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 | 3:40'49.20 | 6 | 4'09.94 | ||||
| 2 | 6 | 16 | Jim Rathmann (USA) | Watson | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:41'12.48 | +23.28 | 3 | 4'09.25 | |||
| 3 | 5 | 3 | Johnny Thomson (USA) | Lesovsky | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:41'39.84 | +50.64 | 1 | 4'06.73 | 1 | 1'01.89 | (64) |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Tony Bettenhausen (USA) | Epperly | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:42'36.29 | +1'47.09 | 15 | 4'12.24 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 99 | Paul Goldsmith (USA) | Epperly | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:42'55.64 | +2'06.44 | 16 | 4'12.33 | |||
| 6 | 33 | Johnny Boyd (USA) | Epperly | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:44'06.18 | +3'16.98 | 11 | 4'12.08 | ||||
| 7 | 37 | Duane Carter (USA) | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:44'59.12 | +4'09.92 | 12 | 4'12.11 | ||||
| 8 | 19 | Eddie Johnson (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500G | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:44'59.73 | +4'10.53 | 8 | 4'10.00 | ||||
| 9 | 45 | Paul Russo (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500G | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:45'00.24 | +4'11.04 | 27 | 4'12.84 | ||||
| 10 | 10 | A.J. Foyt (USA) | Kuzma | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:45'03.68 | +4'14.48 | 17 | 4'12.37 | ||||
| 11 | 88 | Gene Hartley (USA) | Kuzma | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:46'31.68 | +5'42.48 | 9 | 4'10.74 | ||||
| 12 | 74 | Bob Veith (USA) | Moore | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:46'58.93 | +6'09.73 | 7 | 4'09.96 | ||||
| 13 | 89 | Al Herman (USA) | Dunn | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:47'29.60 | +6'40.40 | 23 | 4'13.63 | ||||
| 14 | 66 | Jimmy Daywalt (USA) | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:47'30.74 | +6'41.54 | 13 | 4'08.82 | ||||
| 15 | 71 | Chuck Arnold (USA) | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:49'09.06 | +8'19.86 | 21 | 4'13.31 | ||||
| 16 | 58 | Jim McWithey (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:52'30.89 | +11'41.69 | 33 | 4'14.93 | ||||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| spun off | 44 | Eddie Sachs (USA) | Kuzma | Offenhauser | Firestone | 182 | 2 | 4'07.55 | ||||||
| engine | 57 | Al Keller (USA) | Kuzma | Offenhauser | Firestone | 163 | 28 | 4'13.42 | ||||||
| accident | 64 | Pat Flaherty (USA) | Watson | Offenhauser | Firestone | 162 | 18 | 4'12.81 | ||||||
| fire | 73 | Dick Rathmann (USA) | Watson | Offenhauser | Firestone | 150 | 4 | 4'09.57 | ||||||
| magneto | 53 | Bill Cheesbourg (USA) | Kuzma | Offenhauser | Firestone | 147 | 30 | 4'13.90 | ||||||
| magneto | 15 | Don Freeland (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500G | Offenhauser | Firestone | 136 | 25 | 4'11.65 | ||||||
| accident | 49 | Ray Crawford (USA) | Elder | Offenhauser | Firestone | 115 | 32 | 4'14.69 | ||||||
| suspension | 9 | Don Branson (USA) | Phillips | Offenhauser | Firestone | 112 | 10 | 4'11.20 | ||||||
| engine | 65 | Bob Christie (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser | Firestone | 109 | 24 | 4'11.32 | ||||||
| magneto | 48 | Bobby Grim (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500G | Offenhauser | Firestone | 85 | 5 | 4'09.61 | ||||||
| fuel leak | 24 | Jack Turner (USA) | Christensen | Offenhauser | Firestone | 47 | 14 | 4'10.91 | ||||||
| accident | 7 | Jud Larson (USA) | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | Firestone | 45 | 19 | 4'12.99 | ||||||
| accident | 87 | Red Amick (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser | Firestone | 45 | 26 | 4'11.88 | ||||||
| accident | 47 | Chuck Weyant (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500G | Offenhauser | Firestone | 45 | 29 | 4'13.61 | ||||||
| accident | 77 | Mike Magill (USA) | Sutton | Offenhauser | Firestone | 45 | 31 | 4'14.45 | ||||||
| accident | 8 | Len Sutton (USA) | Lesovsky | Offenhauser S | Firestone | 34 | 22 | 4'13.33 | ||||||
| engine | 6 | Jimmy Bryan (USA) | Salih | Offenhauser | Firestone | 1 | 20 | 4'13.31 | ||||||
