1956 Buddy Shuman 250

Hickory Speedway · 1956 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Speedy Thompson	9	22	14	2	4	154	250	100

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	9	300	Speedy Thompson	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Chrysler	250	154	running
2	1	22	Ralph Earnhardt	DePaolo Engineering	Ford	250	15	running
3	2	300B	Buck Baker	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Chrysler	249	38	running
4	12	12	Ralph Moody	DePaolo Engineering	Ford	249		running
5	3	86	Doug Cox	John Foster (Owner)	Ford	247		running
6	8	97	Bill Amick	DePaolo Engineering	Ford	246		running
7	11	16	Tiny Lund	Gus Holzmueller (Owner)	Chevrolet	244		running
8	5	83	Johnny Dodson	Johnny Dodson (Owner)	Chevrolet	241		running
9	17	31	Bill Champion	John Whitford (Owner)	Ford	237		running
10	15	75	Bill Blair	Frank Hayworth (Owner)	Mercury	235		running
11	10	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	232		axle
12	18	209	Pete Stewart	Pete Stewart (Owner)	Plymouth	221		running
13	22	418	George Green	George Green (Owner)	Chevrolet	221		running
14	14	64	Johnny Allen	Spook Crawford (Owner)	Ford	215		running
15	4	2	Junior Johnson	DePaolo Engineering	Ford	210	43	vapor lock
16	16	60	Brownie King	Brownie King (Owner)	Chevrolet	200		running
17	21	96	Bobby Keck	Bobby Keck (Owner)	Chevrolet	179		bearing
18	7	500	Jack Smith	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Dodge	126		radiator
19	6	4	Bobby Myers	Smokey Yunick Racing	Mercury	105		radiator
20	19	203	Pete Yow	Pete Yow (Owner)	Ford	89		transmission
21	20	59	Blackie Pitt	Brownie Pitt (Owner)	Plymouth	63		engine
22	13	297	Billy Carden	DePaolo Engineering	Ford	9		clutch

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Speedy Thompson	154	61.6%	P1
2	Junior Johnson	43	17.2%	P15
3	Buck Baker	38	15.2%	P3
4	Ralph Earnhardt	15	6.0%	P2