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1956-45

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NASCAR Convertible Series race number 45 of 47
Saturday, September 29, 1956 at Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds, Spartanburg, SC
200 laps on a .500 mile dirt track (100.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:56:14
Average Speed: 51.618 mph
Pole Speed: 59.92 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: 22 sec
Attendance: 2,950
Lead changes: 3

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
19	4	98	Allen Adkins	Tom Harbison	'56 Dodge		50	a frame	0
20	17	55	Mel Larson	Mel Larson	'56 Ford		50	crash	0
21	12	86	Don Oldenberg	Don Oldenberg	'55 Buick		50	crash	0
23	23	0	Jim Donovan	Ray Fletcher	'56 Ford	8	50	crash	0
17	19	14	Bob Beck	Bob Beck	'56 Chevrolet		100	gas line	0
16	13	7A	Larry Odo	Larry Odo	'56 Chevrolet		110	gas tank	0
18	8	2	Bill Lutz		'56 Ford		100	head gasket	0
22	20	155	Whitey Gerkin		'56 Dodge		50	oil leak	0
1	2	26	Curtis Turner	Pete DePaolo	'56 Ford	200	500	running	156
2	1	12	Joe Weatherly	Pete DePaolo	'56 Ford	200	425	running	44
3	6	22	Glen Wood	Wood Brothers	'56 Ford		325	running	0
4	3	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn	'56 Chevrolet		300	running	0
5	7	33	Jimmy Massey	Hubert Westmoreland	'56 Chevrolet		275	running	0
6	5	34	Gwyn Staley	Hubert Westmoreland	'56 Chevrolet		250	running	0
7	9	48	Jimmie Lewallen	Bob Welborn	'56 Chevrolet		200	running	0
8	10	5	Tom Pistone	Tom Pistone	'56 Chevrolet		175	running	0
9	11	77	Larry Frank	L.D. Fish	'56 Chevrolet		150	running	0
10	21	45	Bun Emery	Bill Brown	'56 Mercury		150	running	0
11	18	711	Bill Poor	Bill Poor	'56 Chevrolet		125	running	0
12	15	3	Norman Schihl	Norman Schihl	'56 Ford		125	running	0
13	14	41	Billy Rafter	C.M. Julian	'56 Dodge		125	running	0
14	22	56	Cannonball Brown	Cannonball Brown	'56 Chrysler		125	running	0
15	16	4	Art Binkley	Art Binkley	'56 Plymouth		125	transmission	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Curtis Turner	1	8	8
Joe Weatherly	9	52	44
Curtis Turner	53	200	148

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