Season 1957 · Round 3

Indianapolis 500

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1957-05-30 · Indianapolis Motor Speedway · USA · Indianapolis 500 · 200Lap · 804.672km
9 Sam Hanks
Epperly 3:41:14.250
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
26 Jim Rathmann
Epperly +21.460
1 Jimmy Bryan
Kuzma +2:13.970
Fastest Lap
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DNF
16
Jimmy Reece L182 Don Edmunds L170 Johnnie Tolan L138 Al Herman L111 Fred Agabashian L107 Eddie Sachs L105 Mike Magill L101 Eddie Johnson L93 Bill Cheesbourg L81 Al Keller L75 +6
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 5/19 26.3%
Most DNFs · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P2
Most lead changes · all-time P25
Circuit Info
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis, USA
200Lap 804.672km 19 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:10.399 · Rubens Barrichello (2004)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Sam Hanks 1 wins · → Bill Vukovich -1
P2 Johnnie Parsons 1 wins · → Bill Vukovich -1
P2 Jim Rathmann 1 wins · → Bill Vukovich -1
Pole Position
P1 Fred Agabashian 1 · GP #1
P1 Johnny Thomson 1 · GP #1
P1 Pat O'Connor 1 · GP #1
Podiums
P1 Sam Hanks 4 · GP #1
P1 Jim Rathmann 4 · GP #1
P3 Jimmy Bryan 3 · → Jim Rathmann -1
Starts
P1 Tony Bettenhausen 11 starts · GP #1
P2 Jim Rathmann 10 starts · → Tony Bettenhausen -1
P2 Rodger Ward 10 starts · → Tony Bettenhausen -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 L200 Hanks · P13 → P1 · +12 13 Hanks HAN 1 Hanks HAN Rathmann · P32 → P2 · +30 32 Rathmann RAT 2 Rathmann RAT Bryan · P15 → P3 · +12 15 Bryan BRY 3 Bryan BRY Russo · P10 → P4 · +6 10 Russo RUS 4 Russo RUS Linden · P12 → P5 · +7 12 Linden LIN 5 Linden LIN Boyd · P5 → P6 · -1 5 Boyd BOY 6 Boyd BOY Teague · P28 → P7 · +21 28 Teague TEA 7 Teague TEA O'Connor · P1 → P8 · -7 1 O'Connor O'C 8 O'Connor O'C Veith · P16 → P9 · +7 16 Veith VEI 9 Veith VEI Hartley · P14 → P10 · +4 14 Hartley HAR 10 Hartley HAR Turner · P19 → P11 · +8 19 Turner TUR 11 Turner TUR Thomson · P11 → P12 · -1 11 Thomson THO 12 Thomson THO Christie · P33 → P13 · +20 33 Christie CHR 13 Christie CHR Weyant · P25 → P14 · +11 25 Weyant WEY 14 Weyant WEY Bettenhausen · P22 → P15 · +7 22 Bettenhausen BET 15 Bettenhausen BET Parsons · P17 → P16 · +1 17 Parsons PAR 16 Parsons PAR Freeland · P21 → P17 · +4 21 Freeland FRE 17 Freeland FRE Reece · P6 → retired L182 Reece · retired L182 6 Reece REE R Reece REE Edmunds · P27 → retired L170 Edmunds · retired L170 27 Edmunds EDM R Edmunds EDM Tolan · P31 → retired L138 Tolan · retired L138 31 Tolan TOL R Tolan TOL Herman · P30 → retired L111 Herman · retired L111 30 Herman HER R Herman HER Agabashian · P4 → retired L107 Agabashian · retired L107 4 Agabashian AGA R Agabashian AGA Sachs · P2 → retired L105 Sachs · retired L105 2 Sachs SAC R Sachs SAC Magill · P18 → retired L101 Magill · retired L101 18 Magill MAG R Magill MAG Johnson · P20 → retired L93 Johnson · retired L93 20 Johnson JOH R Johnson JOH Cheesbourg · P23 → retired L81 Cheesbourg · retired L81 23 Cheesbourg CHE R Cheesbourg CHE Keller · P8 → retired L75 Keller · retired L75 8 Keller KEL R Keller KEL Daywalt · P29 → retired L53 Daywalt · retired L53 29 Daywalt DAY R Daywalt DAY Elisian · P7 → retired L51 Elisian · retired L51 7 Elisian ELI R Elisian ELI Ward · P24 → retired L27 Ward · retired L27 24 Ward WAR R Ward WAR Ruttman · P3 → retired L13 Ruttman · retired L13 3 Ruttman RUT R Ruttman RUT Russo · P26 → retired L0 Russo · retired L0 26 Russo RUS R Russo RUS George · P9 → retired L0 George · retired L0 9 George GEO R George GEO
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 9 Sam Hanks Epperly 13 200 3:41:14.250 8
2 26 Jim Rathmann Epperly 32 200 +21.460 7
3 1 Jimmy Bryan Kuzma 15 200 +2:13.970 4
4 54 Paul Russo Kurtis Kraft 10 200 +2:56.860 3
5 73 Andy Linden Kurtis Kraft 12 200 +3:14.270 2
6 6 Johnny Boyd Kurtis Kraft 5 200 +4:35.270
7 48 Marshall Teague Kurtis Kraft 28 200 +4:45.580
8 12 Pat O'Connor Kurtis Kraft 1 200 +5:33.150
9 7 Bob Veith Phillips 16 200 +6:17.110
10 22 Gene Hartley Lesovsky 14 200 +7:10.120
11 19 Jack Turner Kurtis Kraft 19 200 +7:56.070
12 10 Johnny Thomson Kuzma 11 199 +1 Lap
13 95 Bob Christie Kurtis Kraft 33 197 +3 Laps
14 82 Chuck Weyant Kuzma 25 196 +4 Laps
15 27 Tony Bettenhausen Kurtis Kraft 22 195 +5 Laps
16 18 Johnnie Parsons Kurtis Kraft 17 195 +5 Laps
17 3 Don Freeland Kurtis Kraft 21 192 +8 Laps
R 5 Jimmy Reece Kurtis Kraft 6 182 Throttle
R 92 Don Edmunds Kurtis Kraft 27 170 Spun off
R 28 Johnnie Tolan Kurtis Kraft 31 138 Clutch
R 89 Al Herman Dunn 30 111 Accident
R 14 Fred Agabashian Kurtis Kraft 4 107 Fuel leak
R 88 Eddie Sachs Kuzma 2 105 Fuel leak
R 77 Mike Magill Kurtis Kraft 18 101 Accident
R 43 Eddie Johnson Kurtis Kraft 20 93 Wheel bearing
R 31 Bill Cheesbourg Kurtis Kraft 23 81 Fuel leak
R 16 Al Keller Kurtis Kraft 8 75 Accident
R 57 Jimmy Daywalt Kurtis Kraft 29 53 Accident
R 83 Ed Elisian Kurtis Kraft 7 51 Retired
R 8 Rodger Ward Lesovsky 24 27 Turbo
R 52 Troy Ruttman Watson 3 13 Engine
R 55 Eddie Russo Kurtis Kraft 26 0 Accident
R 23 Elmer George Kurtis Kraft 9 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
12 Pat O'Connor
2
88 Eddie Sachs
3
52 Troy Ruttman
4
14 Fred Agabashian
5
6 Johnny Boyd
6
5 Jimmy Reece
7
83 Ed Elisian
8
16 Al Keller
9
23 Elmer George
10
54 Paul Russo
11
10 Johnny Thomson
12
73 Andy Linden
13
9 Sam Hanks
14
22 Gene Hartley
15
1 Jimmy Bryan
16
7 Bob Veith
17
18 Johnnie Parsons
18
77 Mike Magill
19
19 Jack Turner
20
43 Eddie Johnson
21
3 Don Freeland
22
27 Tony Bettenhausen
23
31 Bill Cheesbourg
24
8 Rodger Ward
25
82 Chuck Weyant
26
55 Eddie Russo
27
92 Don Edmunds
28
48 Marshall Teague
29
57 Jimmy Daywalt
30
89 Al Herman
31
28 Johnnie Tolan
32
26 Jim Rathmann
33
95 Bob Christie
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15