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1955 Indianapolis 500
Mon, May 30th, 1955
Round 3
Track:
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Official race name:
XXXIX Indianapolis International Motor Sweepstakes
Round:
3
(of 7)
Race number:
44
Date:
Mon, May 30th, 1955
Time:
14.00
Track length:
4.023 km
Laps:
200
Race distance:
804.600 km
Weather:
Cold
For more detailed results, visit the
Results page
Results in Brief
Race
Grid
Qualifying
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Laps
Time/Retired
Avg
Speed
Grid
Pts
1
6
Bob Sweikert
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
200
3:53:59.53
206.315
14
8
2
10
Tony Bettenhausen
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
123
+ 2m 43.56 secs
203.939
2
3
Paul Russo
77
3
3
15
Jimmy Davies
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
200
+ 3m 32.36 secs
203.240
10
4
4
44
Johnny Thomson
Kuzma-Offenhauser
200
+ 3m 38.91 secs
203.147
33
3
5
77
Walt Faulkner
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
176
+ 5m 17.17 secs
201.757
7
1
Bill Homeier
24
1
6
19
Andy Linden
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
200
+ 5m 57.94 secs
201.185
8
7
71
Al Herman
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
200
+ 6m 24.24 secs
200.819
16
8
29
Pat O'Connor
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
200
+ 6m 41.60 secs
200.577
19
9
48
Jimmy Daywalt
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
200
+ 7m 9.81 secs
200.186
17
10
89
Pat Flaherty
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
200
+ 7m 46.54 secs
199.679
12
11
98
Duane Carter
Kuzma-Offenhauser
197
+ 3 Laps
18
12
41
Chuck Weyant
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
196
+ 4 Laps
25
13
83
Eddie Johnson
Trevis-Offenhauser
196
+ 4 Laps
32
14
33
Jim Rathmann
Epperly-Offenhauser
191
+ 9 Laps
20
Ret
12
Don Freeland
Phillips-Offenhauser
178
Transmission
21
Ret
22
Cal Niday
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
170
Accident
9
Ret
99
Art Cross
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
168
Engine
24
Ret
81
Shorty Templeman
Trevis-Offenhauser
142
Transmission
31
Ret
8
Sam Hanks
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
134
Transmission
6
Ret
31
Keith Andrews
Schroeder-Offenhauser
120
Fuel pump
28
Ret
16
Johnnie Parsons
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
119
Magneto
27
Ret
37
Eddie Russo
Pawl-Offenhauser
112
Ignition
13
Ret
49
Ray Crawford
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
111
Engine
23
Ret
1
Jimmy Bryan
Kuzma-Offenhauser
90
Fuel pump
11
Ret
4
Bill Vukovich
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
56
Accident
5
1
Ret
3
Jack McGrath
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
54
Magneto
3
Ret
42
Al Keller
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
54
Accident
22
Ret
39
Johnny Boyd
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
53
Accident
26
Ret
68
Ed Elisian
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
53
Retirement
29
Ret
27
Rodger Ward
Kuzma-Offenhauser
53
Accident
30
Ret
23
Jerry Hoyt
Stevens-Offenhauser
40
Oil leak
1
Ret
14
Fred Agabashian
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
39
Spun off
4
Ret
5
Jimmy Reece
Pankratz-Offenhauser
10
Engine
15
DNQ
7
Bob Christie
Kuzma-Dodge
DNQ
9
Johnnie Parsons
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
DNQ
9
Spider Webb
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
DNQ
18
Troy Ruttman
Kurtis Kraft-Novi
DNQ
21
Paul Russo
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
DNQ
24
Len Duncan
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
DNQ
25
Ed Elisian
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
DNQ
28
Gene Hartley
Ewing-Offenhauser
DNQ
32
Jiggs Peters
Scopa-Offenhauser
DNQ
36
Tony Bonadies
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
DNQ
61
Russ Klar
Schroeder-Offenhauser
DNQ
64
Leroy Warriner
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
DNQ
69
Ernie McCoy
Templeton-Offenhauser
DNQ
72
Bill Homeier
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
DNQ
73
Len Duncan
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
DNQ
74
Elmer George
Schroeder-Offenhauser
DNQ
76
Johnny Kay
Silnes-Offenhauser
DNQ
78
George Tichenor
Lesovsky-Offenhauser
DNQ
88
Manny Ayulo
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
Fatal accident
DNQ
93
Danny Kladis
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
Fastest lap:
1:03.67 -
Bill Vukovich
(Lap 27)
Further details »
R
o
w
1
1
Jerry Hoyt
Stevens-Offenhauser
4:17.06
2
Tony Bettenhausen
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:17.17
3
Jack McGrath
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:12.49
R
o
w
2
4
Fred Agabashian
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:13.64
5
Bill Vukovich
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:15.19
6
Sam Hanks
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:16.80
R
o
w
3
7
Walt Faulkner
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:17.58
8
Andy Linden
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:18.81
9
Cal Niday
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:16.59
R
o
w
4
10
Jimmy Davies
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:16.64
11
Jimmy Bryan
Kuzma-Offenhauser
4:16.85
12
Pat Flaherty
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:16.87
R
o
w
5
13
Eddie Russo
Pawl-Offenhauser
4:16.93
14
Bob Sweikert
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:17.15
15
Jimmy Reece
Pankratz-Offenhauser
4:17.16
R
o
w
6
16
Al Herman
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:17.49
17
Jimmy Daywalt
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:19.22
18
Duane Carter
Kuzma-Offenhauser
4:19.38
R
o
w
7
19
Pat O'Connor
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:18.63
20
Jim Rathmann
Epperly-Offenhauser
4:19.54
21
Don Freeland
Phillips-Offenhauser
4:17.39
R
o
w
8
22
Al Keller
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:17.97
23
Ray Crawford
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:18.61
24
Art Cross
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:19.46
R
o
w
9
25
Chuck Weyant
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:20.75
26
Johnny Boyd
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:22.81
27
Johnnie Parsons
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:23.14
R
o
w
10
28
Keith Andrews
Schroeder-Offenhauser
4:24.61
29
Ed Elisian
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:26.01
30
Rodger Ward
Kuzma-Offenhauser
4:26.57
R
o
w
11
31
Shorty Templeman
Trevis-Offenhauser
4:26.64
32
Eddie Johnson
Trevis-Offenhauser
4:27.76
33
Johnny Thomson
Kuzma-Offenhauser
4:28.43
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Time
Gap
%
Avg
Speed
Laps
1
23
Jerry Hoyt
Stevens-Offenhauser
4:17.06
100.0
225.361
2
10
Tony Bettenhausen
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:17.17
0.11
100.0
225.264
3
3
Jack McGrath
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:12.49
-4.57
98.2
229.440
4
14
Fred Agabashian
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:13.64
-3.42
98.7
228.399
5
4
Bill Vukovich
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:15.19
-1.87
99.3
227.012
6
8
Sam Hanks
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:16.80
-0.26
99.9
225.589
7
77
Walt Faulkner
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:17.58
0.52
100.2
224.906
8
19
Andy Linden
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:18.81
1.75
100.7
223.837
9
22
Cal Niday
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:16.59
-0.47
99.8
225.773
10
15
Jimmy Davies
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:16.64
-0.42
99.8
225.729
11
1
Jimmy Bryan
Kuzma-Offenhauser
4:16.85
-0.21
99.9
225.545
12
89
Pat Flaherty
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:16.87
-0.19
99.9
225.527
13
37
Eddie Russo
Pawl-Offenhauser
4:16.93
-0.13
99.9
225.475
14
6
Bob Sweikert
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:17.15
0.09
100.0
225.282
15
5
Jimmy Reece
Pankratz-Offenhauser
4:17.16
0.10
100.0
225.273
16
71
Al Herman
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:17.49
0.43
100.2
224.984
17
48
Jimmy Daywalt
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:19.22
2.16
100.8
223.483
18
98
Duane Carter
Kuzma-Offenhauser
4:19.38
2.32
100.9
223.345
19
29
Pat O'Connor
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:18.63
1.57
100.6
223.993
20
33
Jim Rathmann
Epperly-Offenhauser
4:19.54
2.48
101.0
223.207
21
12
Don Freeland
Phillips-Offenhauser
4:17.39
0.33
100.1
225.072
22
42
Al Keller
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:17.97
0.91
100.4
224.566
23
49
Ray Crawford
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:18.61
1.55
100.6
224.010
24
99
Art Cross
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:19.46
2.40
100.9
223.276
25
41
Chuck Weyant
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:20.75
3.69
101.4
222.171
26
39
Johnny Boyd
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:22.81
5.75
102.2
220.430
27
16
Johnnie Parsons
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:23.14
6.08
102.4
220.154
28
31
Keith Andrews
Schroeder-Offenhauser
4:24.61
7.55
102.9
218.931
29
68
Ed Elisian
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4:26.01
8.95
103.5
217.778
30
27
Rodger Ward
Kuzma-Offenhauser
4:26.57
9.51
103.7
217.321
31
81
Shorty Templeman
Trevis-Offenhauser
4:26.64
9.58
103.7
217.264
32
83
Eddie Johnson
Trevis-Offenhauser
4:27.76
10.70
104.2
216.355
33
44
Johnny Thomson
Kuzma-Offenhauser
4:28.43
11.37
104.4
215.815
Further details »
Standings
P
Driver
Pts
1
Maurice Trintignant
11
.333
2
Juan Manuel Fangio
10
1
3
Bob Sweikert
8
3
4
Nino Farina
6
.333
5
5
Eugenio Castellotti
6
5
6
Jimmy Davies
4
7
7
Paul Russo
3
8
=
Tony Bettenhausen
3
8
9
Johnny Thomson
3
8
10
José Froilán González
2
9
11
Jean Behra
2
9
12
Cesare Perdisa
2
9
13
Roberto Mières
2
9
14
Luigi Villoresi
2
9
15
Umberto Maglioli
1
.333
10
16
Stirling Moss
1
10
17
Hans Herrmann
1
10
=
Karl Kling
1
10
19
Walt Faulkner
1
10
=
Bill Homeier
1
10
21
Bill Vukovich
1
10
22
Harry Schell
0
11
23
Louis Chiron
0
11
24
Andy Linden
0
11
25
Sergio Mantovani
0
11
=
Luigi Musso
0
11
27
Jacques Pollet
0
11
28
Al Herman
0
11
29
Piero Taruffi
0
11
=
Paul Frère
0
11
31
Pat O'Connor
0
11
32
Jimmy Daywalt
0
11
33
Pat Flaherty
0
11
34
Duane Carter
0
11
35
Chuck Weyant
0
11
36
Eddie Johnson
0
11
37
Jim Rathmann
0
11
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