Syracuse 100
New York State Fairgrounds
1 Mile Dirt Oval
100 Laps/100 Miles
September 8, 1956
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
| 1 | 3 | Tony Bettenhausen | 44 | Peter Schmidt | Kuzma | Offy | 100 | 1:06:04.60 90.804 | 200 |
| 2 | 11 | Jimmy Bryan | 2 | Dean Van Lines | Kuzma | Offy | 100 | Finished | 160 |
| 3 | 6 | Johnny Thomson | 45 | D-A Lubricants | Kuzma | Offy | 100 | Finished | 140 |
| 4 | 4 | Johnny Boyd | 15 | Bowes Seal Fast | Kurtis 500G | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 120 |
| 5 | 13 | George Amick | 81 | Central Excavating | Kuzma | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 100 |
| 6 | 5 | Ed Elisian | 8 | John Zink | Watson | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 80 |
| 7 | 1 | Earl Motter | 26 | Hart Fullerton | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 60 |
| 8 | 7 | Billy Garrett | 41 | Greenman-Casale | Kuzma | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 50 |
| 9 | 15 | Andy Linden | 73 | McNamara | Turner | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 40 |
| 10 | 18 | Rodger Ward | 62 | Wolcott | Lesovsky | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 30 |
| 11 | 17 | Don Freeland | 16 | Bob Estes | Phillips | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 20 |
| 12 | 14 | Eddie Sachs | 51 | Ray Brady | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | 98 | Flagged | 10 |
| 13 | 9 | Pat O'Connor | 7 | Sumar | Blough | Offy | 98 | Flagged | |
| 14 | 8 | Jimmy Daywalt | 76 | Leitenberger | Silnes/Sherman | Offy | 97 | Flagged | |
| 15 | 16 | Don Branson | 74 | Hoover Motor Express | Templeton | Offy | 97 | Flagged | |
| 16 | 2 | Al Keller | 12 | Pat Clancy | Ewing | Offy | 96 | Flagged | |
| 17 | 12 | Bob Veith | 14 | Federal Engineering | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | 52 | Wrecked turn 3 | |
| 18 | 10 | Elmer George | 21 | HOW | Watson | Offy | 31 | Broken fuel line | |
| -- | -- | Bill Cheesbourg | 58 | Ray Brady | Schroeder | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Roy Graham | 94 | Holynski | Kurtis | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Tommy Hinnershitz | 57 | Iddings | Meyer | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Van Johnson | 35 | Peter Wales | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Charles Musselman | 55 | Traylor | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Speed McFee | 95 | Unverdorben | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Jack Turner | 54 | Travelon Trailer | Shilala | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Dick Rathmann | 46 | Glessner | Hillegass | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Jim Rathmann | 78 | Hopkins | Lesovsky | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Jimmy Reece | 5 | Chapman | Russo/Nichels | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Tommy Hinnershitz | 46 | Glessner | Hillegass | Offy | -- | Drove #57 instead | |
| -- | -- | Dick Rathmann | 45 | D-A Lubricants | Kuzma | Offy | -- | Drove #46 instead | |
| -- | -- | Al Keller | 55 | Traylor | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | -- | Drove #12 instead | |
| -- | -- | Bill Cheesbourg | 5 | Chapman | Russo/Nichels | Offy | -- | Drove #58 instead | |
| -- | -- | Jimmy Reece | 26 | Hart Fullerton | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | -- | Drove #5 instead | |
| -- | -- | Charles Musselman | 95 | Unverdorben | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | -- | Drove #55 instead | |
| -- | -- | Van Johnson | 67 | Vulcan Tool | Ralph Miller | Ralph Miller | -- | Did not appear | |
| -- | -- | Ed Elisian | 25 | Lutes Truck Parts | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | -- | Did not appear | |
| -- | -- | Eddie Russo | X | X | X | X | -- | Did not appear | |
| -- | -- | Ken Gottschalk | 39 | K. G. | X | Offy | -- | Did not appear | |
| -- | -- | Gene Hartley | 3 | Morcroft | Pankratz | Offy | -- | Did not appear | |
| -- | -- | Johnny Parsons | 98 | Agajanian | Kuzma | Offy | -- | Did not appear | |
| -- | -- | Duke Dinsmore | 64 | Shannon Bros. | Kurtis 500 | Offy | -- | Did not appear | |
| -- | -- | Al Herman | 12 | Pat Clancy | Ewing | Offy | -- | Driven by Keller |
| Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
| Tony Bettenhausen | 82 | 19-100 |
| Johnny Thomson | 18 | 1-18 |