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1956 Virginia 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 18 of 56
Sunday, May 20, 1956 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA
500 laps on a .500 mile paved track (250.0 miles)

Time of race: 4:06:07
Average Speed: 60.824 mph
Pole Speed: 66.103 mph

Cautions: 7 for 20 laps
Margin of Victory: 0.5 lap
Attendance: 20,000
Lead changes: 5

Glossary 1956 NASCAR Grand National results / 1956 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
2	2	500	Speedy Thompson	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Dodge	500	1,500	running	259
1	1	502	Buck Baker	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Dodge	500	3,100	running	125
20	3	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas	'56 Chevrolet	377	75	engine	116
3	5	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'56 Dodge	497	1,025	running	0
4	8	3	Paul Goldsmith	Smokey Yunick	'56 Chevrolet	496	750	running	0
5	9	2	Gwyn Staley	Hubert Westmoreland	'56 Chevrolet	491	600	running	0
6	7	X	Rex White	Max Welborn	'56 Chevrolet	483	450	running	0
7	19	418	Sherman Utsman		'56 Chevrolet	477	350	running	0
8	13	14	Billy Myers	Bill Stroppe	'56 Mercury	475	300	running	0
9	21	91	Jack Smith	Ted Chester	'56 Chevrolet	475	200	running	0
10	15	12	Ralph Moody	Southeastern Dealers (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	467	175	running	0
11	33	19	Harvey Henderson	Harvey Henderson	'56 Ford	464	150	running	0
12	22	55	Tiny Lund	A.L. Bumgarner	'56 Pontiac	463	100	running	0
13	6	7A	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'56 Chevrolet	458	100	running	0
14	34	240	Reitzel Darner	Rat Garner	'56 Ford	441	100	rf hub	0
15	12	1	Bobby Myers		'55 Chevrolet	436	100	rf hub	0
16	18	22	Fireball Roberts	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	435	75	running	0
17	30	16	Ray Chaike	Gus Holzmueller	'56 Chevrolet	430	75	running	0
18	25	9	Pee Wee Jones		'56 Ford	419	75	running	0
19	32	211	George Cork		'55 Plymouth	405	75	running	0
21	29	209	Pete Stewart	Pete Stewart	'56 Plymouth	356	60	rr axle	0
22	28	18	Arden Mounts	Arden Mounts	'56 Pontiac	338	60	running	0
23	10	285	Don Carr	Jim Stephens	'56 Pontiac	304	60	lug bolt	0
24	14	150	Fred Lorenzen	Fred Lorenzen	'56 Chevrolet	293	60	running	0
25	4	75	Jim Paschal	C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth)	'56 Mercury	293	60	bearing	0
26	31	59	Blackie Pitt	Brownie Pitt	'56 Buick	252	60	rf hub	0
27	7	286	Cotton Owens	Jim Stephens	'56 Pontiac	243	60	rf hub	0
28	24	32	Ted Cannady	Ted Cannady	'56 Chevrolet	156	60	transmission	0
29	23	204	Darvin Randahl	Darvin Randahl	'56 Ford	149	60	piston	0
30	16	11	Tim Flock	Mauri Rose Engineering (Mauri Rose)	'56 Chevrolet	69	60	crash	0
31	26	264	Johnny Allen	Spook Crawford	'55 Plymouth	37	60	transmission	0
32	35	35	Joe Bill O'Dell	Joe Gilliam	'55 Rambler	37	60	crash	0
33	20	95	Bob Duell	Julian Buesink	'56 Ford	29	60	crash	0
34	27	195	Jim Rhoades		'55 Packard	25	60	tire	0
35	17	6	Ralph Liguori	Ralph Liguori	'56 Dodge	8	60	piston	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Speedy Thompson	1	215	215
Buck Baker	216	221	6
Herb Thomas	222	337	116
Speedy Thompson	338	381	44
Buck Baker	382	500	119

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