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1950 – 1960, 1966 – 1974 (20)

Statistics

Racing stats	All time	1956
Races entered:	120	1
Cars entered:	1979	57
Cars started:	1451	34
Pole positions:	60	1
Front row starts:	143	3
Victories:	49	1
Podia:	145	3
Fastest laps:	56	1
Points:	1213	24
Laps raced:	97662	5074
Kms raced:	433194.219	20412.702
Races led:	73	1
Laps led:	4800	200
Kms led:	21188.865	804.600

Partners	All time	1956
Car numbers:	93	55
Drivers:	299	52
Teams:	259	45
Entrants:	286	45
Constructors:	111	16
Car manufacturers:	82	13
Cars:	157	22
Engine manufacturers:	28	4
Engines:	44	4
Lubricants:	15	1

1956 race data

Rd	Date	Grand Prix	Driver	Constructor	Car	Grid	Race	Pts
1	22 Jan	Argentina
2	13 May	Monaco
3	30 May	Indy 500	Bob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500C	10	6	0
			Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma-Offenhauser		19	19	0
			Marshall Teague	Kuzma-Offenhauser			DNQ	0
			Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500C	13	2	6
			Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500C	9	Ret	0
			Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500D	3	18	0
			Pat Flaherty	Watson-Offenhauser	Indy Roadster	1	1	8
			Nino Farina	Kurtis Kraft-Ferrari	500D		DNQ	0
			Ed Elisian	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500C	14	Ret	0
			Eddie Russo	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500C		Ret	0
			Al Herman	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500B	27	Ret	0
			Bob Veith	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500C	23	7	0
			Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	E	12	Ret	0
			Don Freeland	Phillips-Offenhauser		26	3	4
			Rodger Ward	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500C	15	8	0
			Dempsey Wilson	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser			DNQ	0
			Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500C	2	Ret	0
			Tony Bonadies	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	3000		DNQ	0
			Jimmy Reece	Lesovsky-Offenhauser		21	9	0
			Cliff Griffith	Stevens-Offenhauser		30	10	0
			Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft-Novi	500F	8	Ret	1
			Jimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft-Novi	500F		DNQ	0
			Eddie Russo	Epperly-Offenhauser	Indy Roadster		DNQ	0
			Johnnie Tolan	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500C	31	Ret	0
			Johnny Kay	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	4000		DNQ	0
			Billy Garrett	Kuzma-Offenhauser		29	16	0
			Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500C	7	12	0
			Shorty Templeman	Hillegass-Offenhauser			DNQ	0
			Marshall Teague	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser			DNQ	0
			Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500D	16	Ret	0
			Ray Crawford	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500B	17	Ret	0
			Len Duncan	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	4000		DNQ	0
			Troy Ruttman	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500C	11	Ret	0
			Jack Turner	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500B	24	Ret	0
			Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	4000	28	14	0
			Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500D	25	13	0
			Eddie Sachs	Schroeder-Offenhauser			DNQ	0
			Len Sutton	Lesovsky-Offenhauser			DNQ	0
			Duke Dinsmore	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500A	33	17	0
			Dick Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500C	4	5	2
			Mike Magill	Templeton-Offenhauser			DNQ	0
			Marvin Pifer	Ewing-Offenhauser	D		DNQ	0
			Jim McWithey	Schroeder-Offenhauser			DNQ	0
			Dick Rathmann	Lesovsky-Studebacker			DNQ	0
			Dempsey Wilson	Silnes-Offenhauser			DNQ	0
			Eddie Johnson	Kuzma-Offenhauser		32	15	0
			Gene Hartley	Kuzma-Offenhauser		22	11	0
			Bill Cheesbourg	Lesovsky-Offenhauser			DNQ	0
			Gig Stephens	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	2000		DNQ	0
			Dick Reese	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	4000		DNQ	0
			Bill Cheesbourg	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	4000		DNQ	0
			Johnny Thomson	Kuzma-Offenhauser		18	Ret	0
			Keith Andrews	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500B	20	Ret	0
			Johnny Baldwin	Ferrari	555 Supersqualo		DNQ	0
			Leroy Warriner	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	3000		DNQ	0
			Johnnie Parsons	Kuzma-Offenhauser		6	4	3
			Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500C	5	Ret	0
4	03 Jun	Belgium
5	01 Jul	France
6	14 Jul	Great Britain
7	05 Aug	Germany
8	02 Sep	Italy

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