Round 3 · 1956

Indianapolis 500

Pat Flaherty (Watson) won the 1956 Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Circuit Indianapolis Motor Speedway

LocationIndianapolis, USA

Date30 May 1956

StatusFinished

Real F1 data provided by the Jolpica API (community-maintained successor to Ergast). Results typically update a few days after each race weekend — this is a results archive, not a live-timing feed.

Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Status	Points
1	Pat Flaherty	Watson	1	200	Finished	8
2	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	13	200	Finished	6
3	Don Freeland	Phillips	26	200	Finished	4
4	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	6	200	Finished	3
5	Dick Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	4	200	Finished	2
6	Bob Sweikert	Kuzma	10	200	Finished	0
7	Bob Veith	Kurtis Kraft	23	200	Finished	0
8	Rodger Ward	Kurtis Kraft	15	200	Finished	0
9	Jimmy Reece	Lesovsky	21	200	Finished	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
20	Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	2	175	Engine	0
21	Johnnie Tolan	Kurtis Kraft	31	173	Engine	0
22	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft	5	160	Accident	0
23	Ed Elisian	Kurtis Kraft	14	160	Brakes	0
23	Eddie Russo	Kurtis Kraft	14	160	Brakes	0
24	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	16	134	Accident	0
25	Jack Turner	Kurtis Kraft	24	131	Engine	0
26	Keith Andrews	Kurtis Kraft	20	94	Transmission	0
27	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft	9	90	Oil leak	0
28	Al Herman	Kurtis Kraft	27	74	Accident	0
29	Ray Crawford	Kurtis Kraft	17	49	Accident	0
30	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft	12	35	Oil leak	0
31	Troy Ruttman	Kurtis Kraft	11	22	Spun off	0
32	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma	18	22	Spun off	0
33	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	8	21	Accident	1

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