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1956 Milwaukee Indycars Race 1 in USAC at the Milwaukee circuit. Full information

1956 Milwaukee Indycars

1956 Milwaukee Indycars is 2nd USAC race. Passed at the Milwaukee circuit. Johnny Boyd won the pole position, Pat Flaherty won this race. Johnny Thomson and Bob Sweikert also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 100 laps (166 km).

Previous race: 1956 Indianapolis 500
Next race: 1956 Langhorne Indycars
Race Start: 10th June 1956

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1956 Milwaukee Indycars

1st victory for the John Zink team
2nd victory for the Pat Flaherty
2nd podium for the Pat Flaherty
1st podium for the Johnny Thomson
1st podium for the Bob Sweikert

Watson ?? 1956 - 1956 Milwaukee Indycars winner

Watson ?? 1956 #8 - 1956 Milwaukee Indycars winner

1956 Milwaukee Indycars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Pat Flaherty	Watson ?? 1956, #8	200	1h 42s	John Zink
2	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma D, #44	160	100 laps	Peter J Schmidt
3	Bob Sweikert	Kuzma D, #1	140	100 laps	Racing Associates
4	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma D, #2	120	100 laps	Dean Van Lines Racing Division
5	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft 500G, #15	100	100 laps	Bignotti-Bowes Racing Associates
6	Don Freeland	Phillips ?? 1954, #16	80	100 laps	Bob Estes
7	Jimmy Reece	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #26	60	100 laps	Hart Fullerton
8	Gene Hartley	Pankratz D, #3	50	100 laps	Gilbert E Morcroft
9	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #55	40	100 laps	Samuel W Traylor III
10	Bob Veith	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #14	30	100 laps	Federal Engineering
11	Pat O'connor	Blough D, #48	20	99 laps	Chapman S Root
12	Keith Andrews	Kurtis Kraft 500B, #89	10	98 laps	Dunn Engineering
13	Jack Turner	Shilala D, #54	0	98 laps	Ernest L Ruiz
14	Billy Garrett	Kuzma D, #41	0	97 laps	Lysle Greenman
15	Rex Easton	Turner D, #73	0	97 laps	Lee Elkins
16	Shorty Templeman	Hillegass D, #46	0	97 laps	Lee S Glessner
17	Johnnie Parsons	Kuzma ?? 1956, #98	0	95 laps	JC Agajanian
18	Elmer George	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #21	0	94 laps	Mari Hulman
19	Jim Rathmann	Lesovsky D, #78	0	62 laps Stalled	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
20	Troy Ruttman	Lesovsky D, #62	0	58 laps Clutch	Roger G Wolcott
21	Dick Rathmann	Kuzma D, #81	0	9 laps Clutch	Pete Salemi
22	Danny Kladis	Silnes D, #79	0	Clutch	Parks Motor Co

Qualifying Results for the 1956 Milwaukee Indycars on the Milwaukee circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft 500G, #15	35.748s	Bignotti-Bowes Racing Associates
2	Pat O'connor	Blough D, #48	35.774s	Chapman S Root
3	Troy Ruttman	Lesovsky D, #62	35.805s	Roger G Wolcott
4	Bob Sweikert	Kuzma D, #1	35.928s	Racing Associates
5	Bob Veith	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #14	35.958s	Federal Engineering
6	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma D, #44	36.231s	Peter J Schmidt
7	Jim Rathmann	Lesovsky D, #78	36.301s	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
8	Jack Turner	Shilala D, #54	36.307s	Ernest L Ruiz
9	Elmer George	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #21	36.345s	Mari Hulman
10	Gene Hartley	Pankratz D, #3	36.373s	Gilbert E Morcroft
11	Pat Flaherty	Watson ?? 1956, #8	36.379s	John Zink
12	Danny Kladis	Silnes D, #79	36.472s	Parks Motor Co
13	Billy Garrett	Kuzma D, #41	36.504s	Lysle Greenman
14	Shorty Templeman	Hillegass D, #46	36.536s	Lee S Glessner
15	Keith Andrews	Kurtis Kraft 500B, #89	36.603s	Dunn Engineering
16	Don Freeland	Phillips ?? 1954, #16	36.609s	Bob Estes
17	Johnnie Parsons	Kuzma ?? 1956, #98	36.656s	JC Agajanian
18	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma D, #2	36.657s	Dean Van Lines Racing Division
19	Jimmy Reece	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #26	36.666s	Hart Fullerton
20	Rex Easton	Turner D, #73	36.667s	Lee Elkins
21	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #55		Samuel W Traylor III
22	Dick Rathmann	Kuzma D, #81	Clutch	Pete Salemi