Indianapolis 1957: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft	4:10.090	+1.500
2	Sachs	Kuzma	4:10.220	+1.630
3	Ruttman	Watson	4:12.150	+3.560
4	Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	4:12.530	+3.940
5	Boyd	Kurtis Kraft	4:13.340	+4.750
6	Reece	Kurtis Kraft	4:13.510	+4.920
7	Elisian	Kurtis Kraft	4:13.920	+5.330
8	Keller	Kurtis Kraft	4:14.600	+6.010
9	George	Kurtis Kraft	4:15.810	+7.220
10	Russo	Kurtis Kraft	4:08.590
11	Thomson	Kuzma	4:10.820	+2.230
12	Linden	Kurtis Kraft	4:11.320	+2.730
13	Hanks	Epperly	4:12.080	+3.490
14	Hartley	Lesovsky	4:14.830	+6.240
15	Bryan	Kuzma	4:14.980	+6.390
16	Veith	Phillips	4:15.290	+6.700
17	Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	4:15.710	+7.120
18	Magill	Kurtis Kraft	4:16.390	+7.800
19	Turner	Kurtis Kraft	4:16.470	+7.880
20	Johnson	Kurtis Kraft	4:16.830	+8.240
21	Freeland	Kurtis Kraft	4:17.790	+9.200
22	Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft	4:12.740	+4.150
23	Cheesbourg	Kurtis Kraft	4:14.300	+5.710
24	Ward	Lesovsky	4:14.740	+6.150
25	Weyant	Kuzma	4:15.130	+6.540
26	Russo	Kurtis Kraft	4:15.570	+6.980
27	Edmunds	Kurtis Kraft	4:16.320	+7.730
28	Teague	Kurtis Kraft	4:16.540	+7.950
29	Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	4:16.770	+8.180
30	Herman	Dunn	4:17.130	+8.540
31	Tolan	Kuzma	4:17.430	+8.840
32	Rathmann	Epperly	4:17.500	+8.910
33	Christie	Kurtis Kraft	4:17.550	+8.960

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	Sam Hanks	Epperly	13	200	3:41:14.250	Offenhauser
2	Jim RathmannFastest lap	Epperly	32	200	+21.461	Offenhauser
3	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma	15	200	+2:13.970	Offenhauser
4	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	10	200	+2:56.860	Novi
5	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft	12	200	+3:14.270	Offenhauser
6	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft	5	200	+4:35.270	Offenhauser
7	Marshall Teague	Kurtis Kraft	28	200	+4:45.580	Offenhauser
8	Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft	1	200	+5:33.150	Offenhauser
9	Bob Veith	Phillips	16	200	+6:17.110	Offenhauser
10	Gene Hartley	Lesovsky	14	200	+7:10.120	Offenhauser
11	Jack Turner	Kurtis Kraft	19	200	+7:56.070	Offenhauser
12	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma	11	199	+1 lap	Offenhauser
13	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft	33	197	+3 laps	Offenhauser
14	Chuck Weyant	Kuzma	25	196	+4 laps	Offenhauser
15	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft	22	195	+5 laps	Novi
16	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	17	195	+5 laps	Offenhauser
17	Don Freeland	Kurtis Kraft	21	192	+8 laps	Offenhauser
18	Jimmy Reece	Kurtis Kraft	6	182	Throttle	Offenhauser
19	Don Edmunds	Kurtis Kraft	27	170	Spun off	Offenhauser
20	Johnnie Tolan	Kuzma	31	138	Clutch	Offenhauser
21	Al Herman	Dunn	30	111	Accident	Offenhauser
22	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	4	107	Fuel leak	Offenhauser
23	Eddie Sachs	Kuzma	2	105	Fuel leak	Offenhauser
24	Mike Magill	Kurtis Kraft	18	101	Accident	Offenhauser
25	Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft	20	93	Wheel bearing	Offenhauser
26	Bill Cheesbourg	Kurtis Kraft	23	81	Fuel leak	Offenhauser
27	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft	8	75	Accident	Offenhauser
28	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	29	53	Accident	Offenhauser
29	Ed Elisian	Kurtis Kraft	7	51	Retirement	Offenhauser
30	Rodger Ward	Lesovsky	24	27	Compressor	Offenhauser
31	Troy Ruttman	Watson	3	13	Engine	Offenhauser
32	Eddie Russo	Kurtis Kraft	26	0	Accident	Offenhauser
33	Elmer George	Kurtis Kraft	9	0	Accident	Offenhauser

Race

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Places gained

Rathmann32→2+30
Teague28→7+21
Christie33→13+20
Hanks13→1+12
Bryan15→3+12
Weyant25→14+11
Tolan31→20+11
Herman30→21+9
Turner19→11+8
Edmunds27→19+8
Linden12→5+7
Veith16→9+7
Bettenhausen22→15+7
Russo10→4+6
Hartley14→10+4
Freeland21→17+4
Parsons17→16+1
Daywalt29→28+1
Boyd5→6-1
Thomson11→12-1
Cheesbourg23→26-3
Johnson20→25-5
Magill18→24-6
Ward24→30-6
Russo26→32-6
O'Connor1→8-7
Reece6→18-12
Agabashian4→22-18
Keller8→27-19
Sachs2→23-21
Elisian7→29-22
George9→33-24
Ruttman3→31-28

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

Teammate battles

Retirements

ReeceThrottle, classified P18Kurtis Kraft
EdmundsSpun off, classified P19Kurtis Kraft
TolanClutch, classified P20Kuzma
HermanAccident, classified P21Dunn
AgabashianFuel leak, classified P22Kurtis Kraft
SachsFuel leak, classified P23Kuzma
MagillAccident, classified P24Kurtis Kraft
JohnsonWheel bearing, classified P25Kurtis Kraft
CheesbourgFuel leak, classified P26Kurtis Kraft
KellerAccident, classified P27Kurtis Kraft
DaywaltAccident, classified P28Kurtis Kraft
ElisianRetirement, classified P29Kurtis Kraft
WardCompressor, classified P30Lesovsky
RuttmanEngine, classified P31Watson
RussoAccident, classified P32Kurtis Kraft
GeorgeAccident, classified P33Kurtis Kraft

This race in history

7 races here since 1950Won from pole: 2 of 7

Win from furthest back (P19): Bill Vukovich 1954

Most wins here

2 Bill Vukovich

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

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