Season 1960 · Round 3

Indianapolis 500

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1960-05-30 · Indianapolis Motor Speedway · USA · Indianapolis 500 · 200Lap · 804.672km
4 Jim Rathmann
Watson 3:36:11.360
Team win 14pt P1 · P2 · P7 · P15 · P20 · P23 · P30 · P31 1-2
1 Rodger Ward
Watson +12.750
99 Paul Goldsmith
Epperly +3:07.300
Fastest Lap
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DNF
0
all classified · 33 starters
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 Jim Rathmann 1 wins · → Bill Vukovich -1
P2 Troy Ruttman 1 wins · → Bill Vukovich -1
P2 Rodger Ward 1 wins · → Bill Vukovich -1
Pole Position
P1 Dick Rathmann 1 · GP #1
P1 Johnny Thomson 1 · GP #1
P1 Eddie Sachs 1 · GP #1
Podiums
P1 Jim Rathmann 4 · GP #1
P3 Jimmy Bryan 3 · → Jim Rathmann -1
P4 Rodger Ward 2 · → Jimmy Bryan -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 Rathmann · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Rathmann RAT 1 Rathmann RAT Ward · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Ward WAR 2 Ward WAR Goldsmith · P26 → P3 · +23 26 Goldsmith GOL 3 Goldsmith GOL Branson · P8 → P4 · +4 8 Branson BRA 4 Branson BRA Thomson · P17 → P5 · +12 17 Thomson THO 5 Thomson THO Johnson · P7 → P6 · +1 7 Johnson JOH 6 Johnson JOH Ruby · P12 → P7 · +5 12 Ruby RUB 7 Ruby RUB Veith · P25 → P8 · +17 25 Veith VEI 8 Veith VEI Tingelstad · P28 → P9 · +19 28 Tingelstad TIN 9 Tingelstad TIN Christie · P14 → P10 · +4 14 Christie CHR 10 Christie CHR Amick · P22 → P11 · +11 22 Amick AMI 11 Amick AMI Carter · P27 → P12 · +15 27 Carter CAR 12 Carter CAR Homeier · P31 → P13 · +18 31 Homeier HOM 13 Homeier HOM Hartley · P24 → P14 · +10 24 Hartley HAR 14 Hartley HAR Stevenson · P9 → P15 · -6 9 Stevenson STE 15 Stevenson STE Grim · P21 → P16 · +5 21 Grim GRI 16 Grim GRI Templeman · P19 → P17 · +2 19 Templeman TEM 17 Templeman TEM Hurtubise · P23 → P18 · +5 23 Hurtubise HUR 18 Hurtubise HUR Bryan · P10 → P19 · -9 10 Bryan BRY 19 Bryan BRY Ruttman · P6 → P20 · -14 6 Ruttman RUT 20 Ruttman RUT Sachs · P1 → P21 · -20 1 Sachs SAC 21 Sachs SAC Freeland · P11 → P22 · -11 11 Freeland FRE 22 Freeland FRE Bettenhausen · P18 → P23 · -5 18 Bettenhausen BET 23 Bettenhausen BET Weiler · P15 → P24 · -9 15 Weiler WEI 24 Weiler WEI Foyt · P16 → P25 · -9 16 Foyt FOY 25 Foyt FOY Russo · P29 → P26 · +3 29 Russo RUS 26 Russo RUS Boyd · P13 → P27 · -14 13 Boyd BOY 27 Boyd BOY Force · P20 → P28 · -8 20 Force FOR 28 Force FOR McWithey · P32 → P29 · +3 32 McWithey MCW 29 McWithey MCW Sutton · P5 → P30 · -25 5 Sutton SUT 30 Sutton SUT Rathmann · P4 → P31 · -27 4 Rathmann RAT 31 Rathmann RAT Herman · P30 → P32 · -2 30 Herman HER 32 Herman HER Wilson · P33 → P33 33 Wilson WIL 33 Wilson WIL
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 4 Jim Rathmann Watson 2 200 3:36:11.360 8
2 1 Rodger Ward Watson 3 200 +12.750 6
3 99 Paul Goldsmith Epperly 26 200 +3:07.300 4
4 7 Don Branson Phillips 8 200 +3:07.980 3
5 3 Johnny Thomson Lesovsky 17 200 +3:11.350 2
6 22 Eddie Johnson Trevis 7 200 +4:10.610 1
7 98 Lloyd Ruby Watson 12 200 +4:25.590
8 44 Bob Veith Meskowski 25 200 +5:17.480
9 18 Bud Tingelstad Trevis 28 200 +8:19.910
10 38 Bob Christie Kurtis Kraft 14 200 +8:40.280
11 27 Red Amick Epperly 22 200 +11:10.580
12 17 Duane Carter Kuzma 27 200 +11:17.200
13 39 Bill Homeier Kuzma 31 200 +12:10.710
14 48 Gene Hartley Kurtis Kraft 24 196 +4 Laps
15 65 Chuck Stevenson Watson 9 196 +4 Laps
16 14 Bobby Grim Meskowski 21 194 +6 Laps
17 26 Shorty Templeman Kurtis Kraft 19 191 Clutch
18 56 Jim Hurtubise Christensen 23 185 Engine
19 10 Jimmy Bryan Epperly 10 152 Fuel system
20 28 Troy Ruttman Watson 6 134 Axle
21 6 Eddie Sachs Ewing 1 132 Magneto
22 73 Don Freeland Kurtis Kraft 11 129 Magneto
23 2 Tony Bettenhausen Watson 18 125 Engine
24 32 Wayne Weiler Epperly 15 103 Accident
25 5 Anthony Foyt Kurtis Kraft 16 90 Clutch
26 46 Eddie Russo Kurtis Kraft 29 90 Accident
27 8 Johnny Boyd Epperly 13 77 Engine
28 37 Gene Force Kurtis Kraft 20 74 Brakes
29 16 Jim McWithey Epperly 32 60 Brakes
30 9 Len Sutton Watson 5 47 Engine
31 97 Dick Rathmann Watson 4 42 Brakes
32 76 Al Herman Ewing 30 34 Clutch
33 23 Dempsey Wilson Kurtis Kraft 33 11 Magneto
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
6 Eddie Sachs
2
4 Jim Rathmann
3
1 Rodger Ward
4
97 Dick Rathmann
5
9 Len Sutton
6
28 Troy Ruttman
7
22 Eddie Johnson
8
7 Don Branson
9
65 Chuck Stevenson
10
10 Jimmy Bryan
11
73 Don Freeland
12
98 Lloyd Ruby
13
8 Johnny Boyd
14
38 Bob Christie
15
32 Wayne Weiler
16
5 Anthony Foyt
17
3 Johnny Thomson
18
2 Tony Bettenhausen
19
26 Shorty Templeman
20
37 Gene Force
21
14 Bobby Grim
22
27 Red Amick
23
56 Jim Hurtubise
24
48 Gene Hartley
25
44 Bob Veith
26
99 Paul Goldsmith
27
17 Duane Carter
28
18 Bud Tingelstad
29
46 Eddie Russo
30
76 Al Herman
31
39 Bill Homeier
32
16 Jim McWithey
33
23 Dempsey Wilson
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.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
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