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1956 Indianapolis 500 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post AAA Champ Car Series race number 1 of 12 Wednesday, May 30, 1956 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:53:29 Average speed: 128.49 mph Pole speed: 145.596 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 20.45 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 11 Glossary    1956 AAA Champ Car Series results   /   1956 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 8   Pat Flaherty John Zink Special   (John Zink) Watson / Offy 200 93819 running 127 1000 2 13 4   Sam Hanks Jones & Maley Kurtis / Offy 200 32919 running 0 800 3 26 16   Don Freeland Bob Estes Phillips / Offy 200 20419 running 4 700 4 6 98   Johnnie Parsons J.C. Agajanian Kuzma / Offy 200 15769 running 16 600 5 4 73   Dick Rathmann McNamara Chiropractic   (Lee Elkins) Kurtis / Offy 200 10744 running 0 500 6 10 1   Bob Sweikert D-A Lubricants   (Racing Associates) Kuzma / Offy 200 7594 running 0 400 7 23 14   Bob Veith Federal Engineering Kurtis / Offy 200 7494 running 0 300 8 15 19   Rodger Ward Filter Queen   (Ed Walsh) Kurtis / Offy 200 6294 running 0 250 9 21 26   Jimmy Reece Massaglia Hotels   (Hart Fullerton) Lesovsky / Offy 200 6044 running 0 200 10 30 27   Cliff Griffith Jim Robbins Stevens / Offy 199 6194 running 0 150 11 22 82   Gene Hartley Central Excavating   (Pete Salemi) Kurtis / Offy 196 3714 running 0 100 12 7 42   Freddie Agabashian Federal Engineering Kurtis / Offy 196 3644 running 0 50 13 25 57   Bob Christie Helse   (H.H. Johnson) Kurtis / Offy 196 3374 running 0   14 28 55   Al Keller Sam Traylor Kurtis / Offy 195 3254 running 0   15 32 81   Eddie Johnson Central Excavating   (Pete Salemi) Kuzma / Offy 195 3434 running 0   16 29 41   Billy Garrett Greenman-Casale   (Lysle Greenman) Kuzma / Offy 194 3014 running 0   17 33 64   Duke Dinsmore Shannon's   (Shannon Brothers) Kurtis / Offy 191 3094 running 0   18 3 7   Pat O'Connor Ansted Rotary   (Ansted-Thompson Racing) Kurtis / Offy 187 8924 magneto 39   19 19 2   Jimmy Bryan Dean Van Lines   (Al Dean) Kuzma / Offy 185 3144 running 0   20 2 24   Jim Rathmann Lindsey Hopkins Kurtis / Offy 175 3564 oil 3   21 31 34   Johnnie Tolan Trio Brass Foundry   (Carl Anderson) Kurtis / Offy 173 3084 running 0   22 5 99   Tony Bettenhausen Belanger Motors   (Murrell Belanger) Kurtis / Offy 160 2754 crash 0   23 14 10   Ed Elisian Hoyt Machine   (Fred Sommer) Kurtis / Offy 160 2624 brakes 0   24 16 48   Jimmy Daywalt Sumar   (Chapman Root) Kurtis / Offy 134 2564 crash 0   25 24 54   Jack Turner Travelon Trailer   (Ernest Ruiz) Kurtis / Offy 131 2564 engine 0   26 20 89   Keith Andrews Dunn Engineering   (Harry Dunn) Kurtis / Offy 94 2834 transmission 0   27 9 5   Andy Linden Harry Allen Chapman Kurtis / Offy 90 2504 oil leak 0   28 27 12   Al Herman Bardahl   (Pat Clancy) Kurtis / Offy 74 2474 crash 0   29 17 49   Ray Crawford Ray Crawford Kurtis / Offy 49 2444 crash 0   30 12 15   Johnny Boyd Bowes Seal Fast   (George Bignotti) Kurtis / Offy 35 2414 oil leak 0   31 11 53   Troy Ruttman John Zink Kurtis / Offy 22 2384 spun out 0   32 18 88   Johnny Thomson Peter Schmidt Kuzma / Offy 22 2854 spun out 0   33 8 29   Paul Russo Novi Vespa   (Lewis Welch) Kurtis / Novi 21 3974 crash 11

Relief Drivers: Car #10: Eddie Russo (37 laps) Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Marshall Teague 3, 47 Dean Van Lines, Sumar Nino Farina 9 Bardahl / Ferrari Dempsey Wilson 22, 79 Martin Brothers, Marquette Tool Tony Bonadies 25 Donaldson Jimmy Davies 31 Novi Air Conditioning Eddie Russo 33 Belond Miracle Power Johnny Kay 35 Pete Wales Shorty Templeman 46 Glessner Len Duncan 51 Ray Brady Eddie Sachs 58 Ray Brady Len Sutton 62 Wolcott Mike Magill 74 Chesty Foods Marvin Pifer 75 Commercial Motor Freight Jim McWithey 77 Dayton Steel Foundry Dick Rathman 78 Hopkins Bill Cheesbourg 84, 87 H.B.T., McDonald Gig Stephens 85 Slick Airway Dick Reese 87 McDonald Johnny Baldwin 91 Bardahl / Ferrari Leroy Warriner 93 McKay Bulldog 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