1956 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Old Dominion 400 Race Results

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1956 - Old Dominion 400 Race Results

Race Name - Old Dominion 400
Date - 10/28/1956
Race Track - Martinsville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 200 miles
Pole Speed - 67.643 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 61.136 mph
Lead Changes - 7
Total Race Purse - $11,739
Race Number - 54

More Races from 1956

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	23	Jack Smith	502	Carl Kiekhaefer	400	56 Dodge	185	$2,264
2	21	Marvin Panch	98	Tom Harbison	400	56 Ford	16	$1,400
3	5	Bill Amick	97	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	400	56 Ford	9	$950
4	3	Speedy Thompson	300	Carl Kiekhaefer	396	56 Chrysle	75	$700
5	19	Fireball Roberts	22	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	394	56 Ford	12	$600
6	12	Joe Weatherly	72	Pete DePaolo	394	56 Ford	0	$500
7	1	Buck Baker	0	Carl Kiekhaefer	394	56 Chrysle	0	$350
8	37	Bunk Moore	35	Fred Frazier	394	56 Ford	0	$400
9	29	Frank Mundy	50	Carl Kiekhaefer	393	56 Dodge	0	$350
10	16	Gwyn Staley	34	Julian Petty	389	56 Chevrol	0	$350
11	20	Jimmy Massey	33	Julian Petty	389	56 Chevrol	0	$300
12	31	Paul Goldsmith	3	Smokey Yunick	384	56 Chevrol	0	$200
13	15	Billy Myers	4	Bill Stroppe	383	56 Mercury	0	$250
14	13	Johnny Allen	64	Spook Crawford	383	56 Plymout	0	$200
15	14	Bob Welborn	49	Bob Welborn	378	56 Chevrol	0	$200
16	8	Don Oldenberg	86	Don Oldenberg	371	55 Buick	0	$150
17	30	Bill Poor	71	Bill Poor	364	56 Chevrol	0	$200
18	40	Bun Emery	99		364	56 Ford	0	$200
19	18	Larry Odo	7	Larry Odo	361	56 Chevrol	0	$150
20	39	Tiny Lund	16	Gus Holzmueller	357	56 Chevrol	0	$200
21	7	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	356	56 Dodge	0	$100
22	34	Bobby Keck	14	Bobby Keck	352	56 Chevrol	0	$150
23	38	Norman Schihl	23	Norman Schihl	349	56 Ford	0	$150
24	36	Art Binkley	44	Art Binkley	349	55 Plymout	0	$150
25	27	Johnny Dodson	83	Johnny Dodson	343	56 Chevrol	0	$150
26	32	Billy Rafter	41	Billy Rafter	334	56 Dodge	0	$250
27	35	Bill Champion	31	John Whitford	299	56 Ford	0	$150
28	4	Curtis Turner	26	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	299	56 Ford	0	$100
29	9	Bob Duell	95	Julian Buesink	245	56 Ford	0	$100
30	11	Ralph Moody	12	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	183	56 Ford	0	$100
31	33	Jim Paschal	75	C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth)	163	56 Mercury	0	$50
32	17	Rex White	0	Max Welborn	143	56 Ford	0	$
33	6	Glen Wood	21	Wood Brothers	110	56 Ford	0	$
34	24	Tom Pistone	15	Tom Pistone	106	56 Chevrol	0	$75
35	2	Joe Eubanks	82	Satcher Motors (James Satcher)	103	56 Ford	103	$
36	25	Billy Carden	29	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	87	56 Ford	0	$50
37	28	Mel Larson	55	Mel Larson	77	56 Ford	0	$50
38	26	Larry Frank	76	Lonnie Fish	77	56 Chevrol	0	$50
39	10	Bill Lutz	2		63	56 Ford	0	$50
40	22	Jimmie Lewallen	48	Bob Welborn	11	56 Ford	0	$100