1956 100 Miles at Tennessee-Carolina Speedway

Tennessee-Carolina Speedway · 1956 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Fireball Roberts	14	22	14	2	2	51	200	100

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	14	22	Fireball Roberts	DePaolo Engineering	Ford	200	51	running
2	2	300B	Buck Baker	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Chrysler	200	149	running
3	8	97	Bill Amick	DePaolo Engineering	Ford	199		running
4	15	31	Joe Weatherly	John Whitford (Owner)	Ford	197		running
5	3	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas Racing	Chevrolet	196		running
6	1	82	Joe Eubanks	James Satcher (Owner)	Ford	196		running
7	11	264	Johnny Allen	Spook Crawford (Owner)	Plymouth	196		running
8	13	4	Billy Myers	Smokey Yunick Racing	Mercury	193		running
9	9	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	192		running
10	16	16	Tiny Lund	Gus Holzmueller (Owner)	Chevrolet	189		running
11	21	83	Johnny Dodson	Johnny Dodson (Owner)	Chevrolet	188		running
12	22	60	Brownie King	Brownie King (Owner)	Chevrolet	185		running
13	10	27	Billy Carden		Mercury	183		running
14	18	418	George Green	George Green (Owner)	Chevrolet	178		running
15	7	12	Ralph Moody	DePaolo Engineering	Ford	162		vapor lock
16	17	59	Blackie Pitt	Brownie Pitt (Owner)	Plymouth	158		engine
17	20	111	John Fite		Plymouth	146		overheating
18	4	300	Speedy Thompson	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Chrysler	141		oil line
19	12	75	Jim Paschal	Frank Hayworth (Owner)	Mercury	141		oil pressure
20	5	86	Tim Flock	John Foster (Owner)	Ford	118		brakes
21	6	98	Marvin Panch	Tom Harbison (Owner)	Ford	99		oil pressure
22	19	41	Billy Rafter	Billy Rafter (Owner)	Dodge	64		axle

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Buck Baker	149	74.5%	P2
2	Fireball Roberts	51	25.5%	P1