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Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis May 30, 1955

Lap distance 4.023 km

Race

	Pos	Driver		Team	Laps	Pits
	1	Sweikert		Kurtis Kraft	200
	2	Bettenhausen		Kurtis Kraft	200
	3	Davies		Kurtis Kraft	200
	4	Thomson		Kuzma	200
	5	Faulkner		Kurtis Kraft	200
	6	Linden		Kurtis Kraft	200
	7	Herman		Kurtis Kraft	200
	8	O'Connor		Kurtis Kraft	200
	9	Daywalt		Kurtis Kraft	200
	10	Flaherty		Kurtis Kraft	200
	11	Carter		Kuzma	197
	12	Weyant		Kurtis Kraft	196
	13	Johnson		Trevis	196
	14	Rathmann		Epperly	191
Retirement
transmission		Freeland		Phillips	178
accident		Niday		Kurtis Kraft	170
engine		Cross		Kurtis Kraft	168
transmission		Templeman		Trevis	142
transmission		Hanks		Kurtis Kraft	134
fuel pump		Andrews		Schroeder	120
magneto		Parsons		Kurtis Kraft	119
ignition		E Russo		Pawl	112
engine		Crawford		Kurtis Kraft	111
fuel pump		Bryan		Kuzma	90
accident		Vukovich FL		Kurtis Kraft	56
magneto		McGrath		Kurtis Kraft	54
accident		Keller		Kurtis Kraft	54
accident		Boyd		Kurtis Kraft	53
		Elisian		Kurtis Kraft	53
accident		Ward		Kuzma	53
oil leak		Hoyt		Stevens	40
spun off		Agabashian		Kurtis Kraft	39
engine		Reece		Pankratz	10

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	Pos	Driver		No.		Team	Laps	Last five	Pits	Best (Laps)		Worst (Laps)
	1	Bob Sweikert		6		Kurtis Kraft	200	1
	2	Tony Bettenhausen		10		Kurtis Kraft	200	2
	3	Jimmy Davies		15		Kurtis Kraft	200	3
	4	Johnny Thomson		44		Kuzma	200	4
	5	Walt Faulkner		77		Kurtis Kraft	200	5
	6	Andy Linden		19		Kurtis Kraft	200	6
	7	Al Herman		71		Kurtis Kraft	200	7
	8	Pat O'Connor		29		Kurtis Kraft	200	8
	9	Jimmy Daywalt		48		Kurtis Kraft	200	9
	10	Pat Flaherty		89		Kurtis Kraft	200	10
	11	Duane Carter		98		Kuzma	197	11
	12	Chuck Weyant		41		Kurtis Kraft	196	12
	13	Eddie Johnson		83		Trevis	196	13
	14	Jim Rathmann		33		Epperly	191	14
Retirement
transmission		Don Freeland		12		Phillips	178
accident		Cal Niday		22		Kurtis Kraft	170
engine		Art Cross		99		Kurtis Kraft	168
transmission		Shorty Templeman		81		Trevis	142
transmission		Sam Hanks		8		Kurtis Kraft	134
fuel pump		Keith Andrews		31		Schroeder	120
magneto		Johnnie Parsons		16		Kurtis Kraft	119
ignition		Eddie Russo		37		Pawl	112
engine		Ray Crawford		49		Kurtis Kraft	111
fuel pump		Jimmy Bryan		1		Kuzma	90
accident		Bill Vukovich FL		4		Kurtis Kraft	56
magneto		Jack McGrath		3		Kurtis Kraft	54
accident		Al Keller		42		Kurtis Kraft	54
accident		Johnny Boyd		39		Kurtis Kraft	53
		Ed Elisian		68		Kurtis Kraft	53
accident		Rodger Ward		27		Kuzma	53
oil leak		Jerry Hoyt		23		Stevens	40
spun off		Fred Agabashian		14		Kurtis Kraft	39
engine		Jimmy Reece		5		Pankratz	10

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Pos	Driver		Today	Points
1.	Maurice Trintignant			11.33
2.	Juan Manuel Fangio			9
=	Bob Sweikert		8	8
4.	Nino Farina			6.33
5.	Eugenio Castellotti			6
6.	Jimmy Davies		4	4
7.	Tony Bettenhausen		3	3
=	Paul Russo		3	3
9.	Johnny Thomson		3	3
10.	José Froilán González			2
11.	Jean Behra			2
12.	Cesare Perdisa			2
13.	Roberto Mieres			2
=	Gigi Villoresi			2
15.	Umberto Maglioli			1.33
16.	Stirling Moss			1
17.	Hans Herrmann			1
=	Karl Kling			1
19.	Walt Faulkner		1	1
=	Bill Homeier		1	1
21.	Bill Vukovich		1	1
	Harry Schell			[6]
	Louis Chiron			[6]
	Andy Linden			[6]
	Al Herman			[7]
	Sergio Mantovani			[7]
	Luigi Musso			[7]
	Jacques Pollet			[7]
	Paul Frère			[8]
	Pat O'Connor			[8]
	Piero Taruffi			[8]
	Jimmy Daywalt			[9]
	Pat Flaherty			[10]
	Duane Carter			[11]
	Chuck Weyant			[12]
	Eddie Johnson			[13]
	Jim Rathmann			[14]
	Fred Agabashian			--
	Keith Andrews			--
	Alberto Ascari			--
	Elie Bayol			--
	Pablo Birger			--
	Johnny Boyd			--
	Jimmy Bryan			--
	Clemar Bucci			--
	Ray Crawford			--
	Art Cross			--
	Ed Elisian			--
	Don Freeland			--
	Sam Hanks			--
	Mike Hawthorn			--
	Jerry Hoyt			--
	Jesús Iglesias			--
	Al Keller			--
	Jack McGrath			--
	Lance Macklin			--
	Robert Manzon			--
	Carlos Menditeguy			--
	Cal Niday			--
	Johnnie Parsons			--
	Jimmy Reece			--
	Louis Rosier			--
	Eddie Russo			--
	André Simon			--
	Shorty Templeman			--
	Alberto Uria			--
	Rodger Ward			--
	Ted Whiteaway			--

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Circuit type
Race
Circuit Length
4.192 km
Circuit Turns
13
Circuit Direction
Clockwise
Capacity
400,000
Established
1909