Indianapolis 500 1959

Circuit	Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Date	1959-05-30
Round	2

Race Result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time/Status	Fastest Lap	Pts
1	Rodger Ward	Watson	6	200	3:40:49.200	—	8
2	Jim Rathmann	Watson	3	200	+23.280	—	6
3	Johnny Thomson	Lesovsky	1	200	+50.640	—	5
4	Tony Bettenhausen	Epperly	15	200	+1:47.090	—	3
5	Paul Goldsmith	Epperly	16	200	+2:06.440	—	2
6	Johnny Boyd	Epperly	11	200	+3:16.980	—	0
7	Duane Carter	Kurtis Kraft	12	200	+4:09.920	—	0
8	Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft	8	200	+4:10.530	—	0
9	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	27	200	+4:11.040	—	0
10	Anthony Foyt	Kuzma	17	200	+4:14.480	—	0
11	Gene Hartley	Kuzma	9	200	+5:42.480	—	0
12	Bob Veith	Moore	7	200	+6:09.730	—	0
13	Al Herman	Dunn	23	200	+6:40.400	—	0
14	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	13	200	+6:41.540	—	0
15	Chuck Arnold	Kurtis Kraft	21	200	+8:19.860	—	0
16	Jim McWithey	Kurtis Kraft	33	200	+11:41.690	—	0
17	Eddie Sachs	Kuzma	2	182	Spun off	—	0
18	Al Keller	Kuzma	28	163	Engine	—	0
19	Pat Flaherty	Watson	18	162	Accident	—	0
20	Dick Rathmann	Watson	4	150	Heat shield fire	—	0
21	Bill Cheesbourg	Kuzma	30	147	Magneto	—	0
22	Don Freeland	Kurtis Kraft	25	136	Magneto	—	0
23	Ray Crawford	Elder	32	115	Accident	—	0
24	Don Branson	Phillips	10	112	Suspension	—	0
25	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft	24	109	Engine	—	0
26	Bobby Grim	Kurtis Kraft	5	85	Magneto	—	0
27	Jack Turner	Christensen	14	47	Fuel leak	—	0
28	Chuck Weyant	Kurtis Kraft	29	45	Accident	—	0
29	Jud Larson	Kurtis Kraft	19	45	Accident	—	0
30	Mike Magill	Sutton	31	45	Accident	—	0