1957 Indianapolis 500

The 1957 Indianapolis 500 was held on Thursday, May 30, 1957 at Indianapolis. The event was part of the 1957 World Drivers' Championship.

[edit] Classification

Pos	Grid	No	Driver	Constructor	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Time/Retired	Points
1	13	9	Sam Hanks	Epperly-Offenhauser	142.81	6	200	136	3:41:14.25	8
2	32	26	Jim Rathmann	Epperly-Offenhauser	139.8	31	200	24	+21.46	7
3	15	1	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma-Offenhauser	141.18	17	200	0	+2:13.97	4
4	10	54	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft-Novi	144.81	1	200	24	+2:56.86	3
5	12	73	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	143.24	5	200	0	+3:14.27	2
6	5	6	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142.1	10	200	0	+4:35.27
7	28	48	Marshall Teague	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	140.32	26	200	0	+4:45.58
8	1	12	Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	143.94	2	200	7	+5:33.15
9	16	7	Bob Veith	Phillips-Offenhauser	141.01	19	200	0	+6:17.11
10	14	22	Gene Hartley	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	141.27	16	200	0	+7:10.12
11	19	19	Jack Turner	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	140.36	25	200	0	+7:56.07
12	11	10	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma-Offenhauser	143.52	4	199	5	+1 Lap
13	33	95	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.77	32	197	0	+3 Laps
14	25	82	Chuck Weyant	Kuzma-Offenhauser	141.1	18	196	0	+4 Laps
15	22	27	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft-Novi	142.43	9	195	0	+5 Laps
16	17	18	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	140.78	21	195	0	+5 Laps
17	21	3	Don Freeland	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.64	33	192	0	+8 Laps
18	6	5	Jimmy Reece	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142	11	182	0	Throttle
19	27	92	Don Edmunds	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	140.44	23	170	0	Spun Off
20	31	28	Johnnie Tolan	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.84	30	138	0	Clutch
21	30	89	Al Herman	Dunn-Offenhauser	140	29	111	0	Accident
22	4	14	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142.55	8	107	0	Fuel Leak
23	2	88	Eddie Sachs	Kuzma-Offenhauser	143.87	3	105	0	Fuel Leak
24	18	77	Mike Magill	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	140.41	24	101	0	Accident
25	20	43	Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	140.17	28	93	0	Wheel Bearing
26	23	31	Bill Cheesbourg	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	141.56	13	81	0	Fuel Leak
27	8	16	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	141.39	14	75	0	Accident
28	29	57	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	140.2	27	53	0	Accident
29	7	83	Ed Elisian	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	141.77	12	51	0	Retirement
30	24	8	Rodger Ward	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	141.32	15	27	0	Compressor
31	3	52	Troy Ruttman	Watson-Offenhauser	142.77	7	13	4	Engine
32	26	55	Eddie Russo	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	140.86	20	0	0	Accident
33	9	23	Elmer George	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	140.72	22	0	0	Accident

[edit] Notes

• Pole position: Pat O'Connor - 4:10.09 (time is over four laps)
• Fastest Lead Lap: Jim Rathmann - 1:02.75
• Giuseppe Farina was the only European driver on the entry list for the race, although he never made it to the start of the race, after teammate Keith Andrews crashed in testing. The car was destroyed and Andrews died soon after.