1958 Indianapolis 500

Results from the 1958 Formula One Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Friday, May 30, 1958

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Jimmy Bryan	Epperly-Offenhauser	200	44:14.2	7	8
2	99	George Amick	Epperly-Offenhauser	200	27.63	25	6
3	9	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	+ 1:09.67	8	4
4	33	Tony Bettenhausen	Epperly-Offenhauser	200	+ 1:34.81	9	3
5	2	Jim Rathmann	Epperly-Offenhauser	200	+ 1:35.62	20	2
6	16	Jimmy Reece	Watson-Offenhauser	200	+ 2:16.95	3
7	26	Don Freeland	Phillips-Offenhauser	200	+ 2:21.06	13
8	44	Jud Larson	Watson-Offenhauser	200	+ 5:34.02	19
9	61	Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	+ 6:15.76	26
10	54	Bill Cheesbourg	Kurtis Kraft-Novi	200	+ 8:03.59	33
11	52	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	+ 9:14.20	21
12	45	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	+ 9:40.85	6
13	19	Johnnie Tolan	Kuzma-Offenhauser	200	+ 9:52.24	3
Ret	65	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	189	Spun off	17
Ret	59	Dempsey Wilson	Kuzma-Offenhauser	151	Fire	32
Ret	29	A J Foyt	Kuzma-Offenhauser	148	Spun off	12
DSQ	77	Mike Magill	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	136	disqualified	31
Ret	15	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft-Novi	122	Throttle	14
Ret	83	Shorty Templeman	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	116	Brakes	23
Ret	8	Rodger Ward	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	93	Magneto	11
Ret	43	Billy Garrett	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	80	Magneto	15
Ret	88	Eddie Sachs	Kuzma-Offenhauser	68	Transmission	18
Ret	7	Johnny Thomson	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	52	Steering	22
Ret	89	Chuck Weyant	Dunn-Offenhauser	38	accident	29
Ret	25	Jack Turner	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	21	Fuel pump	10
Ret	14	Bob Veith	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	1	Accident	4
Ret	97	Dick Rathmann	Watson-Offenhauser	0	Accident	1
Ret	5	Ed Elisian	Watson-Offenhauser	0	Accident	3
Ret	4	Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	0	Fatal Accident	5
Ret	31	Paul Goldsmith	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	0	Accident	16
Ret	92	Jerry Unser	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	0	Accident	21
Ret	68	Len Sutton	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	0	Accident	27
Ret	57	Art Bisch	Kuzma-Offenhauser	0	Accident	28

Notes

• Fastest Lap: Tony Bettenhausen 1'02.370
• A 15 car pileup accident on the opening lap involved and dealt fatal injuries to Pat o'Connor,who had appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated in the week leading up to the race and had finished 8th in the previous year's Indy 500.