1955 Indianapolis 500

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+13	Bob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	3hr 53m 59.530s	8
2		Tony Bettenhausen Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	+2m 43.560s	3 3
3	+7	Jimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200		4
4	+29	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma-Offenhauser	200		3
5	+2	Walt Faulkner Bill Homeier	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200		1 1
6	+2	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200
7	+9	Al Herman	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200
8	+11	Pat O’Connor	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200
9	+8	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200
10	+2	Pat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200
11	+7	Duane Carter	Kuzma-Offenhauser	197	+3 laps
12	+13	Chuck Weyant	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	196	+4 laps
13	+19	Eddie Johnson	Trevis-Offenhauser	196	+4 laps
14	+6	Jim Rathmann	Epperly-Offenhauser	191	+9 laps
15	+6	Don Freeland	Phillips-Offenhauser	178	DNF
16	-7	Cal Niday	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	170	DNF
17	+7	Art Cross	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	168	DNF
18	+13	Shorty Templeman	Trevis-Offenhauser	142	DNF
19	-13	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	134	DNF
20	+8	Keith Andrews	Schroeder-Offenhauser	120	DNF
21	+6	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	119	DNF
22	-9	Eddie Russo	Pawl-Offenhauser	112	DNF
23		Ray Crawford	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	111	DNF
24	-13	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma-Offenhauser	90	DNF
25	-20	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	56	DNF	1 FL
26	-23	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	54	DNF
27	-5	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	54	DNF
28	+2	Rodger Ward	Kuzma-Offenhauser	53	DNF
29	-3	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	53	DNF
30	-1	Ed Elisian	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	53	DNF
31	-30	Jerry Hoyt	Stevens-Offenhauser	40	DNF
32	-28	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	39	DNF
33	-18	Jimmy Reece	Pankratz-Offenhauser	10	DNF

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1955 Indianapolis 500.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Maurice Trintignant	11.33
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	10
3	Bob Sweikert	8
4	Giuseppe Farina	6.33
5	Eugenio Castellotti	6
6	Jimmy Davies	4
7	Paul Russo	3
=	Tony Bettenhausen	3
9	Johnny Thomson	3
10	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	2
11	Cesare Perdisa	2
=	Jean Behra	2
13	Roberto Mieres	2
=	Luigi Villoresi	2
15	Umberto Maglioli	1.33
16	Hans Herrmann	1
=	Stirling Moss	1
=	Karl Kling	1
19	Bill Homeier	1
=	Walt Faulkner	1
21	Bill Vukovich	1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut

Keith Andrews, Johnny Boyd, Ray Crawford, Al Herman, Al Keller, Eddie Russo, Shorty Templeman, Chuck Weyant

Epperly

Last start

Art Cross, Jimmy Davies, Walt Faulkner, Jerry Hoyt, Jack McGrath, Cal Niday, Bill Vukovich

Pankratz, Pawl, Schroeder

Wins

1st and only for Bob Sweikert (13th different winner, 5th American driver)

5th and last for Kurtis Kraft

Race 1-2

3rd and last for Kurtis Kraft

Podiums

1st and only for Bob Sweikert (41st different podium finisher, 15th American driver), 1st and only for Tony Bettenhausen (42nd different podium finisher, 16th American driver), 1st and only for Paul Russo (43rd different podium finisher, 17th American driver), 1st and only for Jimmy Davies (44th different podium finisher, 18th American driver)

12th, 13th & 14th for Kurtis Kraft

Poles

1st and only for Jerry Hoyt (10th different polesitter, 6th American driver)

1st and only for Stevens (7th different polesitter)

Fastest laps

3rd and last for Bill Vukovich

6th for Kurtis Kraft

Front row starts

5th and last for Jack McGrath, 1st and only for Jerry Hoyt & Tony Bettenhausen (28th & 29th different front row starters, 12th & 13th American drivers)

Points finishes

4th and last for Bill Vukovich, 1st and only for Bob Sweikert, Jimmy Davies (66th & 67th different point scorers, 22nd & 23rd American driver), 1st for Johnny Thomson, Bill Homeier & Walt Faulkner (68th-70th different point scorers, 24th-26th American drivers)

See also

• Indianapolis 500
• Indianapolis circuit
• 1955 World Championship season