1958 Indianapolis 500

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+6	Jimmy Bryan	Epperly-Offenhauser	200	3hr 44m 13.800s	8
2	+23	George Amick	Epperly-Offenhauser	200	+27.629s	6
3	+5	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200		4
4	+5	Tony Bettenhausen	Epperly-Offenhauser	200		4 FL
5	+15	Jim Rathmann	Epperly-Offenhauser	200		2
6	-3	Jimmy Reece	Watson-Offenhauser	200
7	+6	Don Freeland	Phillips-Offenhauser	200
8	+11	Jud Larson	Watson-Offenhauser	200
9	+17	Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200
10	+23	Bill Cheesbourg	Kurtis Kraft-Novi	200
11	+10	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200
12	-6	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200
13	+17	Johnnie Tolan	Kuzma-Offenhauser	200
14	+3	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	189	DNF
15	+17	Dempsey Wilson	Kuzma-Offenhauser	151	DNF
16	-4	AJ Foyt	Kuzma-Offenhauser	148	DNF
17	+14	Mike Magill	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	136	DSQ
18	-4	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft-Novi	122	DNF
19	+4	Shorty Templeman	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	116	DNF
20	-9	Rodger Ward	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	93	DNF
21	-6	Billy Garrett	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	80	DNF
22	-4	Eddie Sachs	Kuzma-Offenhauser	68	DNF
23	-1	Johnny Thomson	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	52	DNF
24	+5	Chuck Weyant	Dunn-Offenhauser	38	DNF
25	-15	Jack Turner	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	21	DNF
26	-22	Bob Veith	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	1	DNF
27	-26	Dick Rathmann	Watson-Offenhauser	0	DNF
28	-26	Ed Elisian	Watson-Offenhauser	0	DNF
29	-24	Pat O’Connor	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	0	DNF
30	-14	Paul Goldsmith	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	0	DNF
31	-7	Jerry Unser	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	0	DNF
32	-5	Len Sutton	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	0	DNF
33	-5	Art Bisch	Kuzma-Offenhauser	0	DNF

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1958 Indianapolis 500.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Stirling Moss	17
2	Luigi Musso	12
3	Maurice Trintignant	8
=	Jimmy Bryan	8
5	Harry Schell	8
6	Mike Hawthorn	7
7	George Amick	6
8	Jean Behra	6
9	Peter Collins	4
=	Johnny Boyd	4
11	Juan Manuel Fangio	4
=	Tony Bettenhausen	4
13	Jack Brabham	3
=	Roy Salvadori	3
15	Jim Rathmann	2

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Cooper-Climax	19
2	Ferrari	14
3	Vanwall	8
4	BRM	8
5	Maserati	3

Statistics & milestones

Race debut

George Amick (only start), Art Bisch (only start), AJ Foyt, Paul Goldsmith, Jud Larson, Len Sutton, Jerry Unser (only start), Dempsey Wilson

Last start

Ed Elisian, Billy Garrett, Pat O’Connor, Johnnie Parsons, Jimmy Reece, Johnnie Tolan

Wins

1st and only for Jimmy Bryan (20th different winner, 8th American driver)

2nd and last for Epperly

Race 1-2

2nd and last for Epperly

Podiums

3rd and last for Jimmy Bryan (only podium for Epperly), 1st for George Amick (56th different podium finisher, 23rd American driver), 1st and only for Johnny Boyd (57th different podium finisher, 24th American driver)

16th and last for Kurtis Kraft, 3rd & 4th for Epperly

Poles

1st and only for Dick Rathmann (17th different polesitter, 9th American driver)

2nd and last for Watson

Qualifying 1-2

1st and only for Watson (7th different constructor to qualify 1-2)

Fastest laps

1st and only for Tony Bettenhausen (22nd different fastest lap setter, 7th American driver)

2nd and last for Epperly

Front row starts

1st and only for Dick Rathmann, Ed Elisian & Jimmy Reece (41st, 42nd & 43rd different front row starters, 19th, 20th & 21st American drivers)

Points finishes

3rd and last for Jimmy Bryan, 1st and only for George Amick & Johnny Boyd (93rd & 94th different point scorers, 32nd & 33rd American drivers)

See also

• Indianapolis 500
• Indianapolis circuit
• 1958 World Championship season