1956 Indianapolis 500

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(W) = Previous winner of the race
(R) = Race rookie

Pos	Grid	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Led	Time/Retired	Points
1	1	8	Pat Flaherty	Watson-Offenhauser	200	127	3:53:28.84	8
2	13	4	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	0	+0:20.45	6
3	26	16	Don Freeland	Phillips-Offenhauser	200	4	+1:30.23	4
4	6	98	Johnnie Parsons (W)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	16	+3:25.69	3
5	4	73	Dick Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	0	+4:21.81	2
6	10	1	Bob Sweikert (W)	Kuzma-Offenhauser	200	0	+5:35.05
7	23	14	Bob Veith (R)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	0	+6:25.63
8	15	19	Rodger Ward	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	0	+6:32.31
9	21	26	Jimmy Reece	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	200	0	+6:38.31
10	30	27	Cliff Griffith	Stevens-Offenhauser	199	0	+1 Lap
11	22	82	Gene Hartley	Kuzma-Offenhauser	196	0	+4 Laps
12	7	42	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	196	0	+4 Laps
13	25	57	Bob Christie (R)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	196	0	+4 Laps
14	28	55	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	195	0	+5 Laps
15	32	81	Eddie Johnson	Kuzma-Offenhauser	195	0	+5 Laps
16	29	41	Billy Garrett (R)	Kuzma-Offenhauser	194	0	+6 laps
17	33	64	Duke Dinsmore	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	191	0	+9 laps
18	3	7	Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	187	39	+13 Laps
19	19	2	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma-Offenhauser	185	0	+15 Laps
20	2	24	Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	175	0	Engine
21	31	34	Johnnie Tolan (R)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	173	0	Engine
22	5	99	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	160	0	Accident
23	14	10	Ed Elisian Eddie Russo	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	160	0	Brakes
24	16	48	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	134	0	Accident
25	24	54	Jack Turner (R)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	131	0	Engine
26	20	89	Keith Andrews	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	94	0	Transmission
27	9	5	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	90	0	Oil Leak
28	27	12	Al Herman	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	74	0	Accident
29	17	49	Ray Crawford	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	49	0	Accident
30	12	15	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	35	0	Oil Leak
31	11	53	Troy Ruttman (W)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	22	3	Spun Off
32	18	88	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma-Offenhauser	22	0	Spun Off
33	8	29	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft-Novi	21	11	Accident	1

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