Season 1956 · Round 3

Indianapolis 500

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1956-05-30 · Indianapolis Motor Speedway · USA · Indianapolis 500 · 200Lap · 804.672km
8 Pat Flaherty
Watson 3:53:28.840
4 Sam Hanks
Kurtis Kraft +20.450
Team win 12pt P2 · P4 · P5 · P7 · P8 · P12 · P13 · P14 · P17 · P18 · P20 · P21 · P22 · P23 · P23 · P24 · P25 · P26 · P27 · P28 · P29 · P30 · P31 · P33
16 Don Freeland
Phillips +1:30.230
Fastest Lap
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DNF
15
Jim Rathmann L175 Johnnie Tolan L173 Tony Bettenhausen L160 Ed Elisian L160 Eddie Russo L160 Jimmy Daywalt L134 Jack Turner L131 Keith Andrews L94 Andy Linden L90 Al Herman L74 +5
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 5/19 26.3%
Most DNFs · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P2
Most lead changes · all-time P25
Circuit Info
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis, USA
200Lap 804.672km 19 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:10.399 · Rubens Barrichello (2004)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Pat Flaherty 1 wins · → Bill Vukovich -1
P2 Sam Hanks 1 wins · → Bill Vukovich -1
P2 Johnnie Parsons 1 wins · → Bill Vukovich -1
Pole Position
P1 Fred Agabashian 1 · GP #1
P1 Pat Flaherty 1 · GP #1
P1 Dick Rathmann 1 · GP #1
Podiums
P1 Sam Hanks 4 · GP #1
P1 Jim Rathmann 4 · GP #1
P3 Jimmy Bryan 3 · → Jim Rathmann -1
Starts
P1 Tony Bettenhausen 11 starts · GP #1
P2 Jim Rathmann 10 starts · → Tony Bettenhausen -1
P2 Rodger Ward 10 starts · → Tony Bettenhausen -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 L200 Flaherty · P1 → P1 1 Flaherty FLA 1 Flaherty FLA Hanks · P13 → P2 · +11 13 Hanks HAN 2 Hanks HAN Freeland · P26 → P3 · +23 26 Freeland FRE 3 Freeland FRE Parsons · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Parsons PAR 4 Parsons PAR Rathmann · P4 → P5 · -1 4 Rathmann RAT 5 Rathmann RAT Sweikert · P10 → P6 · +4 10 Sweikert SWE 6 Sweikert SWE Veith · P23 → P7 · +16 23 Veith VEI 7 Veith VEI Ward · P15 → P8 · +7 15 Ward WAR 8 Ward WAR Reece · P21 → P9 · +12 21 Reece REE 9 Reece REE Griffith · P30 → P10 · +20 30 Griffith GRI 10 Griffith GRI Hartley · P22 → P11 · +11 22 Hartley HAR 11 Hartley HAR Agabashian · P7 → P12 · -5 7 Agabashian AGA 12 Agabashian AGA Christie · P25 → P13 · +12 25 Christie CHR 13 Christie CHR Keller · P28 → P14 · +14 28 Keller KEL 14 Keller KEL Johnson · P32 → P15 · +17 32 Johnson JOH 15 Johnson JOH Garrett · P29 → P16 · +13 29 Garrett GAR 16 Garrett GAR Dinsmore · P33 → P17 · +16 33 Dinsmore DIN 17 Dinsmore DIN O'Connor · P3 → P18 · -15 3 O'Connor O'C 18 O'Connor O'C Bryan · P19 → P19 19 Bryan BRY 19 Bryan BRY Rathmann · P2 → retired L175 Rathmann · retired L175 2 Rathmann RAT R Rathmann RAT Tolan · P31 → retired L173 Tolan · retired L173 31 Tolan TOL R Tolan TOL Bettenhausen · P5 → retired L160 Bettenhausen · retired L160 5 Bettenhausen BET R Bettenhausen BET Elisian · P14 → retired L160 Elisian · retired L160 14 Elisian ELI R Elisian ELI Russo · P14 → retired L160 Russo · retired L160 14 Russo RUS R Russo RUS Daywalt · P16 → retired L134 Daywalt · retired L134 16 Daywalt DAY R Daywalt DAY Turner · P24 → retired L131 Turner · retired L131 24 Turner TUR R Turner TUR Andrews · P20 → retired L94 Andrews · retired L94 20 Andrews AND R Andrews AND Linden · P9 → retired L90 Linden · retired L90 9 Linden LIN R Linden LIN Herman · P27 → retired L74 Herman · retired L74 27 Herman HER R Herman HER Crawford · P17 → retired L49 Crawford · retired L49 17 Crawford CRA R Crawford CRA Boyd · P12 → retired L35 Boyd · retired L35 12 Boyd BOY R Boyd BOY Ruttman · P11 → retired L22 Ruttman · retired L22 11 Ruttman RUT R Ruttman RUT Thomson · P18 → retired L22 Thomson · retired L22 18 Thomson THO R Thomson THO Russo · P8 → retired L21 Russo · retired L21 8 Russo RUS R Russo RUS
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 8 Pat Flaherty Watson 1 200 3:53:28.840 8
2 4 Sam Hanks Kurtis Kraft 13 200 +20.450 6
3 16 Don Freeland Phillips 26 200 +1:30.230 4
4 98 Johnnie Parsons Kurtis Kraft 6 200 +3:25.690 3
5 73 Dick Rathmann Kurtis Kraft 4 200 +4:21.810 2
6 1 Bob Sweikert Kuzma 10 200 +5:35.050
7 14 Bob Veith Kurtis Kraft 23 200 +6:25.630
8 19 Rodger Ward Kurtis Kraft 15 200 +6:32.310
9 26 Jimmy Reece Lesovsky 21 200 +6:38.310
10 27 Cliff Griffith Stevens 30 199 +1 Lap
11 82 Gene Hartley Kuzma 22 196 +4 Laps
12 42 Fred Agabashian Kurtis Kraft 7 196 +4 Laps
13 57 Bob Christie Kurtis Kraft 25 196 +4 Laps
14 55 Al Keller Kurtis Kraft 28 195 +5 Laps
15 81 Eddie Johnson Kuzma 32 195 +5 Laps
16 41 Billy Garrett Kuzma 29 194 +6 Laps
17 64 Duke Dinsmore Kurtis Kraft 33 191 +9 Laps
18 7 Pat O'Connor Kurtis Kraft 3 187 +13 Laps
19 2 Jimmy Bryan Kuzma 19 185 +15 Laps
R 24 Jim Rathmann Kurtis Kraft 2 175 Engine
R 34 Johnnie Tolan Kurtis Kraft 31 173 Engine
R 99 Tony Bettenhausen Kurtis Kraft 5 160 Accident
R 10 Ed Elisian Kurtis Kraft 14 160 Brakes
R 10 Eddie Russo Kurtis Kraft 14 160 Brakes
R 48 Jimmy Daywalt Kurtis Kraft 16 134 Accident
R 54 Jack Turner Kurtis Kraft 24 131 Engine
R 89 Keith Andrews Kurtis Kraft 20 94 Transmission
R 5 Andy Linden Kurtis Kraft 9 90 Oil leak
R 12 Al Herman Kurtis Kraft 27 74 Accident
R 49 Ray Crawford Kurtis Kraft 17 49 Accident
R 15 Johnny Boyd Kurtis Kraft 12 35 Oil leak
R 53 Troy Ruttman Kurtis Kraft 11 22 Spun off
R 88 Johnny Thomson Kuzma 18 22 Spun off
R 29 Paul Russo Kurtis Kraft 8 21 Accident 1
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
8 Pat Flaherty
2
24 Jim Rathmann
3
7 Pat O'Connor
4
73 Dick Rathmann
5
99 Tony Bettenhausen
6
98 Johnnie Parsons
7
42 Fred Agabashian
8
29 Paul Russo
9
5 Andy Linden
10
1 Bob Sweikert
11
53 Troy Ruttman
12
15 Johnny Boyd
13
4 Sam Hanks
14
10 Ed Elisian
14
10 Eddie Russo
15
19 Rodger Ward
16
48 Jimmy Daywalt
17
49 Ray Crawford
18
88 Johnny Thomson
19
2 Jimmy Bryan
20
89 Keith Andrews
21
26 Jimmy Reece
22
82 Gene Hartley
23
14 Bob Veith
24
54 Jack Turner
25
57 Bob Christie
26
16 Don Freeland
27
12 Al Herman
28
55 Al Keller
29
41 Billy Garrett
30
27 Cliff Griffith
31
34 Johnnie Tolan
32
81 Eddie Johnson
33
64 Duke Dinsmore
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15