Season 1958 · Round 4

Indianapolis 500

1958-05-30 · Indianapolis Motor Speedway · USA · Indianapolis 500 · 200Lap · 804.672km
Epperly 3:44:13.800
Team win 20pt P1 · P2 · P4 · P5 1-2
Epperly +27.630
Kurtis Kraft +1:09.670
Fastest Lap
DNF
19
Bob Christie L189 Dempsey Wilson L151 Anthony Foyt L148 Paul Russo L122 Shorty Templeman L116 Rodger Ward L93 Billy Garrett L80 Eddie Sachs L68 Johnny Thomson L52 Chuck Weyant L38 +9
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
P2 Johnnie Parsons 1 wins · → Bill Vukovich -1
P2 Jim Rathmann 1 wins · → Bill Vukovich -1
P2 Troy Ruttman 1 wins · → Bill Vukovich -1
P1 Dick Rathmann 1 · GP #1
P1 Johnny Thomson 1 · GP #1
P1 Pat O'Connor 1 · GP #1
P1 Jim Rathmann 4 · GP #1
P3 Jimmy Bryan 3 · → Jim Rathmann -1
P4 Rodger Ward 2 · → Jimmy Bryan -1
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 Bryan · P7 → P1 · +6 7 Bryan BRY 1 Bryan BRY Amick · P25 → P2 · +23 25 Amick AMI 2 Amick AMI Boyd · P8 → P3 · +5 8 Boyd BOY 3 Boyd BOY Bettenhausen · P9 → P4 · +5 9 Bettenhausen BET 4 Bettenhausen BET Rathmann · P20 → P5 · +15 20 Rathmann RAT 5 Rathmann RAT Reece · P3 → P6 · -3 3 Reece REE 6 Reece REE Freeland · P13 → P7 · +6 13 Freeland FRE 7 Freeland FRE Larson · P19 → P8 · +11 19 Larson LAR 8 Larson LAR Johnson · P26 → P9 · +17 26 Johnson JOH 9 Johnson JOH Cheesbourg · P33 → P10 · +23 33 Cheesbourg CHE 10 Cheesbourg CHE Keller · P21 → P11 · +10 21 Keller KEL 11 Keller KEL Parsons · P6 → P12 · -6 6 Parsons PAR 12 Parsons PAR Tolan · P30 → P13 · +17 30 Tolan TOL 13 Tolan TOL Christie · P17 → retired L189 Christie · retired L189 17 Christie CHR R Christie CHR Wilson · P32 → retired L151 Wilson · retired L151 32 Wilson WIL R Wilson WIL Foyt · P12 → retired L148 Foyt · retired L148 12 Foyt FOY R Foyt FOY Magill · P31 → P17 · +14 31 Magill MAG 17 Magill MAG Russo · P14 → retired L122 Russo · retired L122 14 Russo RUS R Russo RUS Templeman · P23 → retired L116 Templeman · retired L116 23 Templeman TEM R Templeman TEM Ward · P11 → retired L93 Ward · retired L93 11 Ward WAR R Ward WAR Garrett · P15 → retired L80 Garrett · retired L80 15 Garrett GAR R Garrett GAR Sachs · P18 → retired L68 Sachs · retired L68 18 Sachs SAC R Sachs SAC Thomson · P22 → retired L52 Thomson · retired L52 22 Thomson THO R Thomson THO Weyant · P29 → retired L38 Weyant · retired L38 29 Weyant WEY R Weyant WEY Turner · P10 → retired L21 Turner · retired L21 10 Turner TUR R Turner TUR Veith · P4 → retired L1 Veith · retired L1 4 Veith VEI R Veith VEI Rathmann · P1 → retired L0 Rathmann · retired L0 1 Rathmann RAT R Rathmann RAT Elisian · P2 → retired L0 Elisian · retired L0 2 Elisian ELI R Elisian ELI O'Connor · P5 → retired L0 O'Connor · retired L0 5 O'Connor O'C R O'Connor O'C Goldsmith · P16 → retired L0 Goldsmith · retired L0 16 Goldsmith GOL R Goldsmith GOL Unser · P24 → retired L0 Unser · retired L0 24 Unser UNS R Unser UNS Sutton · P27 → retired L0 Sutton · retired L0 27 Sutton SUT R Sutton SUT Bisch · P28 → retired L0 Bisch · retired L0 28 Bisch BIS R Bisch BIS
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Jimmy Bryan Epperly 7 200 3:44:13.800 8
2 99 George Amick Epperly 25 200 +27.630 6
3 9 Johnny Boyd Kurtis Kraft 8 200 +1:09.670 4
4 33 Tony Bettenhausen Epperly 9 200 +1:34.810 4
5 2 Jim Rathmann Epperly 20 200 +1:35.620 2
6 16 Jimmy Reece Watson 3 200 +2:16.950
7 26 Don Freeland Phillips 13 200 +2:21.060
8 44 Jud Larson Watson 19 200 +5:34.020
9 61 Eddie Johnson Kurtis Kraft 26 200 +6:15.760
10 54 Bill Cheesbourg Kurtis Kraft 33 200 +8:03.590
11 52 Al Keller Kurtis Kraft 21 200 +9:14.200
12 45 Johnnie Parsons Kurtis Kraft 6 200 +9:40.850
13 19 Johnnie Tolan Kuzma 30 200 +9:52.240
R 65 Bob Christie Kurtis Kraft 17 189 Spun off
R 59 Dempsey Wilson Kuzma 32 151 Heat shield fire
R 29 Anthony Foyt Kuzma 12 148 Spun off
D 77 Mike Magill Kurtis Kraft 31 136 Disqualified
R 15 Paul Russo Kurtis Kraft 14 122 Throttle
R 83 Shorty Templeman Kurtis Kraft 23 116 Brakes
R 8 Rodger Ward Lesovsky 11 93 Magneto
R 43 Billy Garrett Kurtis Kraft 15 80 Magneto
R 88 Eddie Sachs Kuzma 18 68 Transmission
R 7 Johnny Thomson Kurtis Kraft 22 52 Steering
R 89 Chuck Weyant Dunn 29 38 Accident
R 25 Jack Turner Lesovsky 10 21 Fuel pump
R 14 Bob Veith Kurtis Kraft 4 1 Accident
R 97 Dick Rathmann Watson 1 0 Accident
R 5 Ed Elisian Watson 2 0 Accident
R 4 Pat O'Connor Kurtis Kraft 5 0 Accident
R 31 Paul Goldsmith Kurtis Kraft 16 0 Accident
R 92 Jerry Unser Kurtis Kraft 24 0 Accident
R 68 Len Sutton Kurtis Kraft 27 0 Accident
R 57 Art Bisch Kuzma 28 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
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.
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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