1956 Atlantic Rural Exposition Fairgrounds

Race 12 of 56

Richmond
200 laps
Time of race: 1:46:42
Average speed of winner: 56.232 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap
Lead changes: 2 between 2 drivers
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Baker 1-164, Thomas 165-166, Baker 167-200

Race notes: Buck Baker took the points lead from Tim Flock.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Buck Baker	87		'56 Dodge	Kiekhaefer	Kiekhaefer	67.091	200	2	198	running	1100	0
2	3	Herb Thomas	92		'56 Dodge	Kiekhaefer	Kiekhaefer		199	1	2	shift lever	700	0
3	2	Speedy Thompson	300		'56 Chrysler	Kiekhaefer	Kiekhaefer		199	0	0	running	475	0
4	5	Billy Myers	14		'56 Mercury	Guy Wilson			198	0	0	running	365	0
5	10	Jimmy Massey	2		'56 Chevrolet	Westmoreland			197	0	0	running	310	0
6	7	Joe Eubanks	82		'56 Ford	Satcher			195	0	0	running	250	0
7	4	Lee Petty	42		'56 Dodge	Petty	Petty		193	0	0	running	200	0
8	12	Blackie Pitt	59		'56 Plymouth	Brownie Pitt			191	0	0	running	150	0
9	11	Rex White	X		'56 Chevrolet	Max Welborn			188	0	0	running	100	0
10	14	Bill Champion	5		'55 Oldsmobile				187	0	0	running	100	0
11	13	Allen Adkins	97		'56 Dodge	Harbison			182	0	0	piston	75	0
12	17	Harvey Henderson	19		'56 Chevrolet				172	0	0	running	60	0
13	19	Tiny Lund	55	Brushy Mountain Motors	'56 Pontiac	Bumgarner			168	0	0	running	50	0
14	18	Bobby Keck	96		'55 Chevrolet				166	0	0	running	50	0
15	6	Ralph Moody	12		'56 Ford	DePaolo			162	0	0	accident	50	0
16	16	Billy Carden	271		'56 Mercury				162	0	0	rear end	50	0
17	8	Jim Paschal	75		'56 Mercury	Hayworth			147	0	0	engine	50	0
18	15	Fireball Roberts	22		'56 Ford	DePaolo			95	0	0	accident	50	0
19	22	Danny Letner	98		'56 Dodge	Harbison			69	0	0	axle	50	0
20	23	Nace Mattingly	54		'55 Ford	Mattingly			53	0	0	heating	50	0
21	21	Johnny Allen	264		'55 Plymouth	Spook Crawford			31	0	0	spindle	0	0
22	20	Dave Terrell	84		'56 Ford	Terrell			30	0	0	heating	0	0
23	24	Ralph Liguori	6		'56 Dodge	Liguori			7	0	0	coil	0	0
24	9	Tim Flock	49		'56 Chevrolet	Mauri Rose			2	0	0	withdrew	0	0