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Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis May 30, 1956

Lap distance 4.023 km

Race

	Pos	Driver		Team	Laps	Pits
	1	Flaherty		Watson	200
	2	Hanks		Kurtis Kraft	200
	3	Freeland		Phillips	200
	4	Parsons		Kuzma	200
	5	J Rathmann		Kurtis Kraft	200
	6	Sweikert		Kuzma	200
	7	Veith		Kurtis Kraft	200
	8	Ward		Kurtis Kraft	200
	9	Reece		Lesovsky	200
	10	Griffith		Stevens	199
	11	Hartley		Kuzma	196
	12	Agabashian		Kurtis Kraft	196
	13	Christie		Kurtis Kraft	196
	14	Keller		Kurtis Kraft	195
	15	Johnson		Kuzma	195
	16	Garrett		Kuzma	194
	17	Dinsmore		Kurtis Kraft	191
	18	O'Connor		Kurtis Kraft	187
	19	Bryan		Kuzma	185
Retirement
engine		R Rathmann		Kurtis Kraft	175
engine		Tolan		Kurtis Kraft	173
accident		Bettenhausen		Kurtis Kraft	160
brakes		Elisian		Kurtis Kraft	160
accident		Daywalt		Kurtis Kraft	134
engine		Turner		Kurtis Kraft	131
transmission		Andrews		Kurtis Kraft	94
oil leak		Linden		Kurtis Kraft	90
accident		Herman		Kurtis Kraft	74
accident		Crawford		Kurtis Kraft	49
oil leak		Boyd		Kurtis Kraft	35
spun off		Ruttman		Kurtis Kraft	22
spun off		Thomson		Kuzma	22
accident		P Russo FL		Kurtis Kraft	21

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	Pos	Driver		No.		Team	Laps	Last five	Pits	Best (Laps)		Worst (Laps)
	1	Pat Flaherty		8		Watson	200	1
	2	Sam Hanks		4		Kurtis Kraft	200	2
	3	Don Freeland		16		Phillips	200	3
	4	Johnnie Parsons		98		Kuzma	200	4
	5	Dick Rathmann		73		Kurtis Kraft	200	5
	6	Bob Sweikert		1		Kuzma	200	6
	7	Bob Veith		14		Kurtis Kraft	200	7
	8	Rodger Ward		19		Kurtis Kraft	200	8
	9	Jimmy Reece		26		Lesovsky	200	9
	10	Cliff Griffith		27		Stevens	199	10
	11	Gene Hartley		82		Kuzma	196	11
	12	Fred Agabashian		42		Kurtis Kraft	196	12
	13	Bob Christie		57		Kurtis Kraft	196	13
	14	Al Keller		55		Kurtis Kraft	195	14
	15	Eddie Johnson		81		Kuzma	195	15
	16	Billy Garrett		41		Kuzma	194	16
	17	Duke Dinsmore		64		Kurtis Kraft	191	17
	18	Pat O'Connor		7		Kurtis Kraft	187	18
	19	Jimmy Bryan		2		Kuzma	185	19
Retirement
engine		Jim Rathmann		24		Kurtis Kraft	175
engine		Johnnie Tolan		34		Kurtis Kraft	173
accident		Tony Bettenhausen		99		Kurtis Kraft	160
brakes		Ed Elisian		10		Kurtis Kraft	160
accident		Jimmy Daywalt		48		Kurtis Kraft	134
engine		Jack Turner		54		Kurtis Kraft	131
transmission		Keith Andrews		89		Kurtis Kraft	94
oil leak		Andy Linden		5		Kurtis Kraft	90
accident		Al Herman		12		Kurtis Kraft	74
accident		Ray Crawford		49		Kurtis Kraft	49
oil leak		Johnny Boyd		15		Kurtis Kraft	35
spun off		Troy Ruttman		53		Kurtis Kraft	22
spun off		Johnny Thomson		88		Kuzma	22
accident		Paul Russo FL		29		Kurtis Kraft	21

Session data will appear here

Pos	Driver		Today	Points
1.	Jean Behra			10
2.	Juan Manuel Fangio			9
3.	Pat Flaherty		8	8
=	Stirling Moss			8
5.	Sam Hanks		6	6
6.	Luigi Musso			4
7.	Don Freeland		4	4
=	Mike Hawthorn			4
9.	Peter Collins			3
10.	Johnnie Parsons		3	3
11.	Olivier Gendebien			2
=	Nano da Silva Ramos			2
=	Dick Rathmann		2	2
14.	Eugenio Castellotti			1.5
=	Gerino Gerini			1.5
=	Chico Landi			1.5
17.	Paul Russo		1	1
	Elie Bayol			[6]
	Oscar Gonzalez			[6]
	André Pilette			[6]
	Bob Sweikert			[6]
	Alberto Uria			[6]
	Cesare Perdisa			[7]
	Bob Veith			[7]
	Horace Gould			[8]
	Rodger Ward			[8]
	Jimmy Reece			[9]
	Cliff Griffith			[10]
	Gene Hartley			[11]
	Fred Agabashian			[12]
	Bob Christie			[13]
	Al Keller			[14]
	Eddie Johnson			[15]
	Billy Garrett			[16]
	Duke Dinsmore			[17]
	Pat O'Connor			[18]
	Jimmy Bryan			[19]
	Keith Andrews			--
	Tony Bettenhausen			--
	Johnny Boyd			--
	Tony Brooks			--
	Louis Chiron			--
	Ray Crawford			--
	Jimmy Daywalt			--
	Ed Elisian			--
	José Froilán González			--
	Al Herman			--
	Andy Linden			--
	Robert Manzon			--
	Carlos Menditeguy			--
	Luigi Piotti			--
	Jim Rathmann			--
	Louis Rosier			--
	Eddie Russo			--
	Troy Ruttman			--
	Giorgio Scarlatti			--
	Harry Schell			--
	Johnny Thomson			--
	Johnnie Tolan			--
	Maurice Trintignant			--
	Jack Turner			--

1 Pat Flaherty 7.000000.260
2 Jim Rathmann 8.000000.070
3 Pat O'Connor 8.000000.310
4 Dick Rathmann 8.000000.720
5 Tony Bettenhausen 8.000000.960
6 Johnnie Parsons 9.000000.750
7 Fred Agabashian 9.000000.880
8 Paul Russo 0.00
9 Andy Linden 1.000000.650
10 Bob Sweikert 1.000000.690
11 Troy Ruttman 2.000000.660
12 Johnny Boyd 2.000000.920
13 Sam Hanks 3.000000.430
14 Ed Elisian 4.000000.630
15 Rodger Ward 5.000000.010
16 Jimmy Daywalt 5.000000.360
17 Ray Crawford 5.000000.530
18 Johnny Thomson 7.000000.340
19 Jimmy Bryan 0.00
20 Keith Andrews 1.000000.790
21 Jimmy Reece 1.000000.950
22 Gene Hartley 2.000000.020
23 Bob Veith 2.000000.570
24 Jack Turner 2.000000.820
25 Bob Christie 3.000000.100
26 Don Freeland 4.000000.060
27 Al Herman 4.000000.220
28 Al Keller 4.000000.970
29 Billy Garrett 6.000000.120
30 Cliff Griffith 4.000000.470
31 Johnnie Tolan 7.000000.030
32 Eddie Johnson 8.000000.820
33 Duke Dinsmore 0.00

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Circuit type
Race
Circuit Length
4.192 km
Circuit Turns
13
Circuit Direction
Clockwise
Capacity
400,000
Established
1909