Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb
Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb
12.42 Mile Hill Climb
1 Laps/12.42 Miles
July 4, 1956
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
| 1 | 5 | Bobby Unser | 58 | Jerry Unser Special | X | X | 1 | 0:14:27.0 51.571 | |
| 2 | 3 | Bob Finney | 53 | American Builders | X | X | 1 | 0:14:28.1 51.506 | |
| 3 | 1 | Slim Roberts | 6 | Grover | X | X | 1 | 0:14:36.9 50.989 | |
| 4 | 10 | Charlie Lowderman | 18 | Raybestos | X | X | 1 | 0:14:51.3 50.165 | |
| 5 | 7 | Pete Woods | 65 | Bromme | X | X | 1 | 0:14:51.8 50.137 | |
| 6 | 16 | Louie Unser | 97 | Koch Harley-Davidson | X | X | 1 | 0:15:05.6 49.373 | |
| 7 | X | Gordon Herring | 12 | Bandimere Manufacturing | X | X | 1 | 0:15:06.0 49.351 | |
| 8 | 6 | Keith Andrews | 27 | Joe Hunt Magneto | X | X | 1 | 0:15:06.7 49.313 | |
| 9 | 17 | Johnny Mauro | 33 | Mauro | X | X | 1 | 0:15:29.4 48.108 | |
| 10 | 14 | Pete Pusede | 50 | Burt's Motor Sales | X | X | 1 | 0:15:33.1 47.918 | |
| 11 | 11 | Foster Campbell | 94 | Pagliacci | X | X | 1 | 0:15:34.0 47.872 | |
| 12 | 13 | Shelby Hill | 1 | Hill | X | X | 1 | 0:15:36.2 47.759 | |
| 13 | 20 | Wayne Sankey | 62 | Sankey | X | X | 1 | 0:15:52.1 46.961 | |
| 14 | 15 | Frank Sanborn | 2 | Sanborn | X | X | 1 | 0:15:59.5 46.599 | |
| 15 | 22 | Art Hillis | 46 | Holiday Inn | X | X | 1 | 0:16:12.9 45.957 | |
| 16 | 4 | E. T. Cox | 68 | Cox | X | HAL | 1 | 0:16:18.3 45.704 | |
| 17 | 2 | Paul Kleinschmidt | 4 | Coors | X | X | 1 | 0:16:20.9 45.583 | |
| 18 | 24 | Berton Groves | 15 | Groves Excavation | X | X | 1 | 0:17:21.4 42.935 | |
| 19 | X | Bobby Cropper | 32 | X | X | X | 1 | 0:18:06.8 41.141 | |
| X | 8 | Jimmy Good | 7 | Woestman | X | Alfa Romeo | 0 | Did not finish | |
| X | 9 | Ray Crawford | 49 | Crawford | Kurtis | X | 0 | Did not finish | |
| X | 12 | Louis Unser | 9 | Coniff | X | X | 0 | Did not finish | |
| 3 of the following 5 drivers started and did not finish, the other 2 did not start, but I don't know who did what at this time | |||||||||
| X | 18 | Joe Garson | 5 | Lehman | X | Wayne | X | Did not start | |
| X | 19 | Chuck Hulse | 77 | Blum | X | GMC | X | Did not start | |
| X | 21 | Jack Hahn | 41 | C&T Automotive | X | X | X | Did not start | |
| X | 23 | Norman Robinson | 17 | Robinson | X | Hudson | X | Did not start | |
| X | 25 | Orville Nance | 88 | Nance | X | X | X | Did not start | |
| X | X | L. J. Green | 22 | Owens Flagships | X | X | X | Did not qualify | |
| X | X | Jim Green | 22 | X | X | Oldsmobile | X | Did not qualify | |
| X | X | Phil Shafer | X | Shafer | X | X | X | Did not qualify | |
| X | X | Ted Foltz | 29 | Koch Auto Parts | X | X | X | Spun qualifying | |
| X | X | Malcolm Brazier | 51 | McDowell | X | McDowell | X | Spun qualifying | |
| Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
| Bobby Unser | 1 | 1 |