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1956 Old Dominion 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Next at this track     Post NASCAR Convertible Series race number 44 of 47 Sunday, September 23, 1956 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA 500 laps on a 0.500 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 3:59:21 Average speed: 62.67 mph Pole speed: 66.964 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 5 laps + Attendance: 14000 Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1956 NASCAR Convertible Series results   /   1956 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 8 33   Jimmy Massey Hubert Westmoreland '56 Chevrolet 500 2200 running 107 2 11 98   Allen Adkins Tom Harbison '56 Dodge 495 1350 running 0 3 7 49   Bob Welborn Bob Welborn '56 Chevrolet 495 975 running 0 4 15 48   Jimmie Lewallen Bob Welborn '56 Chevrolet 492 600 running 0 5 5 34   Gwyn Staley Hubert Westmoreland '56 Chevrolet 480 500 running 100 6 4 12   Joe Weatherly Pete DePaolo '56 Ford 479 450 running 129 7 6 86   Don Oldenberg Don Oldenberg '55 Buick 472 400 running 0 8 14 77   Larry Frank L.D. Fish '56 Chevrolet 471 350 running 0 9 29 711   Bill Poor Bill Poor '56 Chevrolet 470 300 running 0 10 13 99   Billy Carden Schwam Motors '56 Ford 462 300 running 0 11 12 4   Art Binkley Art Binkley '56 Plymouth 459 250 running 0 12 16 32   Raymond Carter Raymond Carter '55 Chevrolet 457 250 running 0 13 9 41   Billy Rafter C.M. Julian '56 Dodge 456 250 running 0 14 19 155   Whitey Gerken – '56 Dodge 423 225 running 0 15 17 14   Bob Beck Bob Beck '56 Chevrolet 420 225 running 0 16 20 45   Bun Emery Bill Brown '56 Mercury 411 225 running 0 17 18 71   Gordon Snead – '54 Oldsmobile 405 225 running 0 18 23 7A   Larry Odo Larry Odo '56 Chevrolet 378 200 running 0 19 26 3   Norman Schihl Norman Schihl '56 Ford 364 200 crash 0 20 10 2   Bill Lutz – '56 Ford 341 200 engine 0 21 22 5   Tom Pistone Tom Pistone '56 Chevrolet 334 175 gas line 0 22 24 47   Frank Milligan – '56 Chevrolet 203 175 running 0 23 1 26   Curtis Turner Pete DePaolo '56 Ford 175 175 clutch 81 24 3 22   Glen Wood Wood Brothers '56 Ford 149 150 engine 0 25 2 82   Joe Eubanks Satcher Motors '56 Ford 86 150 engine 83 26 27 0   Jim Donovan Ray Fletcher '56 Ford 78 100 transmission 0 27 28 56   Cannonball Brown Cannonball Brown '56 Chrysler 31 100 engine 0 28 25 54   Don Corley – '56 Ford 11 100 withdrew 0 29 21 55   Mel Larson Mel Larson '56 Ford 8 100 distributor 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Curtis Turner 1 3 3   Joe Eubanks 4 86 83   Curtis Turner 87 164 78   Joe Weatherly 165 293 129   Gwyn Staley 294 393 100   Jimmy Massey 394 500 107