1956 Virginia 500

Martinsville Speedway · 1956 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Buck Baker	1	35	19	2	3	125	500	250

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	502	Buck Baker	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Dodge	500	125	running
2	2	500	Speedy Thompson	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Dodge	500	259	running
3	5	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	497		running
4	8	3	Paul Goldsmith	Smokey Yunick Racing	Chevrolet	496		running
5	9	2	Gwyn Staley	Hubert Westmoreland (Owner)	Chevrolet	491		running
6	7	X	Rex White	Max Welborn (Owner)	Chevrolet	483		running
7	19	418	Sherman Utsman		Chevrolet	477		running
8	13	14	Billy Myers	Stroppe Motorsports	Mercury	475		running
9	21	91	Jack Smith	Ted Chester (Owner)	Chevrolet	475		running
10	15	12	Ralph Moody	DePaolo Engineering	Ford	467		running
11	33	19	Harvey Henderson	Harvey Henderson (Owner)	Ford	464		running
12	22	55	Tiny Lund	A.L. Bumgarner (Owner)	Pontiac	463		running
13	6	7A	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Chevrolet	458		running
14	34	240	Reitzel Darner	Rat Garner (Owner)	Ford	441		hub
15	12	1	Bobby Myers		Chevrolet	436		hub
16	18	22	Fireball Roberts	DePaolo Engineering	Ford	435		running
17	30	16	Ray Chaike	Gus Holzmueller (Owner)	Chevrolet	430		running
18	25	9	Pee Wee Jones		Ford	419		running
19	32	211	George Cork		Plymouth	405		running
20	3	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas Racing	Chevrolet	377	116	engine
21	29	209	Pete Stewart	Pete Stewart (Owner)	Plymouth	356		axle
22	28	18	Arden Mounts	Arden Mounts (Owner)	Pontiac	338		running
23	10	285	Don Carr	Jim Stephens (Owner)	Pontiac	304		lugs
24	14	150	Fred Lorenzen	Fred Lorenzen (Owner)	Chevrolet	293		running
25	4	75	Jim Paschal	Frank Hayworth (Owner)	Mercury	293		bearing
26	31	59	Blackie Pitt	Brownie Pitt (Owner)	Buick	252		hub
27	7	286	Cotton Owens	Jim Stephens (Owner)	Pontiac	243		hub
28	24	32	Ted Cannady	Ted Cannady (Owner)	Chevrolet	156		transmission
29	23	204	Darvin Randahl	Darvin Randahl (Owner)	Ford	149		piston
30	16	11	Tim Flock	Mauri Rose (Owner)	Chevrolet	69		accident	0
31	26	264	Johnny Allen	Spook Crawford (Owner)	Plymouth	37		transmission
32	35	35	Joe Bill O'Dell	Joe Gilliam (Owner)	Buick	37		accident
33	20	95	Bob Duell	Julian Buesink (Owner)	Ford	29		accident
34	27	195	Jim Rhoades		Packard Motor Car Company	25		tire
35	17	6	Ralph Liguori	Ralph Liguori (Owner)	Dodge	8		piston

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Speedy Thompson	259	51.8%	P2
2	Buck Baker	125	25.0%	P1
3	Herb Thomas	116	23.2%	P20

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1956 Virginia 500

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