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1956 Atlanta 100 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post AAA 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 (100.000 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 Glossary    1956 AAA Champ Car Series results   /   1956 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 9 46   Eddie Sachs Lee Glessner Hillegass / Offy 100 1875 running 1 200 2 17 55   Al Keller Sam Traylor Kurtis / Offy 100 1350 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 6 1 16   Bob Veith Bob Estes Phillips / Offy 98 375 crash 36 80 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   16 2 62   Rodger Ward Roger Wolcott Lesovsky / Offy 62 112 gear tower 62   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

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