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LOCAL EDITION
← 1959 archive
Indianapolis 500
1959-05-30 ·
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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POS
DRIVER
TEAM
GRID
LAPS
TIME / STATUS
POINTS
1
Rodger Ward
Watson
6
200
3:40:49.200
8
2
Jim Rathmann
Watson
3
200
+23.280
6
3
Johnny Thomson
Lesovsky
1
200
+50.640
5
4
Tony Bettenhausen
Epperly
15
200
+1:47.090
3
5
Paul Goldsmith
Epperly
16
200
+2:06.440
2
6
Johnny Boyd
Epperly
11
200
+3:16.980
0
7
Duane Carter
Kurtis Kraft
12
200
+4:09.920
0
8
Eddie Johnson
Kurtis Kraft
8
200
+4:10.530
0
9
Paul Russo
Kurtis Kraft
27
200
+4:11.040
0
10
Anthony Foyt
Kuzma
17
200
+4:14.480
0
11
Gene Hartley
Kuzma
9
200
+5:42.480
0
12
Bob Veith
Moore
7
200
+6:09.730
0
13
Al Herman
Dunn
23
200
+6:40.400
0
14
Jimmy Daywalt
Kurtis Kraft
13
200
+6:41.540
0
15
Chuck Arnold
Kurtis Kraft
21
200
+8:19.860
0
16
Jim McWithey
Kurtis Kraft
33
200
+11:41.690
0
R
Eddie Sachs
Kuzma
2
182
Spun off
0
R
Al Keller
Kuzma
28
163
Engine
0
R
Pat Flaherty
Watson
18
162
Accident
0
R
Dick Rathmann
Watson
4
150
Heat shield fire
0
R
Bill Cheesbourg
Kuzma
30
147
Magneto
0
R
Don Freeland
Kurtis Kraft
25
136
Magneto
0
R
Ray Crawford
Elder
32
115
Accident
0
R
Don Branson
Phillips
10
112
Suspension
0
R
Bob Christie
Kurtis Kraft
24
109
Engine
0
R
Bobby Grim
Kurtis Kraft
5
85
Magneto
0
R
Jack Turner
Christensen
14
47
Fuel leak
0
R
Chuck Weyant
Kurtis Kraft
29
45
Accident
0
R
Jud Larson
Kurtis Kraft
19
45
Accident
0
R
Mike Magill
Sutton
31
45
Accident
0
R
Red Amick
Kurtis Kraft
26
45
Accident
0
R
Len Sutton
Lesovsky
22
34
Accident
0
R
Jimmy Bryan
Epperly
20
1
Engine
0
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