500 milja Indianapolisa 1955.

Bolid Boba Sweikerta sa kojim je osvojio utrku

Utrka 500 milja Indianapolisa, službeno 39th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes, održana je na stazi Indianapolis Motor Speedway, u Indiani u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama 30. svibnja 1955.

Utrka je bila dio AAA i Formula 1 prvenstva. Pobjednik je po prvi put postao Bob Sweikert sa konstruktorom Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser. U kvalifikacijama, život je izgubio Manny Ayulo, a Bill Vukovich poginuo je u utrci dok je bio u vodstvu 50 krugova.

Rezultati utrke

Poz.	Grid	Br.	Vozač	Konstruktor	Kval.	Rank	Krugovi	U vodstvu	Vrijeme / Razlog odustajanja	Bodovi*
1	14	6	Bob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.99	11	200	86	3:53:59.53	8
2	2	10	Tony Bettenhausen (zamijenio ga Paul Russo; 77 krugova)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.98	13	200	0	+2:43.56	3 3
3	10	15	Jimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	140.27	5	200	0	+3:32.36	4
4	33	44	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma-Offenhauser	134.11	33	200	0	+3:38.91	3
5	7	77	Walt Faulkner (zamijenino ga Bill Homeier; 24 kruga)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.76	16	200	0	+5:17.17	1 1
6	8	19	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.09	22	200	0	+5:57.94
7	16	71	Al Herman (R)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.81	15	200	0	+6:24.24
8	19	29	Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.19	21	200	0	+6:41.60
9	17	48	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.41	18	200	0	+7:09.81
10	12	89	Pat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	140.14	7	200	0	+7:46.54
11	18	98	Duane Carter	Kuzma-Offenhauser	139.33	19	197	0	+3 kruga
12	25	41	Chuck Weyant (R)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	138.06	25	196	0	+4 kruga
13	32	83	Eddie Johnson	Trevis-Offenhauser	134.44	32	196	0	+4 kruga
14	20	33	Jim Rathmann	Epperly-Offenhauser	138.7	24	191	0	+9 krugova
15	21	12	Don Freeland	Phillips-Offenhauser	139.86	14	178	3	Transmisija
16	9	22	Cal Niday	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	140.3	4	170	0	Sudar
17	24	99	Art Cross	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	138.75	23	168	24	Motor
18	31	81	Shorty Templeman (R)	Trevis-Offenhauser	135.01	31	142	0	Transmisija
19	6	8	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	140	10	134	0	Transmisija
20	28	31	Keith Andrews (R)	Schroeder-Offenhauser	136.04	28	120	0	Pumpa za gorivo
21	27	16	Johnnie Parsons (W)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	136.8	27	119	0	Magnet
22	13	37	Eddie Russo (R)	Pawl-Offenhauser	140.11	8	112	0	Zapaljenje
23	23	49	Ray Crawford (R)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.2	20	111	0	Motor
24	11	1	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma-Offenhauser	140.16	6	90	31	Pumpa za gorivo
25	5	4	Bill Vukovich (W)✝	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	141.07	3	56	50	Fatalni sudar	1
26	3	3	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142.58	1	54	6	Magnet
27	22	42	Al Keller (R)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.55	17	54	0	Sudar
28	30	27	Rodger Ward	Kuzma-Offenhauser	135.04	30	53	0	Sudar
29	26	39	Johnny Boyd (R)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	136.98	26	53	0	Sudar
30	29	68	Ed Elisian	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	135.33	29	53	0	Odustajanje
31	1	23	Jerry Hoyt	Stevens-Offenhauser	140.04	9	40	0	Curenje ulja
32	4	14	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	141.93	2	39	0	Izlijetanje
33	15	5	Jimmy Reece	Pankratz-Offenhauser	139.99	12	10	0	Motor

* Bodovi su uključeni u prvenstvo Formule 1 - sezona 1955.

(R) - vozači koji prvi put voze Indianapolis 500 (rookie)

(W) - vozači koji već imaju pobjedu na Indianapolisu 500 (winner)

Vanjske poveznice

• Indianapolis 500 - 1955.