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1959 Indianapolis 500

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USAC Champ Car Series race number 3 of 13
Saturday, May 30, 1959 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:40:49
Average speed: 135.857 mph
Pole speed: 145.908 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 23.28 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 12

Glossary 1959 USAC Champ Car Series results / 1959 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	5	Rodger Ward	Leader Card 500 Roadster (Bob Wilke)	Watson / Offy	200	106850	running	130	1000
2	3	16	Jim Rathmann	Simoniz (Lindsey Hopkins)	Watson / Offy	200	39800	running	19	800
3	1	3	Johnny Thomson	Racing Associates	Lesovsky / Offy	200	32375	running	40	700
4	15	1	Tony Bettenhausen	Hoover Motor Express (John Wills)	Epperly / Offy	200	15475	running	0	600
5	16	99	Paul Goldsmith	Demler Special (Norm Demler)	Epperly / Offy	200	11975	running	0	500
6	11	33	Johnny Boyd	Bowes Seal Fast (George Bignotti)	Epperly / Offy	200	8475	running	0	400
7	12	37	Duane Carter	Smokey's Reverse Torque (Smokey Yunick)	Kurtis / Offy	200	7275	running	0	300
8	8	19	Eddie Johnson	Bryant Heating & Cooling (J.S. Donaldson)	Kurtis / Offy	200	6625	running	0	250
9	27	45	Paul Russo	Bardahl (Fred Gerhardt)	Kurtis / Offy	200	6325	running	0	200
10	17	10	A.J. Foyt	Dean Van Lines (Al Dean)	Kuzma / Offy	200	6575	running	0	150
11	9	88	Gene Hartley	Drewry's (M & W Racing)	Kuzma / Offy	200	4795	running	0	100
12	7	74	Bob Veith	John Zink Heater (John Zink)	Moore / Offy	200	4675	running	0	50
13	23	89	Al Herman	Dunn Engineering (Harry Dunn)	Dunn / Offy	200	4455	running	0
14	13	66	Jimmy Daywalt	Federal Engineering	Kurtis / Offy	200	5335	running	0
15	21	71	Chuck Arnold	Hall-Mar (Karl Hall)	Kurtis / Offy	200	4165	running	0
16	33	58	Jim McWithey	Ray Brady	Kurtis / Offy	200	4045	running	0
17	2	44	Eddie Sachs	Peter Schmidt	Kuzma / Offy	182	4675	grar train	0
18	28	57	Al Keller	Helse (H.H. Johnson)	Kuzma / Offy	163	3980	piston	0
19	18	64	Pat Flaherty	John Zink Heater (John Zink)	Watson / Offy	162	5725	crash	11
20	4	73	Dick Rathmann	McNamara Chiropractic (Lee Elkins)	Watson / Offy	150	4045	pit fire	0
21	30	53	Bill Cheesbourg	Greenman-Casale (Lysle Greenman)	Kuzma / Offy	147	3765	magneto	0
22	25	15	Don Freeland	Jim Robbins	Kurtis / Offy	136	4485	valve spring	0
23	32	49	Ray Crawford	Meguiar's Mirror Glaze (Ray Crawford)	Elder / Offy	115	3655	spun out	0
24	10	9	Don Branson	Bob Estes	Phillips / Offy	112	3625	torsion bar	0
25	24	65	Bob Christie	Federal Engineering	Kurtis / Offy	109	4595	rod bolt	0
26	5	48	Bobby Grim	Sumar (Chapman Root)	Kurtis / Offy	85	4190	piston	0
27	14	24	Jack Turner	Travelon Trailer (Ernest Ruiz)	Christiansen / Offy	47	4335	fuel tank	0
28	29	47	Chuck Weyant	Roy McKay	Kurtis / Offy	45	3505	crash	0
29	19	7	Jud Larson	Bowes Seal Fast (George Bignotti)	Kurtis / Offy	45	3650	crash	0
30	31	77	Mike Magill	Dayton Steel Foundry (George Walther)	Kurtis / Offy	45	3445	crash	0
31	26	87	Red Amick	Wheeler-Foutch (Leroy Foutch)	Kurtis / Offy	45	3915	crash	0
32	22	8	Len Sutton	Wolcott Memorial Racing Team	Lesovsky / Offy	34	3385	spun out	0
33	20	6	Jimmy Bryan	Belond A.P. Muffler (George Salih)	Salih / Offy	1	3405	cam housing	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Tony Bettenhausen	1	Ansted Rotary
	Ralph Liguori	12, 41	El Dorado Italia, Sumar
	Johnny Kay	17	Safety Auto Glass
	Earl Motter	21	Dean Van Lines
	Bill Cheesbourg	25	Hardwood Door
	Dempsey Wilson	34, 82	Novi Diesel, Central Excavating
	Paul Russo	38	Novi Diesel
	Rex Easton	39	Massaglia Hotel
	Jimmy Davies	41	Sumar
	Johnnie Tolan	43	Chapman
	Bob Cortner	51	Cornis Engineering
	Jud Larson	52	Leader Card Duo
	Don Edmunds	54	Bill Forbes Racing
	Gene Force	55, 78	Sclavi & Amos, Midwest Manufacturing
	Jim Packard	55	Sclavi & Amos
	Jerry Unser	57	Helse
	Bill Homeier	62, 42	Rusco Battery Cable, Go Kart
	Chuck Arnold	72	Speed Enterprise
	Shorty Templeman	76, 69	Braund Plywood, Frank Arciero
	Bob Schroeder	78	Midwest Manufacturing
	Chuck Rodee	82	Central Excavating
	Johnny Moorehouse	91	Binter
	Jack Ensley	92	McKay
	Chuck Daigh	98	Agajanian
	Eddie Russo	98, 1, 78, 93
WD	Kelly Petillo
WD	Wayne Weiler	39	Massaglia Hotel
WD	Russ Congdon	72	Speed Enterprise

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Johnny Thomson	1	4	4
Rodger Ward	5	12	8
Jim Rathmann	13	13	1
Rodger Ward	14	16	3
Jim Rathmann	17	30	14
Pat Flaherty	31	31	1
Jim Rathmann	32	33	2
Pat Flaherty	34	40	7
Jim Rathmann	41	42	2
Pat Flaherty	43	45	3
Rodger Ward	46	48	3
Johnny Thomson	49	84	36
Rodger Ward	85	200	116