1959 Indianapolis International Motor Sweepstakes

Race 1 of 1

Indianapolis
200 laps
Time of race: 3:40:49.20
Average speed of winner: 135.857 mph
Margin of victory: 23.27 sec.
Lead changes: 12 among 4 drivers
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Fastest lap: Johnny Thomson 145.419
Lap leaders: Thomson 1-4, Ward 5-12, J. Rathmann 13, Ward 14-16, J. Rathmann 17-30, Flaherty 31, J. Rathmann 32-33, Flaherty 34-40, J. Rathmann 41-42, Flaherty 43-45, Ward 46-48, Thomson 49-84, Ward 85-200

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Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	6	Rodger Ward	5	Leader Card 500 Roadster	Watson	Offenhauser	Firestone	Leader Card	144.035	200	4	130	running	106850	1000
2	3	Jim Rathmann	16	Simoniz	Watson	Offenhauser	Firestone	Hopkins	144.433	200	4	19	running	39800	800
3	1	Johnny Thomson	3	Racing Associates	Lesovsky	Offenhauser	Firestone	Racing Associates	145.908	200	2	40	running	32375	700
4	15	Tony Bettenhausen	1	Hoover Motor Express	Epperly	Offenhauser	Firestone	John Wills	142.721	200	0	0	running	15475	600
5	16	Paul Goldsmith	99	Demler	Epperly	Offenhauser	Firestone	Demler	142.670	200	0	0	running	11975	500
6	11	Johnny Boyd	33	Bowes Seal Fast	Epperly	Offenhauser	Firestone	Bignotti	142.812	200	0	0	running	8475	400
7	12	Duane Carter	37	Smokey's Reverse Torque	Kurtis	Offenhauser	Firestone	Yunick	142.795	200	0	0	running	7275	300
8	8	Eddie Johnson	19	Bryant Heating & Cooling	KK500G	Offenhauser	Firestone	Donaldson	144.000	200	0	0	running	6625	250
9	27	Paul Russo	45	Bardahl	KK500G	Offenhauser	Firestone	Gerhardt	142.383	200	0	0	running	6325	200
10	17	A.J. Foyt	10	Dean Van Lines	Kuzma	Offenhauser	Firestone	Brawner	142.648	200	0	0	running	6575	150
11	9	Gene Hartley	88	Drewry's	Kuzma	Offenhauser	Firestone	Marley	143.575	200	0	0	running	4795	100
12	7	Bob Veith	74	John Zink Heater	Moore	Offenhauser	Firestone	Zink	144.023	200	0	0	running	4675	50
13	23	Al Herman	89	Dunn Engineering	Dunn	Offenhauser	Firestone	Dunn	141.939	200	0	0	running	4455	0
14	13	Jimmy Daywalt	66	Federal Engineering	KK500E	Offenhauser	Firestone	Federal	144.683	200	0	0	running	5335	0
15	21	Chuck Arnold	71	Hall-Mar	Kurtis	Offenhauser	Firestone	Hall-Mar	142.118	200	0	0	running	4165	0
16	33	Jim McWithey	58	Ray Brady	KK500C	Offenhauser	Firestone	Ray Brady	141.215	200	0	0	running	4045	0
17	2	Eddie Sachs	44	Schmidt	Kuzma	Offenhauser	Firestone	Peter Schmidt	145.425	182	0	0	running	4675	0
18	28	Al Keller	57	Helse	Kuzma	Offenhauser	Firestone	H.H. Johnson	142.057	163	0	0	pistons	3980	0
19	18	Pat Flaherty	64	John Zink Heater	Watson	Offenhauser	Firestone	Zink	142.399	162	3	11	accident	5725	0
20	4	Dick Rathman	73	McNamara Chiropractic	Watson	Offenhauser	Firestone	Elkins	144.248	150	0	0	pit fire	4045	0
21	30	Bill Cheesbourg	53	Greenman-Casale	Kuzma	Offenhauser	Firestone	Greenman	141.788	147	0	0	magneto	3765	0
23	32	Ray Crawford	49	Meguiar's Mirror Glaze	Elder	Offenhauser	Firestone	Ray Crawford	141.348	115	0	0	accident	3655	0
24	10	Don Branson	9	Bob Estes	Phillips	Offenhauser	Firestone	Estes	143.312	112	0	0	torsion bar	3625	0
25	24	Bob Christie	65	Federal Engineering	KK500D	Offenhauser	Firestone	Federal	143.244	109	0	0	rod	4595	0
26	5	Bobby Grim	48	Sumar	KK500G	Offenhauser	Firestone	Root	144.225	85	0	0	magneto	4190	0
27	14	Jack Turner	24	Travelon Trailer	Christensen	Offenhauser	Firestone	Ruiz	143.478	47	0	0	fuel tank	4335	0
28	29	Chuck Weyant	47	McKay	KK500J	Offenhauser	Firestone	McKay	141.950	45	0	0	accident	3505	0
29	19	Jud Larson	7	Bowes Seal Fast	KK500J	Offenhauser	Firestone	Bignotti	142.298	45	0	0	accident	3650	0
30	31	Mike Magill	77	Dayton Steel Foundry	KK500G	Offenhauser	Firestone	Dayton-Walther	141.482	45	0	0	accident	3445	0
31	26	Red Amick	87	Wheeler-Foutch	KK500C	Offenhauser	Firestone	Wheeler-Foutch	142.925	45	0	0	accident	3915	0
32	22	Len Sutton	8	Wolcott Memorial	Lesovsky	Offenhauser	Firestone	Wolcott	142.107	34	0	0	accident	3385	0
33	20	Jimmy Bryan	6	Belond A.P. Muffler	Salih	Offenhauser	Firestone	Salih	142.118	1	0	0	cam housing	3405	0