Formula 1 1959 Indianapolis 500 results

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date	1959-05-30
round	2
circuit		Indianapolis Motor Speedway

winner		Rodger Ward
pole position		Johnny Thomson

The 1959 Indianapolis 500 was won by Rodger Ward of Watson.
Despite being on pole position in United States of America, Johnny Thomson could not convert this into a win.

The race in United States of America was round 2 of 9 of the 1959 season.

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#		constructor	laps	time	points
1	Rodger Ward	Watson	200	3:40:49.20	8
2	Jim Rathmann	Watson	200	+0:23.28	6
3	Johnny Thomson	Lesovsky	200	+0:50.64	5
4	Tony Bettenhausen	Epperly	200	+1:47.09	3
5	Paul Goldsmith	Epperly	200	+2:06.44	2
6	Johnny Boyd	Epperly	200	+3:16.98	0
7	Duane Carter	Kurtis Kraft	200	+4:09.92	0
8	Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft	200	+4:10.53	0
9	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	200	+4:11.04	0
10	Anthony Foyt	Kuzma	200	+4:14.48	0
11	Gene Hartley	Kuzma	200	+5:42.48	0
12	Bob Veith	Moore	200	+6:09.73	0
13	Al Herman	Dunn	200	+6:40.40	0
14	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	200	+6:41.54	0
15	Chuck Arnold	Kurtis Kraft	200	+8:19.86	0
16	Jim McWithey	Kurtis Kraft	200	+11:41.69	0
	Eddie Sachs	Kuzma	182	Spun off	0
	Al Keller	Kuzma	163	Engine	0
	Pat Flaherty	Watson	162	Accident	0
	Dick Rathmann	Watson	150	Heat shield fire	0
	Bill Cheesbourg	Kuzma	147	Magneto	0
	Don Freeland	Kurtis Kraft	136	Magneto	0
	Ray Crawford	Elder	115	Accident	0
	Don Branson	Phillips	112	Suspension	0
	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft	109	Engine	0
	Bobby Grim	Kurtis Kraft	85	Magneto	0
	Jack Turner	Christensen	47	Fuel leak	0
	Chuck Weyant	Kurtis Kraft	45	Accident	0
	Jud Larson	Kurtis Kraft	45	Accident	0
	Mike Magill	Sutton	45	Accident	0
	Red Amick	Kurtis Kraft	45	Accident	0
	Len Sutton	Lesovsky	34	Accident	0
	Jimmy Bryan	Epperly	1	Engine	0

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#		constructor
6	Rodger Ward	Watson
3	Jim Rathmann	Watson
1	Johnny Thomson	Lesovsky
15	Tony Bettenhausen	Epperly
16	Paul Goldsmith	Epperly
11	Johnny Boyd	Epperly
12	Duane Carter	Kurtis Kraft
8	Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft
27	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft
17	Anthony Foyt	Kuzma
9	Gene Hartley	Kuzma
7	Bob Veith	Moore
23	Al Herman	Dunn
13	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft
21	Chuck Arnold	Kurtis Kraft
33	Jim McWithey	Kurtis Kraft
2	Eddie Sachs	Kuzma
28	Al Keller	Kuzma
18	Pat Flaherty	Watson
4	Dick Rathmann	Watson
30	Bill Cheesbourg	Kuzma
25	Don Freeland	Kurtis Kraft
32	Ray Crawford	Elder
10	Don Branson	Phillips
24	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft
5	Bobby Grim	Kurtis Kraft
14	Jack Turner	Christensen
19	Jud Larson	Kurtis Kraft
26	Red Amick	Kurtis Kraft
29	Chuck Weyant	Kurtis Kraft
31	Mike Magill	Sutton
22	Len Sutton	Lesovsky
20	Jimmy Bryan	Epperly

1959 Indianapolis 500

The 43rd International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 30, 1959. The event was part of the 1959 USAC National Championship Trail and was also race 2 of 9 in the 1959 World Championship of Drivers.

Rodger Ward won the first of two career Indy 500 victories. A record sixteen cars completed the full 500 miles.

All cars were required to have roll bars for the first time.

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