Indianapolis 500

1956 · Round 3 · Indianapolis, United States · May 30, 1956

Race summary

Victory went to Flaherty (from 1st on the grid), with a 20.5s margin. Freeland made the biggest gain, from 26th on the grid to 3rd (up 23 places). O'Connor had a difficult race, dropping from 3rd to 18th.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Pat Flaherty	Watson	1	200	3:53:28.840	8
2	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	13	200	+20.450	6
3	Don Freeland	Phillips	26	200	+1:30.230	4
4	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	6	200	+3:25.690	3
5	Dick Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	4	200	+4:21.810	2
6	Bob Sweikert	Kuzma	10	200	+5:35.050	0
7	Bob Veith	Kurtis Kraft	23	200	+6:25.630	0
8	Rodger Ward	Kurtis Kraft	15	200	+6:32.310	0
9	Jimmy Reece	Lesovsky	21	200	+6:38.310	0
10	Cliff Griffith	Stevens	30	199	+1 Lap	0
11	Gene Hartley	Kuzma	22	196	+4 Laps	0
12	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	7	196	+4 Laps	0
13	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft	25	196	+4 Laps	0
14	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft	28	195	+5 Laps	0
15	Eddie Johnson	Kuzma	32	195	+5 Laps	0
16	Billy Garrett	Kuzma	29	194	+6 Laps	0
17	Duke Dinsmore	Kurtis Kraft	33	191	+9 Laps	0
18	Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft	3	187	+13 Laps	0
19	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma	19	185	+15 Laps	0
–	Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	2	175	Engine	0
–	Johnnie Tolan	Kurtis Kraft	31	173	Engine	0
–	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft	5	160	Accident	0
–	Ed Elisian	Kurtis Kraft	14	160	Brakes	0
–	Eddie Russo	Kurtis Kraft	14	160	Brakes	0
–	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	16	134	Accident	0
–	Jack Turner	Kurtis Kraft	24	131	Engine	0
–	Keith Andrews	Kurtis Kraft	20	94	Transmission	0
–	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft	9	90	Oil leak	0
–	Al Herman	Kurtis Kraft	27	74	Accident	0
–	Ray Crawford	Kurtis Kraft	17	49	Accident	0
–	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft	12	35	Oil leak	0
–	Troy Ruttman	Kurtis Kraft	11	22	Spun off	0
–	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma	18	22	Spun off	0
–	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	8	21	Accident	1

Rows without a position (–) did not finish the race; the status column shows what happened.