1956 Richmond 200

Richmond Raceway · 1956 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Buck Baker	1	24	12	1	2	198	200	100

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	1	87	Buck Baker	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Dodge	200	198	running
2	3	92	Herb Thomas	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Dodge	199	2	shift lever
3	2	300	Speedy Thompson	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Chrysler	199		running
4	5	14	Billy Myers	Stroppe Motorsports	Mercury	198		running
5	10	2	Jimmy Massey	Hubert Westmoreland (Owner)	Chevrolet	197		running
6	7	82	Joe Eubanks	James Satcher (Owner)	Ford	195		running
7	4	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	193		running
8	12	59	Blackie Pitt	Brownie Pitt (Owner)	Plymouth	191		running
9	11	X	Rex White	Max Welborn (Owner)	Chevrolet	188		running
10	14	5	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Oldsmobile	187		running
11	13	97	Allen Adkins		Ford	182		piston
12	17	19	Harvey Henderson	Harvey Henderson (Owner)	Chevrolet	172		running
13	19	55	Tiny Lund	A.L. Bumgarner (Owner)	Pontiac	168		running
14	18	98	Bobby Keck	Bobby Keck (Owner)	Chevrolet	166		running
15	6	12	Ralph Moody	DePaolo Engineering	Ford	162		accident
16	16	271	Billy Carden		Mercury	162		rear end
17	8	75	Jim Paschal	Frank Hayworth (Owner)	Mercury	147		engine
18	15	22	Fireball Roberts	DePaolo Engineering	Ford	95		accident
19	22	98	Danny Letner	Tom Harbison (Owner)	Dodge	69		axle
20	23	54	Nace Mattingly	Nace Mattingly (Owner)	Ford	53		overheating
21	21	264	Johnny Allen	Spook Crawford (Owner)	Plymouth	31		spindle
22	20	84	Dave Terrell	Dave Terrell (Owner)	Ford	30		overheating
23	24	6	Ralph Liguori	Ralph Liguori (Owner)	Dodge	7		coil
24	9	49	Tim Flock	Mauri Rose (Owner)	Chevrolet	2		withdrew from race

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Buck Baker	198	99.0%	P1
2	Herb Thomas	2	1.0%	P2