1958 Indianapolis 500
Date | Friday, 30 May 1958 |
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Fastest lap |
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Circuit | Indianapolis, 200 laps |
Round | 4 of 11 |
Race numbers | 68th World Championship race |
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +6 | ![]() | Epperly-Offenhauser | 200 | 3hr 44m 13.800s | 8 |
2 | +23 | ![]() | Epperly-Offenhauser | 200 | +27.629s | 6 |
3 | +5 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 200 | 4 | |
4 | +5 | ![]() | Epperly-Offenhauser | 200 | 4 FL | |
5 | +15 | ![]() | Epperly-Offenhauser | 200 | 2 | |
6 | -3 | ![]() | Watson-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
7 | +6 | ![]() | Phillips-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
8 | +11 | ![]() | Watson-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
9 | +17 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
10 | +23 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Novi | 200 | ||
11 | +10 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
12 | -6 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
13 | +17 | ![]() | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
14 | +3 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 189 | DNF | |
15 | +17 | ![]() | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 151 | DNF | |
16 | -4 | ![]() | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 148 | DNF | |
17 | +14 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 136 | DSQ | |
18 | -4 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Novi | 122 | DNF | |
19 | +4 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 116 | DNF | |
20 | -9 | ![]() | Lesovsky-Offenhauser | 93 | DNF | |
21 | -6 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 80 | DNF | |
22 | -4 | ![]() | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 68 | DNF | |
23 | -1 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 52 | DNF | |
24 | +5 | ![]() | Dunn-Offenhauser | 38 | DNF | |
25 | -15 | ![]() | Lesovsky-Offenhauser | 21 | DNF | |
26 | -22 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 1 | DNF | |
27 | -26 | ![]() | Watson-Offenhauser | 0 | DNF | |
28 | -26 | ![]() | Watson-Offenhauser | 0 | DNF | |
29 | -24 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 0 | DNF | |
30 | -14 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 0 | DNF | |
31 | -7 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 0 | DNF | |
32 | -5 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 0 | DNF | |
33 | -5 | ![]() | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 0 | DNF |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1958 Indianapolis 500.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 17 |
2 | ![]() | 12 |
3 | ![]() | 8 |
= | ![]() | 8 |
5 | ![]() | 8 |
6 | ![]() | 7 |
7 | ![]() | 6 |
8 | ![]() | 6 |
9 | ![]() | 4 |
= | ![]() | 4 |
11 | ![]() | 4 |
= | ![]() | 4 |
13 | ![]() | 3 |
= | ![]() | 3 |
15 | ![]() | 2 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 19 |
2 | ![]() | 14 |
3 | ![]() | 8 |
4 | ![]() | 8 |
5 | ![]() | 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)