Hoosier Hundred
Indiana State Fairgrounds
1 Mile Dirt Oval
100 Laps/100 Miles
September 15, 1956
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
| 1 | 10 | Jimmy Bryan | 2 | Dean Van Lines | Kuzma | Offy | 100 | 1:14:19.48 80.727 | 200 |
| 2 | 6 | Pat O'Connor | 7 | Sumar | Kuzma | Offy | 100 | Finished | 160 |
| 3 | 2 | Rodger Ward | 62 | Wolcott | Lesovsky | Offy | 100 | Finished | 140 |
| 4 | 1 | Jud Larson | 8 | John Zink | Watson | Offy | 100 | Finished | 120 |
| 5 | 7 | Al Keller | 12 | Pat Clancy | Ewing | Offy | 100 | Finished | 100 |
| 6 | 4 | Gene Hartley | 47 | Mel Wiggers | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | 100 | Finished | 80 |
| 7 | 18 | Bob Veith | 14 | Federal Engineering | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 60 |
| 8 | 15 | Andy Linden | 73 | McNamara | Turner | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 50 |
| 9 | 8 | Don Freeland | 16 | Bob Estes | Phillips | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 40 |
| 10 | 9 | Mike Magill | 96 | Dayton Steel | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 30 |
| 11 | 17 | Johnny Boyd | 15 | Bowes Seal Fast | Kurtis 500G | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 20 |
| 12 | 12 | George Amick | 81 | Central Excavating | Kuzma | Offy | 99 | Spun out, turn 1 | 10 |
| 13 | 14 | Earl Motter | 26 | Hart Fullerton | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | 94 | Spun out, turn 1 | |
| 14 | 13 | Elmer George | 21 | HOW | Watson | Offy | 93 | Spun out, turn 1 | |
| 15 | 16 | Jim Rathmann | 78 | Hopkins | Lesovsky | Offy | 26 | Spun out, turn 1 | |
| 16 | 5 | Johnny Thomson | 45 | D-A Lubricants | Kuzma | Offy | 20 | Spun out, turn 1 | |
| 17 | 3 | Tommy Hinnershitz | 57 | Iddings | Meyer | Offy | 17 | Broken transmission | |
| 18 | 11 | Tony Bettenhausen | 44 | Peter Schmidt | Kuzma D | Offy | 5 | Wrecked, turn 1 | |
| -- | -- | Bill Cheesbourg | 35 | Peter Wales | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Don Branson | 74 | Hoover Motor Express | Templeton | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Jimmy Davies | 3 | Morcroft | Pankratz | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Ray Crawford | 49 | Crawford | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Ed Elisian | 25 | Lutes Truck Parts | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Billy Garrett | 41 | Greenman-Casale | Kuzma | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Ken Gottschalk | 39 | K. G. | X | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Van Johnson | 5 | Chapman | Russo/Nichels | Offy | -- | Wrecked practice | |
| -- | -- | Jim McWithey | 76 | Leitenberger | Silnes/Sherman | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Marvin Pifer | 75 | Karl Hall | Ewing D | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Jack Turner | 54 | Travelon Trailer | Shilala D | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Leroy Warriner | 79 | Marquette Tool | Silnes | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Dick Rathmann | 46 | Glessner | Hillegass | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Jimmy Reece | 48 | Sumar | Blough | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Eddie Sachs | 51 | Ray Brady | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Jimmy Daywalt | X | X | X | X | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Chuck Weyant | X | X | X | X | -- | Did not qualify |
| Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
| Jud Larson | 71 | 1-71 |
| Jimmy Bryan | 29 | 72-100 |