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Little 500

AARC Sprint Car race
Anderson Speedway, Anderson, IN
May 29, 1956
500 laps on 0.25 mile paved oval; 125 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	33	Bob Cleberg	52	Tio Cleberg		500		running	168
2	18	Arnold Knepper	25	Walter Knepper		495		running	0
3	15	Norm Pence	43	B.R. Thomas		490		running	0
4	10	Ray Knepper	35	Ollie Knepper		485		running	0
5	11	Al Miller	41	Warren Twardokus		476		running	0
6	20	Jack Goodwin	12	Joe Barzda		463		running	0
7	2	Pete Allen	4	Jerry Hayes		456		running	168
8	27	Bill Joslin	23	Don Sheen		450		running	0
9	12	Johnny White	7	Herb Pranger		448		running	0
10	9	Bob King	2	Howard Hall		438		running	20
11	24	Red Hoyle	42	Merle Heath		433		running	0
12	7	Ray Sellar	37	Hoy Stevens		411		running	0
13	4	Ken Rubright	86	Bob Lockard		386		running	0
14	25	R.B. Hensley	47	R.B. Hensley		369		running	0
15	13	Red Renner	9	Bob Tucker		340		running	0
16	6	Tom Cherry	38	Tom Cherry		332		driveline	144
17	5	Ronnie Duman	3	Jim Hood		315		accident	0
18	21	Andy Marsh	10	Andy Marsh		298		running	0
19	29	Bob Caldwell	18	Paul Kollstedt		274		running	0
20	30	Charles Meredith	56	Arnold Eberle		218		engine	0
21	23	Bob Mathouser	20	Harry Cecil		171		engine	0
22	19	Glen Rockey	21	Glen Rockey		170		engine	0
23	3	Red Amick	11	Harold Beck		144		engine	0
24	17	Les Mussehl	16	Bob Doyscher		143		driveline	0
25	8	Bobby Stokes	66	John Bennett		99		accident	0
26	26	Cliff Riggins	27	Carl Schroeder		89		engine	0
27	16	Bill Logan	55	Merle Hazel		76		driveline	0
28	14	Bob Hart	33	Garrett Butler		60		accident	0
29	32	Red Barber	31	Fred Campbell		56		gearbox	0
30	31	Mike Quirk	52	Fred Vickery		51		oil line	0
31	1	Wayne Alspaugh	8	John Creekmur		49		accident	0
32	28	Frank Toth	77	Herb Pranger		31		accident	0
33	22	Clare Lawicki	57	Harold Thomas		1		mechanical	0

Notes: Scheduled for May 26; postponed due to rain.
#2 King relieved by Tom Cherry on lap 338.
Time of race: 02:15:25
Average Speed: 55.38 MPH
Pole Speed: 14.333 seconds