1956 - NASCAR Grand National Series

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1956 - 4 Race Results

Race Name - 4
Date - 12/11/1955
Race Track - Palm Beach Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 78.912 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 65.009 mph
Lead Changes -
Total Race Purse - $4,335
Race Number - 4

More Races from 1956

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	3	Herb Thomas	92	Herb Thomas	199	56 Chevrol		$1,100
2	4	Al Keller	64	Al Keller	198	56 Chevrol		$700
3	6	Billy Myers	46	Hugh Babb	197	55 Chevrol		$475
4	8	Buck Baker	87	Satcher Motors (James Satcher)	195	56 Ford		$365
5	13	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	193	56 Dodge		$310
6	22	Bob Welborn	44	Julian Petty	191	55 Chevrol		$250
7	17	Johnny Patterson	33	HB Ranier	191	55 Chevrol		$200
8	15	Blackie Pitt	88	Ernest Woods	180	55 Oldsmob		$150
9	14	Jack Choquette	91		173	54 Oldsmob		$100
10	10	Bobby Myers	1		177	55 Chevrol		$100
11	23	Bill Thurber	31		173	55 Studeba		$75
12	16	Johnny Roberts	900	Johnny Roberts	172	55 Chevrol		$60
13	9	Marvin Panch	98	Tom Harbison	148	56 Ford		$50
14	19	Dick Burns	18		148	53 Oldsmob		$50
15	11	Red Farmer	0	JM Fitzgibbons	147	56 Chevrol		$50
16	7	Curtis Turner	99	Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam)	117	Ford		$50
17	20	Al Watkins	3	Al Watkins	89	55 Ford		$50
18	18	Eddie Skinner	28	Frank Dodge	67	53 Oldsmob		$50
19	1	Fonty Flock	301	Carl Kiekhaefer	65	55 Chrysle		$50
20	21	John McVitty	27	John McVitty	62	55 Chevrol		$50
21	12	Dave Terrell	97	Dave Terrell	25	56 Ford		$50
22	2	Joe Weatherly	9	Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam)	200	56 Ford		$
23	5	Jim Reed	7	Jim Reed	200	Chevrolet		$