1959 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	6	5	Rodger Ward	Watson-Offenhauser	200	130	3:40:49.20	8
2	3	16	Jim Rathmann	Watson-Offenhauser	200	19	+23.28	6
3	1	3	Johnny Thomson	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	200	40	+50.64	5
4	15	1	Tony Bettenhausen	Epperly-Offenhauser	200	0	+1:47.09	3
5	16	99	Paul Goldsmith	Epperly-Offenhauser	200	0	+2:06.44	2
6	11	33	Johnny Boyd	Epperly-Offenhauser	200	0	+3:16.98
7	12	37	Duane Carter	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	0	+4:09.92
8	8	19	Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	0	+4:10.53
9	27	45	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	0	+4:11.04
10	17	10	A. J. Foyt	Kuzma-Offenhauser	200	0	+4:14.48
11	9	88	Gene Hartley	Kuzma-Offenhauser	200	0	+5:42.48
12	7	74	Bob Veith	Moore-Offenhauser	200	0	+6:09.73
13	23	89	Al Herman	Dunn-Offenhauser	200	0	+6:40.40
14	13	66	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	0	+6:41.54
15	21	71	Chuck Arnold (R)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	0	+8:19.86
16	33	58	Jim McWithey (R)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	0	+11:41.69
17	2	44	Eddie Sachs	Kuzma-Offenhauser	182	0	Spun Off
18	28	57	Al Keller	Kuzma-Offenhauser	163	0	Engine
19	18	64	Pat Flaherty (W)	Watson-Offenhauser	162	11	Accident
20	4	73	Dick Rathmann	Watson-Offenhauser	150	0	Fire
21	30	53	Bill Cheesbourg	Kuzma-Offenhauser	147	0	Electrics
22	25	15	Don Freeland	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	136	0	Electrics
23	32	49	Ray Crawford	Template:Elder-Offenhauser	115	0	Accident
24	10	9	Don Branson (R)	Phillips-Offenhauser	112	0	Suspension
25	24	65	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	109	0	Engine
26	5	48	Bobby Grim (R)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	85	0	Electrics
27	14	24	Jack Turner	Christensen-Offenhauser	47	0	Fuel leak
28	29	47	Chuck Weyant	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	45	0	Accident
29	19	7	Jud Larson	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	45	0	Accident
30	31	77	Mike Magill	Template:Sutton-Offenhauser	45	0	Accident
31	26	87	Red Amick (R)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	45	0	Accident
32	22	8	Len Sutton	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	34	0	Accident
33	20	6	Jimmy Bryan (W)	Epperly-Offenhauser	1	0	Engine

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