1956 Indianapolis 500

Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Pts
1	8	Pat Flaherty	Watson	1	200	3:53:28.84	8
2	4	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	13	200	+0:20.45	6
3	16	Don Freeland	Phillips	26	200	+1:30.23	4
4	98	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	6	200	+3:25.69	3
5	73	Dick Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	4	200	+4:21.81	2
6	1	Bob Sweikert	Kuzma	10	200	+5:35.05	0
7	14	Bob Veith	Kurtis Kraft	23	200	+6:25.63	0
8	19	Rodger Ward	Kurtis Kraft	15	200	+6:32.31	0
9	26	Jimmy Reece	Lesovsky	21	200	+6:38.31	0
10	27	Cliff Griffith	Stevens	30	199	+1 Lap	0
11	82	Gene Hartley	Kuzma	22	196	+4 Laps	0
12	42	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	7	196	+4 Laps	0
13	57	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft	25	196	+4 Laps	0
14	55	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft	28	195	+5 Laps	0
15	81	Eddie Johnson	Kuzma	32	195	+5 Laps	0
16	41	Billy Garrett	Kuzma	29	194	+6 Laps	0
17	64	Duke Dinsmore	Kurtis Kraft	33	191	+9 Laps	0
18	7	Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft	3	187	+13 Laps	0
19	2	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma	19	185	+15 Laps	0
R	24	Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	2	175	Engine	0
R	34	Johnnie Tolan	Kurtis Kraft	31	173	Engine	0
R	99	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft	5	160	Accident	0
R	10	Ed Elisian	Kurtis Kraft	14	160	Brakes	0
R	10	Eddie Russo	Kurtis Kraft	14	160	Brakes	0
R	48	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	16	134	Accident	0
R	54	Jack Turner	Kurtis Kraft	24	131	Engine	0
R	89	Keith Andrews	Kurtis Kraft	20	94	Transmission	0
R	5	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft	9	90	Oil leak	0
R	12	Al Herman	Kurtis Kraft	27	74	Accident	0
R	49	Ray Crawford	Kurtis Kraft	17	49	Accident	0
R	15	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft	12	35	Oil leak	0
R	53	Troy Ruttman	Kurtis Kraft	11	22	Spun off	0
R	88	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma	18	22	Spun off	0
R	29	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	8	21	Accident	1

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Juan Fangio		1	10.5
2	Jean Behra		0	10
3	Stirling Moss		1	8
4	Pat Flaherty	Watson	1	8
5	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	0	6
6	Luigi Musso		1	4
7	Mike Hawthorn		0	4
8	Don Freeland	Phillips	0	4
9	Peter Collins		0	3
10	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	0	3