1956 Daytona Beach/Road Course

Race 6 of 56

Daytona Beach
37 laps
Time of race: 1:40:24
Average speed of winner: 90.657 mph
Margin of victory: 57 sec.
Lead changes: 2 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 2 laps
Lap leaders: T. Flock 1-23, Paschal 24-26, T. Flock 27-37

Race notes: Debut for Dick Blackwell, Jim Cushman, Benny DeRosier, Joy Fair, Tommy Herbert, Ken Love, Jimmy Mairs, Ken Milligan, Ralph Moody, Darvin Randahl, Gene White, Rex White, Pete Yow, and Emanuel Zervakis. Finale for Jack Choquette, Fred Krebs, Dick Linder, Bud Palmer, Jack Radtke, Lyle Scott, and Gene Simpson. Only start for W.H. Atkinson, Bob Korf, Ed Kretz, Dave Lundman, Charles Oldham, Johnny Osteen, Charlie Scott, and Pat Zocano. Tim Flock took the points lead from Marvin Panch.

Video links: Truelove flip, Johnson flip

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Tim Flock	300A		'56 Chrysler	Kiekhaefer	Kiekhaefer	135.747	37	2	34	running	4025	0
2	24	Billy Myers	14W		'56 Mercury	Guy Wilson			37	0	0	running	2375	0
3	22	Ralph Moody	12		'56 Ford	DePaolo			37	0	0	running	1450	0
4	16	Jimmie Lewallen	88		'56 Oldsmobile	Ernest Woods				0	0	running	900	0
5	27	Jim Reed	7		'56 Chevrolet	Jim Reed				0	0	running	700	0
6	40	Al Keller	64		'56 Chevrolet	Al Keller				0	0	running	600	0
7	38	Darvin Randahl	204		'56 Ford	Randahl				0	0	running	500	0
8	6	Bob Korf	15W		'56 Mercury	Stroppe				0	0	running	400	0
9	10	Herb Thomas	92		'56 Chevrolet	Herb Thomas				0	0	running	250	0
10	12	Fonty Flock	500B		'56 Dodge	Kiekhaefer	Kiekhaefer			0	0	running	200	0
11	25	Gwyn Staley	2		'56 Chevrolet	Westmoreland				0	0	running	160	0
12	18	Lee Petty	42		'56 Dodge	Petty	Petty			0	0	running	135	0
13	58	Jack Radtke	342	Hanlon Motors	'56 Ford					0	0	running	110	0
14	49	Ray Chaike	16		'56 Chevrolet	Holzmueller				0	0	running	100	0
15	55	Gene Simpson	40		'55 Buick	Harbaugh				0	0	running	100	0
16	60	Ken Milligan	100		'56 Chevrolet	Everett				0	0	running	90	0
17		Bill Blair	5		'56 Dodge	Joe Blair				0	0	running	80	0
18	35	Donald Thomas	91		'56 Ford	Donald Thomas				0	0	running	75	0
19	14	Charlie Scott	300		'55 Chrysler	Kiekhaefer	Kiekhaefer			0	0	running	75	0
20	9	Buck Baker	301		'55 Chrysler	Kiekhaefer	Kiekhaefer			0	0	running	75	0
21	66	Dave Lundman	396		'56 Chevrolet					0	0		60	0
22	30	Rex White	X		'56 Chevrolet	Max Welborn				0	0		60	0
23	19	Lyle Scott	63		'56 Chrysler	Lyle Scott				0	0		60	0
24	50	Mel Larson	155		'56 Ford	Mel Larson				0	0		60	0
25		Pat Zocano	411		'56 Chevrolet					0	0		60	0
26		Ray Thompson	390		'56 Studebaker	Johnny McCoy				0	0		50	0
27	44	Jim Cushman	10		'56 Buick	Jim Cushman				0	0		50	0
28	75	Eddie Skinner	96		'55 Oldsmobile	Curtis Reid				0	0		50	0
29	74	Ken Love	640		'56 Ford					0	0		50	0
30	54	David Ezell	761		'56 Chevrolet	S.G. Russell				0	0		50	0
31	73	Benny DeRosier	230		'54 Hudson	Tiezzi				0	0		25	0
32	70	Dick Beaty	34		'56 Ford	Beaty				0	0		25	0
33	8	Jim Paschal	75		'56 Mercury	Hayworth				1	3		25	0
34	59	Dink Widenhouse	B-29		'56 Ford	Dink Widenhouse				0	0		25	0
35	41	Don Bailey	330		'56 Ford					0	0		25	0
36	52	Red Farmer	C97		'56 Chevrolet	Fitzgibbons				0	0		25	0
37	61	Charles Oldham	123		'56 Chevrolet	Oldham				0	0		25	0
38	71	Walt Schubert	77		'55 Ford	Bunselmeyer				0	0		25	0
39	68	Harvey Henderson	19		'55 Chevrolet					0	0		25	0
40	26	Junior Johnson	55	Brushy Mountain Motors	'56 Pontiac	Bumgarner				0	0	accident	25	0
41	57	Ken Wagner	84		'56 Ford	Lawson and Netti				0	0		0	0
42	67	Johnny Allen	264		'55 Plymouth	Spook Crawford				0	0		0	0
43	11	Frank Mundy	300B		'56 Chrysler	Kiekhaefer	Kiekhaefer			0	0		0	0
44	37	Joe Weatherly	9		'56 Ford	Schwam				0	0		0	0
45	69	Bud Palmer	166		'55 Chevrolet	W.E. Campbell				0	0		0	0
46	63	Bobby Myers	1		'55 Chevrolet	H. Rakestraw				0	0		0	0
47	5	Russ Truelove	226		'56 Mercury	Bob White				0	0	accident	0	0
48	45	Bill Widenhouse	68		'56 Ford	Sheibert				0	0		0	0
49	62	Tommy Herbert	108		'55 Chevrolet	Svajian				0	0		0	0
50	56	Pete Yow	203	Strickland Motor Co.	'55 Buick					0	0		0	0
51	48	W.H. Atkinson	265		'56 Ford	W.H. Atkinson				0	0		0	0
52	36	Curtis Turner	99		'56 Ford	Schwam				0	0		0	0
53	42	Gene White	8		'56 Buick					0	0		0	0
54	28	Charlie Cregar	505		'56 Chevrolet	Cregar				0	0		0	0
55	15	Ralph Liguori	6		'56 Dodge	Liguori				0	0		0	0
56		Dick Blackwell	271		'56 Mercury					0	0		0	0
57	53	Blackie Pitt	59		'55 Oldsmobile	Brownie Pitt				0	0		0	0
58	33	Tommy Thompson	M-1	Fish Carburetor	'55 Buick					0	0		0	0
59	32	Fireball Roberts	22		'56 Ford	DePaolo				0	0		0	0
60	4	Ed Kretz	285		'55 Pontiac	Jim Stephens				0	0		0	0
61	3	Cotton Owens	286		'56 Pontiac	Jim Stephens				0	0		0	0
62	51	Joe Eubanks	56		'56 Ford	Satcher				0	0		0	0
63	29	Danny Letner	97		'56 Ford	Ed Hastings				0	0		0	0
64	43	Joy Fair	719		'56 Dodge	Wainscott				0	0		0	0
65	14	Bob Welborn	49		'56 Chevrolet					0	0		0	0
66	72	Johnny Osteen	424		'54 Oldsmobile					0	0		0	0
67	31	Joel Million	78		'56 Oldsmobile	Ernest Woods				0	0		0	0
68	7	Jack Choquette	290		'56 Dodge	Osiecki				0	0		0	0
69	34	Dick Linder	157		'56 Ford					0	0		0	0
70	46	Jack Smith	999		'56 Ford	B.J. Jones				0	0		0	0
71	2	Speedy Thompson	500B		'56 Dodge	Kiekhaefer	Kiekhaefer			0	0		0	0
72	21	Marvin Panch	98		'56 Dodge	Harbison				0	0		0	0
73	17	Jim Wilson	576		'56 Dodge	Harvey Walters				0	0	accident	0	0
74	20	Fred Krebs	321		'56 Dodge	Harvey Walters				0	0	accident	0	0
75	64	Jimmy Mairs	206		'55 Buick					0	0	accident	0	0
76		Emanuel Zervakis	113		'56 Chevrolet					0	0	accident	0	0