United States GP 1957
MAY 30, 1957
United States GP, 1957
Giuseppe Farina was planning to enter the Indianapolis 500 in 1957 but the car was crashed in testing by Keith Andrews, the driver being killed and the car destroyed so, as usual, there were no European racers entered for the Indy 500 but it remained on the World Championship calendar. The race was won by Sam Hanks at the wheel of a Belond Exhaust Special who finished 20 seconds ahead of Jim Rathmann's Chiropractic Special with Jimmy Bryan third in his Dean Van Lines Special.
POS | NO | DRIVER | ENTRANT | LAPS | TIME/RETIREMENT | QUAL POS |
1 | 9 | S Hanks | Epperly-Offenhauser | 200 | 3h41m14.250s | 13 |
2 | 26 | J Rathmann | Epperly-Offenhauser | 200 | 3h41m35.711s | 32 |
3 | 1 | J Bryan | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 200 | 15 | |
4 | 54 | P Russo | Kurtis Kraft-Novi | 200 | 10 | |
5 | 73 | A Linden | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500G | 200 | 12 | |
6 | 6 | J Boyd | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500G | 200 | 5 | |
7 | 48 | M Teague | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500D | 200 | 28 | |
8 | 12 | P O'Connor | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500G | 200 | 1 | |
9 | 7 | B Veith | Phillips-Offenhauser | 200 | 16 | |
10 | 22 | G Hartley | Lesovsky-Offenhauser | 200 | 14 | |
11 | 19 | J Turner | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500G | 200 | 19 | |
12 | 10 | J Thomson | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 199 | 11 | |
13 | 95 | B Christie | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500C | 197 | 33 | |
14 | 82 | C Weyant | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 196 | 25 | |
15 | 27 | T Bettenhausen | Kurtis Kraft-Novi | 195 | 22 | |
16 | 18 | J Parsons | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500G | 195 | 17 | |
17 | 3 | D Freeland | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500D | 192 | 21 | |
18r | 5 | J Reece | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500C | 182 | Throttle | 6 |
19r | 92 | D Edmunds | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500G | 170 | Spin | 27 |
20r | 28 | J Tolan | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 138 | Clutch | 31 |
21r | 89 | A Herman | Dunn-Offenhauser | 111 | Accident | 30 |
22r | 14 | F Agabashian | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500G | 107 | Fuel Leak | 4 |
23r | 88 | E Sachs | Kuzma-Offenhauser | 105 | Engine | 2 |
24r | 77 | M Magill | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500G | 101 | Accident | 18 |
25r | 43 | E Johnson | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500G | 93 | Wheel Bearing | 20 |
26r | 31 | B Cheesbourg | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500G | 81 | Fuel Leak | 23 |
27r | 16 | A Keller | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500G | 75 | Accident | 8 |
28r | 57 | J Daywalt | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500C | 53 | Accident | 29 |
29r | 83 | E Elisian | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500C | 51 | Mechanical | 7 |
30r | 8 | Rodger Ward | Lesovsky-Offenhauser | 27 | Supercharger | 24 |
31r | 52 | Troy Ruttman | Watson-Offenhauser | 13 | Engine | 3 |
32r | 55 | E Russo | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500C | 0 | Accident | 26 |
33r | 23 | E George | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500B | 0 | Accident | 9 |