Indianapolis 1955: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Hoyt	Stevens	4:17.060	+4.570
2	Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft	4:17.170	+4.680
3	McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	4:12.490
4	Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	4:13.640	+1.150
5	Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft	4:15.190	+2.700
6	Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	4:16.800	+4.310
7	Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft	4:17.580	+5.090
8	Linden	Kurtis Kraft	4:18.810	+6.320
9	Niday	Kurtis Kraft	4:16.590	+4.100
10	Davies	Kurtis Kraft	4:16.640	+4.150
11	Bryan	Kuzma	4:16.580	+4.090
12	Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft	4:16.870	+4.380
13	Russo	Pawl	4:16.930	+4.440
14	Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft	4:17.150	+4.660
15	Reece	Pankratz	4:17.160	+4.670
16	Herman	Kurtis Kraft	4:17.490	+5.000
17	Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	4:18.220	+5.730
18	Carter	Kuzma	4:18.380	+5.890
19	O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft	4:18.380	+5.890
20	Rathmann	Epperly	4:19.540	+7.050
21	Freeland	Phillips	4:17.390	+4.900
22	Keller	Kurtis Kraft	4:17.970	+5.480
23	Crawford	Kurtis Kraft	4:18.610	+6.120
24	Cross	Kurtis Kraft	4:19.460	+6.970
25	Weyant	Kurtis Kraft	4:20.750	+8.260
26	Boyd	Kurtis Kraft	4:22.810	+10.320
27	Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	4:23.140	+10.650
28	Andrews	Schroeder	4:24.610	+12.120
29	Elisian	Kurtis Kraft	4:26.010	+13.520
30	Ward	Kuzma	4:26.570	+14.080
31	Templeman	Trevis	4:26.640	+14.150
32	Johnson	Trevis	4:27.760	+15.270
33	Thomson	Kuzma	4:28.430	+15.940

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Engine
1	Bob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft	14	200	3:53:59.530	Offenhauser
2	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft	2	200	+2:43.560	Offenhauser
2	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
3	Jimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft	10	200	+3:32.360	Offenhauser
4	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma	33	200	+3:38.910	Offenhauser
5	Walt Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft	7	200	+5:17.170	Offenhauser
5	Bill Homeier	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
6	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft	8	200	+5:57.940	Offenhauser
7	Al Herman	Kurtis Kraft	16	200	+6:24.240	Offenhauser
8	Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft	19	200	+6:41.600	Offenhauser
9	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	17	200	+7:09.810	Offenhauser
10	Pat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft	12	200	+7:46.540	Offenhauser
11	Duane Carter	Kuzma	18	197	+3 laps	Offenhauser
12	Chuck Weyant	Kurtis Kraft	25	196	+4 laps	Offenhauser
13	Eddie Johnson	Trevis	32	196	+4 laps	Offenhauser
14	Jim Rathmann	Epperly	20	191	+9 laps	Offenhauser
15	Don Freeland	Phillips	21	178	Transmission	Offenhauser
16	Cal Niday	Kurtis Kraft	9	170	Accident	Offenhauser
17	Art Cross	Kurtis Kraft	24	168	Engine	Offenhauser
18	Shorty Templeman	Trevis	31	142	Transmission	Offenhauser
19	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	6	134	Transmission	Offenhauser
20	Keith Andrews	Schroeder	28	120	Fuel pump	Offenhauser
21	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	27	119	Magneto	Offenhauser
22	Eddie Russo	Pawl	13	112	Ignition	Offenhauser
23	Ray Crawford	Kurtis Kraft	23	111	Engine	Offenhauser
24	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma	11	90	Fuel pump	Offenhauser
25	Bill VukovichFastest lap	Kurtis Kraft	5	56	Fatal accident	Offenhauser
26	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	3	54	Magneto	Offenhauser
27	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft	22	54	Accident	Offenhauser
28	Rodger Ward	Kuzma	30	53	Accident	Offenhauser
29	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft	26	53	Accident	Offenhauser
30	Ed Elisian	Kurtis Kraft	29	53	Retirement	Offenhauser
31	Jerry Hoyt	Stevens	1	40	Oil leak	Offenhauser
32	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	4	39	Spun off	Offenhauser
33	Jimmy Reece	Pankratz	15	10	Engine	Offenhauser

Race

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Places gained

Thomson33→4+29
Johnson32→13+19
Sweikert14→1+13
Weyant25→12+13
Templeman31→18+13
O'Connor19→8+11
Herman16→7+9
Daywalt17→9+8
Andrews28→20+8
Davies10→3+7
Carter18→11+7
Cross24→17+7
Rathmann20→14+6
Freeland21→15+6
Parsons27→21+6
Faulkner7→5+2
Linden8→6+2
Flaherty12→10+2
Ward30→28+2
Bettenhausen2→20
Crawford23→230
Elisian29→30-1
Boyd26→29-3
Keller22→27-5
Niday9→16-7
Russo13→22-9
Hanks6→19-13
Bryan11→24-13
Reece15→33-18
Vukovich5→25-20
McGrath3→26-23
Agabashian4→32-28
Hoyt1→31-30

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Teammate battles

Retirements

FreelandTransmission, classified P15Phillips
NidayAccident, classified P16Kurtis Kraft
CrossEngine, classified P17Kurtis Kraft
TemplemanTransmission, classified P18Trevis
HanksTransmission, classified P19Kurtis Kraft
AndrewsFuel pump, classified P20Schroeder
ParsonsMagneto, classified P21Kurtis Kraft
RussoIgnition, classified P22Pawl
CrawfordEngine, classified P23Kurtis Kraft
BryanFuel pump, classified P24Kuzma
VukovichFatal accident, classified P25Kurtis Kraft
McGrathMagneto, classified P26Kurtis Kraft
KellerAccident, classified P27Kurtis Kraft
WardAccident, classified P28Kuzma
BoydAccident, classified P29Kurtis Kraft
ElisianRetirement, classified P30Kurtis Kraft
HoytOil leak, classified P31Stevens
AgabashianSpun off, classified P32Kurtis Kraft
ReeceEngine, classified P33Pankratz

This race in history

5 races here since 1950Won from pole: 1 of 5

Win from furthest back (P19): Bill Vukovich 1954

Most wins here

2 Bill Vukovich

Previous winners here

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.