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1956 Southern 500
1956-09-03 at Darlington Raceway
1 |
11 |
Curtis Turner |
225 |
#99 Ford |
364 |
Finish |
$11,750 |
2 |
1 |
Speedy Thompson |
14 |
#57 Chrysler |
362 |
Finish |
$5,000 |
3 |
2 |
Marvin Panch |
43 |
#8 Ford |
359 |
Finish |
$3,370 |
4 |
23 |
Jim Reed |
0 |
#7 Chevy |
350 |
Finish |
$1,850 |
5 |
4 |
Paul Goldsmith |
0 |
#3 Chevy |
358 |
Finish |
$1,300 |
6 |
17 |
Jim Paschal |
32 |
#26 Mercury |
358 |
Finish |
$1,850 |
7 |
3 |
Bill Amick |
0 |
#97 Ford |
357 |
Finish |
$1,020 |
8 |
16 |
Joe Weatherly |
0 |
#9 Ford |
352 |
Finish |
$900 |
9 |
30 |
Bobby Johns |
0 |
#47 Chevy |
349 |
Finish |
$700 |
10 |
20 |
Pat Kirkwood |
0 |
#93 Pontiac |
347 |
Finish |
$550 |
11 |
28 |
Rex White |
0 |
#10 Chevy |
345 |
Finish |
$400 |
12 |
15 |
Tim Flock |
16 |
#86 Ford |
345 |
Finish |
$490 |
13 |
22 |
Roz Howard |
0 |
#61 Chevy |
343 |
Finish |
$250 |
14 |
25 |
Johnny Patterson |
0 |
#38 Chevy |
343 |
Finish |
$225 |
15 |
35 |
Junior Johnson |
0 |
#32 Chevy |
342 |
Finish |
$200 |
16 |
14 |
Billy Myers |
0 |
#14 Mercury |
341 |
Finish |
$300 |
17 |
68 |
Lee Petty |
0 |
#35 Ford |
340 |
Finish |
$175 |
18 |
39 |
Harold Hardesty |
0 |
#80 Oldsmobile |
339 |
Finish |
$350 |
19 |
42 |
Elmo Langley |
0 |
#81 Chevy |
338 |
Finish |
$140 |
20 |
46 |
Shorty York |
0 |
#43 Ford |
336 |
Finish |
$130 |
21 |
19 |
Bill Champion |
0 |
#31 Ford |
336 |
Finish |
$120 |
22 |
65 |
Possum Jones |
0 |
#69 Chevy |
336 |
Finish |
$110 |
23 |
57 |
Emanuel Zervakis |
0 |
#11 Chevy |
334 |
Finish |
$100 |
24 |
54 |
Tiny Lund |
0 |
#16 Chevy |
331 |
Finish |
$100 |
25 |
45 |
Johnny Allen |
0 |
#64 Plymouth |
330 |
Finish |
$300 |
26 |
6 |
Buck Baker |
0 |
#87 Chrysler |
330 |
Finish |
$225 |
27 |
53 |
Jack Smith |
0 |
#91 Chevy |
329 |
Finish |
$75 |
28 |
36 |
Billy Carden |
0 |
#19 Ford |
329 |
Finish |
$75 |
29 |
24 |
Bill Blair |
0 |
#75 Mercury |
327 |
Finish |
$125 |
30 |
33 |
Sherman Utsman |
0 |
#63 Chevy |
327 |
Finish |
$75 |
31 |
64 |
Lou Spears |
0 |
#65 Plymouth |
322 |
Finish |
$150 |
32 |
50 |
Brownie King |
0 |
#60 Chevy |
320 |
Finish |
$50 |
33 |
9 |
Joe Eubanks |
0 |
#82 Ford |
317 |
Gasket |
$50 |
34 |
66 |
Allen Adkins |
0 |
#48 Ford |
315 |
Finish |
$50 |
35 |
43 |
Tom Lupo |
0 |
#89 Ford |
313 |
Finish |
$50 |
36 |
29 |
Gene Bergin |
0 |
#21 Dodge |
308 |
Finish |
$250 |
37 |
31 |
Ralph Liguori |
0 |
#88 Oldsmobile |
300 |
Axle |
$150 |
38 |
7 |
Frank Mundy |
0 |
#27 Dodge |
276 |
Engine |
$180 |
39 |
40 |
Harvey Henderson |
0 |
#66 Ford |
266 |
Finish |
$50 |
40 |
61 |
Dick Beaty |
0 |
#34 Ford |
264 |
Accident |
$50 |
41 |
67 |
Judge Rider |
0 |
#84 Ford |
258 |
Finish |
$50 |
42 |
52 |
Wade Fields |
0 |
#23 Ford |
244 |
Finish |
$50 |
43 |
56 |
Bill Brown |
0 |
#54 Buick |
235 |
Accident |
$250 |
44 |
53 |
Larry Flynn |
0 |
#73 Buick |
222 |
Accident |
$150 |
45 |
62 |
Johnny Dodson |
0 |
#83 Chevy |
204 |
Wheel |
$50 |
46 |
63 |
Blackie Pitt |
0 |
#59 Plymouth |
202 |
Rear End |
$100 |
47 |
51 |
Pat Grogan |
0 |
#6 Mercury |
202 |
Fuel Tank |
$50 |
48 |
47 |
Clyde Palmer |
0 |
#30 Plymouth |
177 |
Overheating |
$50 |
49 |
5 |
Herb Thomas |
0 |
#92 Chevy |
173 |
Accident |
$50 |
50 |
18 |
Parnelli Jones |
0 |
#1 Ford |
169 |
Accident |
$70 |
51 |
13 |
Fireball Roberts |
34 |
#22 Ford |
166 |
Accident |
$160 |
52 |
44 |
Ray Hendrick |
0 |
#44 Chevy |
163 |
Engine |
$50 |
53 |
10 |
Bill Widenhouse |
0 |
#52 Ford |
159 |
Engine |
$50 |
54 |
27 |
Dink Widenhouse |
0 |
#29 Ford |
158 |
Accident |
$50 |
55 |
48 |
Roy Bentley |
0 |
#50 Ford |
146 |
Accident |
$50 |
56 |
58 |
Ken Love |
0 |
#24 Ford |
134 |
Finish |
$50 |
57 |
8 |
Ralph Moody |
0 |
#12 Ford |
119 |
Accident |
$70 |
58 |
12 |
Fonty Flock |
0 |
#15 Mercury |
117 |
Spindle |
$80 |
59 |
32 |
Danny Letner |
0 |
#98 Dodge |
113 |
Accident |
$100 |
60 |
37 |
Don Oldenberg |
0 |
#40 Plymouth |
100 |
Fuel Tank |
$50 |
61 |
34 |
Bobby Myers |
0 |
#76 Mercury |
91 |
Fuel Tank |
$50 |
62 |
21 |
Bob Duell |
0 |
#95 Ford |
90 |
Rear End |
$50 |
63 |
60 |
Nace Mattingly |
0 |
#51 Ford |
73 |
Engine |
$50 |
64 |
41 |
Pee Wee Jones |
0 |
#5 Dodge |
60 |
Throttle |
$50 |
65 |
26 |
Gwyn Staley |
0 |
#2 Chevy |
57 |
Accident |
$50 |
66 |
49 |
Doug Yates |
0 |
#25 Chevy |
54 |
Accident |
$50 |
67 |
70 |
Peck Peckham |
0 |
#72 Chevy |
50 |
Gasket |
$50 |
68 |
38 |
Russ Graham |
0 |
#17 Chevy |
26 |
Accident |
$50 |
69 |
69 |
Jesse James Taylor |
0 |
#13 Ford |
25 |
Engine |
$50 |
70 |
50 |
Arden Mounts |
0 |
#18 Pontiac |
12 |
Piston |
$50 |