The Garagiste.

The Season in Review  ·  Round 3

Indianapolis 500

1956  ·  Indianapolis Motor Speedway  ·  30 May 1956  ·  200 laps

  1. 1st Pat Flaherty Watson · 03:53:28.84
  2. 2nd Sam Hanks Kurtis Kraft · +20.45
  3. 3rd Don Freeland Phillips · +1:30.230

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Pat Flaherty

Watson  —  Pole position

02 Lap 160

Tony Bettenhausen

Retirement Kurtis Kraft  —  Accident

03 Lap 160

Ed Elisian

Retirement Kurtis Kraft  —  Brakes

04 Lap 160

Eddie Russo

Retirement Kurtis Kraft  —  Brakes

05 Lap 173

Johnnie Tolan

Retirement Kurtis Kraft  —  Engine

06 Lap 175

Jim Rathmann

Retirement Kurtis Kraft  —  Engine

07 On the Charge

Don Freeland

Phillips  —  P26 → P3

08 Victory

Pat Flaherty

Watson  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Pat Flaherty Watson 1 200 03:53:28.84 8
2 Sam Hanks Kurtis Kraft 13 200 +20.45 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
7 Bob Veith Kurtis Kraft 23 200 +6:25.630
8 Rodger Ward Kurtis Kraft 15 200 +6:32.310
9 Jimmy Reece Lesovsky 21 200 +6:38.310
10 Cliff Griffith Stevens 30 199 +1 Lap
11 Gene Hartley Kuzma 22 196 +4 Laps
12 Fred Agabashian Kurtis Kraft 7 196 +4 Laps
13 Bob Christie Kurtis Kraft 25 196 +4 Laps
14 Al Keller Kurtis Kraft 28 195 +5 Laps
15 Eddie Johnson Kuzma 32 195 +5 Laps
16 Billy Garrett Kuzma 29 194 +6 Laps
17 Duke Dinsmore Kurtis Kraft 33 191 +9 Laps
18 Pat O'Connor Kurtis Kraft 3 187 +13 Laps
19 Jimmy Bryan Kuzma 19 185 +15 Laps
20 Jim Rathmann Kurtis Kraft 2 175 Engine
21 Johnnie Tolan Kurtis Kraft 31 173 Engine
22 Tony Bettenhausen Kurtis Kraft 5 160 Accident
23 Ed Elisian Kurtis Kraft 14 160 Brakes
23 Eddie Russo Kurtis Kraft 14 160 Brakes
24 Jimmy Daywalt Kurtis Kraft 16 134 Accident
25 Jack Turner Kurtis Kraft 24 131 Engine
26 Keith Andrews Kurtis Kraft 20 94 Transmission
27 Andy Linden Kurtis Kraft 9 90 Oil leak
28 Al Herman Kurtis Kraft 27 74 Accident
29 Ray Crawford Kurtis Kraft 17 49 Accident
30 Johnny Boyd Kurtis Kraft 12 35 Oil leak
31 Troy Ruttman Kurtis Kraft 11 22 Spun off
32 Johnny Thomson Kuzma 18 22 Spun off
33 Paul Russo Kurtis Kraft 8 21 Accident 1

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