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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Southern 500

Darlington Raceway

September 3rd, 1956

Race #44 of the 1956 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 364
  • Miles: 497.2
  • Average Speed: 95.167 mph
  • Cautions: 7
  • Caution Laps: 68
  • Lead Changes: 14
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - December 15th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 11 99 Curtis Turner Ford 0 0 0 364 225 Running
2 1 57 Speedy Thompson Chrysler 0 0 0 362 14 Running
3 2 8 Marvin Panch Ford 0 0 0 359 39 Running
4 23 7 Jim Reed Chevrolet 0 0 0 359 0 Running
5 4 3 Paul Goldsmith Chevrolet 0 0 0 358 0 Running
6 17 26 Jim Paschal Mercury 0 0 0 358 32 Running
7 3 97 Bill Amick Ford 0 0 0 357 0 Running
8 16 9 Joe Weatherly Ford 0 0 0 352 0 Running
9 30 47 Bobby Johns Chevrolet 0 0 0 349 0 Running
10 20 93 Pat Kirkwood Pontiac 0 0 0 347 0 Running
11 28 10 Rex White Chevrolet 0 0 0 345 0 Running
12 15 86 Tim Flock Ford 0 0 0 345 16 Running
13 22 61 Roz Howard Chevrolet 0 0 0 343 0 Running
14 25 38 Johnny Patterson Chevrolet 0 0 0 343 0 Running
15 35 32 Junior Johnson Chevrolet 0 0 0 342 0 Running
16 14 14 Billy Myers Mercury 0 0 0 341 0 Running
17 68 35 Lee Petty Ford 0 0 0 340 0 Running
18 39 80 Harold Hardesty Oldsmobile 0 0 0 339 0 Running
19 42 81 Elmo Langley Chevrolet 0 0 0 338 0 Running
20 46 43 Shorty York Ford 0 0 0 336 0 Running
21 19 31 Bill Champion Ford 0 0 0 336 0 Running
22 65 69 Possum Jones Chevrolet 0 0 0 336 0 Running
23 57 11 Emanuel Zervakis Chevrolet 0 0 0 334 0 Running
24 54 16 Tiny Lund Chevrolet 0 0 0 331 0 Running
25 45 64 Johnny Allen Plymouth 0 0 0 330 0 Running
26 6 87 Buck Baker Chrysler 0 0 0 330 0 Running
27 53 91 Jack Smith Chevrolet 0 0 0 329 0 Running
28 36 19 Billy Carden Ford 0 0 0 329 0 Running
29 24 75 Bill Blair Mercury 0 0 0 327 0 Running
30 33 63 Sherman Utsman Chevrolet 0 0 0 327 0 Running
31 64 65 Lou Spears Plymouth 0 0 0 322 0 Running
32 50 60 Brownie King Chevrolet 0 0 0 320 0 Running
33 9 82 Joe Eubanks Ford 0 0 0 317 0 Gasket
34 66 48 Allen Adkins Ford 0 0 0 315 0 Running
35 43 89 Tom Lupo Ford 0 0 0 313 0 Running
36 29 21 Gene Bergin Dodge 0 0 0 308 0 Running
37 31 88 Ralph Liguori Oldsmobile 0 0 0 300 0 Axle
38 7 27 Frank Mundy Dodge 0 0 0 276 0 Engine
39 40 66 Harvey Henderson Ford 0 0 0 266 0 Running
40 61 34 Dick Beaty Ford 0 0 0 264 0 Crash
41 67 84 Judge Rider Ford 0 0 0 258 0 Running
42 52 23 Wade Fields Ford 0 0 0 244 0 Running
43 56 54 Bill Brown Buick 0 0 0 235 0 Crash
44 53 73 Larry Flynn Buick 0 0 0 222 0 Crash
45 62 83 Johnny Dodson Chevrolet 0 0 0 204 0 Wheel
46 63 59 Blackie Pitt Plymouth 0 0 0 202 0 Rear end
47 51 6 Pat Grogan Mercury 0 0 0 202 0 Gas tank
48 47 30 Clyde Palmer Plymouth 0 0 0 177 0 Overheating
49 5 92 Herb Thomas Chevrolet 0 0 0 173 0 Crash
50 18 1 Parnelli Jones Ford 0 0 0 169 0 Crash
51 13 22 Fireball Roberts Ford 0 0 0 166 34 Crash
52 44 44 Ray Hendrick Chevrolet 0 0 0 163 0 Engine
53 10 52 Bill Widenhouse Ford 0 0 0 159 0 Engine
54 27 29 Dink Widenhouse Ford 0 0 0 158 0 Crash
55 48 50 Roy Bentley Ford 0 0 0 146 0 Crash
56 58 24 Ken Love Ford 0 0 0 134 0 Running
57 8 12 Ralph Moody Ford 0 0 0 119 0 Crash
58 12 15 Fonty Flock Mercury 0 0 0 117 0 Spindle
59 32 98 Danny Letner Dodge 0 0 0 113 0 Crash
60 37 40 Don Oldenberg Plymouth 0 0 0 100 0 Gas tank
61 34 76 Bobby Myers Mercury 0 0 0 91 0 Gas tank
62 21 95 Bob Duell Ford 0 0 0 90 0 Rear end
63 60 51 Nace Mattingly Ford 0 0 0 73 0 Engine
64 41 5 Pee Wee Jones Dodge 0 0 0 60 0 Throttle
65 26 2 Gwyn Staley Chevrolet 0 0 0 57 0 Crash
66 49 25 Doug Yates Chevrolet 0 0 0 54 0 Crash
67 70 72 Peck Peckham Chevrolet 0 0 0 27 0 Gasket
68 38 17 Russ Graham Chevrolet 0 0 0 26 0 Crash
69 69 13 Jesse James Taylor Ford 0 0 0 25 0 Engine
70 50 18 Arden Mounts Pontiac 0 0 0 12 0 Piston