| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Jimmy Bryan | 14 | Bill Stroppe | 1956 Mercury | 250 | 3,931 | running | 241 |
| 2 | 3 | Bob Christie | 43 | Bob Christie | 1956 Mercury | 250 | 2,709 | running | 9 |
| 3 | 6 | Marshall Teague | 6 | Marshall Teague | 1956 Chevrolet | 250 | 1,905 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Johnny Mantz | 1956 Ford | 248 | 1,302 | running | 0 | ||
| 5 | 9 | Don Miller | 1956 Plymouth | 244 | 889 | running | 0 | ||
| 6 | 14 | Chuck Weyant | 1956 Ford | 243 | 749 | running | 0 | ||
| 7 | 24 | Ray Sellers | 1956 Chevrolet | 241 | 665 | running | 0 | ||
| 8 | 23 | Johnnie Parsons | 1956 Ford | 241 | 638 | running | 0 | ||
| 9 | 10 | Jack Radtke | 1956 Ford | 241 | 605 | running | 0 | ||
| 10 | 20 | Fred Lorenzen | 1956 Chevrolet | 233 | 596 | running | 0 | ||
| 11 | 19 | Les Snow | 1956 Chevrolet | 469 | running | 0 | |||
| 12 | 18 | Gordon Gorman | 1956 Chevrolet | 232 | 452 | running | 0 | ||
| 13 | 16 | Bill Granger | 1956 Dodge | 226 | 378 | running | 0 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Troy Ruttman | 1956 Mercury | 222 | 358 | axle | 0 | ||
| 15 | 11 | Jimmy Reece | 1956 Ford | 215 | 324 | running | 0 | ||
| 16 | 17 | Dick Linder | 1956 Plymouth | 209 | 315 | running | 0 | ||
| 17 | 4 | Sam Hanks | 1956 Mercury | 208 | 247 | connecting rod | 0 | ||
| 18 | 21 | Whitey Johnson | 1956 Packard | 180 | 238 | stalled | 0 | ||
| 19 | 12 | Jim Rathmann | 1956 Chevrolet | 178 | 221 | piston | 0 | ||
| 20 | 13 | Joe Wright | 1956 Chevrolet | 107 | 204 | overheating | 0 | ||
| 21 | 2 | Norm Nelson | 1956 Mercury | 58 | 153 | engine | 0 | ||
| 22 | 15 | Al Tasnady | 1956 Ford | 47 | 145 | stalled | 0 | ||
| 23 | 27 | Telford Aase | 1956 Chevrolet | 28 | 136 | mechanical | 0 | ||
| 24 | 8 | Frankie Schneider | 1956 Ford | 13 | 128 | overheating | 0 | ||
| 25 | 22 | Allen Swenson | 1956 Plymouth | 7 | 111 | engine | 0 | ||
| 26 | 26 | Ed Kozbiel | 1956 Ford | 6 | 102 | engine | 0 | ||
| 27 | 28 | Tony Bettenhausen | 1956 Dodge | 1 | 94 | transmission | 0 | ||
| 28 | 25 | Gil Michaels | 1954 Oldsmobile | 0 | 85 | did not start | 0 |