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Home / Seasons / 1958 F1 World Championship Season / 1958 Indianapolis 500

1958 Indianapolis 500

DateFriday, 30 May 1958
Winner
  • USA flag lazyload Jimmy Bryan
  • USA flag lazyload Epperly-Offenhauser
Pole position
  • USA flag lazyload Dick Rathmann
  • USA flag lazyload Watson-Offenhauser
Fastest lap
  • USA flag lazyload Tony Bettenhausen
  • USA flag lazyload Epperly-Offenhauser
CircuitIndianapolis, 200 laps
Round4 of 11
Race numbers68th World Championship race
More 1958 season
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+6USA flag lazyload Jimmy BryanEpperly-Offenhauser2003hr 44m 13.800s8
2+23USA flag lazyload George AmickEpperly-Offenhauser200+27.629s6
3+5USA flag lazyload Johnny BoydKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser200 4
4+5USA flag lazyload Tony BettenhausenEpperly-Offenhauser200 4 FL
5+15USA flag lazyload Jim RathmannEpperly-Offenhauser200 2
6-3USA flag lazyload Jimmy ReeceWatson-Offenhauser200  
7+6USA flag lazyload Don FreelandPhillips-Offenhauser200  
8+11USA flag lazyload Jud LarsonWatson-Offenhauser200  
9+17USA flag lazyload Eddie JohnsonKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser200  
10+23USA flag lazyload Bill CheesbourgKurtis Kraft-Novi200  
11+10USA flag lazyload Al KellerKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser200  
12-6USA flag lazyload Johnnie ParsonsKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser200  
13+17USA flag lazyload Johnnie TolanKuzma-Offenhauser200  
14+3USA flag lazyload Bob ChristieKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser189DNF 
15+17USA flag lazyload Dempsey WilsonKuzma-Offenhauser151DNF 
16-4USA flag lazyload AJ FoytKuzma-Offenhauser148DNF 
17+14USA flag lazyload Mike MagillKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser136DSQ 
18-4USA flag lazyload Paul RussoKurtis Kraft-Novi122DNF 
19+4USA flag lazyload Shorty TemplemanKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser116DNF 
20-9USA flag lazyload Rodger WardLesovsky-Offenhauser93DNF 
21-6USA flag lazyload Billy GarrettKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser80DNF 
22-4USA flag lazyload Eddie SachsKuzma-Offenhauser68DNF 
23-1USA flag lazyload Johnny ThomsonKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser52DNF 
24+5USA flag lazyload Chuck WeyantDunn-Offenhauser38DNF 
25-15USA flag lazyload Jack TurnerLesovsky-Offenhauser21DNF 
26-22USA flag lazyload Bob VeithKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser1DNF 
27-26USA flag lazyload Dick RathmannWatson-Offenhauser0DNF 
28-26USA flag lazyload Ed ElisianWatson-Offenhauser0DNF 
29-24USA flag lazyload Pat O’ConnorKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser0DNF 
30-14USA flag lazyload Paul GoldsmithKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser0DNF 
31-7USA flag lazyload Jerry UnserKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser0DNF 
32-5USA flag lazyload Len SuttonKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser0DNF 
33-5USA flag lazyload Art BischKuzma-Offenhauser0DNF 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1958 Indianapolis 500.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss17
2Italy flag lazyload Luigi Musso12
3France flag lazyload Maurice Trintignant8
=USA flag lazyload Jimmy Bryan8
5USA flag lazyload Harry Schell8
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Hawthorn7
7USA flag lazyload George Amick6
8France flag lazyload Jean Behra6
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter Collins4
=USA flag lazyload Johnny Boyd4
11Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio4
=USA flag lazyload Tony Bettenhausen4
13Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham3
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy Salvadori3
15USA flag lazyload Jim Rathmann2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Climax19
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari14
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Vanwall8
4United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM8
5Italy flag lazyload Maserati3

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

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