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1957 Indianapolis 500 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 1 of 13 Thursday, May 30, 1957 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:41:14 Average speed: 135.601 mph Pole speed: 143.948 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 21.46 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 9 Glossary    1957 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1957 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 13 9   Sam Hanks Belond Exhaust   (George Salih) Salih / Offy 200 103844 running 136 1000 2 32 26   Jim Rathmann Chiropractic   (Lindsey Hopkins) Epperly / Offy 200 38494 running 24 800 3 15 1   Jimmy Bryan Dean Van Lines   (Al Dean) Kuzma / Offy 200 21794 running 0 700 4 10 54   Paul Russo Novi Auto Air Conditioner   (Novi Racing Corp.) Kurtis / Novi 200 19369 running 24 600 5 12 73   Andy Linden McNamara / Veedol   (Lee Elkins) Kurtis / Offy 200 11094 running 0 500 6 5 6   Johnny Boyd Bowes Seal Fast   (George Bignotti) Kurtis / Offy 200 8194 running 0 400 7 28 48   Marshall Teague Sumar   (Chapman Root) Kurtis / Offy 200 6819 running 0 300 8 1 12   Pat O'Connor Sumar   (Chapman Root) Kurtis / Offy 200 8669 running 7 250 9 16 7   Bob Veith Bob Estes Special   (Bob Estes) Phillips / Offy 200 5969 running 0 200 10 14 22   Gene Hartley Massaglia Hotels   (Hart Fullerton) Lesovsky / Offy 200 5844 running 0 150 11 19 19   Jack Turner Bardahl   (Pat Clancy) Kurtis / Offy 200 3639 running 0 100 12 11 10   Johnny Thomson D-A Lubricants   (Racing Associates) Kuzma / Offy 199 5069 running 5 50 13 33 95   Bob Christie Jones & Maley Kurtis / Offy 197 3299 running 0   14 25 82   Chuck Weyant Central Excavating   (Pete Salemi) Kurtis / Offy 196 3429 running 0   15 22 27   Tony Bettenhausen Novi Auto Air Conditioner   (Novi Racing Corp.) Kurtis / Novi 195 4059 running 0   16 17 18   Johnnie Parsons Sumar   (Chapman Root) Kurtis / Offy 195 2989 running 0   17 21 3   Don Freeland Ansted Rotary   (Ansted-Thompson Racing) Kurtis / Offy 192 2869 running 0   18 6 5   Jimmy Reece Hoyt Machine   (Fred Sommer) Kurtis / Offy 182 2749 throttle 0   19 27 92   Don Edmunds Roy McKay Kurtis / Offy 170 3169 spun out 0   20 31 28   Johnnie Tolan Greenman-Casale   (Lysle Greenman) Kuzma / Offy 138 2639 clutch 0   21 30 89   Al Herman Dunn Engineering   (Harry Dunn) Dunn / Offy 111 2659 crash 0   22 4 14   Freddie Agabashian Bowes Seal Fast   (George Bignotti) Kurtis / Offy 107 2879 oil leak 0   23 2 88   Eddie Sachs Peter Schmidt Kuzma / Offy 105 3299 piston 0   24 18 77   Mike Magill Dayton Steel Foundry   (George Walther) Kurtis / Offy 101 2519 crash 0   25 20 43   Eddie Johnson Harry Allen Chapman Kurtis / Offy 93 2489 wheel bearing 0   26 23 31   Bill Cheesbourg Schildmeier Seal Line   (J.S. Donaldson) Kurtis / Offy 81 3209 fuel leak 0   27 8 16   Al Keller Bardahl   (Pat Clancy) Kurtis / Offy 75 2429 crash 0   28 29 57   Jimmy Daywalt Helse   (H.H. Johnson) Kurtis / Offy 53 2449 crash 0   29 7 83   Ed Elisian McNamara Chiropractic   (Lee Elkins) Kurtis / Offy 51 2369 timing gear 0   30 24 8   Rodger Ward Wolcott Fuel Injection   (Roger Wolcott) Lesovsky / Offy 27 2889 supercharger 0   31 3 52   Troy Ruttman John Zink Special   (John Zink) Watson / Offy 13 3459 oil leak 4   32 26 55   Eddie Russo Sclavi & Amos   (Fred Sclavi) Kurtis / Offy 0 2404 crash 0   33 9 23   Elmer George Travelon Trailer   (Ernest Ruiz) Kurtis / Offy 0 2249 crash 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car George Amick 4 Federal Engineering Tony Bonadies 15, 81 Ray Brady, Central Excavating Eddie Sachs 15 Ray Brady Kurtis / Offy Jud Larson 25 John Zink Cliff Griffith 31 Seal Line Jimmy Davies 32 Billy Garrett 33 Federal Engineering Jim McWithey 34 Federal Engineering Chuck Weyant 35 Jim Robbins Special Jim Robbins Dempsey Wilson 42 Martin Brothers Bill Cheesbourg 45 Las Vegas Club Ray Crawford 49 Meguiar Mirror Glaze Andy Furci 58 Ray Brady Bud Clemons 59 Chiropractic Keith Andrews 62 Farina Gene Force 64 Shannon Brothers Don Edmunds 67 Braund Plywood Johnny Fedricks 71 Gdula Danny Kladis 72, 84 Morgan Engineering, Safety Auto Glass Johnnie Parsons 98 Agajanian Special J.C. Agajanian DC Dick Rathman 18 Sumar Chapman Root Kurtis / Offy Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Pat O'Connor 1 4 4   Troy Ruttman 5 6 2   Pat O'Connor 7 9 3   Troy Ruttman 10 11 2   Paul Russo 12 35 24   Sam Hanks 36 48 13   Johnny Thomson 49 53 5   Sam Hanks 54 110 57   Jim Rathmann 111 134 24   Sam Hanks 135 200 66