| 1956 Virginia 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 18 of 56 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $10,275 | Race Date: | May 20, 1956 | Martinsville Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | .3 Lap | Race Duration: | 4h 6m 7s | Ridgeway, Virginia | |
| Lead Changes: | 5 Among / 3 Drivers | Average Speed: | 60.824 MPH | .526 Mile Paved Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 35 | No. of Cautions: | 7 For 20 Laps | martinsvillespeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Buck Baker B. Baker | Driver: | Buck Baker B. Baker | Dodge: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #502 Dodge | Car No.: | #502 Dodge | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Kiekhaefer Racing | Team: | Kiekhaefer Racing | Mercury: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Carl Kiekhaefer | Crew Chief: | Carl Kiekhaefer | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 125 of 500 | Pole Speed: | 66.103 MPH | |||||
| Official 1956 Virginia 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 127 | Buck Baker | Mercury Outboards | Running |  | 0 | 500 | 125 |
| 2 | 2 | 127 | Speedy Thompson | Mercury Outboards | Running | | 0 | 500 | 259 |
| 3 | 5 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running | | 0 | 497 | 0 |
| 4 | 8 | 3 | Paul Goldsmith | Smokey's Best Damn Garage | Running |  | 0 | 496 | 0 |
| 5 | 9 | 2 | Gwyn Staley | Westmoreland Racing | Running | | 0 | 491 | 0 |
| 6 | 7 | 0 | Rex White | Max Welborn (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 483 | 0 |
| 7 | 19 | 127 | Sherman Utsman | Running | | 0 | 477 | 0 | |
| 8 | 13 | 14 | Billy Myers | Stroppe Motorsports | Running |  | 0 | 475 | 0 |
| 9 | 21 | 91 | Jack Smith | Ted Chester (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 475 | 0 |
| 10 | 15 | 12 | Ralph Moody | Southeastern Dealers | Running |  | 0 | 467 | 0 |
| 11 | 33 | 19 | Harvey Henderson | Harvey Henderson (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 464 | 0 |
| 12 | 22 | 55 | Tiny Lund | A.L. Bumgarner (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 463 | 0 |
| 13 | 6 | 7 | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 458 | 0 |
| 14 | 34 | 127 | Rat Garner | Rat Garner (Car Owner) | Hub | | 0 | 441 | 0 |
| 15 | 12 | 1 | Bobby Myers | Hub | | 0 | 436 | 0 | |
| 16 | 18 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | DePaolo Engineering | Running | | 0 | 435 | 0 |
| 17 | 30 | 16 | Ray Chaike | Gus Holzmueller (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 430 | 0 |
| 18 | 25 | 9 | Pee Wee Jones | Running | | 0 | 419 | 0 | |
| 19 | 32 | 127 | George Cork | Running |  | 0 | 405 | 0 | |
| 20 | 3 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Thomas Racing | Engine | | 0 | 377 | 116 |
| 21 | 29 | 127 | Pete Stewart | Pete Stewart (Car Owner) | Unknown | | 0 | 356 | 0 |
| 22 | 28 | 18 | Arden Mounts | Arden Mounts (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 338 | 0 |
| 23 | 10 | 127 | Don Carr | Jim Stephens (Car Owner) | Wheel Stud | | 0 | 304 | 0 |
| 24 | 14 | 127 | Fred Lorenzen | Fred Lorenzen (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 293 | 0 |
| 25 | 4 | 75 | Jim Paschal | C U Later Alligator | Bearings | | 0 | 293 | 0 |
| 26 | 31 | 59 | Blackie Pitt | Brownie Pitt (Car Owner) | Hub |  | 0 | 252 | 0 |
| 27 | 7 | 127 | Cotton Owens | Jim Stephens (Car Owner) | Hub | | 0 | 243 | 0 |
| 28 | 24 | 32 | Ted Cannady | Ted Cannady (Car Owner) | Transmission | | 0 | 156 | 0 |
| 29 | 23 | 127 | Darvin Randahl | Darvin Randahl (Car Owner) | Piston | | 0 | 149 | 0 |
| 30 | 16 | 11 | Tim Flock | Mauri Rose Engineering | Accident | | 0 | 69 | 0 |
| 31 | 26 | 127 | Johnny Allen | Spook Crawford (Car Owner) | Transmission | | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 32 | 35 | 35 | Joe Bill O'Dell | Joe Gilliam (Car Owner) | Accident | Rambler | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 33 | 20 | 95 | Bob Duell | Julian Buesink (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 34 | 27 | 127 | Jim Rhoades | Jim Rhoades (Car Owner) | Tire | Packard | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 35 | 17 | 6 | Ralph Liguori | Ralph Liguori (Car Owner) | Piston | | 0 | 8 | 0 |
