Season
1956
Race
3. Indianapolis 500
1956 Indianapolis 500
- Coordinates
- 39.795, -86.2347
- Altitude
- 223 m
- Race number
- 51
Race winner
Winning driver
8.0 pts
- Race
- 8.0 pts
Top team
Leader Team
Kurtis Kraft
12.0 pts
- Race
- 12.0 pts
Drivers
- Sam Hanks 6.0 pts
- Johnnie Parsons 3.0 pts
- Dick Rathmann 2.0 pts
- Paul Russo 1.0 pts
- Bob Veith 0.0 pts
- Rodger Ward 0.0 pts
- Fred Agabashian 0.0 pts
- Bob Christie 0.0 pts
- Al Keller 0.0 pts
- Duke Dinsmore 0.0 pts
- Pat O'Connor 0.0 pts
- Jim Rathmann 0.0 pts
- Johnnie Tolan 0.0 pts
- Tony Bettenhausen 0.0 pts
- Ed Elisian 0.0 pts
- Eddie Russo 0.0 pts
- Jimmy Daywalt 0.0 pts
- Jack Turner 0.0 pts
- Keith Andrews 0.0 pts
- Andy Linden 0.0 pts
- Al Herman 0.0 pts
- Ray Crawford 0.0 pts
- Johnny Boyd 0.0 pts
- Troy Ruttman 0.0 pts
Driver standings before the race
| Position | Driver | Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean Behra | — | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Juan Fangio | — | 9 | 1 |
| 3 | Stirling Moss | — | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | Luigi Musso | — | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | Mike Hawthorn | — | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Peter Collins | — | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Olivier Gendebien | — | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Hernando da Silva Ramos | — | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Eugenio Castellotti | — | 1.5 | 0 |
| 10 | Gerino Gerini | — | 1.5 | 0 |
| 11 | Chico Landi | — | 1.5 | 0 |
| — | Óscar González | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Alberto Uria | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Élie Bayol | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | André Pilette | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Cesare Perdisa | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Horace Gould | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Luigi Piotti | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Robert Manzon | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Carlos Menditeguy | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Louis Rosier | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | José Froilán González | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Maurice Trintignant | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Harry Schell | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Tony Brooks | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Louis Chiron | — | 0 | 0 |