1956 Raleigh 250

Raleigh Speedway · 1956 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Fireball Roberts	32	36	20	1	4	201	250	250

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	32	22	Fireball Roberts	DePaolo Engineering	Ford	250	201	running
2	2	500	Speedy Thompson	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Dodge	248	13	running
3	27	502	Frank Mundy	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Dodge	247	13	running
4	3	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas Racing	Chevrolet	246		running
5	10	11	Tim Flock	Mauri Rose (Owner)	Chevrolet	243		running
6	4	3	Paul Goldsmith	Smokey Yunick Racing	Chevrolet	242		running
7	30	99	Marvin Panch	Tom Harbison (Owner)	Ford	241		running
8	18	5	Bill Walker		Chevrolet	238		running
9	25	X	Rex White	Max Welborn (Owner)	Chevrolet	237		running
10	29	91	Jack Smith	Ted Chester (Owner)	Chevrolet	236		running
11	28	300C	Buck Baker	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Chrysler	234	23	running
12	6	75	Jim Paschal	Frank Hayworth (Owner)	Mercury	231		running
13	20	113	Emanuel Zervakis	Zervakis Enterprises	Chevrolet	222		running
14	14	9	Billy Carden	Charlie Schwam (Owner)	Ford	217		running
15	13	240	Rat Garner	Rat Garner (Owner)	Ford	216		running
16	36	94	Ed Cole	Ed Cole (Owner)	Mercury	216		running
17	15	48	Al Watkins	Don Holcomb (Owner)	Ford	213		running
18	16	31	Bill Champion	John Whitford (Owner)	Ford	212		running
19	35	96	Bobby Keck	Bobby Keck (Owner)	Pontiac	206		running
20	12	286	Pat Kirkwood	Jim Stephens (Owner)	Pontiac	203		oil pressure
21	19	18	Arden Mounts	Arden Mounts (Owner)	Pontiac	195		running
22	5	264	Johnny Allen	Spook Crawford (Owner)	Plymouth	181		overheating
23	8	2	Gwyn Staley	Hubert Westmoreland (Owner)	Chevrolet	146		bearing
24	34	640	Ken Love	Ken Love (Owner)	Ford	144		hub
25	7	82	Joe Eubanks	James Satcher (Owner)	Ford	136		engine
26	31	14	Billy Myers	Stroppe Motorsports	Mercury	91		engine
27	17	88	Ralph Liguori	Ernest Woods (Owner)	Oldsmobile	90		engine
28	9	12	Ralph Moody	DePaolo Engineering	Ford	82		lifter	0
29	22	131	Johnny Dodson	Johnny Dodson (Owner)	Chevrolet	77		overheating
30	21	95	Bob Duell	Julian Buesink (Owner)	Ford	63		bearing
31	26	3A	Bud Geiselman		Chevrolet	61		engine
32	11	418	Sherman Utsman		Chevrolet	47		engine
33	33	34	Dick Beaty	Ike Kiser (Owner)	Ford	45		engine
34	24	59	Blackie Pitt	Brownie Pitt (Owner)	Plymouth	43		engine
35	23	29	Pat Grogan		Mercury	21		axle
36	1	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	9		oil pressure

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Fireball Roberts	201	80.4%	P1
2	Buck Baker	23	9.2%	P11
3	Speedy Thompson	13	5.2%	P2
4	Frank Mundy	13	5.2%	P3

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1956 Raleigh 250

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