Indy 500 - 1950-1959




1950 Indianapolis 500

FP SP Car Driver Car Name
Chassis/Engine
Running or Reason Out
Laps
Comp
Prize
Money
Qual.
Speed
1 5 1 Parsons, Johnnie Wynn's Friction/Kurtis-Kraft
Kurtis/Offy
Running/rain
138 $57,459 132.044
2 10 3 Holland, Bill Blue Crown Spark Plug/Moore
Deidt/Offy
Running/rain
137 $21,899 130.482
3 3 31 Rose, Mauri Offenhauser/Howard Keck
Deidt/Offy
Running/rain
137 $15,269 132.319
4 12 54 Green, Cecil John Zink/M.A. Walker
KK3000/Offy
Running/rain
137 $10,964 132.910
5 9 17 Chitwood, Joie Ervin Wolfe
KK2000/Offy
Running/rain
136 $8,789 130.757
6 23 8 Wallard, Lee Blue Crown Spark Plug/Moore
Moore/Offy
Running/rain
136 $6,864 132.436
7 1 98 Faulkner, Walt Grant Piston Ring/Agajanian
KK2000/Offy
Running/rain
135 $7,664 134.343
8 4 5 Connor, George Blue Crown Spark Plug/Moore
Lesovsky/Offy
Running/rain
135 $5,039 132.163
9 19 7 Russo, Paul Paul Russo & Ray Nichels
Nichels/Offy
Running/rain
135 $4,989 130.790
10 11 59 Flaherty, Pat Granatelli-Sabourin/Grancor
KK3000/Offy
Running/rain
135 $4,639 129.608
11 16 2 Fohr, Myron Bardahl/Carl Marchese
Marchese/Offy
Flagged
133 $3,734 131.714
12 13 18 Carter, Duane Murrell Belanger
Stevens/Offy
Flagged
133 $3,464 131.666
13 26 15 Hellings, Mack Tuffy's Offy/Charles Pritchard
KK2000/Offy
Flagged
132 $2,979 130.687
14 6 49 McGrath, Jack Jack Hinkle
KK3000/Offy
Spun in rain 2
131 $2,799 131.868
15 24 55 Ruttman, Troy Bowes Seal Fast Racing
Lesovsky/Offy
Flagged
130 $2,979 131.912
16 31 75 Hartley, Gene Troy Oil/Joe Langley
Langley/Offy
Flagged
128 $2,509 129.213
17 27 22 Davies, Jim Pat Clancy
Ewing/Offy
Flagged
128 $2,339 130.402
18 33 62 McDowell, Johnny Pete Wales
KK2000/Offy
Flagged
128 $2,769 129.692
19 20 4 Brown, Walt Tuffy's Offy/Charles Pritchard
KK2000/Offy
Flagged
127 $2,339 130.454
20 14 21 Webb, Spider Fadely-Anderson/R.A. Cott
Maserati/Offy
Flagged
126 $2,509 129.748
21 15 81 Hoyt, Jerry Ludson Morris
KK2000/Offy
Flagged
125 $2,379 129.520
22 29 27 Ader, Walt Sampson Manufacturing
Rae/Offy
Flagged
123 $2,149 129.940
23 30 77 Holmes, Jackie Norm Olson
Olson/Offy
Spun in rain 2
123 $2,119 129.697
24 28 76 Rathmann, Jim Pioneer Auto Repair/Lorenz
Wetteroth/Offy
Flagged
122 $2,089 129.959
25 21 12 Banks, Henry Indianapolis Race Cars
Maserati/Offy
Flagged
112 $2,059 129.646
26 22 67 Schindler, Bill Automobile Shippers/Rassey
Snowberger/Offy
Universal joint
111 $2,604 132.690
27 17 24 Levrett, Bayliss Richard Palmer
Adams/Offy
Oil pressure
108 $2,424 131.181
28 2 28 Agabashian, Fred Wynn's Friction/Kurtis-Kraft
KK3000/Offy
Oil line
64 $2,444 132.792
29 32 61 Jackson, Jimmy Cummins Diesel
Kurtis/Cummins
Supercharger
52 $1,939 129.208
30 25 23 Hanks, Sam Merz Engineering/Milt Marion
KK2000/Offy
Oil pressure
42 $2,134 131.593
31 8 14 Bettenhausen Sr., Ton Blue Crown Spark Plug/Moore
Deidt/Offy
Wheel bearing
30 $1,879 130.947
32 18 45 Rathmann, Dick City of Glendale/A.J. Watson
Watson/Offy
Stalled
25 $2,149 130.928
33 7 69 Dinsmore, Duke Brown Motor
KK2000/Offy
Oil leak
10 $1,844 131.066

Total Purse: $201,035 Field Average: 131.033
Cars Entered: 68 Cars Started: 33
Number Rookies: 9 Former Winners: 2


1951 Indianapolis 500

FP SP Car Driver Car Name
Chassis/Engine
Running or Reason Out
Laps
Comp
Prize
Money
Qual.
Speed
1 2 99 Wallard, Lee Murrell Belanger
Kurtis/Offy
Running
200 $63,612 135.039
2 7 83 Nazaruk, Mike Jim Robbins
Kurtis/Offy
Running
200 $21,362 132.183
3 3 9 McGrath, Jack Jack Hinkle
KK3000/Offy
Running
200 $14,962 134.303
4 31 57 Linden, Andy George Leitenberger
Sherman/Offy
Running
200 $10,012 132.226
5 29 52 Ball, Bobby Blakely/John McDaniel
Schroeder/Offy
Running
200 $8,612 134.098
6 17 1 Banks, Henry Blue Crown Spark Plug/Hopkins
Moore/Offy
Running
200 $6,962 133.899
7 24 68 Forberg, Carl Automobile Shippers/Rassey
KK3000/Offy
Flagged
193 $5,862 132.890
8 4 27 Carter, Duane Mobilgas/Rotary Engineering
Deidt/Offy
Flagged
180 $5,162 133.749
9 9 5 Bettenhausen Sr., Ton Mobiloil/Rotary Engineering
Deidt/Offy
Spun 4
178 $4,662 131.950
10 1 18 Nalon, Duke Novi Purelube/Jean Marcenac
Kurtis/Novi
Stalled BS
151 $5,062 136.498
11 22 69 Force, Gene Brown Motor
KK2000/Offy
Oil pressure
142 $3,182 133.102
12 12 25 Hanks, Sam Peter Schmidt
KK3000/Offy
Rod - Spun 3
135 $3,412 132.998
13 16 10 Schindler, Bill H.A. Chapman
KK2000/Offy
Rod
129 $3,142 134.033
14 5 16 Rose, Mauri Pennzoil/Howard Keck
Deidt/Offy
Crash 4
126 $3,022 133.422
15 14 2 Faulkner, Walt Agajanian Grant Piston Ring
Kuzma/Offy
Crankshaft
123 $4,552 136.872
16 27 76 Davies, Jim Parks Offenhauser/L.E. Parks
Pawl/Offy
Rear end gears
110 $5,482 133.516
17 11 59 Agabashian, Fred Granatelli-Bardahl/Grancor
KK3000/Offy
Clutch
109 $2,862 135.029
18 15 73 Scarborough, Carl McNamara/Lee Elkins
KK2000/Offy
Axle
100 $2,642 135.614
19 33 71 Mackey, Bill Karl Hall
Hall/Offy
Clutch shaft
97 $2,212 131.473
20 19 8 Stevenson, Chuck Bardahl/Carl Marchese
Marchese/Offy
Caught fire NS
93 $2,182 133.764
21 8 3 Parsons, Johnnie Wynn's Friction Proofing/Walsh
KK3000/Offy
Magneto
87 $2,252 132.154
22 10 4 Green, Cecil John Zink/M.A. Walker
KK3000/Offy
Rod
80 $2,622 131.892
23 6 98 Ruttman, Troy Agajanian Featherweight
KK2000/Offy
Bearing
78 $2,092 132.314
24 32 6 Dinsmore, Duke Brown Motors
Schroeder/Offy
Overheating
73 $2,162 131.974
25 28 32 Miller, Chet Novi Purelube/Jean Marcenac
Kurtis/Novi
Ignition
56 $2,532 135.798
26 13 44 Brown, Walt Federal Engineering
KK3000/Offy
Magneto
55 $2,302 131.907
27 25 48 Ward, Rodger Deck Manufacturing/Bromme
Bromme/Offy
Oil line
34 $2,472 134.867
28 18 23 Griffith, Cliff Ludson D. Morris
KK2000/Offy
Rear axle
30 $2,042 133.839
29 20 81 Vukovich, Bill Central Excavating/Pete Salemi
Trevis/Offy
Oil tank
29 $1,912 133.725
30 21 22 Connor, George Blue Crown Spark Plug/Marant
Lesovsky/Offy
Universal joint
29 $1,882 133.353
31 23 19 Hellings, Mack Tuffanelli-Derrico
Deidt/Offy
Piston
18 $1,852 123.925
32 26 12 McDowell, Johnny W.J./Maserati Race Cars
Maserati/Offy
Gas tank
15 $2,222 132.475
33 30 26 James, Joe Bob Estes Lincoln-Mercury
Watson/Offy
Drive shaft
8 $2,092 134.098

Total Purse: $207,650 Field Average: 133.556
Cars Entered: 72 Cars Started: 33
Number Rookies: 12 Former Winners: 2


1952 Indianapolis 500

FP SP Car Driver Car Name
Chassis/Engine
Running or Reason Out
Laps
Comp
Prize
Money
Qual.
Speed
1 7 98 Ruttman, Troy J.C. Agajanian
Kuzma/Offy
Running
200 $61,743 135.364
2 10 59 Rathmann, Jim Grancor-Wynn's Oil
KK3000/Offy
Running
200 $24,368 136.343
3 5 18 Hanks, Sam Bardahl/Ed Walsh
KK3000/Offy
Running
200 $14,768 135.736
4 6 1 Carter, Duane Belanger Motors
Lesovsky/Offy
Running
200 $11,818 135.522
5 20 33 Cross, Art Bowes Seal Fast/Ray Brady
KK4000/Offy
Running
200 $9,718 134.288
6 21 77 Bryan, Jimmy Peter Schmidt
KK3000/Offy
Running
200 $7,468 134.142
7 23 37 Reece, Jimmy John Zink
KK4000/Offy
Running
200 $6,368 133.993
8 14 54 Connor, George Federal Engineering
KK3000/Offy
Running
200 $6,118 135.609
9 9 22 Griffith, Cliff Tom Sarafoff
KK2000/Offy
Running
200 $5,768 136.617
10 31 5 Parsons, Johnnie Jim Robbins
Kurtis/Offy
Running
200 $5,518 135.328
11 3 4 McGrath, Jack Jack Hinkle
KK3000/Offy
Running
200 $4,263 136.664
12 26 29 Rigsby, Jim Bob Estes
Watson/Offy
Running
200 $3,193 133.904
13 16 14 James, Joe Bardahl/Ed Walsh
KK4000/Offy
Running
200 $2,923 134.953
14 15 7 Schindler, Bill H.A. Chapman
Stevens/Offy
Running
200 $2,903 134.988
15 13 65 Fonder, George George Leitenberger
Sherman/Offy
Flagged
197 $2,683 135.947
16 24 81 Johnson, Eddie Central Excavating/Salemi
Trevis/Offy
Flagged
193 $2,663 133.973
17 8 26 Vukovich, Bill Fuel Injection/Howard Keck
KK500A/Offy
Steering
191 $18,693 138.212
18 11 16 Stevenson, Chuck Springfield Welding/Paoli
KK4000/Offy
Flagged
187 $2,623 136.142
19 12 2 Banks, Henry Blue Crown Spark Plug/Hopkins
Lesovsky/Offy
Flagged
184 $2,693 135.962
20 28 8 Ayulo, Manuel Coast Grain
Lesovsky/Offy
Flagged
184 $2,763 135.982
21 33 31 McDowell, Johnny McDowell/Roger Wolcott
Kurtis/Offy
Flagged
182 $2,333 133.939
22 29 48 Webb, Spider Granatelli Racing
Bromme/Offy
Oil Leak
162 $2,603 135.962
23 22 34 Ward, Rodger Federal Engineering
KK4000/Offy
Oil pressure
130 $2,773 134.139
24 30 27 Bettenhausen Sr., Ton Blue Crown Spark Plug/Earl Slick
Deidt/Offy
Stalled
93 $2,443 135.384
25 4 36 Nalon, Duke Novi Pure Oil/Lewis Welch
Kurtis/Novi
Supercharger
84 $2,413 136.188
26 32 73 Sweikert, Bob McNamara/Lee Elkins
KK2000/Offy
Differential
77 $2,183 134.983
27 1 28 Agabashian, Fred Cummins Diesel
Kurtis/Cummins
Supercharger
71 $2,653 138.010
28 18 67 Hartley, Gene Mel-Rae/Mel Wiggers
KK4000/Offy
Exhaust pipe
65 $2,123 134.343
29 25 93 Scott, Bob Ludson Morris
KK2000/Offy
Drive shaft
49 $2,093 133.953
30 27 21 Miller, Chet Novi Pure Oil/Lewis Welch
Kurtis/Novi
Supercharger
41 $3,663 139.034
31 19 12 Ascari, Alberto Enzo Ferrari
Ferrari/Ferrari
Spun 4
40 $1,983 134.308
32 17 55 Ball, Bobby Ansted/Rotary Engineering
Stevens/Offy
Gear case
34 $2,003 134.725
33 2 9 Linden, Andy Miracle Power/Hart Fullerton
KK4000/Offy
Oil leak
20 $2,273 137.002

Total Purse: $230,100 Field Average: 135.504
Cars Entered: 71 Cars Started: 33
Number Rookies: 8 Former Winners: 1


1953 Indianapolis 500

FP SP Car Driver Car Name
Chassis/Engine
Running or Reason Out
Laps
Comp
Prize
Money
Qual.
Speed
1 1 14 Vukovich, Bill Fuel Injection/Howard Keck
KK500A/Offy
Running
200 $89,497 138.392
2 12 16 Cross, Art Springfield Welding/Paoli
KK4000/Offy
Running
200 $27,297 137.310
3 9 3 Hanks, Sam Bardahl/Ed Walsh
KK4000/Offy
Running
200 $16,422 137.531
4 2 59 Agabashian, Fred Grancor-Elgin Piston Pin
KK500B/Offy
Running
200 $12,947 137.546
5 3 5 McGrath, Jack Jack Hinkle
KK4000/Offy
Running
200 $10,622 136.602
6 21 48 Daywalt, Jimmy Sumar/Chapman Root
KK3000/Offy
Running
200 $8,197 135.747
7 25 2 Rathmann, Jim Travelon Trailer/Ernest Ruiz
KK500B/Offy
Running
200 $6,847 135.666
8 20 12 McCoy, Ernie H.A. Chapman
Stevens/Offy
Running
200 $5,947 135.926
9 6 98 Bettenhausen Sr., Ton J.C. Agajanian
Kuzma/Offy
Crash 3 (G.H.)
196 $5,647 136.024
10 32 53 Davies, Jim Pat Clancy
KK500B/Offy
Flagged
193 $5,547 135.262
11 26 9 Nalon, Duke Novi Governor/Jean Marcenac
Kurtis/Novi
Spun 3
191 $3,317 135.461
12 19 73 Scarborough, Carl McNamara/Lee Elkins
KK2000/Offy
Flagged
190 $3,147 135.936
13 4 88 Ayulo, Manuel Peter Schmidt
Kuzma/Offy
Rod
184 $3,177 136.384
14 31 8 Bryan, Jimmy Blakely Oil/John McDaniel
Schroeder/Offy
Flagged
183 $3,057 135.506
15 28 49 Holland, Bill Ray Crawford
KK500B/Offy
Cam gear
177 $3,237 137.868
16 10 92 Ward, Rodger M.A. Walker Electric
Kurtis/Offy
Stalled
177 $2,917 137.468
17 14 23 Faulkner, Walt Automobile Shippers/Casaroll
KK500A/Offy
Flagged
176 $2,497 137.117
18 22 22 Teague, Marshall Pure Oil/Hart Fullerton
KK4000/Offy
Oil Leak
169 $2,377 135.721
19 18 62 Webb, Spider Lubri-Loy/3-L Racing Team
KK3000/Offy
Oil Leak
166 $2,347 136.168
20 29 51 Sweikert, Bob Dean Van Lines
Kuzma/Offy
Radius rod
151 $2,717 136.872
21 23 83 Nazaruk, Mike Kalamazoo/Lee Elkins
Turner/Offy
Stalled
146 $2,287 135.706
22 24 77 Flaherty, Pat Peter Schmidt
KK3000/Offy
Crash NS
115 $2,257 135.668
23 7 55 Hoyt, Jerry John Zink
KK4000/Offy
Overheating
107 $2,227 135.731
24 27 4 Carter, Duane Miracle Power/Belanger
Lesovsky/Offy
Ignition
94 $2,197 135.267
25 17 7 Russo, Paul Federal Engineering
KK3000/Offy
Magneto
89 $2,167 136.219
26 8 21 Parsons, Johnnie Belond Equa-Flow
KK500B/Offy
Crankshaft
86 $2,637 137.667
27 15 38 Freeland, Don Bob Estes
Watson/Offy
Crash 4
76 $2,107 136.867
28 13 41 Hartley, Gene Federal Engineering
KK4000/Offy
Crash 4
53 $2,077 137.263
29 16 97 Stevenson, Chuck J.C. Agajanian
Kuzma/Offy
Fuel Leak
42 $2,047 136.560
30 30 99 Niday, Cal Miracle Power/Belanger
Kurtis/Offy
Magneto
30 $2,317 136.096
31 11 29 Scott, Bob Belond Equa-Flow/Bromme
Bromme/Offy
Oil Leak
14 $2,187 137.431
32 33 56 Thomson, Johnny Dr. R.N. Sabourin
Del Roy/Offy
Ignition
6 $1,907 135.262
33 5 32 Linden, Andy Cop-Sil-Loy/Rotary Engineering
Stevens/Offy
Crash 3
3 $2,127 136.060

Total Purse: $246,300 Field Average: 136.429
Cars Entered: 84 Cars Started: 33
Number Rookies: 6 Former Winners: 2


1954 Indianapolis 500

FP SP Car Driver Car Name
Chassis/Engine
Running or Reason Out
Laps
Comp
Prize
Money
Qual.
Speed
1 19 14 Vukovich, Bill Fuel Injection/Howard Keck
KK500A/Offy
Running
200 $74,935 138.478
2 3 9 Bryan, Jimmy Dean Van Lines
Kuzma/Offy
Running
200 $35,885 139.665
3 1 2 McGrath, Jack Jack B. Hinkle
KK500C/Offy
Running
200 $27,410 141.033
4 11 34 Ruttman, Troy Automobile Shippers/Casaroll
KK500A/Offy
Running
200 $12,710 137.736
5 14 73 Nazaruk, Mike McNamara/Lee Elkins
KK500C/Offy
Running
200 $10,935 139.589
6 24 77 Agabashian, Fred Merz Engineering/Sperling
KK500C/Offy
Running
200 $8,035 137.746
7 6 7 Freeland, Don Bob Estes
Phillips/Offy
Running
200 $6,885 138.339
8 32 5 Russo, Paul Ansted Rotary/Hoosier Racing
KK500A/Offy
Running
200 $6,260 137.678
9 25 28 Crockett, Larry Federal Engineering
KK3000/Offy
Running
200 $6,985 139.557
10 13 24 Niday, Cal Jim Robbins
Stevens/Offy
Running
200 $6,310 139.828
11 27 45 Cross, Art Bardahl/Ed Walsh
KK4000/Offy
Running
200 $5,255 138.675
12 5 98 Stevenson, Chuck J.C. Agajanian
Kuzma/Offy
Flagged
199 $3,710 138.776
13 22 88 Ayulo, Manuel Peter Schmidt
Kuzma/Offy
Flagged
197 $3,465 138.164
14 9 17 Sweikert, Bob Lutes/Francis Bardazon
KK4000/Offy
Flagged
197 $3,345 138.206
15 8 16 Carter, Duane Automobile Shippers/Casaroll
KK4000/Offy
Flagged
196 $3,225 138.238
16 20 32 McCoy, Ernie Ray Crawford
KK500B/Offy
Flagged
194 $3,105 138.419
17 7 25 Reece, Jimmy Emmett Malloy
Pankratz/Offy
Flagged
194 $2,985 138.312
18 31 27 Elisian, Ed H.A. Chapman
Stevens/Offy
Flagged
193 $2,865 137.794
19 33 71 Armi, Frank T.W. & W.T. Martin
Curtis/Offy
Flagged
193 $2,835 137.673
20 10 1 Hanks, Sam Bardahl/Ed Walsh
KK4000/Offy
Spun FS (J.R.)
191 $2,955 137.994
21 12 35 O'Connor, Pat Hopkins/Motor Racers
KK500C/Offy
Spun 2
181 $3,275 138.084
22 16 12 Ward, Rodger Dr. R.N. Sabourin, D.C.
Pawl/Offy
Stalled BS
172 $2,945 139.927
23 17 31 Hartley, Gene John Zink
KK4000/Offy
Engine trouble
168 $2,815 139.061
24 4 43 Thomson, Johnny H.A. Chapman
Nichels/Offy
Stalled
165 $2,885 138.787
25 23 74 Linden, Andy Brown Motor
Schroeder/Offy
Torsion bar
165 $3,655 137.820
26 30 99 Hoyt, Jerry Murrell Belanger
Kurtis/Offy
Engine trouble
130 $2,625 137.825
27 2 19 Daywalt, Jimmy Sumar/Chapman Root
KK500C/Offy
Crash 4
111 $4,445 139.789
28 28 38 Rathmann, Jim Bardahl/Ed Walsh
KK500C/Offy
Crash 4 (P.F.)
110 $2,765 138.228
29 21 10 Bettenhausen Sr., Ton Mel Wiggers
KK500C/Offy
Bearing
105 $2,535 138.275
30 29 65 Webb, Spider Advance Muffler/Bruce Bromme
Bromme/Offy
Oil leak
104 $2,605 137.979
31 26 33 Duncan, Len Ray Brady
Schroeder/Offy
Brakes
101 $2,875 139.217
32 15 15 Parsons, Johnnie Belond Equa-Flow/Calif. Muffler
KK500C/Offy
Stalled in pits
79 $2,745 139.578
33 18 51 Homeier, Bill Jones & Maley/Cars, Inc.
KK500C/Offy
Crash Pits
74 $2,415 138.948

Total Purse: $269,375 Field Average: 138.632
Cars Entered: 65 Cars Started: 33
Number Rookies: 6 Former Winners: 3


1955 Indianapolis 500

FP SP Car Driver Car Name
Chassis/Engine
Running or Reason Out
Laps
Comp
Prize
Money
Qual.
Speed
1 14 6 Sweikert, Bob John Zink
KK500C/Offy
Running
200 $76,139 139.996
2 2 10 Bettenhausen Sr., Ton H.A. Chapman
KK500C/Offy
Running
200 $30,089 139.985
3 10 15 Davies, Jim Bardahl/Pat Clancy
KK500B/Offy
Running
200 $16,989 140.274
4 33 44 Thomson, Johnny Peter Schmidt
Kuzma/Offy
Running
200 $12,889 134.113
5 7 77 Faulkner, Walt Merz Engineerng
KK500C/Offy
Running
200 $10,764 139.762
6 8 19 Linden, Andy Joseph Massaglia
KK4000/Offy
Running
200 $8,514 139.098
7 16 71 Herman, Al T.W. & W.T. Martin
Curtis/Offy
Running
200 $7,564 139.811
8 19 29 O'Connor, Pat Ansted Rotary
KK500D/Offy
Running
200 $6,414 139.195
9 17 48 Daywalt, Jimmy Sumar/Chapman Root
Kurtis/Offy
Running
200 $6,414 139.416
10 12 89 Flaherty, Pat Dunn Engineering
KK500B/Offy
Running
200 $6,114 140.149
11 18 98 Carter, Duane J.C. Agajanian
Kuzma/Offy
Flagged
197 $3,884 139.330
12 25 41 Weyant, Chuck Federal Engineering
KK3000/Offy
Flagged
196 $3,614 138.063
13 32 83 Johnson, Eddie McNamara/Kalamazoo Sports
Trevis/Offy
Flagged
196 $3,344 134.449
14 20 33 Rathmann, Jim Belond Miracle/Calif. Muffler
Epperly/Offy
Flagged
191 $3,324 138.707
15 21 12 Freeland, Don Bob Estes
Phillips/Offy
Transmission
178 $4,054 139.866
16 9 22 Niday, Cal D-A Lubricants/Racing Assoc.
KK500B/Offy
Crash 4
170 $3,484 140.302
17 24 99 Cross, Art Belanger Motors
KK500C/Offy
Rod
168 $6,664 138.750
18 31 81 Templeman, Shorty Central Excavating/Pete Salemi
Trevis/Offy
Stalled
142 $2,744 135.014
19 6 8 Hanks, Sam Jones & Maley/Cars, Inc.
KK500C/Offy
Transmission
134 $2,914 140.187
20 28 31 Andrews, Keith John McDaniel
Schroeder/Offy
Ignition
120 $2,684 136.049
21 27 16 Parsons, Johnnie Trio Brass/Carl Anderson
KK500C/Offy
Magneto
119 $2,654 136.809
22 13 37 Russo, Eddie Dr. R.N. Sabourin, D.C.
Pawl/Offy
Ignition
112 $2,724 140.116
23 23 49 Crawford, Ray Ray Crawford
KK500B/Offy
Valve
111 $2,894 139.206
24 11 1 Bryan, Jimmy Dean Van Lines
Kuzma/Offy
Fuel Pump
90 $7,514 140.160
25 5 4 Vukovich, Bill Lindsey Hopkins
KK500C/Offy
Crash BS, died
56 $10,884 141.071
26 3 3 McGrath, Jack Jack Hinkle
KK500C/Offy
Magneto
54 $6,354 142.580
27 22 42 Keller, Al Sam Traylor Offy
KK2000/Offy
Crash BS
54 $2,874 139.551
28 30 27 Ward, Rodger Aristo Blue/E.R. Casale
Kuzma/Offy
Crash BS
53 $2,444 135.049
29 26 39 Boyd, Johnny Sumar/Chapman Root
KK500D/Offy
Crash BS
53 $2,414 136.981
30 29 68 Elisian, Ed Westwood Gauge/Wales
KK4000/Offy
Stopped BS
53 $2,734 135.333
31 1 23 Hoyt, Jerry Jim Robbins
Stevens/Offy
Oil leak
40 $2,854 140.045
32 4 14 Agabashian, Fred Federal Engineering
KK500C/Offy
Spun 2
39 $2,724 141.933
33 15 5 Reece, Jimmy Emmett Malloy
Pankratz/Offy
Rod, spun 1
10 $2,294 139.991

Total Purse: $270,400 Field Average: 138.796
Cars Entered: 58 Cars Started: 33
Number Rookies: 8 Former Winners: 2


1956 Indianapolis 500

FP SP Car Driver Car Name
Chassis/Engine
Running or Reason Out
Laps
Comp
Prize
Money
Qual.
Speed
1 1 8 Flaherty, Pat John Zink
Watson/Offy
Running
200 $93,819 145.596
2 13 4 Hanks, Sam Jones & Maley/Cars Inc.
KK500C/Offy
Running
200 $32,919 142.051
3 26 16 Freeland, Don Bob Estes
Phillips/Offy
Running
200 $20,419 141.699
4 6 98 Parsons, Johnnie J.C. Agajanian
Kuzma/Offy
Running
200 $15,769 144.144
5 4 73 Rathmann, Dick McNamara/Kalamazoo Sports
KK500C/Offy
Running
200 $10,744 144.471
6 10 1 Sweikert, Bob D-A Lubricants Racing
Kuzma/Offy
Running
200 $7,594 143.033
7 23 14 Veith, Bob(R) Federal Engineering
KK500C/Offy
Running
200 $7,494 142.535
8 15 19 Ward, Rodger Filter Queen/Ed Walsh
KK500C/Offy
Running
200 $6,294 141.171
9 21 26 Reece, Jimmy Massaglia Hotels
Lesovsky/Offy
Running
200 $6,044 142.885
10 30 27 Griffith, Cliff Jim Robbins
Stevens/Offy
Flagged
199 $6,194 141.471
11 22 82 Hartley, Gene Central Excavating/Pete Salemi
Kuzma/Offy
Flagged
196 $3,714 142.846
12 7 42 Agabashian, Fred Federal Engineering
KK500C/Offy
Flagged
196 $3,644 144.069
13 25 57 Christie, Bob(R) Helse/H.H. Johnson
KK500D/Offy
Flagged
196 $3,374 142.236
14 28 55 Keller, Al Sam Traylor
KK4000/Offy
Flagged
195 $3,254 141.193
15 32 81 Johnson, Eddie Central Excavating/Pete Salemi
Kuzma/Offy
Flagged
195 $3,434 139.093
16 29 41 Garrett, Billy(R) Greenman-Casale
Kuzma/Offy
Flagged
194 $3,014 140.559
17 33 64 Dinsmore, Duke Shannon's
KK500A/Offy
Flagged
191 $3,094 138.530
18 3 7 O'Connor, Pat Ansted Rotary
KK500D/Offy
Flagged
187 $8,924 144.980
19 19 2 Bryan, Jimmy Dean Van Lines
Kuzma/Offy
Flagged
185 $3,144 143.741
20 2 24 Rathmann, Jim Lindsey Hopkins
KK500C/Offy
Rings
175 $3,564 145.120
21 31 34 Tolan, Johnnie(R) Trio Brass Foundry/Anderson
KK500C/Offy
Flagged
173 $3,084 140.061
22 5 99 Bettenhausen Sr., Ton Belanger Motors
KK500C/Offy
Crash 1
160 $2,754 144.602
23 14 10 Elisian, Ed Hoyt Machine/Fred Sommer
KK500C/Offy
Stalled
160 $2,624 141.382
24 16 48 Daywalt, Jimmy Sumar/Chapman Root
KK500D/Offy
Crash 2
134 $2,594 140.977
25 24 54 Turner, Jack(R) Travelon Trailer/Ernest Ruiz
KK500B/Offy
Engine trouble
131 $2,564 142.394
26 20 89 Andrews, Keith Dunn Engineering
KK500B/Offy
Spun 4
94 $2,804 142.976
27 9 5 Linden, Andy H.A. Chapman
KK500C/Offy
Oil leak
90 $2,534 143.056
28 27 12 Herman, Al Bardahl/Pat Clancy
KK500B/Offy
Crash FS
74 $2,474 141.610
29 17 49 Crawford, Ray Ray Crawford
KK500B/Offy
Crash 4
49 $2,444 140.884
30 12 15 Boyd, Johnny Bowes Seal Fast/Bignotti
KK500E/Offy
Engine trouble
35 $2,444 142.337
31 11 53 Ruttman, Troy John Zink
KK500C/Offy
Spun FS
22 $2,384 142.484
32 18 88 Thomson, Johnny Peter Schmidt
Kuzma/Offy
Spun FS
22 $2,854 145.549
33 8 29 Russo, Paul Novi Vespa/Novi Racing
Kurtis/Novi
Tire - Crash 1
21 $3,974 143.546

Total Purse: $282,052 Field Average: 142.507
Cars Entered: 59 Cars Started: 33
Number Rookies: 5 Former Winners: 3


1957 Indianapolis 500

FP SP Car Driver Car Name
Chassis/Engine
Running or Reason Out
Laps
Comp
Prize
Money
Qual.
Speed
1 13 9 Hanks, Sam Belond Exhaust/George Salih
Salih/Offy
Running
200 $103,844 142.812
2 32 26 Rathmann, Jim Chiropractic/Lindsey Hopkins
Epperly/Offy
Running
200 $38,494 139.806
3 15 1 Bryan, Jimmy Dean Van Lines
Kuzma/Offy
Running
200 $21,794 141.188
4 10 54 Russo, Paul Novi Auto/Novi Racing
KK500F/Novi
Running
200 $19,369 144.817
5 12 73 Linden, Andy McNamara/Kalamazoo Sports
KK500G/Offy
Running
200 $11,094 143.244
6 5 6 Boyd, Johnny Bowes Seal Fast/Bignotti
KK500G/Offy
Running
200 $8,194 142.102
7 28 48 Teague, Marshall Sumar/Chapman Root
KK500D/Offy
Running
200 $6,819 140.329
8 1 12 O'Connor, Pat Sumar/Chapman Root
KK500G/Offy
Running
200 $8,669 143.948
9 16 7 Veith, Bob Bob Estes
Phillips/Offy
Running
200 $5,969 141.016
10 14 22 Hartley, Gene Massaglia Hotels
Lesovsky/Offy
Running
200 $5,844 141.271
11 19 19 Turner, Jack Bardahl/Pat Clancy
KK500G/Offy
Running
200 $3,639 140.367
12 11 10 Thomson, Johnny D-A Lubricant Racing
Kuzma/Offy
Flagged
199 $5,069 143.529
13 33 95 Christie, Bob Jones & Maley/Cars, Inc.
KK500C/Offy
Flagged
197 $3,299 139.779
14 25 82 Weyant, Chuck Central Excavating/Pete Salemi
Kuzma/Offy
Flagged
196 $3,429 141.105
15 22 27 Bettenhausen Sr., Ton Novi Auto/Novi Racing
KK500F/Novi
Flagged
195 $4,059 142.439
16 17 18 Parsons, Johnnie Sumar/Chapman Root
KK500G/Offy
Flagged
195 $2,989 140.784
17 21 3 Freeland, Don Ansted Rotary
KK500D/Offy
Flagged
192 $2,869 139.649
18 6 5 Reece, Jimmy Hoyt Machine/Sommer
KK500C/Offy
Throttle
182 $2,749 142.006
19 27 92 Edmunds, Don(R) Roy McKay
KK500G/Offy
Spun 4
170 $3,169 140.449
20 31 28 Tolan, Johnnie Greenman-Casale
Kuzma/Offy
Clutch
138 $2,639 139.844
21 30 89 Herman, Al Dunn Engineerinq
Dunn/Offy
Crash FS
111 $2,659 140.007
22 4 14 Agabashian, Fred Bowes Seal Fast/Bignotti
KK500G/Offy
Fuel leak
107 $2,879 142.557
23 2 88 Sachs, Eddie(R) Peter Schmidt
Kuzma/Offy
Piston
105 $3,299 143.872
24 18 77 Magill, Mike(R) Dayton Steel Foundry/Walther
KK500G/Offy
Crash 4
101 $2,519 140.411
25 20 43 Johnson, Eddie H.A. Chapman
KK500G/Offy
Wheel bearing
93 $2,489 140.171
26 23 31 Cheesbourg, Bill(R) Schildmeier Seal/Donaldson
KK500G/Offy
Fuel leak
81 $3,209 141.565
27 8 16 Keller, Al Bardahl/Pat Clancy
KK500G/Offy
Crash 1
75 $2,429 141.398
28 29 57 Daywalt, Jimmy Helse/H.H. Johnson
KK500C/Offy
Crash 3
53 $2,449 140.203
29 7 83 Elisian, Ed McNamara/Kalamazoo Sports
KK500D/Offy
Timing gear
51 $2,369 141.777
30 24 8 Ward, Rodger Roger Wolcott
Lesovsky/Offy
Supercharger
27 $2,889 141.321
31 3 52 Ruttman, Troy John Zink
Watson/Offy
Overheating
13 $3,459 142.772
32 26 55 Russo, Eddie Sclavi & Amos
KK500C/Offy
Crash BS - DNS*
0 $2,404 140.862
33 9 23 George, Elmer(R) Travelon Trailer/Ernest Ruiz
KK500B/Offy
Crash BS - DNS*
0 $105,574 140.729

Total Purse: $300,252 Field Average: 141.444
Cars Entered: 56 Cars Started: 33
Number Rookies: 5 Former Winners: 2


1958 Indianapolis 500

FP SP Car Driver Car Name
Chassis/Engine
Running or Reason Out
Laps
Comp
Prize
Money
Qual.
Speed
1 7 1 Bryan, Jimmy Belond AP/George Salih
Salih/Offy
Running
200 $38,874 144.185
2 25 99 Amick, George(R) Norman Demler
Epperly/Offy
Running
200 $24,999 142.710
3 8 9 Boyd, Johnny Bowes Seal Fast
KK500G/Offy
Running
200 $17,199 144.023
4 9 33 Bettenhausen Sr., Ton Jones & Maley/Cars Inc.
Epperly/Offy
Running
200 $11,399 143.919
5 20 2 Rathmann, Jim Leader Card 500/Hopkins
Epperly/Offy
Running
200 $8,699 143.147
6 3 16 Reece, Jimmy John Zink
Watson/Offy
Running
200 $6,999 145.513
7 13 26 Freeland, Don Bob Estes
Phillips/Offy
Running
200 $7,049 143.033
8 19 44 Larson, Jud(R) John Zink
Watson/Offy
Running
200 $5,999 143.512
9 26 61 Johnson, Eddie Bryant Heating/Donaldson
KK500G/Offy
Running
200 $6,399 142.670
10 33 54 Cheesbourg, Bill Novi Auto/Novi Racing
KK500F/Novi
Running
200 $3,919 142.546
11 21 52 Keller, Al Bardahl/Pat Clancy
KK500G-2/Offy
Running
200 $3,599 142.931
12 6 45 Parsons, Johnnie Fred Gerhardt
Kurtis/Offy
Running
200 $3,329 144.683
13 30 19 Tolan, Johnnie Greenman-Casale
Kuzma/Offy
Running
200 $4,209 142.309
14 17 65 Christie, Bob Federal Engineering
KK500C/Offy
Spun 3
189 $4,089 142.253
15 32 59 Wilson, Dempsey(R) Bob Sorenson
Kuzma/Offy
Clutch pedal
151 $2,969 134.272
16 12 29 Foyt Jr., A.J.(R) Dean Van Lines
Kuzma/Offy
Spun 1
148 $2,849 143.130
17 31 77 Magill, Mike Dayton Steel Foundry/Walther
KK500G/Offy
Flagged
136 $2,779 142.276
18 14 15 Russo, Paul Novi Auto/Novi Racing
KK500F/Novi
Radiator
122 $2,699 142.959
19 23 83 Templeman, Shorty McNamara/Kalamazoo Sports
KK500D/Offy
Brakes
116 $2,719 142.817
20 11 8 Ward, Rodger Wolcott Fuel Injection
Lesovsky/Offy
Fuel pump
93 $2,639 143.266
21 15 43 Garrett, Billy H.A. Chapman
KK500G/Offy
Cam gear
80 $3,759 142.778
22 18 88 Sachs, Eddie Peter Schmidt
Kuzma/Offy
Universal joint
68 $2,754 144.660
23 22 7 Thomson, Johnny D-A Lubricant/Racing
Kurtis/Offy
Steering
52 $2,549 142.908
24 29 89 Weyant, Chuck Dunn Engineering
Dunn/Offy
Crash 4
38 $2,569 142.608
25 10 25 Turner, Jack Massaglia Hotels
Lesovsky/Offy
Fuel pump
21 $2,789 143.438
26 4 14 Veith, Bob Bowes Seal Fast
KK500G/Offy
Crash 3
1 $6,259 144.881
27 1 97 Rathmann, Dick McNamara/Kalamazoo Sports
Watson/Offy
Crash 3
0 $3,179 145.974
28 2 5 Elisian, Ed John Zink/Ellen McKinney Zink
Watson/Offy
Crash 3
0 $2,574 145.926
29 5 4 O'Connor, Pat Sumar/Chapman Root
KK500G/Offy
Crash 3, died
0 $2,369 144.823
30 16 31 Goldsmith, Paul(R) City of Daytona/Smokey Yunick
KK500G/Offy
Crash 3
0 $2,339 142.744
31 24 92 Unser, Jerry(R) Roy McKay
KK500G/Offy
Crash 3
0 $2,339 142.755
32 27 68 Sutton, Len(R) Jim Robbins
KK500G/Offy
Crash 3
0 $2,309 142.653
33 28 57 Bisch, Art(R) Helse/H.H. Johnson
Kuzma/Offy
Crash 3
0 $2,279 142.631

Total Purse: $305,217 Field Average: 143.445
Cars Entered: 61 Cars Started: 33
Number Rookies: 8 Former Winners: 1


1959 Indianapolis 500

FP SP Car Driver Car Name
Chassis/Engine
Running or Reason Out
Laps
Comp
Prize
Money
Qual.
Speed
1 6 5 Ward, Rodger Leader Card 500 Roadster
Watson/Offy
Running
200 $106,850 144.035
2 3 16 Rathmann, Jim Simoniz/Lindsey Hopkins
Watson/Offy
Running
200 $39,800 144.433
3 1 3 Thomson, Johnny Racing Associates
Lesovsky/Offy
Running
200 $32,375 145.908
4 15 1 Bettenhausen Sr., Ton Hoover Motor Express/Wills
Epperly/Offy
Running
200 $15,475 142.721
5 16 99 Goldsmith, Paul Norman Demler
Epperly/Offy
Running
200 $11,975 142.670
6 11 33 Boyd, Johnny Bowes Seal Fast/Bignotti
Epperly/Offy
Running
200 $8,475 142.812
7 12 37 Carter, Duane Smokey Yunick
Kurtis/Offy
Running
200 $7,275 142.795
8 8 19 Johnson, Eddie Bryant Heating/Donaldson
KK500G/Offy
Running
200 $6,625 144.000
9 27 45 Russo, Paul Bardahl/Fred Gerhardt
KK500G/Offy
Running
200 $6,325 142.383
10 17 10 Foyt Jr., A.J. Dean Van Lines
Kuzma/Offy
Running
200 $6,575 142.648
11 9 88 Hartley, Gene Drewry's/R.T. Marley
Kuzma/Offy
Running
200 $4,795 143.575
12 7 74 Veith, Bob John Zink Heater
Moore/Offy
Running
200 $4,675 144.023
13 23 89 Herman, Al Dunn Engineering
Dunn/Offy
Running
200 $4,455 141.939
14 13 66 Daywalt, Jimmy Federal Engineering
Kurtis/Offy
Running
200 $5,335 144.683
15 21 71 Arnold, Chuck(R) Hall-Mar
Curtis/Offy
Running
200 $4,165 142.118
16 33 58 McWithey, Jim(R) Ray Brady
KK500C/Offy
Running
200 $4,045 141.215
17 2 44 Sachs, Eddie Peter Schmidt
Kuzma/Offy
Gear Tower Bolt
182 $4,675 145.425
18 28 57 Keller, Al Helse/H.H. Johnson
Kuzma/Offy
Piston
163 $3,980 142.057
19 18 64 Flaherty, Pat John Zink Heater
Watson/Offy
Crash FS
162 $5,725 142.399
20 4 73 Rathmann, Dick McNamara/Kalamazoo Sports
Watson/Offy
Fire in pit
150 $4,045 144.248
21 30 53 Cheesbourg, Bill Greenman-Casale
Kuzma/Offy
Magneto
147 $3,765 141.788
22 25 15 Freeland, Don Jim Robbins
KK500G/Offy
Valve spring
136 $4,485 143.056
23 32 49 Crawford, Ray Meguiar's Mirror/Crawford
Elder/Offy
Crash 3
115 $3,655 141.348
24 10 9 Branson, Don(R) Bob Estes
Phillips/Offy
Torsion bar
112 $3,625 143.312
25 24 65 Christie, Bob Federal Engineering
KK500C/Offy
Rod bolt
109 $4,595 143.244
26 5 48 Grim, Bobby(R) Sumar/Chapman Root
KK500G/Offy
Piston
85 $4,190 144.225
27 14 24 Turner, Jack Travelon Trailer/Ernest Ruiz
Christensen/Offy
Fuel tank
47 $4,335 143.478
28 29 47 Weyant, Chuck Roy McKay
KK500G/Offy
Crash 3
45 $3,505 141.950
29 19 7 Larson, Jud Bowes Seal Fast/Bignotti
Kurtis/Offy
Crash 3
45 $3,650 142.298
30 31 77 Magill, Mike Dayton Steel Foundry/Walther
Sutton/Offy
Crash 3
45 $3,445 141.482
31 26 87 Amick, Red(R) Wheeler-Foutch
KK500C/Offy
Crash 3
45 $3,915 142.925
32 22 8 Sutton, Len Wolcott Memorial Racing
Lesovsky/Offy
Crash 1
34 $3,385 142.107
33 20 6 Bryan, Jimmy Belond AP Muffler/Salih
Salih/Offy
Clutch/cam gear
1 $3,405 142.118

Total Purse: $338,100 Field Average: 143.004
Cars Entered: 66 Cars Started: 33
Number Rookies: 5 Former Winners: 2