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1956 Pee Dee 200

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USAC Champ Car Series race number 4 of 12
July 4, 1956 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
146 laps on a 1.375 mile paved track (200.8 miles)

Time of race: 1:36:27
Average Speed: 124.883 mph
Pole Speed: 142.364 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: n/a
Attendance: 8,500
Lead changes: 2

Glossary 1956 USAC Champ Car Series results / 1956 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	4	7	Pat O'Connor	Sumar (Chapman Root)	Blough / Offy	146	3,750	running	134	400
2	3	54	Jack Turner	Travelon Trailer (Ernest Ruiz)	Shilala / Offy	146	2,250	running	0	320
3	2	15	Johnny Boyd	Bowes Seal Fast (George Bignotti)	Kurtis / Offy	146	1,500	running	12	280
4	14	81	George Amick	Central Excavating (Pete Salemi)	Kuzma / Offy	146	975	running	0	240
5	9	8	Pat Flaherty	John Zink	Watson / Offy	146	900	running	0	200
6	19	18	Ed Elisian	John Zink	Watson / Offy	146	750	running	0	160
7	12	21	Elmer George	HOW (Mari Hulman)	Watson / Offy	146	600	running	0	120
8	18	2	Jimmy Bryan	Dean Van Lines (Al Dean)	Kuzma / Offy	146	563	running	0	100
9	15	44	Johnny Thomson	Peter Schmidt	Kuzma / Offy	146	525	running	0	80
10	6	16	Don Freeland	Bob Estes	Phillips / Offy	146	487	running	0	60
11	13	78	Jim Rathmann	Lindsey Hopkins	Lesovsky / Offy	144	450	running	0	40
12	7	25	Jimmy Reece	Hart Fullerton	Kurtis / Offy	143	375	running	0	20
13	1	73	Andy Linden	McNamara Chiropractic (Lee Elkins)	Turner / Offy	142	338	running	0
14	21	5	Bill Cheesbourg	Harry Allen Chapman	Russo-Nichels / Offy	141	300	running	0
15	8	45	Dick Rathman	D-A Lubricants (Racing Associates)	Kuzma / Offy	139	225	spun out	0
16	23	46	Ken Gottschalk	Lee Glessner	Hillegass / Offy	139	187	running	0
17	17	76	Earl Motter	Leitenberger	Silnes-Sherman / Offy	138	150	running	0
18	16	12	Eddie Russo	Bardahl (Pat Clancy)	Ewing / Offy	138	150	running	0
19	5	62	Rodger Ward	Roger Wolcott	Lesovsky / Offy	136	113	spun out	0
20	10	35	Gene Force	Pete Wales (Joe Barzda)	Kurtis / Offy	133	112	running	0
21	11	19	Eddie Sachs	Filter Queen (Ed Kostenuk)	Kurtis / Offy	128	75	spun out	0
22	20	3	Gene Hartley	Gil Morcroft	Pankratz / Offy	116	75	magneto	0
23	22	41	Billy Garrett	Greenman-Casale (Lysle Greenman)	Kuzma / Offy	36	75	drive line	0

Relief Drivers:
Car #73: Bob Veith (43 laps)
Car #3: Al Keller (27 laps)

Failed to qualify: Bob Veith (#14), Al Keller (#55), Duke Dinsmore (#64)

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Johnny Boyd	1	12	12
Pat O'Connor	13	146	134

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