1959 · Round 2 · 30 May 1959

Indianapolis 500

Race result

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Pts
1	5	Rodger Ward	Watson	6	200	3:40:49.200	8
2	16	Jim Rathmann	Watson	3	200	+23.280s	6
3	3	Johnny ThomsonFL	Lesovsky	1	200	+50.640s	5
4	1	Tony Bettenhausen	Epperly	15	200	+107.090s	3
5	99	Paul Goldsmith	Epperly	16	200	+126.440s	2
6	33	Johnny Boyd	Epperly	11	200	+196.980s
7	37	Duane Carter	Kurtis Kraft	12	200	+249.920s
8	19	Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft	8	200	+250.530s
9	45	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	27	200	+251.040s
10	10	Anthony Foyt	Kuzma	17	200	+254.480s
11	88	Gene Hartley	Kuzma	9	200	+342.480s
12	74	Bob Veith	Moore	7	200	+369.730s
13	89	Al Herman	Dunn	23	200	+400.400s
14	66	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	13	200	+401.540s
15	71	Chuck Arnold	Kurtis Kraft	21	200	+499.860s
16	58	Jim McWithey	Kurtis Kraft	33	200	+701.690s
R	44	Eddie Sachs	Kuzma	2	182	Spun off
R	57	Al Keller	Kuzma	28	163	Engine
R	64	Pat Flaherty	Watson	18	162	Accident
R	73	Dick Rathmann	Watson	4	150	Heat shield fire
R	53	Bill Cheesbourg	Kuzma	30	147	Magneto
R	15	Don Freeland	Kurtis Kraft	25	136	Magneto
R	49	Ray Crawford	Elder	32	115	Accident
R	9	Don Branson	Phillips	10	112	Suspension
R	65	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft	24	109	Engine
R	48	Bobby Grim	Kurtis Kraft	5	85	Magneto
R	24	Jack Turner	Christensen	14	47	Fuel leak
R	47	Chuck Weyant	Kurtis Kraft	29	45	Accident
R	7	Jud Larson	Kurtis Kraft	19	45	Accident
R	77	Mike Magill	Sutton	31	45	Accident
R	87	Red Amick	Kurtis Kraft	26	45	Accident
R	8	Len Sutton	Lesovsky	22	34	Accident
R	6	Jimmy Bryan	Epperly	20	1	Engine