Indianapolis 1956: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Flaherty	Watson	4:07.260
2	Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	4:08.070	+0.810
3	O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft	4:08.310	+1.050
4	Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	4:09.180	+1.920
5	Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft	4:08.960	+1.700
6	Parsons	Kuzma	4:09.750	+2.490
7	Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	4:09.880	+2.620
8	Russo	Kurtis Kraft	4:10.790	+3.530
9	Linden	Kurtis Kraft	4:11.650	+4.390
10	Sweikert	Kuzma	4:11.690	+4.430
11	Ruttman	Kurtis Kraft	4:12.660	+5.400
12	Boyd	Kurtis Kraft	4:12.920	+5.660
13	Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	4:13.430	+6.170
14	Elisian	Kurtis Kraft	4:14.630	+7.370
15	Ward	Kurtis Kraft	4:15.010	+7.750
16	Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	4:15.360	+8.100
17	Crawford	Kurtis Kraft	4:15.530	+8.270
18	Thomson	Kuzma	4:07.340	+0.080
19	Bryan	Kuzma	4:10.450	+3.190
20	Andrews	Kurtis Kraft	4:11.790	+4.530
21	Reece	Lesovsky	4:11.950	+4.690
22	Hartley	Kuzma	4:12.020	+4.760
23	Veith	Kurtis Kraft	4:12.570	+5.310
24	Turner	Kurtis Kraft	4:12.820	+5.560
25	Christie	Kurtis Kraft	4:13.100	+5.840
26	Freeland	Phillips	4:14.060	+6.800
27	Herman	Kurtis Kraft	4:14.220	+6.960
28	Keller	Kurtis Kraft	4:14.970	+7.710
29	Garrett	Kuzma	4:16.120	+8.860
30	Griffith	Stevens	4:14.470	+7.210
31	Tolan	Kurtis Kraft	4:17.030	+9.770
32	Johnson	Kuzma	4:18.820	+11.560
33	Dinsmore	Kurtis Kraft	4:19.870	+12.610

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Engine
1	Pat Flaherty	Watson	1	200	3:53:28.840	Offenhauser
2	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	13	200	+20.450	Offenhauser
3	Don Freeland	Phillips	26	200	+1:30.230	Offenhauser
4	Johnnie Parsons	Kuzma	6	200	+3:25.690	Offenhauser
5	Dick Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	4	200	+4:21.810	Offenhauser
6	Bob Sweikert	Kuzma	10	200	+5:35.050	Offenhauser
7	Bob Veith	Kurtis Kraft	23	200	+6:25.630	Offenhauser
8	Rodger Ward	Kurtis Kraft	15	200	+6:32.310	Offenhauser
9	Jimmy Reece	Lesovsky	21	200	+6:38.310	Offenhauser
10	Cliff Griffith	Stevens	30	199	+1 lap	Offenhauser
11	Gene Hartley	Kuzma	22	196	+4 laps	Offenhauser
12	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	7	196	+4 laps	Offenhauser
13	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft	25	196	+4 laps	Offenhauser
14	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft	28	195	+5 laps	Offenhauser
15	Eddie Johnson	Kuzma	32	195	+5 laps	Offenhauser
16	Billy Garrett	Kuzma	29	194	+6 laps	Offenhauser
17	Duke Dinsmore	Kurtis Kraft	33	191	+9 laps	Offenhauser
18	Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft	3	187	Magneto	Offenhauser
19	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma	19	185	+15 laps	Offenhauser
20	Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	2	175	Engine	Offenhauser
21	Johnnie Tolan	Kurtis Kraft	31	173	Engine	Offenhauser
22	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft	5	160	Accident	Offenhauser
23	Ed Elisian	Kurtis Kraft	14	160	Brakes	Offenhauser
23	Eddie Russo	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
24	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	16	134	Accident	Offenhauser
25	Jack Turner	Kurtis Kraft	24	131	Engine	Offenhauser
26	Keith Andrews	Kurtis Kraft	20	94	Transmission	Offenhauser
27	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft	9	90	Oil leak	Offenhauser
28	Al Herman	Kurtis Kraft	27	74	Accident	Offenhauser
29	Ray Crawford	Kurtis Kraft	17	49	Accident	Offenhauser
30	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft	12	35	Oil leak	Offenhauser
31	Troy Ruttman	Kurtis Kraft	11	22	Spun off	Offenhauser
32	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma	18	22	Spun off	Offenhauser
33	Paul RussoFastest lap	Kurtis Kraft	8	21	Accident	Novi

Race

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Places gained

Freeland26→3+23
Griffith30→10+20
Johnson32→15+17
Veith23→7+16
Dinsmore33→17+16
Keller28→14+14
Garrett29→16+13
Reece21→9+12
Christie25→13+12
Hanks13→2+11
Hartley22→11+11
Tolan31→21+10
Ward15→8+7
Sweikert10→6+4
Parsons6→4+2
Flaherty1→10
Bryan19→190
Rathmann4→5-1
Turner24→25-1
Herman27→28-1
Agabashian7→12-5
Andrews20→26-6
Daywalt16→24-8
Elisian14→23-9
Crawford17→29-12
Thomson18→32-14
O'Connor3→18-15
Bettenhausen5→22-17
Rathmann2→20-18
Linden9→27-18
Boyd12→30-18
Ruttman11→31-20
Russo8→33-25

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Teammate battles

Retirements

O'ConnorMagneto, classified P18Kurtis Kraft
RathmannEngine, classified P20Kurtis Kraft
TolanEngine, classified P21Kurtis Kraft
BettenhausenAccident, classified P22Kurtis Kraft
ElisianBrakes, classified P23Kurtis Kraft
DaywaltAccident, classified P24Kurtis Kraft
TurnerEngine, classified P25Kurtis Kraft
AndrewsTransmission, classified P26Kurtis Kraft
LindenOil leak, classified P27Kurtis Kraft
HermanAccident, classified P28Kurtis Kraft
CrawfordAccident, classified P29Kurtis Kraft
BoydOil leak, classified P30Kurtis Kraft
RuttmanSpun off, classified P31Kurtis Kraft
ThomsonSpun off, classified P32Kuzma
RussoAccident, classified P33Kurtis Kraft

This race in history

6 races here since 1950Won from pole: 1 of 6

Win from furthest back (P19): Bill Vukovich 1954

Most wins here

2 Bill Vukovich

Previous winners here

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