1958 Indianapolis 500

Round

4/11

Date

May 30, 1958 at 00:00 CET

Location

Indianapolis, United States of America

Circuit

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Circuit length

4.023 m (4 turns)

Race distance

804.672 km (200 laps)

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Bryan

Winner

3:44:13.800

Winning time

Rathmann

Pole position

Bettenhausen

Fastest lap

1:02.370

Fastest lap time

Results

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps	Points
1	#1 Jimmy Bryan	Epperly	3:44:13.800	7th	200	8
2	#99 George Amick	Epperly	+27.629	25th	200	6
3	#9 Johnny Boyd	Kurtis	+1:09.670	8th	200	4
4	#33 Tony Bettenhausen	Epperly	+1:34.811	9th	200	4
5	#2 Jim Rathmann	Epperly	+1:35.620	20th	200	2
6	#16 Jimmy Reece	Watson	+2:16.950	3rd	200
7	#26 Don Freeland	Phillips	+2:21.061	13th	200
8	#44 Jud Larson	Watson	+5:34.021	19th	200
9	#61 Eddie Johnson	Kurtis	+6:15.760	26th	200
10	#54 Bill Cheesbourg	Kurtis	+8:03.590	33rd	200
11	#52 Al Keller	Kurtis	+9:14.200	21st	200
12	#45 Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis	+9:40.851	6th	200
13	#19 Johnnie Tolan	Kuzma	+9:52.240	30th	200
14	#65 Bob Christie	Kurtis	Spun off	17th	189
15	#59 Dempsey Wilson	Kuzma	Fire	32nd	151
16	#29 Anthony Joseph Foyt	Kuzma	Spun off	12th	148
17	#77 Mike Magill	Kurtis	Accident	31st	136
18	#15 Paul Russo	Kurtis	Radiator	14th	122
19	#83 Shorty Templeman	Kurtis	Brakes	23rd	116
20	#8 Rodger Ward	Lesovsky	Magneto	11th	93
21	#43 Billy Garrett	Kurtis	Magneto	15th	80
22	#88 Eddie Sachs	Kuzma	Transmission	18th	68
23	#7 Johnny Thomson	Kurtis	Steering	22nd	52
24	#89 Chuck Weyant	Dunn	Accident	29th	38
25	#25 Jack Turner	Lesovsky	Fuel pump	10th	21
26	#14 Bob Veith	Kurtis	Accident	4th	1
27	#97 Dick Rathmann	Watson	Accident	1st	0
28	#5 Ed Elisian	Watson	Accident	2nd	0
29	#4 Pat O'Connor	Kurtis	Fatal accident	5th	0
30	#31 Paul Goldsmith	Kurtis	Accident	16th	0
31	#92 Jerry Unser Jr.	Kurtis	Accident	24th	0
32	#68 Len Sutton	Kurtis	Accident	27th	0
33	#57 Art Bisch	Kuzma	Accident	28th	0

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	#97 Dick Rathmann	Watson	4:06.620
2	#5 Ed Elisian	Watson	4:06.700	+0.080
3	#16 Jimmy Reece	Watson	4:07.400	+0.780
4	#14 Bob Veith	Kurtis	4:08.480	+1.860
5	#4 Pat O'Connor	Kurtis	4:08.580	+1.960
6	#45 Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis	4:08.820	+2.200
7	#1 Jimmy Bryan	Epperly	4:09.680	+3.060
8	#9 Johnny Boyd	Kurtis	4:09.960	+3.340
9	#33 Tony Bettenhausen	Epperly	4:10.140	+3.520
10	#25 Jack Turner	Lesovsky	4:10.980	+4.360
11	#8 Rodger Ward	Lesovsky	4:11.280	+4.660
12	#29 Anthony Joseph Foyt	Kuzma	4:11.520	+4.900
13	#26 Don Freeland	Phillips	4:11.690	+5.070
14	#15 Paul Russo	Kurtis	4:11.820	+5.200
15	#43 Billy Garrett	Kurtis	4:12.140	+5.520
16	#31 Paul Goldsmith	Kurtis	4:12.200	+5.580
17	#65 Bob Christie	Kurtis	4:13.070	+6.450
18	#88 Eddie Sachs	Kuzma	4:08.860	+2.240
19	#44 Jud Larson	Watson	4:10.850	+4.230
20	#2 Jim Rathmann	Epperly	4:11.490	+4.870
21	#52 Al Keller	Kurtis	4:11.870	+5.250
22	#7 Johnny Thomson	Kurtis	4:11.910	+5.290
23	#83 Shorty Templeman	Kurtis	4:12.070	+5.450
24	#92 Jerry Unser Jr.	Kurtis	4:12.180	+5.560
25	#99 George Amick	Epperly	4:12.260	+5.640
26	#61 Eddie Johnson	Kurtis	4:12.330	+5.710
27	#68 Len Sutton	Kurtis	4:12.360	+5.740
28	#57 Art Bisch	Kuzma	4:12.400	+5.780
29	#89 Chuck Weyant	Dunn	4:12.440	+5.820
30	#19 Johnnie Tolan	Kuzma	4:12.970	+6.350
31	#77 Mike Magill	Kurtis	4:13.030	+6.410
32	#59 Dempsey Wilson	Kuzma	4:28.110	+21.490
33	#54 Bill Cheesbourg	Kurtis	4:12.550	+5.930

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Lap
1	#33 Tony Bettenhausen	Epperly	1:02.370		55

Standings

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	2	2	17
2	Luigi Musso	Ferrari	0	2	12	-5
3	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper	1	1	8	-9
4	Jimmy Bryan	Epperly	1	1	8	-9
5	Harry Schell	BRM	0	1	8	-9
6	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	0	1	7	-10
7	George Amick	Epperly	0	1	6	-11
8	Jean Behra	BRM	0	1	6	-11
9	Peter Collins	Ferrari	0	1	4	-13
10	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis	0	1	4	-13
11	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	0	0	4	-13
12	Tony Bettenhausen	Epperly	0	0	4	-13
13	Jack Brabham	Cooper	0	0	3	-14
14	Roy Salvadori	Cooper	0	0	3	-14
15	Jim Rathmann	Epperly	0	0	2	-15

Pos.	Constructor	Engine	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Cooper	Climax	2	2	19
2	Ferrari	Ferrari	0	4	14	-5
3	Vanwall	Vanwall	1	1	8	-11
4	BRM	BRM	0	2	8	-11
5	Maserati	Maserati	0	0	3	-16

More Indy 500

Year	Winner	2nd	3rd	Fastest lap	Pole position
1960	#4 Jim Rathmann	Rodger Ward	Paul Goldsmith	1:01.590 - Jim Rathmann	Eddie Sachs
1959	#5 Rodger Ward	Jim Rathmann	Johnny Thomson	1:01.890 - Johnny Thomson	Johnny Thomson
1957	#9 Sam Hanks	Jim Rathmann	Jimmy Bryan	1:02.750 - Jim Rathmann	Pat O'Connor
1956	#8 Pat Flaherty	Sam Hanks	Don Freeland	1:02.320 - Paul Russo	Pat Flaherty
1955	#6 Bob Sweikert	Tony Bettenhausen	Jimmy Davies	1:03.670 - Bill Vukovich	Jerry Hoyt
1954	#14 Bill Vukovich	Jimmy Bryan	Jack McGrath	1:04.040 - Jack McGrath	Jack McGrath
1953	#14 Bill Vukovich	Art Cross	Sam Hanks	1:06.240 - Bill Vukovich	Bill Vukovich
1952	#98 Troy Ruttman	Jim Rathmann	Sam Hanks	1:06.600 - Bill Vukovich	Fred Agabashian
1951	#99 Lee Wallard	Mike Nazaruk	Jack McGrath	1:07.260 - Lee Wallard	Duke Nalon
1950	#1 Johnnie Parsons	Bill Holland	Mauri Rose	1:09.770 - Johnnie Parsons	Walt Faulkner

The 1958 Indianapolis 500 started May 30, 1958 on Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, United States of America. Dick Rathmann started from pole position with Ed Elisian next to him. Jimmy Reece started from third place.

In 3 hour, 44 minutes and 13 seconds Jimmy Bryan finished the race in first place.The podium was completed with George Amick in second and Johnny Boyd in third place.

After the 1958 Indianapolis 500, Stirling Moss is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 17 points. Moss is 5 points ahead of Luigi Musso.