May 30, 1959 Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Lap distance 4.023 km
Report | Articles (1) | Photos (4) | 1959 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 8 | 5 | Rodger Ward (USA) | Watson | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 9.000000.200 | 6 | 9.000000.940 | ||||
| 2 | 6 | 16 | Jim Rathmann (USA) | Watson | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 2.000000.480 | +3.000000.280 | 3 | 9.000000.250 | |||
| 3 | 5 | 3 | Johnny Thomson (USA) | Lesovsky | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 9.000000.840 | +0.00 | 1 | 6.000000.730 | 1 | 1.000000.890 | (64) |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Tony Bettenhausen (USA) | Epperly | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 6.000000.290 | +7.000000.090 | 15 | 2.000000.240 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 99 | Paul Goldsmith (USA) | Epperly | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 5.000000.640 | +6.000000.440 | 16 | 2.000000.330 | |||
| 6 | 33 | Johnny Boyd (USA) | Epperly | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 6.000000.180 | +6.000000.980 | 11 | 2.000000.080 | ||||
| 7 | 37 | Duane Carter (USA) | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 9.000000.120 | +9.000000.920 | 12 | 2.000000.110 | ||||
| 8 | 19 | Eddie Johnson (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500G | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 9.000000.730 | +0.00 | 8 | 0.00 | ||||
| 9 | 45 | Paul Russo (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500G | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 0.00 | +1.000000.040 | 27 | 2.000000.840 | ||||
| 10 | 10 | A.J. Foyt (USA) | Kuzma | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3.000000.680 | +4.000000.480 | 17 | 2.000000.370 | ||||
| 11 | 88 | Gene Hartley (USA) | Kuzma | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 1.000000.680 | +2.000000.480 | 9 | 0.00 | ||||
| 12 | 74 | Bob Veith (USA) | Moore | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 8.000000.930 | +9.000000.730 | 7 | 9.000000.960 | ||||
| 13 | 89 | Al Herman (USA) | Dunn | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 9.000000.600 | +0.00 | 23 | 3.000000.630 | ||||
| 14 | 66 | Jimmy Daywalt (USA) | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 0.00 | +1.000000.540 | 13 | 8.000000.820 | ||||
| 15 | 71 | Chuck Arnold (USA) | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 9.000000.060 | +9.000000.860 | 21 | 3.000000.310 | ||||
| 16 | 58 | Jim McWithey (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 0.00 | +1.000000.690 | 33 | 4.000000.930 | ||||
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| spun off | 44 | Eddie Sachs (USA) | Kuzma | Offenhauser | Firestone | 182 | 2 | 7.000000.550 | ||||||
| engine | 57 | Al Keller (USA) | Kuzma | Offenhauser | Firestone | 163 | 28 | 3.000000.420 | ||||||
| accident | 64 | Pat Flaherty (USA) | Watson | Offenhauser | Firestone | 162 | 18 | 2.000000.810 | ||||||
| fire | 73 | Dick Rathmann (USA) | Watson | Offenhauser | Firestone | 150 | 4 | 9.000000.570 | ||||||
| magneto | 53 | Bill Cheesbourg (USA) | Kuzma | Offenhauser | Firestone | 147 | 30 | 3.000000.900 | ||||||
| magneto | 15 | Don Freeland (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500G | Offenhauser | Firestone | 136 | 25 | 1.000000.650 | ||||||
| accident | 49 | Ray Crawford (USA) | Elder | Offenhauser | Firestone | 115 | 32 | 4.000000.690 | ||||||
| suspension | 9 | Don Branson (USA) | Phillips | Offenhauser | Firestone | 112 | 10 | 1.000000.200 | ||||||
| engine | 65 | Bob Christie (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser | Firestone | 109 | 24 | 1.000000.320 | ||||||
| magneto | 48 | Bobby Grim (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500G | Offenhauser | Firestone | 85 | 5 | 9.000000.610 | ||||||
| fuel leak | 24 | Jack Turner (USA) | Christensen | Offenhauser | Firestone | 47 | 14 | 0.00 | ||||||
| accident | 7 | Jud Larson (USA) | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | Firestone | 45 | 19 | 2.000000.990 | ||||||
| accident | 87 | Red Amick (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser | Firestone | 45 | 26 | 1.000000.880 | ||||||
| accident | 47 | Chuck Weyant (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500G | Offenhauser | Firestone | 45 | 29 | 3.000000.610 | ||||||
| accident | 77 | Mike Magill (USA) | Sutton | Offenhauser | Firestone | 45 | 31 | 4.000000.450 | ||||||
| accident | 8 | Len Sutton (USA) | Lesovsky | Offenhauser S | Firestone | 34 | 22 | 3.000000.330 | ||||||
| engine | 6 | Jimmy Bryan (USA) | Salih | Offenhauser | Firestone | 1 | 20 | 3.000000.310 | ||||||
