1959 - Indianapolis 500

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1959 - Indianapolis 500

Race Name - Indianapolis 500
Date - 5/30/1959
Race Track - Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 33
Laps Run - 200
Pole Winner Johnny Thomson
Average Race Speed - 218.646 kph
Lead Changes - 4 Leader(s) with 12 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Rodger Ward
Race Number - 2

Fin	St	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine
1	6	Rodger Ward	Leader Card 500 Roadster	Watson	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
2	3	Jim Rathmann	Simoniz	Watson	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
3	1	Johnny Thomson	Racing Associates	Lesovsky	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
4	15	Tony Bettenhausen	Hoover Motor Express	Epperly	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
5	16	Paul Goldsmith	Demler	Epperly	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
6	11	Johnny Boyd	Bowes Seal Fast	Epperly	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
7	12	Duane Carter	Smokeys Reverse Torque	Kurtis	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
8	8	Eddie Johnson	Bryant Heating Cooling	KK500G	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
9	27	Paul Russo	Bardahl	KK500G	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
10	17	AJ Foyt	Dean Van Lines	Kuzma	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
11	9	Gene Hartley	Drewrys	Kuzma	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
12	7	Bob Veith	John Zink Heater	Moore	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
13	23	Al Herman	Dunn Engineering	Dunn	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
14	13	Jimmy Daywalt	Federal Engineering	KK500E	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
15	21	Chuck Arnold	HallMar	Kurtis	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
16	33	Jim McWithey	Ray Brady	KK500C	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
17	2	Eddie Sachs	Schmidt	Kuzma	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
18	28	Al Keller	Helse	Kuzma	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
19	18	Pat Flaherty	John Zink Heater	Watson	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
20	4	Dick Rathman	McNamara Chiropractic	Watson	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
21	30	Bill Cheesbourg	GreenmanCasale	Kuzma	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
23	32	Ray Crawford	Meguiars Mirror Glaze	Elder	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
24	10	Don Branson	Bob Estes	Phillips	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
25	24	Bob Christie	Federal Engineering	KK500D	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
26	5	Bobby Grim	Sumar	KK500G	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
27	14	Jack Turner	Travelon Trailer	Christensen	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
28	29	Chuck Weyant	McKay	KK500J	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
29	19	Jud Larson	Bowes Seal Fast	KK500J	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
30	31	Mike Magill	Dayton Steel Foundry	KK500G	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
31	26	Red Amick	WheelerFoutch	KK500C	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
32	22	Len Sutton	Wolcott Memorial	Lesovsky	Offenhauser 4.5 L4
33	20	Jimmy Bryan	Belond AP Muffler	Salih	Offenhauser 4.5 L4