XL International 500-Mile Sweepstakes
Date
May 30, 1956
Circuit
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Distance
4.025 Km x 200 Laps = 805.00 Km
Pole Position
Pat Flaherty , 4.07.259
Fastest Lap
Paul Russo , 1.02.32

Race Result

Race Result

Race uploaded by EtienneLarconce
Pos Driver Laps Time/Retire
1 Pat Flaherty 200 3h53m28.84
2 Sam Hanks 200 3h53m49.30
3 Don Freeland 200 3h54m59.07
4 Johnnie Parsons 200 3h56m54.48
5 Dick Rathmann 200 3h57m50.65
6 Bob Sweikert 200 3h59m03.83
7 Bob Veith 200 3h59m54.50
8 Rodger Ward 200 4h00m01.11
9 Jimmy Reece 200 4h00m07.11
10 Cliff Griffith Eddie Russo 200 4h01m45.48
11 Gene Hartley 196
12 Fred Agabashian 196
13 Bob Christie 196
14 Al Keller 195
15 Eddie Johnson 195
16 Billy Garrett 194
17 Duke Dinsmore 191
18 Pat O´Connor 187 Magneto
19 Jimmy Bryan 185
20 Jim Rathmann 175 Oil Trouble
21 Johnny Tolan 173
DNF Ed Elisian 160 Brakes
DNF Tony Bettenhausen 160 Accident
DNF Jimmy Daywalt 134 Accident
DNF Jack Turner 131 Engine
DNF Keith Andrews 94 Transmission
DNF Andy Linden 90 Oil Leak
DNF Al Herman 74 Accident
DNF Ray Crawford 49 Accident
DNF Johnny Boyd 35 Engine
DNF Troy Ruttman 22 Spin
DNF Johnny Thomson 22 Spin
DNF Paul Russo 21 Accident

Did not qualify

Driver
Dempsey Wilson
Tony Bonadies
Marshall Teague
Jimmy Davies
Eddie Russo
Johnny Kay
Shorty Templeman
Marshall Teague
Len Duncan
Eddie Sachs Too Slow
Len Sutton Accident
Mike Magill
Marvin Pifer Accident
Jim McWithey
Dick Rathmann
Dempsey Wilson
Bill Cheesbourg
Gig Stephens
Bill Cheesbourg Dick Reese
Giuseppe Farina
Johnny Baldwin
LeRoy Warriner

Qualifying Result

Qualifying Result

Qualifying Result

Qualifying uploaded by EtienneLarconce
Pos Driver Time
1 Pat Flaherty 4.07.26
2 Jim Rathmann 4.08.07
3 Pat O´Connor 4.08.31
4 Dick Rathmann 4.09.18
5 Tony Bettenhausen 4.08.96
6 Johnnie Parsons 4.09.75
7 Fred Agabashian 4.09.88
8 Paul Russo 4.10.79
9 Andy Linden 4.11.65
10 Bob Sweikert 4.11.69
11 Troy Ruttman 4.12.66
12 Johnny Boyd 4.12.92
13 Sam Hanks 4.13.43
14 Ed Elisian 4.14.63
15 Rodger Ward 4.15.01
16 Jimmy Daywalt 4.15.36
17 Ray Crawford 4.15.53
18 Johnny Thomson 4.07.34
19 Jimmy Bryan 4.10.45
20 Keith Andrews 4.11.79
21 Jimmy Reece 4.11.95
22 Gene Hartley 4.12.02
23 Bob Veith 4.12.57
24 Jack Turner 4.12.82
25 Bob Christie 4.13.10
26 Don Freeland 4.14.06
27 Al Herman 4.14.22
28 Al Keller 4.14.97
29 Billy Garrett 4.16.12
30 Eddie Russo Cliff Griffith 4.14.47
31 Johnny Tolan 4.17.03
32 Eddie Johnson 4.18.82
33 Duke Dinsmore 4.19.87
34 Eddie Sachs ??
35 Marshall Teague -
36 Giuseppe Farina -
37 Dempsey Wilson -
38 Tony Bonadies -
39 Jimmy Davies -
40 Eddie Russo -
41 Johnny Kay -
42 Shorty Templeman -
43 Marshall Teague -
44 Len Duncan -
45 Len Sutton -
46 Mike Magill -
47 Marvin Pifer -
48 Jim McWithey -
49 Dick Rathmann -
50 Dempsey Wilson -
51 Bill Cheesbourg -
52 Gig Stephens -
53 Dick Reese -
54 Bill Cheesbourg -
55 Johnny Baldwin -
56 LeRoy Warriner -

Entry List

Entry List

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Time Graph

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Driver Entrant Laps
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AVG Lap Time

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