1956 99 Miles at Occoneechee Speedway

Occoneechee Speedway · 1956 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Fireball Roberts	6	23	10	2	3	28	110	99

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	6	22	Fireball Roberts	DePaolo Engineering	Ford	110	28	running
2	3	300B	Buck Baker	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Chrysler	110	80	running
3	1	300	Speedy Thompson	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Chrysler	108	2	running
4	5	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas Racing	Chevrolet	108		running
5	13	35	Bunk Moore	Fred Frazier (Owner)	Ford	107		running
6	14	19	Harvey Henderson	Harvey Henderson (Owner)	Ford	101		running
7	20	96	Bobby Keck	Bobby Keck (Owner)	Chevrolet	99		running
8	19	94	Ed Cole	Ed Cole (Owner)	Mercury	97		running
9	2	12	Ralph Moody	DePaolo Engineering	Ford	88		running
10	15	16	Tiny Lund	Gus Holzmueller (Owner)	Chevrolet	84		running
11	16	59	Blackie Pitt	Brownie Pitt (Owner)	Plymouth	83		axle
12	12	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	68		a-frame
13	18	418	George Green	George Green (Owner)	Chevrolet	68		stalled
14	9	6	Earl Moss		Mercury	62		engine
15	4	31	Bill Champion	John Whitford (Owner)	Ford	59		a-frame
16	21	203	Pete Yow	Pete Yow (Owner)	Ford	53		brakes
17	17	60	Brownie Pitt	Brownie Pitt (Owner)	Chevrolet	49		accident
18	10	83	Johnny Dodson	Johnny Dodson (Owner)	Chevrolet	45		steering
19	8	75	Jim Paschal	Frank Hayworth (Owner)	Mercury	43		engine
20	23	4	Billy Myers	Smokey Yunick Racing	Mercury	27		fire
21	11	62	Bobby Waddell		Chevrolet	18		accident
22	22	20	Buck Hall	W.R. Waldron (Owner)	Buick	11		transmission
23	7	264	Johnny Allen	Spook Crawford (Owner)	Plymouth	6		oil pressure

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Buck Baker	80	72.7%	P2
2	Fireball Roberts	28	25.5%	P1
3	Speedy Thompson	2	1.8%	P3