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1956 Atlanta 100

USAC Champ Car Series race number 5 of 12
Saturday, July 14, 1956 at Lakewood Speedway, Atlanta, GA
100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:06:40
Average Speed: 90 mph
Pole Speed: 98.013 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 4

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
16	2	62	Rodger Ward	Roger Wolcott	Lesovsky / Offy	62	112	gear tower	62
6	1	16	Bob Veith	Bob Estes	Phillips / Offy	98	375	crash	36	80
1	9	46	Eddie Sachs	Lee Glessner	Hillegass / Offy	100	1,875	running	1	200
2	17	55	Al Keller	Sam Traylor	Kurtis / Offy	100	1,350	running	1	160
3	13	44	Johnny Thomson	Peter Schmidt	Kuzma / Offy	100	750	running	0	140
4	15	78	Jim Rathmann	Lindsey Hopkins	Lesovsky / Offy	100	587	running	0	120
5	19	8	Pat Flaherty	John Zink	Watson / Offy	100	450	running	0	100
7	16	26	Jimmy Reece	Massaglia Hotel (Hart Fullerton)	Kurtis / Offy	98	300	running	0	60
8	14	73	Andy Linden	McNamara Chiropractic (Lee Elkins)	Turner / Offy	97	281	running	0	50
9	8	76	Earl Motter	Leitenberger	Silnes-Sherman / Offy	96	262	running	0	40
10	18	41	Billy Garrett	Greenman-Casale (Lysle Greenman)	Kuzma / Offy	95	243	running	0	30
11	5	3	Gene Hartley	Gil Morcroft	Pankratz / Offy	94	225	running	0	20
12	11	35	Bob Carpenter	Pete Wales (Joe Barzda)	Kurtis / Offy	93	187	running	0	10
13	10	81	George Amick	Central Excavating (Pete Salemi)	Kuzma / Offy	92	169	running	0
14	20	79	Eddie Russo	Marquette Tool (D.E. Parks)	Silnes / Offy	92	150	running	0
15	12	12	Jim McWithey	Bardahl (Pat Clancy)	Ewing / Offy	92	131	running	0
17	7	7	Pat O'Connor	Sumar (Chapman Root)	Blough / Offy	51	75	crash	0
18	4	25	Ed Elisian	Lutes Truck Parts (Bill Lutes)	Kurtis / Offy	49	75	magneto	0
19	3	21	Elmer George	HOW (Mari Hulman)	Watson / Offy	48	75	spun out	0
20	6	54	Jack Turner	Ernest Ruiz	Shilala / Offy	0	75	did not start	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Rodger Ward	1	62	62
Bob Veith	63	98	36
Al Keller	99	99	1
Eddie Sachs	100	100	1

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