1956 Virginia 500
The 1956 Virginia 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that was held on May 20, 1956 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia. As the inaugural event for the NASCAR Grand National Series in Martinsville, this race would set a precedent for all other 500-lap races to follow on this newly paved short track. By the 1990s, NASCAR's top-level series became a media circus that only races at facilities that are worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
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1956 Virginia 500
The 1956 Virginia 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that was held on May 20, 1956 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia. As the inaugural event for the NASCAR Grand National Series in Martinsville, this race would set a precedent for all other 500-lap races to follow on this newly paved short track. By the 1990s, NASCAR's top-level series became a media circus that only races at facilities that are worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Race 18 of 56 in the 1956 NASCAR Grand National Series season
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Carl Kiekhaefer
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