1960 Indianapolis 500

Fact File

Date:	Monday, 30 May 1960
Winner:	Jim Rathmann Watson-Offenhauser
Pole position:	Eddie Sachs Ewing-Offenhauser
Fastest lap:	Jim Rathmann Watson-Offenhauser
Circuit:	Indianapolis, 200 laps
Round:	3 of 10

Race Result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	Jim Rathmann	Watson-Offenhauser	200	3hr 36m 11.360s	8
2	+1	Rodger Ward	Watson-Offenhauser	200	+12.749s	6
3	+23	Paul Goldsmith	Epperly-Offenhauser	200		4
4	+4	Don Branson	Phillips-Offenhauser	200		3
5	+12	Johnny Thomson	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	200		2
6	+1	Eddie Johnson	Trevis-Offenhauser	200		1
7	+5	Lloyd Ruby	Watson-Offenhauser	200
8	+17	Bob Veith	Meskowski-Offenhauser	200
9	+19	Bud Tingelstad	Trevis-Offenhauser	200
10	+4	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200
11	+11	Red Amick	Epperly-Offenhauser	200
12	+15	Duane Carter	Kuzma-Offenhauser	200
13	+18	Bill Homeier	Kuzma-Offenhauser	200
14	+10	Gene Hartley	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	196	+4 laps
15	-6	Chuck Stevenson	Watson-Offenhauser	196	+4 laps
16	+5	Bobby Grim	Meskowski-Offenhauser	194	+6 laps
17	+2	Shorty Templeman	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	191	+9 laps
18	+5	Jim Hurtubise	Christensen-Offenhauser	185	DNF
19	-9	Jimmy Bryan	Epperly-Offenhauser	152	DNF
20	-14	Troy Ruttman	Watson-Offenhauser	134	DNF
21	-20	Eddie Sachs	Ewing-Offenhauser	132	DNF
22	-11	Don Freeland	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	129	DNF
23	-5	Tony Bettenhausen	Watson-Offenhauser	125	DNF
24	-9	Wayne Weiler	Epperly-Offenhauser	103	DNF
25	-9	AJ Foyt	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	90	DNF
26	+3	Eddie Russo	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	84	DNF
27	-14	Johnny Boyd	Epperly-Offenhauser	77	DNF
28	-8	Gene Force	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	74	DNF
29	+3	Jim McWithey	Epperly-Offenhauser	60	DNF
30	-25	Len Sutton	Watson-Offenhauser	47	DNF
31	-27	Dick Rathmann	Watson-Offenhauser	42	DNF
32	-2	Al Herman	Ewing-Offenhauser	34	DNF
33		Dempsey Wilson	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	11	DNF

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Bruce McLaren	14
2	Stirling Moss	8
=	Jim Rathmann	8
4	Cliff Allison	6
=	Rodger Ward	6
6	Phil Hill	4
=	Paul Goldsmith	4
8	Carlos Menditeguy	3
=	Tony Brooks	3
=	Don Branson	3
11	Wolfgang von Trips	2
=	Jo Bonnier	2
=	Johnny Thomson	2
14	Innes Ireland	1
=	Richie Ginther	1
=	Eddie Johnson	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Cooper-Climax	14
2	Ferrari	10
3	Lotus-Climax	9
4	Cooper-Maserati	3
5	BRM	2

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut

Driver: Jim Hurtubise (only start), Lloyd Ruby, Bud Tingelstad (only start), Wayne Weiler (only start)

Constructor: Meskowski (only start)

Last start

Driver: Red Amick, Tony Bettenhausen, Johnny Boyd, Don Branson, Jimmy Bryan, Duane Carter, Bob Christie, Gene Force, AJ Foyt, Don Freeland, Paul Goldsmith, Bobby Grim, Gene Hartley, Al Herman, Bill Homeier, Eddie Johnson, Jim McWithey, Dick Rathmann, Jim Rathmann, Eddie Russo, Troy Ruttman, Eddie Sachs, Chuck Stevenson, Len Sutton, Shorty Templeman, Johnny Thomson, Bob Veith, Dempsey Wilson

Constructor: Christensen, Dunn, Epperly, Ewing, Kurtis Kraft, Kuzma, Lesovsky, Phillips, Watson

Wins

Driver: 1st and only for Jim Rathmann (25th different winner, 10th American driver)

Constructor: 3rd and last for Watson

Race 1-2

Constructor: 2nd and last for Watson

Podiums

Driver: 4th and last for Jim Rathmann, 2nd and last for Rodger Ward, 1st and only for Paul Goldsmith (68th different podium finisher, 29th American driver)

Constructor: 5th and last for Epperly, 4th, 5th and last for Watson

Poles

Driver: 1st and only for Eddie Sachs (22nd different polesitter, 11th American driver)

Constructor: 1st and only for Ewing (14th different polesitter)

Fastest laps

Driver: 2nd and last for Jim Rathmann

Constructor: 1st and only for Watson (13th different fastest lap setter)

Front row starts

Driver: 3rd and last for Eddie Sachs & Jim Rathmann, 1st and only for Rodger Ward (52nd different front row starter, 26th American driver)

Points finishes

Driver: 5th and last for Jim Rathmann, 3rd and last for Johnny Thomson, 2nd and last for Rodger Ward & Paul Goldsmith, 1st and only for Don Branson & Eddie Johnson (104th & 105th different point scorers, 39th & 40th American drivers)

Win & fastest lap

Driver: 1st and only for Jim Rathmann (13th different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 4th American driver)

See also

• Indianapolis 500
• Indianapolis Circuit
• 1960 World Championship season