May 30, 1955 Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Lap distance 4.023 km
Report | Articles (2) | Photos (9) | 1955 season
Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
1 | 8 | 6 | Bob Sweikert (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:53'59.53 | 14 | 4'17.15 | ||||
2 | 3 3 |
10 |
Tony Bettenhausen (USA)
Paul Russo (USA) |
Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser | Firestone |
200 (123) (77) |
3:56'43.09 | +2'43.56 |
2 |
4'17.17 |
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3 | 4 | 15 | Jimmy Davies (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500B | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:57'31.89 | +3'32.36 | 10 | 4'16.64 | |||
4 | 3 | 44 | Johnny Thomson (USA) | Kuzma | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:57'38.44 | +3'38.91 | 33 | 4'28.43 | |||
5 | 1 1 |
77 |
Walt Faulkner (USA)
Bill Homeier (USA) |
Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser | Firestone |
200 (176) (24) |
3:59'16.70 | +5'17.17 |
7 |
4'17.58 |
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6 | 19 | Andy Linden (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:59'57.47 | +5'57.94 | 8 | 4'18.81 | ||||
7 | 71 | Al Herman (USA) | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 4:00'23.77 | +6'24.24 | 16 | 4'17.49 | ||||
8 | 29 | Pat O'Connor (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500D | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 4:00'41.13 | +6'41.60 | 19 | 4'18.63 | ||||
9 | 48 | Jimmy Daywalt (USA) | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 4:01'09.34 | +7'09.81 | 17 | 4'18.22 | ||||
10 | 89 | Pat Flaherty (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500B | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 4:01'46.07 | +7'46.54 | 12 | 4'16.87 | ||||
11 | 98 | Duane Carter (USA) | Kuzma | Offenhauser | Firestone | 197 | +3 laps | 18 | 4'18.38 | |||||
12 | 41 | Chuck Weyant (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 3000 | Offenhauser | Firestone | 196 | +4 laps | 25 | 4'20.75 | |||||
13 | 83 | Eddie Johnson (USA) | Trevis | Offenhauser | Firestone | 196 | +4 laps | 32 | 4'27.76 | |||||
14 | 33 | Jim Rathmann (USA) | Epperly | Offenhauser | Firestone | 191 | +9 laps | 20 | 4'19.54 | |||||
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transmission | 12 | Don Freeland (USA) | Phillips | Offenhauser | Firestone | 178 | 21 | 4'17.39 | ||||||
accident | 22 | Cal Niday (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500B | Offenhauser | Firestone | 170 | 9 | 4'16.59 | ||||||
engine | 99 | Art Cross (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser | Firestone | 168 | 24 | 4'19.46 | ||||||
transmission | 81 | Shorty Templeman (USA) | Trevis | Offenhauser | Firestone | 142 | 31 | 4'26.64 | ||||||
transmission | 8 | Sam Hanks (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser | Firestone | 134 | 6 | 4'16.80 | ||||||
fuel pump | 31 | Keith Andrews (USA) | Schroeder | Offenhauser | Firestone | 120 | 28 | 4'24.61 | ||||||
magneto | 16 | Johnnie Parsons (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser | Firestone | 119 | 27 | 4'23.14 | ||||||
ignition | 37 | Eddie Russo (USA) | Pawl | Offenhauser | Firestone | 112 | 13 | 4'16.93 | ||||||
engine | 49 | Ray Crawford (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500D | Offenhauser | Firestone | 111 | 23 | 4'18.61 | ||||||
fuel pump | 1 | Jimmy Bryan (USA) | Kuzma | Offenhauser | Firestone | 90 | 11 | 4'16.85 | ||||||
accident | 1 | 4 | Bill Vukovich (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser | Firestone | 56 | 5 | 4'15.19 | 1 | 1'03.67 | (27) | ||
magneto | 3 | Jack McGrath (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser | Firestone | 54 | 3 | 4'12.49 | ||||||
accident | 42 | Al Keller (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 2000 | Offenhauser | Firestone | 54 | 22 | 4'17.97 | ||||||
accident | 39 | Johnny Boyd (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500D | Offenhauser | Firestone | 53 | 26 | 4'22.81 | ||||||
-- | 68 | Ed Elisian (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser | Firestone | 53 | 29 | 4'26.01 | ||||||
accident | 27 | Rodger Ward (USA) | Kuzma | Offenhauser | Firestone | 53 | 30 | 4'26.57 | ||||||
oil leak | 23 | Jerry Hoyt (USA) | Stevens | Offenhauser | Firestone | 40 | 1 | 4'17.06 | ||||||
spun off | 14 | Fred Agabashian (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser | Firestone | 39 | 4 | 4'13.64 | ||||||
engine | 5 | Jimmy Reece (USA) | Pankratz | Offenhauser | Firestone | 10 | 15 | 4'17.16 |