| 1956 Grand National Race No. 30 NASCAR Cup Series Race 30 of 56 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $13,425 | Race Date: | Jul 4, 1956 | Raleigh Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 2 Laps | Race Duration: | 3Hr 7Min 55Sec. | Raleigh, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 8 Among / 6 Drivers | Average Speed: | 79.822 MPH | 1 Mile Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 63 | No. of Cautions: | 1 | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Fireball Roberts F. Roberts | Driver: | Lee Petty L. Petty | Ford: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #22 Ford | Car No.: | #42 Dodge | Dodge: | 0 | |||
| Team: | DePaolo Engineering | Team: | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Crew Chief: | Chrysler: | 0 | |||||
| Laps Led: | 201 of 250 | Pole Speed: | 82.587 MPH | |||||
| Official 1956 Grand National Race No. 30 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | Pete DePaolo (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 250 | 201 |
| 2 | 2 | 500 | Speedy Thompson | Mercury Outboards | Running |  | 0 | 248 | 13 |
| 3 | 27 | 502 | Frank Mundy | Mercury Outboards | Running | | 0 | 247 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Thomas Racing | Running |  | 0 | 246 | 0 |
| 5 | 10 | 11 | Tim Flock | Mauri Rose Engineering | Running | | 0 | 243 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Paul Goldsmith | Smokey's Best Damn Garage | Running | | 0 | 242 | 0 |
| 7 | 30 | 99 | Marvin Panch | Tom Harbison (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 241 | 0 |
| 8 | 18 | 5 | Bill Walker | Running | | 0 | 238 | 0 | |
| 9 | 25 | X | Rex White | Max Welborn (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 237 | 0 |
| 10 | 29 | 91 | Jack Smith | Ted Chester (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 236 | 0 |
| 11 | 28 | 300C | Buck Baker | Mercury Outboards | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 234 | 23 |
| 12 | 6 | 75 | Jim Paschal | C U Later Alligator | Running |  | 0 | 231 | 0 |
| 13 | 20 | 113 | Emanuel Zervakis | Zervakis Racing | Running | | 0 | 222 | 0 |
| 14 | 14 | 9 | Billy Carden | Schwam Motors | Running | | 0 | 217 | 0 |
| 15 | 13 | 240 | Rat Garner | Rat Garner (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 216 | 0 |
| 16 | 36 | 94 | Ed Cole | Ed Cole (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 216 | 0 |
| 17 | 15 | 48 | Al Watkins | Don Holcomb (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 213 | 0 |
| 18 | 16 | 31 | Bill Champion | John Whitford (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 212 | 0 |
| 19 | 35 | 96 | Bobby Keck | Bobby Keck (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 206 | 0 |
| 20 | 12 | 286 | Pat Kirkwood | Jim Stephens (Car Owner) | Oil Pressure |  | 0 | 203 | 0 |
| 21 | 19 | 18 | Arden Mounts | Arden Mounts (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 195 | 0 |
| 22 | 5 | 264 | Johnny Allen | Spook Crawford (Car Owner) | Overheating |  | 0 | 181 | 0 |
| 23 | 8 | 2 | Gwyn Staley | Westmoreland Racing | Bearings | | 0 | 146 | 0 |
| 24 | 34 | 640 | Ken Love | Ken Love (Car Owner) | Hub | | 0 | 144 | 0 |
| 25 | 7 | 82 | Joe Eubanks | Satcher Motors | Engine | | 0 | 136 | 4 |
| 26 | 31 | 14 | Billy Myers | Stroppe Motorsports | Engine | | 0 | 91 | 0 |
| 27 | 17 | 88 | Ralph Liguori | Ernest Woods (Car Owner) | Engine |  | 0 | 90 | 0 |
| 28 | 9 | 12 | Ralph Moody | DePaolo Engineering | | 0 | 82 | 3 | |
| 29 | 22 | 131 | Johnny Dodson | Johnny Dodson (Car Owner) | Overheating | | 0 | 77 | 0 |
| 30 | 21 | 95 | Bob Duell | Julian Buesink (Car Owner) | Bearings | | 0 | 63 | 0 |
| 31 | 26 | 3A | Bud Geiselman | Frank Geiselman (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 61 | 0 |
| 32 | 11 | 418 | Sherman Utsman | Engine | | 0 | 47 | 0 | |
| 33 | 33 | 34 | Dick Beaty | Ike Kiser (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| 34 | 24 | 59 | Blackie Pitt | Brownie Pitt (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| 35 | 23 | 29 | Pat Grogan | Unknown | | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 36 | 1 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Oil Pressure | | 0 | 9 | 6 |
