Race Entry List
NASCAR Cup Series
Virginia 500
Martinsville Speedway
May 20th, 1956
Race #18 of the 1956 NASCAR Cup Series Season
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- Laps Scheduled: 500
- Drivers Entered: 35
- Makes
- Buick (1)
- Chevrolet (12)
- Dodge (4)
- Ford (7)
- Mercury (2)
- Nash (1)
- Packard (1)
- Plymouth (3)
- Pontiac (4)
- Last Martinsville Speedway
race (1955-42)
- Pole: (-- mph)
- Winner:
Car # | Driver | Hometown | Make | Sponsor | Team | Crew Chief |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bobby Myers | Chevrolet | -- | -- | ||
11 | Tim Flock | Chevrolet | Mauri Rose Engineering | Mauri Rose | ||
12 | Ralph Moody | Ford | Southeastern Dealers | Pete DePaolo | ||
14 | Billy Myers | Mercury | Bill Stroppe | Bill Stroppe | ||
150 | Fred Lorenzen | Chevrolet | Fred Lorenzen | Fred Lorenzen | ||
16 | Ray Chaike | Chevrolet | Gus Holzmueller | Gus Holzmueller | ||
18 | Arden Mounts | Pontiac | Arden Mounts | Arden Mounts | ||
19 | Harvey Henderson | Ford | Harvey Henderson | Harvey Henderson | ||
195 | Jim Rhoades | Packard | -- | -- | ||
2 | Gwyn Staley | Chevrolet | Hubert Westmoreland | Hubert Westmoreland | ||
204 | Darvin Randahl | Ford | Darvin Randahl | Darvin Randahl | ||
209 | Pete Stewart | Plymouth | Pete Stewart | Pete Stewart | ||
211 | George Cork | Plymouth | -- | -- | ||
22 | Fireball Roberts | Ford | DePaolo Engineering | Pete DePaolo | ||
240 | Reitzel Darner | Ford | Rat Garner | Rat Garner | ||
264 | Johnny Allen | Plymouth | Spook Crawford | Spook Crawford | ||
285 | Don Carr | Pontiac | Jim Stephens | Jim Stephens | ||
286 | Cotton Owens | Pontiac | Jim Stephens | Jim Stephens | ||
3 | Paul Goldsmith | Chevrolet | Smokey Yunick | Smokey Yunick | ||
32 | Ted Cannady | Chevrolet | Ted Cannady | Ted Cannady | ||
35 | Joe Bill O'Dell | Nash | Joe Gilliam | Joe Gilliam | ||
418 | Sherman Utsman | Chevrolet | -- | -- | ||
42 | Lee Petty | Dodge | Petty Enterprises | Petty Enterprises | ||
500 | Speedy Thompson | Dodge | Carl Kiekhaefer | Carl Kiekhaefer | ||
502 | Buck Baker | Dodge | Carl Kiekhaefer | Carl Kiekhaefer | ||
55 | Tiny Lund | Pontiac | A.L. Bumgarner | A.L. Bumgarner | ||
59 | Blackie Pitt | Buick | Brownie Pitt | Brownie Pitt | ||
6 | Ralph Liguori | Dodge | Ralph Liguori | Ralph Liguori | ||
75 | Jim Paschal | Mercury | C U Later Alligator | Frank Hayworth | ||
7A | Bobby Johns | Chevrolet | Shorty Johns | Shorty Johns | ||
9 | Pee Wee Jones | Ford | -- | -- | ||
91 | Jack Smith | Chevrolet | Ted Chester | Ted Chester | ||
92 | Herb Thomas | Chevrolet | Herb Thomas | Herb Thomas | ||
95 | Bob Duell | Ford | Julian Buesink | Julian Buesink | ||
X | Rex White | Chevrolet | Max Welborn | Max Welborn |