Round 2 · Indianapolis 500 All-time GP history
Indianapolis 500 Grand Prix 1959
Indianapolis Motor SpeedwaySaturday, 30 May 1959 Finished
Full classification
- 1
Rodger WardWatsonFinished8 - 2JRJim RathmannWatsonFinished6
- 3JTJohnny ThomsonLesovskyFinished5
- 4
Tony BettenhausenEpperlyFinished3 - 5PGPaul GoldsmithEpperlyFinished2
- 6JBJohnny BoydEpperlyFinished
- 7
Duane CarterKurtis KraftFinished - 8EJEddie JohnsonKurtis KraftFinished
- 9
Paul RussoKurtis KraftFinished - 10
Anthony FoytKuzmaFinished - 11GHGene HartleyKuzmaFinished
- 12BVBob VeithMooreFinished
- 13AHAl HermanDunnFinished
- 14
Jimmy DaywaltKurtis KraftFinished - 15CAChuck ArnoldKurtis KraftFinished
- 16JMJim McWitheyKurtis KraftFinished
- 17ESEddie SachsKuzmaSpun off
- 18AKAl KellerKuzmaEngine
- 19PFPat FlahertyWatsonAccident
- 20
Dick RathmannWatsonHeat shield fire - 21BCBill CheesbourgKuzmaMagneto
- 22
Don FreelandKurtis KraftMagneto - 23RCRay CrawfordElderAccident
- 24DBDon BransonPhillipsSuspension
- 25BCBob ChristieKurtis KraftEngine
- 26BGBobby GrimKurtis KraftMagneto
- 27JTJack TurnerChristensenFuel leak
- 28CWChuck WeyantKurtis KraftAccident
- 29JLJud LarsonKurtis KraftAccident
- 30MMMike MagillSuttonAccident
- 31RARed AmickKurtis KraftAccident
- 32LSLen SuttonLesovskyAccident
- 33JBJimmy BryanEpperlyEngine
Circuit
Circuit
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Location
Indianapolis, USA
Round
2 / 24
Status
Completed
First GP
1950
Winner: Rodger Ward