Round 2 · 1959

Indianapolis 500

Rodger Ward (Watson) won the 1959 Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Circuit Indianapolis Motor Speedway

LocationIndianapolis, USA

Date30 May 1959

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	Rodger Ward	Watson	6	200	Finished	8
2	Jim Rathmann	Watson	3	200	Finished	6
3	Johnny Thomson	Lesovsky	1	200	Finished	5
4	Tony Bettenhausen	Epperly	15	200	Finished	3
5	Paul Goldsmith	Epperly	16	200	Finished	2
6	Johnny Boyd	Epperly	11	200	Finished	0
7	Duane Carter	Kurtis Kraft	12	200	Finished	0
8	Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft	8	200	Finished	0
9	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	27	200	Finished	0
10	Anthony Foyt	Kuzma	17	200	Finished	0
11	Gene Hartley	Kuzma	9	200	Finished	0
12	Bob Veith	Moore	7	200	Finished	0
13	Al Herman	Dunn	23	200	Finished	0
14	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	13	200	Finished	0
15	Chuck Arnold	Kurtis Kraft	21	200	Finished	0
16	Jim McWithey	Kurtis Kraft	33	200	Finished	0
17	Eddie Sachs	Kuzma	2	182	Spun off	0
18	Al Keller	Kuzma	28	163	Engine	0
19	Pat Flaherty	Watson	18	162	Accident	0
20	Dick Rathmann	Watson	4	150	Heat shield fire	0
21	Bill Cheesbourg	Kuzma	30	147	Magneto	0
22	Don Freeland	Kurtis Kraft	25	136	Magneto	0
23	Ray Crawford	Elder	32	115	Accident	0
24	Don Branson	Phillips	10	112	Suspension	0
25	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft	24	109	Engine	0
26	Bobby Grim	Kurtis Kraft	5	85	Magneto	0
27	Jack Turner	Christensen	14	47	Fuel leak	0
28	Chuck Weyant	Kurtis Kraft	29	45	Accident	0
29	Jud Larson	Kurtis Kraft	19	45	Accident	0
30	Mike Magill	Sutton	31	45	Accident	0
31	Red Amick	Kurtis Kraft	26	45	Accident	0
32	Len Sutton	Lesovsky	22	34	Accident	0
33	Jimmy Bryan	Epperly	20	1	Engine	0

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