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1956 Old Dominion 400

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NASCAR Grand National race number 54 of 56
Sunday, October 28, 1956 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA
400 laps on a 0.500 mile paved track (200.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:16:17
Average speed: 61.136 mph
Pole speed: 67.643 mph

Cautions: 4
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: 9500
Lead changes: 7

Glossary 1956 NASCAR Grand National results / 1956 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	23	502	Jack Smith	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Dodge	400	2264	running	185
2	21	98	Marvin Panch	Tom Harbison	'56 Ford	400	1400	running	16
3	5	97	Bill Amick	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	400	950	running	9
4	3	300	Speedy Thompson	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Chrysler	396	700	running	75
5	19	22	Fireball Roberts	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	394	600	running	12
6	12	72	Joe Weatherly	Pete DePaolo	'56 Ford	394	500	running	0
7	1	00	Buck Baker	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Chrysler	394	350	running	0
8	37	35	Bunk Moore	Fred Frazier	'56 Ford	394	400	running	0
9	29	50	Frank Mundy	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Dodge	393	350	running	0
10	16	34	Gwyn Staley	Julian Petty	'56 Chevrolet	389	350	running	0
11	20	33	Jimmy Massey	Julian Petty	'56 Chevrolet	389	300	running	0
12	31	3	Paul Goldsmith	Smokey Yunick	'56 Chevrolet	384	200	running	0
13	15	4	Billy Myers	Bill Stroppe	'56 Mercury	383	250	running	0
14	13	64	Johnny Allen	Spook Crawford	'56 Plymouth	383	200	running	0
15	14	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn	'56 Chevrolet	378	200	running	0
16	8	86	Don Oldenberg	Don Oldenberg	'55 Buick	371	150	running	0
17	30	71	Bill Poor	Bill Poor	'56 Chevrolet	364	200	running	0
18	40	99	Bun Emery	–	'56 Ford	364	200	running	0
19	18	7	Larry Odo	Larry Odo	'56 Chevrolet	361	150	running	0
20	39	16	Tiny Lund	Gus Holzmueller	'56 Chevrolet	357	200	running	0
21	7	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'56 Dodge	356	100	running	0
22	34	14	Bobby Keck	Bobby Keck	'56 Chevrolet	352	150	running	0
23	38	23	Norman Schihl	Norman Schihl	'56 Ford	349	150	running	0
24	36	44	Art Binkley	Art Binkley	'55 Plymouth	349	150	running	0
25	27	83	Johnny Dodson	Johnny Dodson	'56 Chevrolet	343	150	running	0
26	32	41	Billy Rafter	Billy Rafter	'56 Dodge	334	250	running	0
27	35	31	Bill Champion	John Whitford	'56 Ford	299	150	running	0
28	4	26	Curtis Turner	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	299	100	engine	0
29	9	95	Bob Duell	Julian Buesink	'56 Ford	245	100	overheating	0
30	11	12	Ralph Moody	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	183	100	rear end	0
31	33	75	Jim Paschal	C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth)	'56 Mercury	163	50	engine	0
32	17	X	Rex White	Max Welborn	'56 Ford	143		engine	0
33	6	21	Glen Wood	Wood Brothers	'56 Ford	110		engine	0
34	24	15	Tom Pistone	Tom Pistone	'56 Chevrolet	106	75	con rod	0
35	2	82	Joe Eubanks	Satcher Motors (James Satcher)	'56 Ford	103		rf lugs	103
36	25	29	Billy Carden	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	87	50	rf hub	0
37	28	55	Mel Larson	Mel Larson	'56 Ford	77	50	piston	0
38	26	76	Larry Frank	Lonnie Fish	'56 Chevrolet	77	50	oil pressure	0
39	10	2	Bill Lutz	–	'56 Ford	63	50	engine	0
40	22	48	Jimmie Lewallen	Bob Welborn	'56 Ford	11	100	fuel pump	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Joe Eubanks	1	103	103
Speedy Thompson	104	178	75
Jack Smith	179	188	10
Fireball Roberts	189	200	12
Bill Amick	201	209	9
Marvin Panch	210	225	16
Jack Smith	226	400	175