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1959 - Indianapolis 500

Date : 30 May 1959

Hour : Z

Round : 2

Circuit : Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Locality : Indianapolis

Winner : Rodger Ward(Watson)

Polesitter : Johnny Thomson(Lesovsky)

Fastest lap : Don Freeland(Kurtis Kraft)

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Qualifying
P.DriverConstructorQ1Q2Q3
No record found.

Results
P.DriverConstructorGridLapsTimeStatusPoints
1 Rodger Ward Watson6 2003:40:49.20Finished8
2 Jim Rathmann Watson3 200+0:23.28Finished6
3 Johnny Thomson Lesovsky1 200+0:50.64Finished5
4 Tony Bettenhausen Epperly15 200+1:47.09Finished3
5 Paul Goldsmith Epperly16 200+2:06.44Finished2
6 Johnny Boyd Epperly11 200+3:16.98Finished0
7 Duane Carter Kurtis Kraft12 200+4:09.92Finished0
8 Eddie Johnson Kurtis Kraft8 200+4:10.53Finished0
9 Paul Russo Kurtis Kraft27 200+4:11.04Finished0
10 Anthony Foyt Kuzma17 200+4:14.48Finished0
11 Gene Hartley Kuzma9 200+5:42.48Finished0
12 Bob Veith Moore7 200+6:09.73Finished0
13 Al Herman Dunn23 200+6:40.40Finished0
14 Jimmy Daywalt Kurtis Kraft13 200+6:41.54Finished0
15 Chuck Arnold Kurtis Kraft21 200+8:19.86Finished0
16 Jim McWithey Kurtis Kraft33 200+11:41.69Finished0
Eddie Sachs Kuzma2 182Spun off0
Al Keller Kuzma28 163Engine0
Pat Flaherty Watson18 162Accident0
Dick Rathmann Watson4 150Heat shield fire0
Bill Cheesbourg Kuzma30 147Magneto0
Don Freeland Kurtis Kraft25 136Magneto0
Ray Crawford Elder32 115Accident0
Don Branson Phillips10 112Suspension0
Bob Christie Kurtis Kraft24 109Engine0
Bobby Grim Kurtis Kraft5 85Magneto0
Jack Turner Christensen14 47Fuel leak0
Chuck Weyant Kurtis Kraft29 45Accident0
Jud Larson Kurtis Kraft19 45Accident0
Mike Magill Sutton31 45Accident0
Red Amick Kurtis Kraft26 45Accident0
Len Sutton Lesovsky22 34Accident0
Jimmy Bryan Epperly20 1Engine0
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