1958 Indianapolis 500

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The 1958 Indianapolis 500 was held on Friday, May 30, 1958 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The event was part of the 1958 World Drivers' Championship.

[edit] Classification

Pos	Grid	No	Driver	Team	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Time/Retired	Points
1	7	1	Jimmy Bryan	Epperly-Offenhauser	144.18	1	200	139	3:44:14.2	8
2	25	99	George Amick	Epperly-Offenhauser	142.71	8	200	18	+0:27.63	6
3	8	9	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	144.02	24	200	18	+ 1:09.67	4
4	9	33	Tony Bettenhausen	Epperly-Offenhauser	143.91	9	200	24	+ 1:34.81	4
5	20	2	Jim Rathmann	Epperly-Offenhauser	143.14	10	200	0	+ 1:35.62	2
6	3	16	Jimmy Reece	Watson-Offenhauser	145.51	14	200	0	+ 2:16.95
7	13	26	Don Freeland	Phillips-Offenhauser	143.03	3	200	0	+ 2:21.06
8	19	44	Jud Larson	Watson-Offenhauser	143.51	16	200	0	+ 5:34.02
9	26	61	Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142.67	11	200	0	+ 6:15.76
10	33	54	Bill Cheesbourg	Kurtis Kraft-Novi	142.54	25	200	0	+ 8:03.59
11	21	52	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142.93	29	200	0	+ 9:14.20
12	6	45	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	144.68	18	200	0	+ 9:40.85
13	30	19	Johnnie Tolan	Kuzma-Offenhauser	142.3	6	200	0	+ 9:52.24
14	17	65	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142.25	30	189	0	Spun off
15	32	59	Dempsey Wilson	Kuzma-Offenhauser	134.27	32	151	0	Fire
16	12	29	A.J. Foyt	Kuzma-Offenhauser	143.13	33	148	0	Spun off
17	31	77	Mike Magill	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142.27	15	136	0	Disqualified
18	14	15	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft-Novi	142.95	31	122	0	Throttle
19	23	83	Shorty Templeman	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142.81	17	116	0	Brakes
20	11	8	Rodger Ward	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	143.26	20	93	0	Magneto
21	15	43	Billy Garrett	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142.77	13	80	0	Magneto
22	18	88	Eddie Sachs	Kuzma-Offenhauser	144.66	21	68	1	Transmission
23	22	7	Johnny Thomson	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142.9	7	52	0	Steering
24	29	89	Chuck Weyant	Dunn-Offenhauser	142.6	19	38	0	accident
25	10	25	Jack Turner	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	143.43	28	21	0	Fuel pump
26	4	14	Bob Veith	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	144.88	12	1	0	Accident
27	1	97	Dick Rathmann	Watson-Offenhauser	145.97	4	0	0	Accident
28	2	5	Ed Elisian	Watson-Offenhauser	145.92	2	0	0	Accident
29	5	4	Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	144.82	5	0	0	Fatal Accident
30	16	31	Paul Goldsmith	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142.74	23	0	0	Accident
31	24	92	Jerry Unser	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142.75	22	0	0	Accident
32	27	68	Len Sutton	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142.65	26	0	0	Accident
33	28	57	Art Bisch	Kuzma-Offenhauser	142.63	27	0	0	Accident

[edit] Notes

Fastest Lap: Tony Bettenhausen 1'02.370
A 15 car pileup accident on the opening lap involved and dealt fatal injuries to Pat O'Connor,who had appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated in the week leading up to the race and had finished 8th in the previous year's Indy 500.

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