1956 Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds

Race 31 of 56

Spartanburg
200 laps
Time of race: 1:58:51
Average speed of winner: 50.483 mph
Margin of victory: N/A
Lead changes: N/A among N/A drivers
Lead changes: N/A
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Lap leaders: 1-199 unknown, Petty 200

Race notes: Debut for Benny Rakestraw and Wilbur Rakestraw.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	8	Lee Petty	42		'56 Dodge	Petty	Petty		200	1	1	running	850	0
2	1	Fireball Roberts	22		'56 Ford	DePaolo		58.900	200	0	0	running	625	0
3	7	Marvin Panch	99		'56 Ford	Harbison			198	0	0	running	450	0
4	13	Bill Amick	66		'56 Ford	DePaolo			189	0	0	running	350	0
5	11	Joe Eubanks	82		'56 Ford	Satcher			186	0	0	drive shaft	310	0
6	6	Billy Myers	14		'56 Mercury	Guy Wilson			171	0	0	running	250	0
7	4	Speedy Thompson	300C		'56 Chrysler	Kiekhaefer	Kiekhaefer		168	0	0	accident	300	0
8	14	Dick Beaty	34		'56 Ford	Beaty			156	0	0	running	150	0
9	18	Benny Rakestraw	1		'56 Ford	H. Rakestraw			156	0	0	running	100	0
10	10	Tim Flock	11		'56 Chevrolet	Mauri Rose			145	0	0	accident	100	0
11	3	Ralph Moody	12		'56 Ford	DePaolo			138	0	0	oil line	100	0
12	17	Brownie King	760		'56 Chrysler				131	0	0	accident	100	0
13	2	Buck Baker	300		'56 Chrysler	Kiekhaefer	Kiekhaefer		129	0	0	steering	100	0
14	16	Al Watkins	48		'56 Ford	Holcomb			64	0	0	valve	100	0
15	15	Johnny Allen	264		'56 Plymouth	Spook Crawford			47	0	0	drive shaft	100	0
16	12	Wilbur Rakestraw	999		'56 Ford	B.J. Jones			29	0	0	hub	100	0
17	6	Herb Thomas	500D		'56 Dodge	Kiekhaefer	Kiekhaefer		18	0	0	accident	100	0
18	9	Gwyn Staley	2		'56 Chevrolet	Westmoreland			18	0	0	carburetor	100	0