59th GP – Indianapolis 1957

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Nr	Driver	Team	Car	Engine	Tyre
1	Jimmy Bryan	Dean Van Lines	Kuzma FE [56]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
3	Don Freeland	Ansted Rotary	Kurtis Kraft 500D [381]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
4	George Amick	Federal Engineering	Snowberger FE	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
5	Jimmy Reece	Hoyt Machine/Sommer	Kurtis Kraft 500C [376]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
6	Johnny Boyd	Bowes Seal Fast/Bignotti	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G11]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
7	Bob Veith	Bob Estes	Phillips FE [57]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
8	Rodger Ward	Wolcott	Lesovsky FE [57]	Offenhauser L4C 3.0	Firestone
9	Sam Hanks	Belond Exhaust/G.Salih	Salih FE [57]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
10	Johnny Thomson	D-A Lubricants Racing	Kuzma FE [56A]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
12	Pat O’Connor	Sumar/Chapman Root	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G7]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
14	Fred Agabashian	Bowes Seal Fast/Bignotti	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G4]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
15	Eddie Sachs Tony Bonadies	Ray Brady	Kurtis Kraft 500C [377]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
16	Al Keller	Bardahl/Pat Clancy	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G2]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
18	Dick Rathmann Johnnie Parsons	Sumar/Chapman Root	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G8]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
19	Jack Turner	Bardahl/Pat Clancy	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G1]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
22	Gene Hartley	Massaglia Hotel	Lesovsky FE [56]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
23	Elmer George	Travelon Trailer/Ernest Ruiz	Kurtis Kraft 500B [362]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
25	Jud Larson	John Zink	Watson FE	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
26	Jim Rathmann	Chiropractic/Hopkins	Epperly FE [57]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
27	Tony Bettenhausen	Novi Air Conditioner	Kurtis Kraft 500F [56B (390)]	Novi L8C 3.0	Firestone
28	Johnnie Tolan	Greenman-Casale	Kuzma FE [57]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
31	Cliff Griffith Bill Cheesbourg	Seal Line/Donaldson	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G6]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
32	Jimmy Davies	Trio Brass Foundry	Kurtis Kraft 500D [384]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
33	Billy Garrett	Federal Engineering	Kurtis Kraft 500E [388]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
34	Jim McWithey	Federal Engineering	Kurtis Kraft 500D [383]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
35	Chuck Weyant	Jim Robbins	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G9]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
42	Dempsey Wilson	Martin Brothers	Kurtis Kraft 500B [359]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
43	Eddie Johnson	H.A. Chapman	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G10]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
45	Bill Cheesbourg	Las Vegas Club	Kurtis Kraft 500G [391]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
48	Marshall Teague	Sumar/Chapman Root	Kurtis Kraft 500C [371]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
49	Ray Crawford	Meguiar’s Mirror Glaze	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G14]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
52	Troy Ruttman	John Zink	Watson FE [57]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
54	Paul Russo	Novi Air Conditioner	Kurtis Kraft 500F [56A (389)]	Novi L8C 3.0	Firestone
55	Eddie Russo	Sclavi & Amos	Kurtis Kraft 500C [370]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
57	Jimmy Daywalt	Helse/H.H.Johnson	Kurtis Kraft 500C [369]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
58	Andy Furci	Ray Brady	Schroeder D	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
59	Bud Clemons	Chiropractic/Sorenson	Shilala FE	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
62	Giuseppe Farina Keith Andrews	Giuseppe Farina	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G12]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
64	Gene Force	Shannon Bros	Watts FE	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
67	Don Edmunds	Braund Plywood	Kurtis Kraft 500C [372]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
71	Johnny Fedricks	Ed Gdula	Kurtis Kraft 500C [378]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
72	Danny Kladis	Morgan Engineering	Maserati 4CLT/48 [1604]	Maserati L8C 3.0	Firestone
73	Andy Linden	McNamara/Veedol	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G3]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
77	Mike Magill	Dayton Steel Foundry	Kurtis Kraft 500G [392]	Offenhauser L4C 3.0	Firestone
81	Tony Bonadies	Central Excavating/Pete Salemi	Kuzma D	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
82	Chuck Weyant	Central Excavating/Pete Salemi	Kurtis Kraft 500C [375]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
83	Ed Elisian	McNamara/Kalamazoo Sports	Kurtis Kraft 500C [374]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
84	Danny Kladis	Safety Auto Glass	Mercedes W154 [189439/9]	Jaguar L6 3.4	Firestone
88	Eddie Sachs	Peter Schmidt	Kuzma FE [56B]	Offenhauser L4C 3.0	Firestone
89	Al Herman	Dunn Engineering	Dunn FE [57]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
92	Don Edmunds Leroy Warriner	Roy McKay	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G15]	Offenhauser L4C 3.0	Firestone
95	Bob Christie	Jones & Maley Cars	Kurtis Kraft 500C [373]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone
98	Johnnie Parsons	J. C. Agajanian	Kuzma FE	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone

Pos	Nr	Driver	Car	Engine	Tyre	Time
1	12	Pat O’Connor	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G7]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:02.522
2	88	Eddie Sachs	Kuzma FE [56B]	Offenhauser L4C 3.0	Firestone	01:02.556
3	52	Troy Ruttman	Watson FE [57]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:03.038
4	14	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G4]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:03.132
5	6	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G11]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:03.335
6	5	Jimmy Reece	Kurtis Kraft 500C [376]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:03.378
7	83	Ed Elisian	Kurtis Kraft 500C [374]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:03.480
8	16	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G2]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:03.650
9	23	Elmer George	Kurtis Kraft 500B [362]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:03.952
10	54	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft 500F [56A (389)]	Novi L8C 3.0	Firestone	01:02.147
11	10	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma FE [56A]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:02.705
12	73	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G3]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:02.830
13	9	Sam Hanks	Salih FE [57]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:03.020
14	22	Gene Hartley	Lesovsky FE [56]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:03.707
15	1	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma FE [56]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:03.745
16	7	Bob Veith	Phillips FE [57]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:03.822
17	18	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G8]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:03.928
18	77	Mike Magill	Kurtis Kraft 500G [392]	Offenhauser L4C 3.0	Firestone	01:04.097
19	19	Jack Turner	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G1]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:04.117
20	43	Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G10]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:04.207
21	3	Don Freeland	Kurtis Kraft 500D [381]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:04.447
22	27	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft 500F [56B (390)]	Novi L8C 3.0	Firestone	01:03.185
23	31	Bill Cheesbourg	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G6]	Offenhauser L4C 3.0	Firestone	01:03.575
24	8	Rodger Ward	Lesovsky FE [57]	Offenhauser L4C 3.0	Firestone	01:03.685
25	82	Chuck Weyant	Kurtis Kraft 500C [375]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:03.782
26	55	Eddie Russo	Kurtis Kraft 500C [370]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:03.892
27	92	Don Edmunds	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G15]	Offenhauser L4C 3.0	Firestone	01:04.080
28	48	Marshall Teague	Kurtis Kraft 500C [371]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:04.135
29	57	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft 500C [369]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:04.192
30	89	Al Herman	Dunn FE [57]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:04.282
31	28	Johnnie Tolan	Kuzma FE [57]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:04.357
32	26	Jim Rathmann	Epperly FE [57]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:04.375
33	95	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft 500C [373]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	01:04.387

Official Name	The 41st 500
Circuit	Indianapolis
Date	May 30
Pole	Pat O’Connor 01:02.522
Fastest Lap	Jim Rathmann 01:02.750
Podium	1st Sam Hanks (136) , 2nd Jim Rathmann (24) , 3rd Jimmy Bryan
GP Number	59
Round	3
Weather	Sunny
Prev race	Grand Prix de Monaco May 19
Next race	Grand Prix de France July 7

P	N	Driver	Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	Time	Laps	FL	Led	Gr	Pts
1	9	Sam Hanks	Belond Exhaust/G.Salih	Salih FE [57]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	03:41:14.250	200		136	13	8
2	26	Jim Rathmann	Chiropractic/Hopkins	Epperly FE [57]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	03:41:35.710	200	01:02.750	24	32	7
3	1	Jimmy Bryan	Dean Van Lines	Kuzma FE [56]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	03:43:28.220	200		0	15	4
4	54	Paul Russo	Novi Air Conditioner	Kurtis Kraft 500F [56A (389)]	Novi L8C 3.0	Firestone	03:44:11.110	200		24	10	3
5	73	Andy Linden	McNamara/Veedol	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G3]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	03:44:28.520	200		0	12	2
6	6	Johnny Boyd	Bowes Seal Fast/Bignotti	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G11]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	03:45:49.520	200		0	5	0
7	48	Marshall Teague	Sumar/Chapman Root	Kurtis Kraft 500C [371]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	03:45:59.830	200		0	28	0
8	12	Pat O’Connor	Sumar/Chapman Root	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G7]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	03:46:47.400	200		7	1	0
9	7	Bob Veith	Bob Estes	Phillips FE [57]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	03:47:31.360	200		0	16	0
10	22	Gene Hartley	Massaglia Hotel	Lesovsky FE [56]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	03:48:24.370	200		0	14	0
11	19	Jack Turner	Bardahl/Pat Clancy	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G1]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	03:49:10.320	200		0	19	0
12	10	Johnny Thomson	D-A Lubricants Racing	Kuzma FE [56A]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	+1 lap	199		5	11	0
13	95	Bob Christie	Jones & Maley Cars	Kurtis Kraft 500C [373]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	+3 laps	197		0	33	0
14	82	Chuck Weyant	Central Excavating/Pete Salemi	Kurtis Kraft 500C [375]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	+4 laps	196		0	25	0
15	27	Tony Bettenhausen	Novi Air Conditioner	Kurtis Kraft 500F [56B (390)]	Novi L8C 3.0	Firestone	+5 laps	195		0	22	0
16	18	Johnnie Parsons	Sumar/Chapman Root	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G8]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	+5 laps	195		0	17	0
17	3	Don Freeland	Ansted Rotary	Kurtis Kraft 500D [381]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	+8 laps	192		0	21	0
18	5	Jimmy Reece	Hoyt Machine/Sommer	Kurtis Kraft 500C [376]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	Throttle	182		0	6	0
19	92	Don Edmunds	Roy McKay	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G15]	Offenhauser L4C 3.0	Firestone	Spun off	170		0	27	0
20	28	Johnnie Tolan	Greenman-Casale	Kuzma FE [57]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	Clutch	138		0	31	0
21	89	Al Herman	Dunn Engineering	Dunn FE [57]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	Accident	111		0	30	0
22	14	Fred Agabashian	Bowes Seal Fast/Bignotti	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G4]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	Fuel leak	107		0	4	0
23	88	Eddie Sachs	Peter Schmidt	Kuzma FE [56B]	Offenhauser L4C 3.0	Firestone	Fuel leak	105		0	2	0
24	77	Mike Magill	Dayton Steel Foundry	Kurtis Kraft 500G [392]	Offenhauser L4C 3.0	Firestone	Accident	101		0	18	0
25	43	Eddie Johnson	H.A. Chapman	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G10]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	Wheel bearing	93		0	20	0
26	31	Bill Cheesbourg	Seal Line/Donaldson	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G6]	Offenhauser L4C 3.0	Firestone	Fuel leak	81		0	23	0
27	16	Al Keller	Bardahl/Pat Clancy	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G2]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	Accident	75		0	8	0
28	57	Jimmy Daywalt	Helse/H.H.Johnson	Kurtis Kraft 500C [369]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	Accident	53		0	29	0
29	83	Ed Elisian	McNamara/Kalamazoo Sports	Kurtis Kraft 500C [374]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	Gearbox	51		0	7	0
30	8	Rodger Ward	Wolcott	Lesovsky FE [57]	Offenhauser L4C 3.0	Firestone	Supercharger	27		0	24	0
31	52	Troy Ruttman	John Zink	Watson FE [57]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	Engine	13		4	3	0
32	55	Eddie Russo	Sclavi & Amos	Kurtis Kraft 500C [370]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	Accident	0		0	26	0
33	23	Elmer George	Travelon Trailer/Ernest Ruiz	Kurtis Kraft 500B [362]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	Accident	0		0	9	0
DNQ	98	Johnnie Parsons	J. C. Agajanian	Kuzma FE	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	DNQ	0		0		0
DNQ	59	Bud Clemons	Chiropractic/Sorenson	Shilala FE	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	DNQ	0		0		0
DNQ	32	Jimmy Davies	Trio Brass Foundry	Kurtis Kraft 500D [384]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	DNQ	0		0		0
DNQ	18	Dick Rathmann	Sumar/Chapman Root	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G8]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	Car with team mate	0		0		0
DNQ	67	Don Edmunds	Braund Plywood	Kurtis Kraft 500C [372]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	DNQ	0		0		0
DNQ	71	Johnny Fedricks	Ed Gdula	Kurtis Kraft 500C [378]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	DNQ	0		0		0
DNQ	62	Giuseppe Farina	Giuseppe Farina	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G12]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	Car unavailable	0		0		0
DNQ	62	Keith Andrews	Giuseppe Farina	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G12]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	Fatal accident	0		0		0
DNQ	4	George Amick	Federal Engineering	Snowberger FE	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	DNQ	0		0		0
DNQ	33	Billy Garrett	Federal Engineering	Kurtis Kraft 500E [388]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	DNQ	0		0		0
DNQ	34	Jim McWithey	Federal Engineering	Kurtis Kraft 500D [383]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	Accident	0		0		0
DNQ	45	Bill Cheesbourg	Las Vegas Club	Kurtis Kraft 500G [391]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	DNQ	0		0		0
DNQ	84	Danny Kladis	Safety Auto Glass	Mercedes W154 [189439/9]	Jaguar L6 3.4	Firestone	DNQ	0		0		0
DNQ	35	Chuck Weyant	Jim Robbins	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G9]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	DNQ	0		0		0
DNQ	25	Jud Larson	John Zink	Watson FE	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	DNQ	0		0		0
DNQ	31	Cliff Griffith	Seal Line/Donaldson	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G6]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	DNQ	0		0		0
DNQ	72	Danny Kladis	Morgan Engineering	Maserati 4CLT/48 [1604]	Maserati L8C 3.0	Firestone	DNQ	0		0		0
DNQ	81	Tony Bonadies	Central Excavating/Pete Salemi	Kuzma D	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	DNQ	0		0		0
DNQ	49	Ray Crawford	Meguiar’s Mirror Glaze	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G14]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	DNQ	0		0		0
DNQ	15	Eddie Sachs	Ray Brady	Kurtis Kraft 500C [377]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	DNQ	0		0		0
DNQ	15	Tony Bonadies	Ray Brady	Kurtis Kraft 500C [377]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	Accident	0		0		0
DNQ	58	Andy Furci	Ray Brady	Schroeder D	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	DNQ	0		0		0
DNQ	92	Leroy Warriner	Roy McKay	Kurtis Kraft 500G [G15]	Offenhauser L4C 3.0	Firestone	DNQ	0		0		0
DNQ	64	Gene Force	Shannon Bros	Watts FE	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	DNQ	0		0		0
DNQ	42	Dempsey Wilson	Martin Brothers	Kurtis Kraft 500B [359]	Offenhauser L4 4.5	Firestone	DNQ	0		0		0

Formula 1 1957 World Championship
Pos	Driver	Team	Pts
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	17
2	Sam Hanks	Salih	8
3	Jim Rathmann	Epperly	7
4	Jean Behra	Maserati	6
5	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	6
6	Carlos Menditeguy	Maserati	4
7	Masten Gregory	Maserati	4
8	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma	4
9	Harry Schell	Maserati	3
10	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Connaught	3
11	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	3
12	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	2
13	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft	2
14	Alfonso de Portago	Ferrari	1
15	José Froilán González	Ferrari	1
16	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	1
16	Stirling Moss	Maserati	1