United States GP 1956
United States GP, 1956
There had been big changes at The Brickyard since the disastrous 1955 race with the whole track having been resurfaced. Qualifying was disrupted by torrential rain and flooding which meant that Giuseppe Farina, who had turned up to race a Ferrari, was unable to record a lap having missed the early qualifying days. Pat Flaherty was on the pole but at the start it was Jim Rathmann who led the way. The race was disrupted by several serious accidents but Flaherty avoided them all to win in his John Zink Special.
POS | NO | DRIVER | ENTRANT | LAPS | TIME/RETIREMENT | QUAL POS |
1 | 8 | P Flaherty | Watson-Offenhauser | 200 | 3h53m28.840s | 1 |
2 | 4 | S Hanks | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500C | 200 | 3h53m49.290s | 13 |
3 | 16 | D Freeland | Phillips-Offenhauser | 200 | 26 | |
4 | 98 | J Parsons | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 200 | 6 | |
5 | 73 | D Rathmann | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500C | 200 | 4 | |
6 | 1 | B Sweikert | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 200 | 10 | |
7 | 14 | B Veith | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500C | 200 | 23 | |
8 | 19 | Rodger Ward | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500C | 200 | 15 | |
9 | 26 | J Reece | Lesovsky-Offenhauser | 200 | 21 | |
10 | 27 | C Griffith | Stevens-Offenhauser | 199 | 30 | |
11 | 82 | G Hartley | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 196 | 22 | |
12 | 42 | F Agabashian | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500C | 196 | 7 | |
13 | 57 | B Christie | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500D | 196 | 25 | |
14 | 55 | A Keller | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 4000 | 195 | 28 | |
15 | 81 | E Johnson | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 195 | 32 | |
16 | 41 | B Garrett | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 194 | 29 | |
17 | 64 | D Dinsmore | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500A | 191 | 33 | |
18 | 7 | P O'Connor | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500D | 187 | 3 | |
19 | 2 | J Bryan | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 185 | 19 | |
20r | 24 | J Rathmann | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500C | 175 | Engine | 2 |
21r | 34 | J Tolan | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500C | 173 | Engine | 31 |
22r | 99 | T Bettenhausen | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500C | 160 | Tire Blow-out/accident | 5 |
23r= | 10 | E Elisian | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500C | 14 | ||
23r= | 10 | E Russo | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500C | 160 | Stalled | |
24r | 48 | J Daywalt | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500D | 134 | Accident | 16 |
25r | 54 | J Turner | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500B | 131 | Engine | 24 |
26r | 89 | K Andrews | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500B | 94 | Spin | 20 |
27r | 5 | A Linden | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500C | 90 | Mechanical | 9 |
28r | 12 | A Herman | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500B | 74 | Tire Blow-out/accident | 27 |
29r | 49 | R Crawford | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500B | 49 | Accident | 17 |
30r | 15 | J Boyd | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500E | 35 | Engine | 12 |
31r | 53 | Troy Ruttman | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500C | 22 | Spin | 11 |
32r | 88 | J Thomson | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 22 | Spin In Pits | 18 |
33r | 29 | P Russo | Kurtis Kraft-Novi | 21 | Tire Blow-out/accident | 8 |