Round 3 · 1955

Indianapolis 500

Bob Sweikert (Kurtis Kraft) won the 1955 Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Circuit Indianapolis Motor Speedway

LocationIndianapolis, USA

Date30 May 1955

StatusFinished

Real F1 data provided by the Jolpica API (community-maintained successor to Ergast). Results typically update a few days after each race weekend — this is a results archive, not a live-timing feed.

Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Status	Points
1	Bob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft	14	200	Finished	8
2	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	2	200	Finished	3
2	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft	2	200	Finished	3
3	Jimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft	10	200	Finished	4
4	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma	33	200	Finished	3
5	Walt Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft	7	200	Finished	1
5	Bill Homeier	Kurtis Kraft	7	200	Finished	1
6	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft	8	200	Finished	0
7	Al Herman	Kurtis Kraft	16	200	Finished	0
8	Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft	19	200	Finished	0
9	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	17	200	Finished	0
10	Pat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft	12	200	Finished	0
11	Duane Carter	Kuzma	18	197	+3 Laps	0
12	Chuck Weyant	Kurtis Kraft	25	196	+4 Laps	0
13	Eddie Johnson	Trevis	32	196	+4 Laps	0
14	Jim Rathmann	Epperly	20	191	+9 Laps	0
15	Don Freeland	Phillips	21	178	Transmission	0
16	Cal Niday	Kurtis Kraft	9	170	Accident	0
17	Art Cross	Kurtis Kraft	24	168	Engine	0
18	Shorty Templeman	Trevis	31	142	Transmission	0
19	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	6	134	Transmission	0
20	Keith Andrews	Schroeder	28	120	Fuel pump	0
21	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	27	119	Magneto	0
22	Eddie Russo	Pawl	13	112	Ignition	0
23	Ray Crawford	Kurtis Kraft	23	111	Engine	0
24	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma	11	90	Fuel pump	0
25	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft	5	56	Accident	1
26	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	3	54	Magneto	0
27	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft	22	54	Accident	0
28	Rodger Ward	Kuzma	30	53	Accident	0
29	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft	26	53	Accident	0
30	Ed Elisian	Kurtis Kraft	29	53	Retired	0
31	Jerry Hoyt	Stevens	1	40	Oil leak	0
32	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	4	39	Spun off	0
33	Jimmy Reece	Pankratz	15	10	Engine	0

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