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1956 Milwaukee 250
Held on August 26, 1956 at Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, WI
250 L, 250 M, 402.25 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	12	2	Jimmy Bryan	Dean Van Lines	Kuzma / Offy	250	32	running	500
2	13	89	Jimmy Reece	Dunn Engineering	Kurtis / Offy	250	0	running	400
3	17	62	Rodger Ward	Roger Wolcott	Lesovsky / Offy	250	0	running	350
4	24	51	Eddie Sachs	Ray Brady	Kurtis / Offy	250	0	running	300
5	1	15	Johnny Boyd	Bowes Seal Fast	Kurtis / Offy	250	218	running	250
6	19	81	George Amick	Central Excavating	Kuzma / Offy	250	0	running	200
7	18	54	Jack Turner	Travelon Trailer	Shilala / Offy	249	0	running	150
8	3	14	Bob Veith	Federal Engineering	Kurtis / Offy	249	0	running	125
9	5	26	Earl Motter	Hart Fullerton	Kurtis / Offy	249	0	running	100
10	20	12	Johnnie Tolan	Bardahl	Ewing / Offy	248	0	running	75
11	8	98	Johnnie Parsons	J.C. Agajanian	Kuzma / Offy	247	0	running	50
12	25	55	Al Keller	Sam Traylor	Kurtis / Offy	247	0	running	25
13	9	27	Cliff Griffith	Jim Robbins	Stevens / Offy	246	0	running	0
14	11	45	Johnny Thomson	D-A Lubricants	Kuzma / Offy	246	0	running	0
15	14	78	Jim Rathmann	Lindsey Hopkins	Lesovsky / Offy	246	0	running	0
16	6	47	Gene Hartley	Mel Wiggers	Kurtis / Offy	244	0	running	0
17	2	41	Billy Garrett	Greenman-Casale	Kuzma / Offy	244	0	running	0
18	21	64	Duke Dinsmore	Shannon Brothers	Kurtis / Offy	233	0	running	0
19	22	25	Shorty Templeman	Lutes Truck Parts	Kurtis / Offy	210	0	magneto	0
20	10	21	Elmer George	HOW	Watson / Offy	200	0	transmission	0
21	23	7	Pat O'Connor	Sumar	Blough / Offy	176	0	fuel line	0
22	26	18	Ed Elisian	John Zink	Watson / Offy	152	0	accident	0
23	4	73	Andy Linden	McNamara Chiropractic	Turner / Offy	151	0	ignition	0
24	7	16	Don Freeland	Bob Estes	Phillips / Offy	98	0	magneto	0
25	15	8	Dick Rathmann	John Zink	Watson / Offy	88	0	oil pressure	0
26	16	74	Don Branson	Hoover Motor Express	Templeton / Offy	50	0	oil leak	0
DID NOT START
		44	Tony Bettenhausen	Peter Schmidt	Kuzma D/Offy			DNS
DID NOT QUALIFY
		96	Jim McWithey	Dayton Steel	Kurtis 4000/Offy			DNQ
		75	Chuck Weyant	Karl Hall	Ewing D/Offy			DNQ
		79	Leroy Warriner	Marquette Tool	Silnes D/Offy			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 2h:41:45
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Johnny Boyd
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Margin of Victory:
Average Speed: 92.736 mph
Cautions: 3 for 52 laps - Laps 8-13 (rain); Laps 22-47 (rain); Lap 79-98 (rain)
Lead Changes: 1 among 2 drivers - Johnny Boyd (1-218); Jimmy Bryan (219-250)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Relief Drivers: Car #21: Tony Bettenhausen (46 laps)