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1956 Indianapolis 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 3 of 8 Wednesday, May 30, 1956 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN 200 laps on a 4.023 kilometer paved track (804.600 kilometers) Time of race: 3:53:28.84 Average speed: 206.798 kph Pole time: 247.26 seconds Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 20.45 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 11 Glossary    1956 Formula One results   /   1956 standings

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 1 8   Pat Flaherty John Zink Watson / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 200 3:53:28.84 127 8 2 13 4   Sam Hanks Jones & Maley KK500C / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 200 +20.45 0 6 3 26 16   Don Freeland Bob Estes Phillips / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 200 +90.23 4 4 4 6 98   Johnnie Parsons Agajanian Kuzma / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 200 +205.69 16 3 5 4 73   Dick Rathmann McNamara KK500C / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 200 +261.81 0 2 6 10 1   Bob Sweikert D-A Lubicrant Kuzma / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 200 +335.05 0 0 7 23 14   Bob Veith Federal Engineering KK500E / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 200 +385.63 0 0 8 15 19   Rodger Ward Filter Queen KK500C / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 200 +392.31 0 0 9 21 26   Jimmy Reece Massaglia Hotels Lesovsky / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 200 +398.31 0 0 10 30 27   Cliff Griffith Jim Robbins Stevens / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 199 +1 lap 0 0 11 22 82   Gene Hartley Central Excavating KK500C / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 196 +4 laps 0 0 12 7 42   Freddie Agabashian Federal Engineering KK500C / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 196 +4 laps 0 0 13 25 57   Bob Christie Helse KK500D / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 196 +4 laps 0 0 14 28 55   Al Keller Sam Traylor KK4000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 195 +5 laps 0 0 15 32 81   Eddie Johnson Central Excavating Kuzma / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 195 +5 laps 0 0 16 29 41   Billy Garrett Greenman-Casale Kuzma / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 194 +6 laps 0 0 17 33 64   Duke Dinsmore Shannon's KK500A / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 191 +9 laps 0 0 18 3 7   Pat O'Connor Ansted Rotary KK500D / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 187 +13 laps 39 0 19 19 2   Jimmy Bryan Dean Van Lines Kuzma / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 185 +15 laps 0 0 20 2 24   Jim Rathmann Hopkins KK500C / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 175 engine 3 0 21 31 34   Johnnie Tolan Trio Brass Foundry KK500D / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 173 engine 0 0 22 5 99   Tony Bettenhausen Belanger Motors KK500D / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 160 crash 0 0 23 14 10   Ed Elisian Hoyt Machine KK500C / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 160 brakes 0 0 24 16 48   Jimmy Daywalt Sumar KK500C / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 134 crash 0 0 25 24 54   Jack Turner Travelon Trailer KK500B / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 131 engine 0 0 26 20 89   Keith Andrews Dunn Engineering KK500B / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 94 transmission 0 0 27 9 5   Andy Linden Chapman KK500C / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 90 oil leak 0 0 28 27 12   Al Herman Bardahl KK500B / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 74 crash 0 0 29 17 49   Ray Crawford Crawford KK500B / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 49 crash 0 0 30 12 15   Johnny Boyd Bowes Seal Fast KK500G / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 35 oil leak 0 0 31 11 53   Troy Ruttman John Zink KK500D / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 22 spun off 0 0 32 18 88   Johnny Thomson Schmidt Kuzma / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 22 spun off 0 0 33 8 29   Paul Russo Novi Vespa Kurtis / Novi 3.0 L8C 21 crash 11 1

Relief Drivers: Car #10: Eddie Russo (37 laps) Fastest Lap: 232.394 kph by Paul Russo Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Jim Rathmann 1 3 3   Pat O'Connor 4 10 7   Paul Russo 11 21 11   Pat O'Connor 22 40 19   Pat Flaherty 41 41 1   Pat O'Connor 42 44 3   Pat Flaherty 45 45 1   Pat O'Connor 46 55 10   Johnnie Parsons 56 71 16   Don Freeland 72 75 4   Pat Flaherty 76 200 125