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1956-39

NASCAR Convertible Series race number 39 of 47
Sunday, September 2, 1956 at Lakewood Speedway, Atlanta, GA
150 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (150.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:02:28
Average Speed: 73.489 mph
Pole Speed: 79.121 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: n/a
Attendance: 19,000
Lead changes: 2

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	12	Joe Weatherly	Pete DePaolo	'56 Ford	150	900	running	89
2	4	22	Glen Wood	Wood Brothers	'56 Ford	150	725	running	0
3	14	86	Don Oldenberg	Don Oldenberg	'55 Buick	143	575	running	0
4	5	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn	'56 Chevrolet	141	500	running	0
5	9	98	Allen Adkins	Tom Harbison	'56 Dodge	138	425	running	0
6	20	711	Bill Poor	Bill Poor	'56 Chevrolet	138	325	running	0
7	11	5	Tom Pistone	Tom Pistone	'56 Chevrolet	137	250	running	0
8	15	71	Dick Joslin	Bill Webb	'56 Dodge	134	200	running	0
9	12	7A	Larry Odo	Larry Odo	'56 Chevrolet	131	150	running	0
10	23	56	Cannonball Brown	Cannonball Brown	'56 Chrysler	130	125	running	0
11	2	26	Curtis Turner	Pete DePaolo	'56 Ford	129	100	running	61
12	7	99A	Billy Carden	Schwam Motors	'56 Ford	127	100	running	0
13	22	55	Mel Larson	Mel Larson	'56 Ford	118	100	running	0
14	21	54	Larry Frank		'56 Ford	112	100	running	0
15	17	48	Jimmie Lewallen	Bob Welborn	'56 Chevrolet	109	100	steering	0
16	18	14	Bob Beck	Bob Beck	'56 Chevrolet	105	100	running	0
17	3	34	Gwyn Staley	Hubert Westmoreland	'56 Chevrolet	95	100	a frame	0
18	13	4	Art Binkley	Art Binkley	'56 Plymouth	80	100	engine	0
19	6	2	Bill Lutz		'56 Ford	77	75	crash	0
20	16	45	Bill Brown	Bill Brown	'56 Mercury	70	75	crash	0
21	19	3	Norman Schihl	Norman Schihl	'56 Ford	62	75	crash	0
22	10	33	Jimmy Massey	Hubert Westmoreland	'56 Chevrolet	32	75	wheel bearing	0
23	8	99	Jack Smith	Schwam Motors	'56 Ford	25	75	fuel pump	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Curtis Turner	1	61	61
Joe Weatherly	62	150	89

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