFrank Geiselman (Car Owner)0610Engine
3211418 Sherman Utsman S. UtsmanSherman Utsman0470Engine
333334 Dick Beaty D. BeatyDick BeatyIke Kiser (Car Owner)0450Engine
342459 Blackie Pitt B. PittBlackie PittBrownie Pitt (Car Owner)0430Engine
352329 Pat Grogan P. GroganPat GroganUnknown0210Axle
36142 Lee Petty L. PettyLee PettyPetty Enterprises096Oil Pressure

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