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1956 - Virginia 500 Race Results


Race Name - Virginia 500
Date - 5/20/1956
Race Track - Martinsville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 66.103 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 20
Average Race Speed - 60.824 mph
Lead Changes - 5
Total Race Purse - $10,275
Race Number - 18
 More Races from 1956
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Buck Baker 502 Carl Kiekhaefer 500 56 Dodge 125 $3,100
2 2 Speedy Thompson 500 Carl Kiekhaefer 500 56 Dodge 259 $1,500
3 5 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 497 56 Dodge 0 $1,025
4 8 Paul Goldsmith 3 Smokey Yunick 496 56 Chevrol 0 $750
5 9 Gwyn Staley 2 Hubert Westmoreland 491 56 Chevrol 0 $600
6 7 Rex White 0 Max Welborn 483 56 Chevrol 0 $450
7 19 Sherman Utsman 418 477 56 Chevrol 0 $350
8 13 Billy Myers 14 Bill Stroppe 475 56 Mercury 0 $300
9 21 Jack Smith 91 Ted Chester 475 56 Chevrol 0 $200
10 15 Ralph Moody 12 Southeastern Dealers (Pete DePaolo) 467 56 Ford 0 $175
11 33 Harvey Henderson 19 Harvey Henderson 464 56 Ford 0 $150
12 22 Tiny Lund 55 AL Bumgarner 463 56 Pontiac 0 $100
13 6 Bobby Johns 7 Shorty Johns 458 56 Chevrol 0 $100
14 34 Reitzel Darner 240 Rat Garner 441 56 Ford 0 $100
15 12 Bobby Myers 1 436 55 Chevrol 0 $100
16 18 Fireball Roberts 22 DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) 435 56 Ford 0 $75
17 30 Ray Chaike 16 Gus Holzmueller 430 56 Chevrol 0 $75
18 25 Pee Wee Jones 9 419 56 Ford 0 $75
19 32 George Cork 211 405 55 Plymout 0 $75
20 3 Herb Thomas 92 Herb Thomas 377 56 Chevrol 116 $75
21 29 Pete Stewart 209 Pete Stewart 356 56 Plymout 0 $60
22 28 Arden Mounts 18 Arden Mounts 338 56 Pontiac 0 $60
23 10 Don Carr 285 Jim Stephens 304 56 Pontiac 0 $60
24 14 Fred Lorenzen 150 Fred Lorenzen 293 56 Chevrol 0 $60
25 4 Jim Paschal 75 C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth) 293 56 Mercury 0 $60
26 31 Blackie Pitt 59 Brownie Pitt 252 56 Buick 0 $60
27 7 Cotton Owens 286 Jim Stephens 243 56 Pontiac 0 $60
28 24 Ted Cannady 32 Ted Cannady 156 56 Chevrol 0 $60
29 23 Darvin Randahl 204 Darvin Randahl 149 56 Ford 0 $60
30 16 Tim Flock 11 Mauri Rose Engineering (Mauri Rose) 69 56 Chevrol 0 $60
31 26 Johnny Allen 264 Spook Crawford 37 55 Plymout 0 $60
32 35 Joe Bill ODell 35 Joe Gilliam 37 55 Rambler 0 $60
33 20 Bob Duell 95 Julian Buesink 29 56 Ford 0 $60
34 27 Jim Rhoades 195 25 55 Packard 0 $60
35 17 Ralph Liguori 6 Ralph Liguori 8 56 Dodge 0 $60