1956 / ROUND 3

Indianapolis 500

WinnerPat FlahertyPublished race classification

Official polePat FlahertySeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance804.672 km200 laps

Race entries34Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Pat Flaherty	Watson	1	1	200	3:53:28.840	8
2	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	13	13	200	3:53:49.290	6
3	Don Freeland	Phillips	26	26	200	3:54:59.070	4
4	Johnnie Parsons	Kuzma	6	6	200	3:56:54.530	3
5	Dick Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	4	4	200	3:57:50.650	2
6	Bob Sweikert	Kuzma	10	10	200	3:59:03.890	0
7	Bob Veith	Kurtis Kraft	23	23	200	3:59:54.470	0
8	Rodger Ward	Kurtis Kraft	15	15	200	4:00:1.150	0
9	Jimmy Reece	Lesovsky	21	21	200	4:00:7.150	0
10	Cliff Griffith	Stevens	30	30	199	+1 lap	0
11	Gene Hartley	Kuzma	22	22	196	+4 laps	0
12	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	7	7	196	+4 laps	0
13	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft	25	25	196	+4 laps	0
14	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft	28	28	195	+5 laps	0
15	Eddie Johnson	Kuzma	32	32	195	+5 laps	0
16	Billy Garrett	Kuzma	29	29	194	+6 laps	0
17	Duke Dinsmore	Kurtis Kraft	33	33	191	+9 laps	0
18	Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft	3	3	187	+13 laps	0
19	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma	19	19	185	+15 laps	0
20	Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	2	2	175	Engine	0
21	Johnnie Tolan	Kurtis Kraft	31	31	173	Engine	0
22	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft	5	5	160	Accident	0
23	Ed Elisian	Kurtis Kraft	14	14	160	Brakes	0
23	Eddie Russo	Kurtis Kraft	—	—	—	23	0
24	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	16	16	134	Accident	0
25	Jack Turner	Kurtis Kraft	24	24	131	Engine	0
26	Keith Andrews	Kurtis Kraft	20	20	94	Transmission	0
27	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft	9	9	90	Oil leak	0
28	Al Herman	Kurtis Kraft	27	27	74	Accident	0
29	Ray Crawford	Kurtis Kraft	17	17	49	Accident	0
30	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft	12	12	35	Oil leak	0
31	Troy Ruttman	Kurtis Kraft	11	11	22	Spun off	0
32	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma	18	18	22	Spun off	0
33	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	8	8	21	Accident	1

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Pat Flaherty	4:07.260
2	Jim Rathmann	4:08.070
3	Pat O'Connor	4:08.310
4	Dick Rathmann	4:09.180
5	Tony Bettenhausen	4:08.960
6	Johnnie Parsons	4:09.750
7	Fred Agabashian	4:09.880
8	Paul Russo	4:10.790
9	Andy Linden	4:11.650
10	Bob Sweikert	4:11.690
11	Troy Ruttman	4:12.660
12	Johnny Boyd	4:12.920
13	Sam Hanks	4:13.430
14	Ed Elisian	4:14.630
15	Rodger Ward	4:15.010
16	Jimmy Daywalt	4:15.360
17	Ray Crawford	4:15.530
18	Johnny Thomson	4:07.340
19	Jimmy Bryan	4:10.450
20	Keith Andrews	4:11.790
21	Jimmy Reece	4:11.950
22	Gene Hartley	4:12.020
23	Bob Veith	4:12.570
24	Jack Turner	4:12.820
25	Bob Christie	4:13.100
26	Don Freeland	4:14.060
27	Al Herman	4:14.220
28	Al Keller	4:14.970
29	Billy Garrett	4:16.120
30	Cliff Griffith	4:14.470
31	Johnnie Tolan	4:17.030
32	Eddie Johnson	4:18.820
33	Duke Dinsmore	4:19.870

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.