Season

30 May 1956

1956 Indianapolis 500

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	8	Pat Flaherty	Watson-Offenhauser	200	3:53'28.84	1	8
2	4	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	+ 20.45	13	6
3	16	Don Freeland	Phillips-Offenhauser	200	+ 1'30.23	26	4
4	98	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	+ 3'25.69	6	3
5	73	Dick Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	+ 4'21.81	4	2
6	1	Bob Sweikert	Kuzma-Offenhauser	200	+ 5'35.05	10
7	14	Bob Veith	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	+ 6'25.63	23
8	19	Rodger Ward	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	+ 6'32.31	15
9	26	Jimmy Reece	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	200	+ 6'38.31	21
10	27	Cliff Griffith	Stevens-Offenhauser	199	+ 1 Lap	30
11	82	Gene Hartley	Kuzma-Offenhauser	196	+ 4 Laps	22
12	42	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	196	+ 4 Laps	7
13	57	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	196	+ 4 Laps	25
14	55	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	195	+ 5 Laps	28
15	81	Eddie Johnson	Kuzma-Offenhauser	195	+ 5 Laps	32
16	41	Billy Garrett	Kuzma-Offenhauser	194	+ 6 Laps	29
17	64	Duke Dinsmore	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	191	+ 9 Laps	33
18	7	Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	187	+ 13 Laps	3
19	2	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma-Offenhauser	185	+ 15 Laps	19
Ret	24	Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	175	Engine	2
Ret	34	Johnnie Tolan	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	173	Engine	31
Ret	10	Ed Elisian	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	160	Brakes	14
Ret	99	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	160	Accident	5
Ret	48	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	134	Accident	16
Ret	54	Jack Turner	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	131	Engine	24
Ret	89	Keith Andrews	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	94	Transmission	20
Ret	5	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	90	Oil leak	9
Ret	12	Al Herman	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	74	Accident	27
Ret	49	Ray Crawford	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	49	Accident	17
Ret	15	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	35	Oil leak	12
Ret	53	Troy Ruttman	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	22	Spun off	11
Ret	88	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma-Offenhauser	22	Spun off	18
Ret	29	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft-Novi	21	Accident	8	1