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1956 Hoosier Hundred Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post AAA Champ Car Series race number 10 of 12 Saturday, September 15, 1956 at Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, IN 100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:14:19 Average speed: 80.727 mph Pole speed: 96.257 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 1 Glossary    1956 AAA Champ Car Series results   /   1956 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 10 2   Jimmy Bryan Dean Van Lines   (Al Dean) Kuzma / Offy 100 6296 running 29 200 2 6 7   Pat O'Connor Sumar   (Chapman Root) Kuzma / Offy 100 4536 running 0 160 3 2 62   Rodger Ward Roger Wolcott Lesovsky / Offy 100 2540 running 0 140 4 1 8   Jud Larson John Zink Watson / Offy 100 1644 running 71 120 5 7 12   Al Keller Pat Clancy Ewing / Offy 100 1518 running 0 100 6 4 47   Gene Hartley Mel Wiggers Kurtis / Offy 100 1270 running 0 80 7 18 14   Bob Veith Federal Engineering Kurtis / Offy 99 1016 running 0 60 8 15 73   Andy Linden McNamara Chiropractic   (Lee Elkins) Turner / Offy 99 952 running 0 50 9 8 16   Don Freeland Bob Estes Phillips / Offy 99 889 running 0 40 10 9 96   Mike Magill Dayton Steel   (George Walther) Kurtis / Offy 99 825 running 0 30 11 17 15   Johnny Boyd Bowes Seal Fast   (George Bignotti) Kurtis / Offy 99 762 running 0 20 12 12 81   George Amick Central Excavating   (Pete Salemi) Kuzma / Offy 99 635 spun out 0 10 13 14 26   Earl Motter Hart Fullerton Kurtis / Offy 94 571 spun out 0   14 13 21   Elmer George HOW   (Mari Hulman) Watson / Offy 93 508 spun out 0   15 16 78   Jim Rathmann Lindsey Hopkins Lesovsky / Offy 26 444 spun out 0   16 5 45   Johnny Thomson D-A Lubricants   (Racing Associates) Kuzma / Offy 20 381 spun out 0   17 3 57   Tommy Hinnershitz Howard Iddings Meyer / Offy 17 254 transmission 0   18 11 44   Tony Bettenhausen Peter Schmidt Kuzma / Offy 5 254 crash 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Jimmy Davies 3 Morcroft Van Johnson 5 Chapman Ed Elisian 25 Lutes Truck Parts Bill Cheesbourg 35 Pete Wales Ken Gottschalk 39 Ken Gottschalk Billy Garrett 41 Greenman-Casale Dick Rathman 46 Glessner Jimmy Reece 48 Sumar Ray Crawford 49 Ray Crawford Eddie Sachs 51 Ray Brady Jack Turner 54 Travelon Trailer Don Branson 74 Hoover Motor Express Marvin Pifer 75 Karl Hall Jim McWithey 76 Leitenberger Leroy Warriner 79 Marquette Tool Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Jud Larson 1 71 71   Jimmy Bryan 72 100 29