1956 100 Miles at Charlotte Speedway (Race 20)

Charlotte Speedway · 1956 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Speedy Thompson	1	25	16	2	2	95	133	99.8

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	1	300C	Speedy Thompson	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Chrysler	133	95	running
2	2	502	Junior Johnson	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Dodge	133		running
3	25	300	Buck Baker	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Chrysler	132	38	running
4	7	75	Jim Paschal	Frank Hayworth (Owner)	Mercury	131		running
5	3	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	131		running
6	5	9	Joe Weatherly	Charlie Schwam (Owner)	Ford	129		running
7	4	82	Joe Eubanks	James Satcher (Owner)	Ford	129		running
8	8	2	Gwyn Staley	Hubert Westmoreland (Owner)	Chevrolet	127		running
9	17	55	Jack Smith	A.L. Bumgarner (Owner)	Pontiac	127		running
10	9	14	Billy Myers	Stroppe Motorsports	Mercury	123		running
11	15	34	Dick Beaty	Ike Kiser (Owner)	Ford	122		running
12	18	100	Ken Milligan	Dave Everett (Owner)	Chevrolet	121		running
13	20	48	Al Watkins	Don Holcomb (Owner)	Ford	120		running
14	23	264	Johnny Allen	Spook Crawford (Owner)	Plymouth	112		running
15	19	94	Ed Cole	Clarence DeZalia (Owner)	Mercury	110		running
16	13	24	Bobby Waddell	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)	Chevrolet	103		piston
17	24	760	Brownie King	Brownie King (Owner)	Chevrolet	83		running
18	10	99	Curtis Turner	Charlie Schwam (Owner)	Ford	78		electrical
19	21	96	Bobby Keck	Bobby Keck (Owner)	Chevrolet	73		piston
20	14	19	Harvey Henderson	Harvey Henderson (Owner)	Ford	66		push rod
21	11	X	Rex White	Max Welborn (Owner)	Chevrolet	53		radiator
22	22	34A	Charlie Jackson		Oldsmobile	53		fuel line
23	16	271	Billy Carden		Mercury	48		bearing
24	12	59	Blackie Pitt	Brownie Pitt (Owner)	Buick	2		radiator
25	6	7A	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Chevrolet	0		accident

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Speedy Thompson	95	71.4%	P1
2	Buck Baker	38	28.6%	P3