1958 Indianapolis 500

1958 Indianapolis 500
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Round	4 of 1958
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The Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Race Details
Date	May 30, 1958
Official Name	42nd Indianapolis International Motor Sweepstakes
Location	Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, IN, USA
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.0225 km (2.499 mi)
Distance	200 laps, 804.5 km (499.893 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Dick Rathmann Watson-Offenhauser
Time	4:06.62 (4 laps)
Fastest Lap
Driver	Tony Bettenhausen Epperly-Offenhauser
Time	1:02.37 on lap 127
Podium
First	Jimmy Bryan
Second	George Amick
Third	Johnny Boyd
Lap Leaders
No race-code specified

Race

Classification

Pos	Grid	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Led	Time/Retired	Points
1	7	1	Jimmy Bryan	Epperly-Offenhauser	200	139	3:44:13.80	8
2	25	99	George Amick (R)	Epperly-Offenhauser	200	18	+27.63	6
3	8	9	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	18	+1:09.67	4
4	9	33	Tony Bettenhausen	Epperly-Offenhauser	200	24	+1:34.81	4
5	20	2	Jim Rathmann	Epperly-Offenhauser	200	0	+1:35.62	2
6	3	16	Jimmy Reece	Watson-Offenhauser	200	0	+2:16.95
7	13	26	Don Freeland	Phillips-Offenhauser	200	0	+2:21.06
8	19	44	Jud Larson (R)	Watson-Offenhauser	200	0	+5:34.02
9	26	61	Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	0	+6:15.76
10	33	54	Bill Cheesbourg	Kurtis Kraft-Novi	200	0	+8:03.59
11	21	52	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	0	+9:14.20
12	6	45	Johnnie Parsons (W)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	0	+9:40.85
13	30	19	Johnnie Tolan	Kuzma-Offenhauser	200	0	+9:52.24
14	17	65	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	189	0	Spun off
15	32	59	Dempsey Wilson (R)	Kuzma-Offenhauser	151	0	Fire
16	12	29	A. J. Foyt (R)	Kuzma-Offenhauser	148	0	Spun off
17	31	77	Mike Magill	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	136	0	Flagged
18	14	15	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft-Novi	122	0	Throttle
19	23	83	Shorty Templeman	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	116	0	Brakes
20	11	8	Rodger Ward	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	93	0	Electrical
21	15	43	Billy Garrett	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	80	0	Electrical
22	18	88	Eddie Sachs	Kuzma-Offenhauser	68	1	Transmission
23	22	7	Johnny Thomson	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	52	0	Steering
24	29	89	Chuck Weyant	Dunn-Offenhauser	38	0	accident
25	10	25	Jack Turner	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	21	0	Fuel pump
26	4	14	Bob Veith	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	1	0	Accident
27	1	97	Dick Rathmann	Watson-Offenhauser	0	0	Accident
28	2	5	Ed Elisian	Watson-Offenhauser	0	0	Accident
29	5	4	Pat O'Connor ✝	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	0	0	Fatal accident
30	16	31	Paul Goldsmith (R)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	0	0	Accident
31	24	92	Jerry Unser (R)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	0	0	Accident
32	27	68	Len Sutton (R)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	0	0	Accident
33	28	57	Art Bisch (R)	Kuzma-Offenhauser	0	0	Accident