1956 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Richmond 200 Race Results

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1956 - Richmond 200 Race Results

Race Name - Richmond 200
Date - 4/29/1956
Race Track - Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 67.091 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 56.232 mph
Lead Changes - 2
Total Race Purse - $4,285
Race Number - 12

More Races from 1956

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Buck Baker	87	Carl Kiekhaefer	200	56 Dodge	198	$1,100
2	3	Herb Thomas	92	Carl Kiekhaefer	199	56 Dodge	2	$700
3	2	Speedy Thompson	300	Carl Kiekhaefer	199	56 Dodge	0	$475
4	5	Billy Myers	14	Bill Stroppe	198	56 Mercury	0	$365
5	10	Jimmy Massey	2	Hubert Westmoreland	197	56 Chevrol	0	$310
6	7	Joe Eubanks	82	Satcher Motors (James Satcher)	195	56 Ford	0	$250
7	4	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	193	56 Dodge	0	$200
8	12	Blackie Pitt	59	Brownie Pitt	191	56 Plymout	0	$150
9	11	Rex White	0	Max Welborn	188	56 Chevrol	0	$100
10	14	Bill Champion	5	Bill Champion	187	55 Oldsmob	0	$100
11	13	Allen Adkins	97		182	56 Ford	0	$75
12	17	Harvey Henderson	19	Harvey Henderson	172	55 Chevrol	0	$60
13	19	Tiny Lund	55	AL Bumgarner	168	56 Pontiac	0	$50
14	18	Bobby Keck	98	Bobby Keck	166	55 Chevrol	0	$50
15	6	Ralph Moody	12	Southeastern Dealers (Pete DePaolo)	162	56 Ford	0	$50
16	16	Billy Carden	271		162	56 Mercury	0	$50
17	8	Jim Paschal	75	C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth)	147	56 Mercury	0	$50
18	15	Fireball Roberts	22	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	95	56 Ford	0	$50
19	22	Danny Letner	98	Tom Harbison	69	56 Dodge	0	$50
20	23	Nace Mattingly	54	Nace Mattingly	53	55 Ford	0	$50
21	21	Johnny Allen	264	Spook Crawford	31	55 Plymout	0	$
22	20	Dave Terrell	84	Dave Terrell	30	56 Ford	0	$
23	24	Ralph Liguori	6	Ralph Liguori	7	56 Dodge	0	$
24	9	Tim Flock	49	Mauri Rose Engineering (Mauri Rose)	2	56 Chevrol	0	$