1955 Indianapolis 500

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The 1955 Indianapolis 500 was held on Monday, May 30, 1955 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The event was part of the Formula One world championship.

[edit] Classification

Pos	Grid	No	Driver	Team	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Time/Retired	F-1 Points
1	14	6	Bob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.99	11	200	86	3:53:59.53	8
2	2	10	Tony Bettenhausen Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.98	13	200	0	+2:43.56	3 3
3	10	15	Jimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	140.27	5	200	0	+3:32.36	4
4	33	44	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma-Offenhauser	134.11	33	200	0	+3:38.91	3
5	7	77	Walt Faulkner Bill Homeier	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.76	16	200	0	+5:17.17	1 1
6	8	19	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.09	22	200	0	+5:57.94
7	16	71	Al Herman	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.81	15	200	0	+6:24.24
8	19	29	Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.19	21	200	0	+6:41.60
9	17	48	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.41	18	200	0	+7:09.81
10	12	89	Pat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	140.14	7	200	0	+7:46.54
11	18	98	Duane Carter	Kuzma-Offenhauser	139.33	19	197	0	+3 Laps
12	25	41	Chuck Weyant	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	138.06	25	196	0	+4 Laps
13	32	83	Eddie Johnson	Trevis-Offenhauser	134.44	32	196	0	+4 Laps
14	20	33	Jim Rathmann	Epperly-Offenhauser	138.7	24	191	0	+9 Laps
Ret	21	12	Don Freeland	Phillips-Offenhauser	139.86	14	178	3	Transmission
Ret	9	22	Cal Niday	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	140.3	4	170	0	Accident
Ret	24	99	Art Cross	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	138.75	23	168	24	Engine
Ret	31	81	Shorty Templeman	Trevis-Offenhauser	135.01	31	142	0	Transmission
Ret	6	8	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	140	10	134	0	Transmission
Ret	28	31	Keith Andrews	Schroeder-Offenhauser	136.04	28	120	0	Fuel Pump
Ret	27	16	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	136.8	27	119	1	Magneto
Ret	13	37	Eddie Russo	Pawl-Offenhauser	140.11	8	112	2	Ignition
Ret	23	49	Ray Crawford	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.2	20	111	3	Engine
Ret	11	1	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma-Offenhauser	140.16	6	90	4	Fuel Pump
Ret	5	4	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	141.07	3	56	5	Fatal Accident	1
Ret	3	3	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142.58	1	54	6	Magneto
Ret	22	42	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.55	17	54	7	Accident
Ret	30	27	Rodger Ward	Kuzma-Offenhauser	135.04	30	53	8	Accident
Ret	26	39	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	136.98	26	53	9	Accident
Ret	29	68	Ed Elisian	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	135.33	29	53	10	Retirement
Ret	1	23	Jerry Hoyt	Stevens-Offenhauser	140.04	9	40	11	Oil Leak
Ret	4	14	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	141.93	2	39	12	Spun Off
Ret	15	5	Jimmy Reece	Pankratz-Offenhauser	139.99	12	10	13	Engine

[edit] Notes

Pole position: Jerry Hoyt - 1:04.27 (while Holt started on the pole, Jack McGrath set the fastest time but started on the outside of the first row)
Fastest Lap: Bill Vukovich - 1:03.67
Shared Drives:
- Car #10: Tony Bettenhausen (123 laps) and Paul Russo (77 laps). They shared the 6 points for second place.
- Car #77: Walt Faulkner (176 laps)and Bill Homeier (24 laps). They shared the 2 points for fifth place.
At the end of the first qualifying day, Manny Ayulo crashed due to a possible steering fault and died the next day.
While in the lead, Bill Vukovich hit the 3-car pileup of Al Keller, Johnny Boyd, and Rodger Ward. He was killed when his car became airborne and landed upside down and on fire.

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