| 1956 Richmond 200 NASCAR Cup Series Race 12 of 56 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $4,285 | Race Date: | Apr 29, 1956 | Richmond Raceway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 1 Lap | Race Duration: | 1Hr 46Min 42Sec. | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Lead Changes: | 2 Among / 2 Drivers | Average Speed: | 56.232 MPH | .750 Mile D-Shaped Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 24 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | richmondraceway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Buck Baker B. Baker | Driver: | Buck Baker B. Baker | Dodge: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #87 Dodge | Car No.: | #87 Dodge | Mercury: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Kiekhaefer Racing | Team: | Kiekhaefer Racing | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Carl Kiekhaefer | Crew Chief: | Carl Kiekhaefer | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 198 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 67.091 MPH | |||||
| Official 1956 Richmond 200 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 1 | 87 | Buck Baker | Mercury Outboards | Running |  | 0 | 200 | 198 |
| 2 | 3 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Mercury Outboards | Shifter | | 0 | 199 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 300 | Speedy Thompson | Mercury Outboards | Running | | 0 | 199 | 0 |
| 4 | 5 | 14 | Billy Myers | Stroppe Motorsports | Running |  | 0 | 198 | 0 |
| 5 | 10 | 2 | Jimmy Massey | Running |  | 0 | 197 | 0 | |
| 6 | 7 | 82 | Joe Eubanks | Satcher Motors | Running |  | 0 | 195 | 0 |
| 7 | 4 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running | | 0 | 193 | 0 |
| 8 | 12 | 59 | Blackie Pitt | Brownie Pitt (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 191 | 0 |
| 9 | 11 | X | Rex White | Max Welborn (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 188 | 0 |
| 10 | 14 | 5 | Bill Champion | Champion Racing | Running |  | 0 | 187 | 0 |
| 11 | 13 | 97 | Allen Adkins | Tom Harbison (Car Owner) | Piston | | 0 | 182 | 0 |
| 12 | 17 | 19 | Harvey Henderson | Harvey Henderson (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 172 | 0 |
| 13 | 19 | 55 | Tiny Lund | A.L. Bumgarner (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 168 | 0 |
| 14 | 18 | 98 | Bobby Keck | Bobby Keck (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 166 | 0 |
| 15 | 6 | 12 | Ralph Moody | Southeastern Dealers | Accident | | 0 | 162 | 0 |
| 16 | 16 | 271 | Billy Carden | Rear Gear | | 0 | 162 | 0 | |
| 17 | 8 | 75 | Jim Paschal | C U Later Alligator | Engine | | 0 | 147 | 0 |
| 18 | 15 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | DePaolo Engineering | Accident | | 0 | 95 | 0 |
| 19 | 22 | 98 | Danny Letner | Tom Harbison (Car Owner) | | 0 | 69 | 0 | |
| 20 | 23 | 54 | Nace Mattingly | Nace Mattingly (Car Owner) | Overheating | | 0 | 53 | 0 |
| 21 | 21 | 264 | Johnny Allen | Spook Crawford (Car Owner) | | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| 22 | 20 | 84 | Dave Terrell | Dave Terrell (Car Owner) | Overheating | | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 23 | 24 | 6 | Ralph Liguori | Ralph Liguori (Car Owner) | | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 24 | 9 | 49 | Tim Flock | Mauri Rose Engineering | | 0 | 2 | 0 |
