1959 Indianapolis 500
Date | Saturday, 30 May 1959 |
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Circuit | Indianapolis, 200 laps |
Round | 2 of 9 |
Race numbers | 77th World Championship race |
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +5 | ![]() | Watson-Offenhauser | 200 | 3hr 40m 49.200s | 8 |
2 | +1 | ![]() | Watson-Offenhauser | 200 | +23.277s | 6 |
3 | -2 | ![]() | Lesovsky-Offenhauser | 200 | 5 FL | |
4 | +11 | ![]() | Epperly-Offenhauser | 200 | 3 | |
5 | +11 | ![]() | Epperly-Offenhauser | 200 | 2 | |
6 | +5 | ![]() | Epperly-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
7 | +5 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
8 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 200 | |||
9 | +18 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
10 | +7 | ![]() | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
11 | -2 | ![]() | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
12 | -5 | ![]() | Moore-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
13 | +10 | ![]() | Dunn-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
14 | -1 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
15 | +6 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
16 | +17 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
17 | -15 | ![]() | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 182 | DNF | |
18 | +10 | ![]() | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 163 | DNF | |
19 | -1 | ![]() | Watson-Offenhauser | 162 | DNF | |
20 | -16 | ![]() | Watson-Offenhauser | 150 | DNF | |
21 | +9 | ![]() | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 147 | DNF | |
22 | +3 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 136 | DNF | |
23 | +9 | ![]() | Elder-Offenhauser | 115 | DNF | |
24 | -14 | ![]() | Phillips-Offenhauser | 112 | DNF | |
25 | -1 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 109 | DNF | |
26 | -21 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 85 | DNF | |
27 | -13 | ![]() | Christensen-Offenhauser | 47 | DNF | |
28 | +1 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 45 | DNF | |
29 | -10 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 45 | DNF | |
30 | +1 | ![]() | Sutton-Offenhauser | 45 | DNF | |
31 | -5 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 45 | DNF | |
32 | -10 | ![]() | Lesovsky-Offenhauser | 34 | DNF | |
33 | -13 | ![]() | Epperly-Offenhauser | 1 | DNF |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1959 Indianapolis 500.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 9 |
2 | ![]() | 8 |
3 | ![]() | 6 |
= | ![]() | 6 |
5 | ![]() | 5 |
6 | ![]() | 4 |
7 | ![]() | 3 |
= | ![]() | 3 |
9 | ![]() | 2 |
= | ![]() | 2 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 8 |
2 | ![]() | 6 |
Statistics & milestones
- Race debut
- Red Amick, Chuck Arnold (only start), Don Branson, Bobby Grim, Jim McWithey
- Christensen, Elder (only start), Sutton (only start)
- Last start
- Bill Cheesbourg, Ray Crawford, Jimmy Daywalt, Pat Flaherty, Al Keller, Jud Larson, Mike Magill, Paul Russo, Jack Turner, Chuck Weyant
- Dunn, Moore
- Wins
- 1st and only for Rodger Ward (22nd different winner, 9th American driver)
- 2nd for Watson (first since 1956)
- Race 1-2
- 1st for Watson (7th different constructor to finish 1-2)
- Podiums
- 3rd for Jim Rathmann (first for Watson), 1st for Rodger Ward (62nd different podium finisher, 26th American driver), 1st and only for Johnny Thomson (63rd different podium finisher, 27th American driver)
- 2nd & 3rd for Watson (first since 1956)
- 1st and only for Lesovsky (18th different podium finisher)
- Poles
- 1st and only for Johnny Thomson (19th different polesitter, 10th American driver)
- 1st and only for Lesovsky (11th different polesitter)
- Fastest laps
- 1st and only for Johnny Thomson (25th different fastest lap setter, 9th American driver)
- 1st and only for Lesovsky (11th different fastest lap setter)
- Front row starts
- 2nd for Eddie Sachs (last for Kuzma), 2nd for Jim Rathmann (first for Watson), 1st and only for Johnny Thomson (45th different front row starter, 22nd American driver)
- Points finishes
- 4th and last for Tony Bettenhausen, 1st for Rodger Ward & Paul Goldsmith (99th & 100th different point scorers, 35th & 36th American drivers)