1956 Indianapolis 500
Indianapolis · · Formula 1
Race summary
| Winner | Grid | Cars | Margin | Laps | km | Fastest lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Flaherty | 1 | 34 | 20.450 | 200 | 804.6 | Paul Russo |
Finishing order
Interval is the deficit to the winner: seconds where official timing recorded them, laps where a car finished down. ★ marks the fastest lap.
| Fin | Grid | No. | Driver | Constructor | Engine | Laps | FL | Interval | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 8 | Pat Flaherty | Watson | Offenhauser | 200 | Finished | 8 | ||
| 2 | 13 | 4 | Sam Hanks | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 200 | +20.450s | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | 26 | 16 | Don Freeland | Phillips | Offenhauser | 200 | +90.230s | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 | 6 | 98 | Johnnie Parsons | Kuzma | Offenhauser | 200 | +205.690s | Finished | 3 | |
| 5 | 4 | 73 | Dick Rathmann | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 200 | +261.810s | Finished | 2 | |
| 6 | 10 | 1 | Bob Sweikert | Kuzma | Offenhauser | 200 | +335.050s | Finished | ||
| 7 | 23 | 14 | Bob Veith | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 200 | +385.630s | Finished | ||
| 8 | 15 | 19 | Rodger Ward | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 200 | +392.310s | Finished | ||
| 9 | 21 | 26 | Jimmy Reece | Lesovsky | Offenhauser | 200 | +398.310s | Finished | ||
| 10 | 30 | 27 | Cliff Griffith | Stevens | Offenhauser | 199 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 11 | 22 | 82 | Gene Hartley | Kuzma | Offenhauser | 196 | +4 laps | Finished | ||
| 12 | 7 | 42 | Fred Agabashian | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 196 | +4 laps | Finished | ||
| 13 | 25 | 57 | Bob Christie | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 196 | +4 laps | Finished | ||
| 14 | 28 | 55 | Al Keller | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 195 | +5 laps | Finished | ||
| 15 | 32 | 81 | Eddie Johnson | Kuzma | Offenhauser | 195 | +5 laps | Finished | ||
| 16 | 29 | 41 | Billy Garrett | Kuzma | Offenhauser | 194 | +6 laps | Finished | ||
| 17 | 33 | 64 | Duke Dinsmore | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 191 | +9 laps | Finished | ||
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Pat O'Connor | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 187 | +13 laps | Magneto | ||
| 19 | 19 | 2 | Jimmy Bryan | Kuzma | Offenhauser | 185 | +15 laps | Finished | ||
| 20 | 2 | 24 | Jim Rathmann | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 175 | — | Engine | ||
| 21 | 31 | 34 | Johnnie Tolan | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 173 | — | Engine | ||
| 22 | 5 | 99 | Tony Bettenhausen | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 160 | — | Accident | ||
| 23 | 14 | 10 | Ed Elisian | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 160 | — | Brakes | ||
| 23 | — | 10 | Eddie Russo | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | — | Finished | |||
| 24 | 16 | 48 | Jimmy Daywalt | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 134 | — | Accident | ||
| 25 | 24 | 54 | Jack Turner | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 131 | — | Engine | ||
| 26 | 20 | 89 | Keith Andrews | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 94 | — | Transmission | ||
| 27 | 9 | 5 | Andy Linden | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 90 | — | Oil leak | ||
| 28 | 27 | 12 | Al Herman | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 74 | — | Accident | ||
| 29 | 17 | 49 | Ray Crawford | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 49 | — | Accident | ||
| 30 | 12 | 15 | Johnny Boyd | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 35 | — | Oil leak | ||
| 31 | 11 | 53 | Troy Ruttman | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 22 | — | Spun off | ||
| 32 | 18 | 88 | Johnny Thomson | Kuzma | Offenhauser | 22 | — | Spun off | ||
| 33 | 8 | 29 | Paul Russo | Kurtis Kraft | Novi | 21 | ★ | — | Accident | 1 |