1959-2-Indianapolis

XLIII 500 Mile Race

Indianapolis, 30 maggio 1959

200 giri x 4.023 km – 804.600 km

ELENCO ISCRITTI

N°	Pilota	Squadra	Telaio	Motore
1	Tony BETTENHAUSEN	Hoover Motor Express	Epperly	Indy Roadster	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
3	Johnny THOMSON	Racing Associates	Lesovsky	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
5	Rodger WARD	Leader Card 500	Watson	Indy Roadster	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
6	Jimmy BRYAN	Belond AP/George Salih	Epperly	Indy Roadster	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
7	Jud LARSON	Bowes Seal Fast/Bignotti	Kurtis Kraft	500H	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
8	Len SUTTON	Wolcott Memorial Racing	Lesovsky	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
9	Don BRANSON	Bob Estes	Phillips	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
10	AJ FOYT	Dean Van Lines	Kuzma	Indy Roadster	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
12	Ralph LIGUORI	El Dorado Italia	Maserati	420M	Maserati	V8
15	Don FREELAND	Jim Robbins	Kurtis Kraft	500G	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
16	Jim RATHMANN	Simoniz/Lindsey Hopkins	Watson	Indy Roadster	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
17	Johnny KAY	Safety Auto Glass	Kurtis Kraft	500C	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
19	Eddie JOHNSON	Bryant Heating	Kurtis Kraft	500G	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
21	Earl MOTTER	Dean Van Lines	Kuzma	Indy Roadster	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
24	Jack TURNER	Travelon Trailer / Ernest Ruiz	Christensen	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
25	Bill CHEESBOURG	Hardwood Door	Kurtis Kraft	500G	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
33	Johnny BOYD	Bowes Seal Fast/Bignotti	Epperly	Indy Roadster	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
34	Dempsey WILSON	Novi Racing	Kurtis Kraft	500F	Novi	L8 c 3.0
37	Duane CARTER	Smokey Yunick	Kurtis Kraft	500H	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
38	Paul RUSSO	Novi Racing	Kurtis Kraft	500F	Novi	L8 c 3.0
39	Rex EASTON	Massaglia Hotels	Lesovsky	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
41	Jimmy DAVIES	Sumar/Chapman Root	Kurtis Kraft	500G	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
41	Ralph LIGUORI	Sumar/Chapman Root	Kurtis Kraft	500G	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
42	Bill HOMEIER	Go-Kart/C.O. Prather	Kurtis Kraft	500G	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
43	Johnnie TOLAN	H.A. Chapman	Lesovsky	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
44	Eddie SACHS	Peter Schmidt	Kuzma	Indy Roadster	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
45	Paul RUSSO	Bardahl/Fred Gerhardt	Kurtis Kraft	500G	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
47	Chuck WEYANT	Roy McKay	Kurtis Kraft	500G	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
48	Bobby GRIM	Sumar/Chapman Root	Kurtis Kraft	500G	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
49	Ray CRAWFORD	Meguiar’s Mirror/Crawford	Elder	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
51	Bob CORTNER	Cornis Engineering	Cornis	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
52	Jud LARSON	Leader Cards Inc	Watson	Indy Roadster	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
53	Bill CHEESBOURG	Greenman-Casale	Kuzma	Indy Roadster	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
54	Don EDMUNDS	Bill Forbes Racing	Kuzma	Indy Roadster	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
55	Gene FORCE	Sclavi & Amos	Kuzma	Indy Roadster	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
55	Jim PACKARD	Sclavi & Amos	Kuzma	Indy Roadster	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
57	Al KELLER	Helse / H.H. Johnson	Kuzma	Indy Roadster	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
57	Jerry UNSER	Helse / H.H. Johnson	Kuzma	Indy Roadster	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
58	Jim McWITHEY	Ray Brady	Kurtis Kraft	500C	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
62	Bill HOMEIER	Rusco Battery Cable	Kurtis Kraft	500G	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
64	Pat FLAHERTY	John Zink	Watson	Indy Roadster	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
65	Bob CHRISTIE	Federal Engineering	Kurtis Kraft	500C	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
66	Jimmy DAYWALT	Federal Engineering	Kurtis Kraft	500E	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
69	Shorty TEMPLEMAN	Frank Arciero	Kurtis Kraft	500C	Maserati	V8
71	Chuck ARNOLD	Hall-Mar	Kurtis Kraft	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
72	Chuck ARNOLD	Speed International	Kurtis Kraft	500C	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
73	Dick RATHMANN	McNamara/Kalamazoo Sports	Watson	Indy Roadster	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
74	Bob VEITH	John Zink	Moore	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
77	Mike MAGILL	Dayton Steel Foundry	Sutton	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
78	Gene FORCE	Midwest Manufacturing	Kurtis Kraft	500D	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
78	Eddie RUSSO	Midwest Manufacturing	Kurtis Kraft	500D	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
78	Bob SCHROEDER	Midwest Manufacturing	Kurtis Kraft	500D	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
82	Chuck RODEE	Central Excavating/Pete Salemi	Kuzma	Indy Roadster	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
82	Dempsey WILSON	Central Excavating/Pete Salemi	Kuzma	Indy Roadster	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
87	Red AMICK	Wheeler-Foutch	Kurtis Kraft	500C	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
88	Gene HARTLEY	Drewry’s/R.T. Marley	Kuzma	Indy Roadster	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
89	Al HERMAN	Dunn Engineering	Dunn	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
91	Johnny MOORHOUSE	Binter	Kurtis Kraft	500G	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
92	Jack ENSLEY	McKay’s Bulldog	Kurtis Kraft	500G	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
93	Eddie RUSSO	McKay’s Bulldog	Kurtis Kraft	500G	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
98	Chuck DAIGH	J.C. Agajanian	Kuzma	Indy Roadster	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
98	Eddie RUSSO	J.C. Agajanian	Kuzma	Indy Roadster	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
99	Paul GOLDSMITH	Norman Demler	Epperly	Indy Roadster	Offenhauser	L4 4.5

QUALIFICHE

Pole position: Johnny Thomson, Lesovsky-Offenhauser, 145.908 mph

CLASSIFICA

Pos	N°	Pilota	Telaio	Motore	Giro
1	5	Rodger WARD	Watson	Offenhauser	200	3h 40m 49.20s  ( 218.622 km/h )
2	16	Jim RATHMANN	Watson	Offenhauser	200	( +23.28s )
3	3	Johnny THOMSON	Lesovsky	Offenhauser	200	( +50.64s )
4	1	Tony BETTENHAUSEN	Epperly	Offenhauser	200	( +1m 47.09s )
5	99	Paul GOLDSMITH	Epperly	Offenhauser	200	( +2m 06.44s )
6	33	Johnny BOYD	Epperly	Offenhauser	200	( +3m 16.98s )
7	37	Duane CARTER	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	200	( +4m 09.92s )
8	19	Eddie JOHNSON	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	200	( +4m 10.53s )
9	45	Paul RUSSO	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	200	( +4m 11.04s )
10	10	AJ FOYT	Kuzma	Offenhauser	200	( +4m 14.48s )
11	88	Gene HARTLEY	Kuzma	Offenhauser	200	( +5m 42.48s )
12	74	Bob VEITH	Moore	Offenhauser	200	( +6m 09.73s )
13	89	Al HERMAN	Dunn	Offenhauser	200	( +6m 40.40s )
14	66	Jimmy DAYWALT	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	200	( +6m 41.54s )
15	71	Chuck ARNOLD	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	200	( +8m 19.86s )
16	58	Jim McWITHEY	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	200	( +11m 41.69s )
17	44	Eddie SACHS	Kuzma	Offenhauser	182
18	57	Al KELLER	Kuzma	Offenhauser	163
19	64	Pat FLAHERTY	Watson	Offenhauser	162
20	73	Dick RATHMANN	Watson	Offenhauser	150
21	53	Bill CHEESBOURG	Kuzma	Offenhauser	147
22	15	Don FREELAND	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	136
23	49	Ray CRAWFORD	Elder	Offenhauser	115
24	9	Don BRANSON	Phillips	Offenhauser	112
25	65	Bob CHRISTIE	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	109
26	48	Bobby GRIM	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	85
27	24	Jack TURNER	Christensen	Offenhauser	47
28	47	Chuck WEYANT	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	45
29	7	Jud LARSON	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	45
30	77	Mike MAGILL	Sutton	Offenhauser	45
31	87	Red AMICK	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	45
32	8	Len SUTTON	Lesovsky	Offenhauser	34
33	6	Jimmy BRYAN	Epperly	Offenhauser	1
nq	12	Ralph LIGUORI	Maserati	Maserati
nq	17	Johnny KAY	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser
nq	21	Earl MOTTER	Kuzma	Offenhauser
nq	25	Bill CHEESBOURG	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser
nq	34	Dempsey WILSON	Kurtis Kraft	Novi
nq	38	Paul RUSSO	Kurtis Kraft	Novi
nq	39	Rex EASTON	Lesovsky	Offenhauser
nq	41	Ralph LIGUORI	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser
nq	41	Jimmy DAVIES	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser
nq	42	Bill HOMEIER	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser
nq	43	Johnnie TOLAN	Lesovsky	Offenhauser
nq	51	Bob CORTNER	Cornis	Offenhauser		Incidente mortale
nq	52	Jud LARSON	Watson	Offenhauser
nq	54	Don EDMUNDS	Kuzma	Offenhauser
nq	55	Gene FORCE	Kuzma	Offenhauser
nq	55	Jim PACKARD	Kuzma	Offenhauser
nq	57	Jerry UNSER	Kuzma	Offenhauser		Incidente mortale
nq	62	Bill HOMEIER	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser
nq	69	Shorty TEMPLEMAN	Kurtis Kraft	Maserati
nq	72	Chuck ARNOLD	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser
nq	78	Bob SCHROEDER	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser
nq	78	Gene FORCE	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser
nq	78	Eddie RUSSO	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser
nq	82	Chuck RODEE	Kuzma	Offenhauser
nq	82	Dempsey WILSON	Kuzma	Offenhauser
nq	91	Johnny MOORHOUSE	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser
nq	92	Jack ENSLEY	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser
nq	93	Eddie RUSSO	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser
nq	98	Chuck DAIGH	Kuzma	Offenhauser
nq	98	Eddie RUSSO	Kuzma	Offenhauser

GIRO VELOCE

Pilota	Telaio	Motore	Tempo	Gap	Giro	Media
Johnny THOMSON	Lesovsky	Offenhauser	1’01”89		64	234.009