Indianapolis 500 1956 Indianapolis 30 May
Pos. No Driver Nat. Entrant Chassis Engine Laps Result Points Grid 1 08 Pat Flaherty USA John Zink Watson Offenhauser 200 3h53m28.84s 8 1 2 04 Sam Hanks USA Cars Inc Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 200 3h53m49.29s 6 13 3 16 Don Freeland USA Bob Estes Phillips Offenhauser 200 3h54m59.07s 4 26 4 98 Johnnie Parsons USA JC Agajanian Kuzma Offenhauser 200 3h56m54.48s 3 6 5 73 Dick Rathmann USA Kalamazoo Sports Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 200 3h57m50.65s 2 4 6 01 Bob Sweikert USA Racing Associates Kuzma Offenhauser 200 3h59m03.83s - 10 7 14 Bob Veith USA Federal Auto Associates Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 200 - - 23 8 19 Rodger Ward USA Ed Walsh Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 200 - - 15 9 26 Jimmy Reece USA Joseph Massagia Lesovsky Offenhauser 200 - - 21 10 27 Cliff Griffith USA Jim Robbins Stevens Offenhauser 199 - - 30 11 82 Gene Hartley USA Pete Salemi Kuzma Offenhauser 196 - - 22 12 42 Freddie Agabashian USA Federal Auto Associates Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 196 - - 7 13 57 Bob Christie USA HH Johnson Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 196 - - 25 14 55 Al Keller USA Samuel Taylor III Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 195 - - 28 15 81 Eddie Johnson USA Pete Salemi Kuzma Offenhauser 195 - - 32 16 41 Billy Garrett USA ER Casale Kuzma Offenhauser 194 - - 29 17 64 Duke Dinsmore USA Shannon Brothers Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 191 - - 33 18 07 Pat O'Connor USA Ansted Rotary Corp Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 187 - - 3 19 02 Jimmy Bryan USA Dean Van Lines Kuzma Offenhauser 185 - - 19 R 24 Jim Rathmann USA Lindsey Hopkins Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 175 Oil Pressure - 2 R 34 Johnnie Tolan USA Carl Anderson Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 173 Engine - 31 R 99 Tony Bettenhausen USA Murrell Belanger Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 160 Accident - 5 R 10 - - Fred Somers Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 160 Stalled - - 10 Ed Elisian USA - - - 123 - - 15 - 10 Eddie Russo USA - - - 37 - - - R 48 Jimmy Daywalt USA Chapman Root Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 134 Accident - 16 R 54 Jack Turner USA Ernest Ruiz Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 131 Engine - 24 R 89 Keith Andrews USA Harry Dunn Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 94 Spun Off - 20 R 05 Andy Linden USA HA Chapman Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 90 Oil Leak - 9 R 12 Al Herman USA Pat Clancy Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 74 Accident - 27 R 49 Ray Crawford USA Ray Crawford Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 49 Accident - 17 R 15 Johnny Boyd USA George Bignotti Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 35 Engine - 12 R 53 Troy Ruttman USA John Zink Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 22 Spun Off - 11 R 88 Johnny Thomson USA Peter Schmidt Kuzma Offenhauser 22 Hit Mechanic - 18 R 29 Paul Russo USA Novi Racing Corp Kurtis Kraft Novi 21 Accident 1 8 Lap Leaders Total Jim Rathmann 1-3 3 Pat O'Connor 4-10, 22-40, 42-44, 46-55 39 Paul Russo 11-21 11 Pat Flaherty 41, 45, 76-200 127 Johnnie Parsons 56-71 16 Don Freeland 72-75 4 NC=Not Classified NT=No time set in qualifying R=Retired EX=Excluded from meeting W=Withdrawn DQ=Disqualified DNS=Did not start DNQ=Did not qualify DNPQ=Did not pre-qualify Pole Position (1m01.815s) Pole Position and Fastest Lap Fastest Lap (1m02.32s)
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Current Championship Standings

Position Driver Nat. Points 1 Jean Behra FRA 10 2 Juan Manuel Fangio ARG 9 3= Pat Flaherty USA 8 3= Stirling Moss GBR 8 5 Sam Hanks USA 6 6= Mike Hawthorn GBR 4 6= Don Freeland USA 4 6= Luigi Musso ITA 4