The Garagiste.

The Season in Review  ·  Round 3

Indianapolis 500

1957  ·  Indianapolis Motor Speedway  ·  30 May 1957  ·  200 laps

  1. 1st Sam Hanks Epperly · 03:41:14.25
  2. 2nd Jim Rathmann Epperly · +21.46
  3. 3rd Jimmy Bryan Kuzma · +2:13.970

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Pat O'Connor

Kurtis Kraft  —  Pole position

02 Lap 13

Troy Ruttman

Retirement Watson  —  Engine

03 Lap 105

Eddie Sachs

Retirement Kuzma  —  Fuel leak

04 Lap 107

Fred Agabashian

Retirement Kurtis Kraft  —  Fuel leak

05 Lap 170

Don Edmunds

Retirement Kurtis Kraft  —  Spun off

06 Lap 182

Jimmy Reece

Retirement Kurtis Kraft  —  Throttle

07 On the Charge

Jim Rathmann

Epperly  —  P32 → P2

08 Victory

Sam Hanks

Epperly  —  Won from P13

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Sam Hanks Epperly 13 200 03:41:14.25 8
2 Jim Rathmann Epperly 32 200 +21.46 7
3 Jimmy Bryan Kuzma 15 200 +2:13.970 4
4 Paul Russo Kurtis Kraft 10 200 +2:56.860 3
5 Andy Linden Kurtis Kraft 12 200 +3:14.270 2
6 Johnny Boyd Kurtis Kraft 5 200 +4:35.270
7 Marshall Teague Kurtis Kraft 28 200 +4:45.580
8 Pat O'Connor Kurtis Kraft 1 200 +5:33.150
9 Bob Veith Phillips 16 200 +6:17.110
10 Gene Hartley Lesovsky 14 200 +7:10.120
11 Jack Turner Kurtis Kraft 19 200 +7:56.070
12 Johnny Thomson Kuzma 11 199 +1 Lap
13 Bob Christie Kurtis Kraft 33 197 +3 Laps
14 Chuck Weyant Kuzma 25 196 +4 Laps
15 Tony Bettenhausen Kurtis Kraft 22 195 +5 Laps
16 Johnnie Parsons Kurtis Kraft 17 195 +5 Laps
17 Don Freeland Kurtis Kraft 21 192 +8 Laps
18 Jimmy Reece Kurtis Kraft 6 182 Throttle
19 Don Edmunds Kurtis Kraft 27 170 Spun off
20 Johnnie Tolan Kurtis Kraft 31 138 Clutch
21 Al Herman Dunn 30 111 Accident
22 Fred Agabashian Kurtis Kraft 4 107 Fuel leak
23 Eddie Sachs Kuzma 2 105 Fuel leak
24 Mike Magill Kurtis Kraft 18 101 Accident
25 Eddie Johnson Kurtis Kraft 20 93 Wheel bearing
26 Bill Cheesbourg Kurtis Kraft 23 81 Fuel leak
27 Al Keller Kurtis Kraft 8 75 Accident
28 Jimmy Daywalt Kurtis Kraft 29 53 Accident
29 Ed Elisian Kurtis Kraft 7 51 Retired
30 Rodger Ward Lesovsky 24 27 Turbo
31 Troy Ruttman Watson 3 13 Engine
32 Eddie Russo Kurtis Kraft 26 0 Accident
33 Elmer George Kurtis Kraft 9 0 Accident

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