1957 Indianapolis 500
Date | Thursday, 30 May 1957 |
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Circuit | Indianapolis, 200 laps |
Round | 3 of 8 |
Race numbers | 59th World Championship race |
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +12 | ![]() | Epperly-Offenhauser | 200 | 3hr 41m 14.250s | 8 |
2 | +30 | ![]() | Epperly-Offenhauser | 200 | +21.461s | 7 FL |
3 | +12 | ![]() | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 200 | 4 | |
4 | +6 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Novi | 200 | 3 | |
5 | +7 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 200 | 2 | |
6 | -1 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
7 | +21 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
8 | -7 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
9 | +7 | ![]() | Phillips-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
10 | +4 | ![]() | Lesovsky-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
11 | +8 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
12 | -1 | ![]() | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 199 | +1 lap | |
13 | +20 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 197 | +3 laps | |
14 | +11 | ![]() | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 196 | +4 laps | |
15 | +7 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Novi | 195 | +5 laps | |
16 | +1 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 195 | +5 laps | |
17 | +4 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 192 | +8 laps | |
18 | -12 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 182 | DNF | |
19 | +8 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 170 | DNF | |
20 | +11 | ![]() | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 138 | DNF | |
21 | +9 | ![]() | Dunn-Offenhauser | 111 | DNF | |
22 | -18 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 107 | DNF | |
23 | -21 | ![]() | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 105 | DNF | |
24 | -6 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 101 | DNF | |
25 | -5 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 93 | DNF | |
26 | -3 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 81 | DNF | |
27 | -19 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 75 | DNF | |
28 | +1 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 53 | DNF | |
29 | -22 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 51 | DNF | |
30 | -6 | ![]() | Lesovsky-Offenhauser | 27 | DNF | |
31 | -28 | ![]() | Watson-Offenhauser | 13 | DNF | |
32 | -6 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 0 | DNF | |
33 | -24 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 0 | DNF |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1957 Indianapolis 500.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 17 |
2 | ![]() | 8 |
3 | ![]() | 7 |
4 | ![]() | 6 |
= | ![]() | 6 |
6 | ![]() | 4 |
= | ![]() | 4 |
= | ![]() | 4 |
9 | ![]() | 3 |
= | ![]() | 3 |
= | ![]() | 3 |
12 | ![]() | 2 |
= | ![]() | 2 |
14 | ![]() | 1 |
= | ![]() | 1 |
16 | ![]() | 1 |
Statistics & milestones
- Race debut
- Bill Cheesbourg, Don Edmunds (only start), Elmer George (only start), Mike Magill, Eddie Sachs
- Dunn
- Last start
- Fred Agabashian, Sam Hanks, Andy Linden, Marshall Teague
- Wins
- 1st and only for Sam Hanks (18th different winner, 7th American driver)
- 1st for Epperly (8th different winner)
- Race 1-2
- 1st for Epperly (6th different constructor to finish 1-2)
- Podiums
- 4th and last for Sam Hanks (only podium for Epperly), 2nd for Jim Rathmann (only podium for Epperly), 2nd for Jimmy Bryan (last for Kuzma)
- 3rd and last for Kuzma (first since 1954), 1st & 2nd for Epperly (16th different podium finisher)
- Poles
- 1st and only for Pat O’Connor (14th different polesitter, 8th American driver)
- 6th and last for Kurtis Kraft (first since 1954)
- Fastest laps
- 1st for Jim Rathmann (19th different fastest lap setter, 6th American driver; only fastest lap for Epperly)
- 1st for Epperly (8th different fastest lap setter)
- Front row starts
- 2nd and last for Pat O’Connor, 1st for Eddie Sachs & Troy Ruttman (36th & 37th different front row starters, 17th & 18th American drivers)
- Points finishes
- 4th and last for Sam Hanks & Paul Russo, 2nd and last Andy Linden