1956 73 Miles at Hickory Speedway (Race 16)

Hickory Speedway · 1956 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Speedy Thompson	1	24	12	5	1	200	200	80

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	1	300C	Speedy Thompson	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Chrysler	200	200	running
2	10	14	Billy Myers	Stroppe Motorsports	Mercury	200		running
3	13	500B	Buck Baker	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Dodge	200		running
4	12	502	Herb Thomas	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Dodge	200		running
5	2	2	Gwyn Staley	Hubert Westmoreland (Owner)	Chevrolet	200		running
6	6	7A	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Chevrolet	198		running
7	5	286	Cotton Owens	Jim Stephens (Owner)	Pontiac	196		running
8	21	48	Al Watkins	Don Holcomb (Owner)	Ford	182		running
9	20	34A	Charlie Jackson		Oldsmobile	180		running
10	11	19	Harvey Henderson	Harvey Henderson (Owner)	Ford	180		running
11	23	760	Brownie King	Brownie King (Owner)	Chevrolet	174		running
12	7	82	Joe Eubanks	James Satcher (Owner)	Ford	172		axle
13	19	96	Bobby Keck	Bobby Keck (Owner)	Chevrolet	171		running
14	22	37	Tiny Lund	Gus Holzmueller (Owner)	Pontiac	168		accident
15	4	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	164		transmission
16	9	271	Billy Carden		Mercury	154		spindle
17	18	1	Jimmie Lewallen		Chevrolet	102		accident
18	24	75	Jim Paschal	Frank Hayworth (Owner)	Mercury	95		electrical
19	17	34	Dick Beaty	Ike Kiser (Owner)	Ford	81		rear end
20	8	150	Fred Lorenzen	Fred Lorenzen (Owner)	Chevrolet	73		accident
21	15	204	Darvin Randahl	Darvin Randahl (Owner)	Ford	47		bearing
22	16	B-29	Dink Widenhouse	Dink Widenhouse (Owner)	Ford	24		accident
23	14	24	Bobby Waddell	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)	Chevrolet	24		accident
24	3	55	Junior Johnson	A.L. Bumgarner (Owner)	Pontiac	9		piston

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Speedy Thompson	200	100.0%	P1