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1955 Hoosier Hundred Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post AAA Champ Car Series race number 9 of 11 Saturday, September 17, 1955 at Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, IN 100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:11:26 Average speed: 83.978 mph Pole speed: 93.434 mph Cautions: 1 for 6 laps Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: 18972 Lead changes: 2 Glossary    1955 AAA Champ Car Series results   /   1955 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 9 1   Jimmy Bryan Dean Van Lines   (Al Dean) Kuzma / Offy 100 6925 running 45 200 2 3 44   Johnny Thomson Peter Schmidt Kuzma / Offy 100 5038 running 24 160 3 4 78   George Amick Lindsey Hopkins Lesovsky / Offy 100 2610 running 0 140 4 7 99   Tony Bettenhausen Murrell Belanger Kurtis / Offy 99 1665 running 0 120 5 8 29   Pat O'Connor LaVilla Templeton / Offy 99 1646 running 0 100 6 2 12   Don Freeland Bob Estes Watson / Offy 99 1205 running 0 80 7 10 21   Ed Elisian Roger Wolcott Lesovsky / Offy 99 964 running 0 60 8 16 24   Jimmy Reece Ray Brady Kurtis / Offy 98 954 running 0 40 9 17 45   Andy Linden D-A Lubricants Kuzma / Offy 98 883 running 0 30 10 15 68   Johnny Kay Westwood Tool   (Peter Wales) Kurtis / Offy 97 813 running 0 20 11 5 48   Eddie Russo Sumar   (Chapman Root) Blough / Offy 97 743 running 0 10 12 6 5   Eddie Johnson Gilbert Morcroft Pankratz / Offy 97 602 running 0   13 11 25   Bob Veith Lutes Truck Parts Kurtis / Offy 96 602 running 0   14 18 9   Rodger Ward Ed Walsh Kurtis / Offy 95 482 running 0   15 14 3   Jack McGrath Jack Hinkle Kurtis / Offy 74 422 running 0   16 12 73   Mike Magill McNamara   (Lee Elkins) Kurtis / Offy 70 301 valve 0   17 1 6   Bob Sweikert John Zink Watson / Offy 31 1051 universal joint 31   18 13 27   Earl Motter Lysle Greenman / Ernie Casale Kuzma / Offy 22 241 mechanical 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Jack Turner 10 H.A. Chapman Russo-Nichels / Offy Jimmy Davies 15 Bardahl Oil Company Pat Clancy Ewing / Offy Johnnie Tolan 16 Trio Brass Kurtis / Offy Rex Easton 19 Hart Fullerton Kurtis / Offy Gene Hartley 28 Commercial Motor Freight Ewing / Offy Shorty Templeman 32 Lee Glessner Scopa / Offy Bob Carroll 39 Joe Shaheen Hill / Offy Jerry Unser 41 Federal Engineering Kurtis / Offy Bill Homeier 47 Mel Wiggers Kurtis / Offy Leroy Warriner 49 Ray Crawford Kurtis / Offy Johnny Boyd 55 Bob Sweikert Kuzma / Offy Chuck Weyant 71 Martin Brothers Silnes / Offy Edgar Elder 72 Travelon Trailer Shilala / Offy Jimmy Daywalt 76 George Leitenberger Silnes-Sherman / Offy Jiggs Peters 77 Springfield Welding Kurtis / Offy Buddy Cagle 81 Central Excavating Floyd Trevis Trevis / Offy Eddie Sachs 83 McNamara Lee Elkins Turner / Offy Pat Flaherty 89 Dunn Engineering Kurtis / Offy DC Walt Faulkner 73 McNamara Lee Elkins Kurtis-Wetteroth / Offy WD Ray Crawford 49 Ray Crawford Kurtis / Offy Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bob Sweikert 1 31 31   Johnny Thomson 32 55 24   Jimmy Bryan 56 100 45