1955 Indianapolis 500

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(W) = Previous winner of the race
(R) = Race rookie

Pos	Grid	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Led	Time/Retired	Points
1	14	6	Bob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	86	3:53:59.53	8
2	2	10	Tony Bettenhausen Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	0	+2:43.56	3 3
3	10	15	Jimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	0	+3:32.36	4
4	33	44	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma-Offenhauser	200	0	+3:38.91	3
5	7	77	Walt Faulkner Bill Homeier	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	0	+5:17.17	1 1
6	8	19	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	0	+5:57.94
7	16	71	Al Herman (R)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	0	+6:24.24
8	19	29	Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	0	+6:41.60
9	17	48	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	0	+7:09.81
10	12	89	Pat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	0	+7:46.54
11	18	98	Duane Carter	Kuzma-Offenhauser	197	0	+3 Laps
12	25	41	Chuck Weyant (R)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	196	0	+4 Laps
13	32	83	Eddie Johnson	Trevis-Offenhauser	196	0	+4 Laps
14	20	33	Jim Rathmann	Epperly-Offenhauser	191	0	+9 Laps
15	21	12	Don Freeland	Phillips-Offenhauser	178	3	Transmission
16	9	22	Cal Niday	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	170	0	Accident
17	24	99	Art Cross	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	168	24	Engine
18	31	81	Shorty Templeman (R)	Trevis-Offenhauser	142	0	Transmission
19	6	8	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	134	0	Transmission
20	28	31	Keith Andrews (R)	Schroeder-Offenhauser	120	0	Fuel Pump
21	27	16	Johnnie Parsons (W)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	119	0	Magneto
22	13	37	Eddie Russo (R)	Pawl-Offenhauser	112	0	Ignition
23	23	49	Ray Crawford (R)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	111	0	Engine
24	11	1	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma-Offenhauser	90	31	Fuel Pump
25	5	4	Bill Vukovich (W)✝	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	56	50	Fatal accident	1
26	3	3	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	54	6	Electrical
27	22	42	Al Keller (R)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	54	0	Accident
28	30	27	Rodger Ward	Kuzma-Offenhauser	53	0	Accident
29	26	39	Johnny Boyd (R)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	53	0	Accident
30	29	68	Ed Elisian	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	53	0	Retirement
31	1	23	Jerry Hoyt	Stevens-Offenhauser	40	0	Oil Leak
32	4	14	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	39	0	Spun Off
33	15	5	Jimmy Reece	Pankratz-Offenhauser	10	0	Engine

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