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41st Indianapolis International Motor Sweepstakes

30 May 1957Indianapolis804.675 km (4023 m x 200 Laps) = 500 Miles (2.5 Miles x 200 Laps)

 Pole Position: Pat O'Connor, Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser, 4:16.88 (225.49 km/h = 140.15 mph) Fastest Lap: Jim Rathmann, Epperly-Offenhauser, 1:02.75 (230.77 km/h = 143.43 mph lap 127) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Money 1 9 Sam Hanks Salih-Offenhauser 3:41:14.25 135.60 $103,844 (218.21 km/h) 2 26 Jim Rathmann Epperly-Offenhauser 3:41:35.75 135.38 $38,494 3 1 Jimmy Bryan Kuzma-Offenhauser 3:43:28.25 134.25 $21,794 4 54 Paul Russo Kurtis KK500F-Novi 3:44:11.10 133.82 $19,369 5 73 Andy Linden Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser 3:44:28.55 133.65 $11,094 6 6 Johnny Boyd Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser 3:45:49.55 132.85 $8,194 7 48 Marshall Teaque Kurtis KK500D-Offenhauser 3:45:59.85 132.75 $6,819 8 12 Pat O'Connor Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser 3:46:47.35 132.28 $8,669 9 7 Bob Veith Phillips-Offenhauser 3:47:31.35 131.86 $5,969 10 22 Gene Hartley Lesovsky-Offenhauser 3:48:24.40 131.35 $5,844 11 19 Jack Turner Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser 3:49:10.30 130.91 $3,639 12 10 Johnny Thomson Kuzma-Offenhauser 199 Flagged $5,069 13 95 Bob Christie Kurtis KK500C-Offenhauser 197 Flagged $3,299 14 82 Chuck Weyant Kuzma-Offenhauser 196 Flagged $3,429 15 27 Tony Bettenhausen Kurtis KK500F-Novi 195 Flagged $4,059 16 18 Johnnie Parsons Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser 195 Flagged $2,989 17 3 Don Freeland Kurtis KK500D-Offenhauser 192 Flagged $2,869 Did Not Finish: 18 5 Jimmy Reece Kurtis KK500C-Offenhauser 182 Throttle $2,749 19 92 Don Edmunds Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser 170 Spun 4 $3,169 20 28 Johnnie Tolan Kuzma-Offenhauser 138 Clutch $2,639 21 89 Al Herman Dunn-Offenhauser 111 Crash FS $2,659 22 14 Freddie Agabashian Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser 107 Fuel Leak $2,879 23 88 Eddie Sachs Kuzma-Offenhauser 105 Piston $3,299 24 77 Mike Magill Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser 101 Crash 4 $2,519 25 43 Eddie Johnson Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser 93 Wheel bearing $2,489 26 31 Bill Cheesbourg Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser 81 Fuel Leak $3,209 27 16 Al Keller Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser 75 Crash 1 $2,429 28 57 Jimmy Daywalt Kurtis KK500C-Offenhauser 53 Crash 3 $2,449 29 83 Ed Elisian Kurtis KK500D-Offenhauser 51 Timing gear $2,369 30 8 Rodger Ward Lesovsky-Offenhauser 27 Supercharger $2,889 31 52 Troy Ruttman Watson-Offenhauser 13 Overheating $3,459 Did Not Start: 32 55 Eddie Russo Kurtis KK500C-Offenhauser 0 Crash BS pacelap $2,404 33 23 Elmer George Kurtis KK500B-Offenhauser 0 Crash BS pacelap $?,??? Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 12 Pat O'Connor Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser 1-4 7 52 Troy Ruttman Watson-Offenhauser 5-6 4 12 Pat O'Connor Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser 7-9 52 Troy Ruttman Watson-Offenhauser 10-11 54 Paul Russo Kurtis KK500F-Novi 12-35 9 Sam Hanks Salih-Offenhauser 36-48 136 10 Johnny Thomson Kuzma-Offenhauser 49-53 5 54 Paul Russo Kurtis KK500F-Novi 54-110 24 26 Jim Rathmann Epperly-Offenhauser 111-134 24 9 Sam Hanks Salih-Offenhauser 135-200 Qualifying Times: Pat O'Connor Eddie Sachs Troy Ruttman Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser #12 Kuzma-Offenhauser #88 Watson-Offenhauser #52 Dean Van Lines Peter Schmidt John Zink 4:16.88 4:10.22 4:12.15 141.19 mph 143.87 mph 142.77 mph Freddie Agabashian Johnny Boyd Jimmy Reece Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser #14 Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser #6 Kurtis KK500C-Offenhauser #5 Bowes Seal Fast/Bignotti Bowes Seal Fast/Bignotti Hoyt Machine/Sommer 4:12.53 4:13.34 4:13.51 142.56 mph 142.10 mph 142.01 mph Ed Elisian Al Keller Elmer George Kurtis KK500D-Offenhauser #83 Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser #16 Kurtis KK500B-Offenhauser #23 McNamara/Kalamazoo Sports Bardahl/Pat Clancy Travelon Trailer/Ernest Ruiz 4:13.92 4:14.60 4:15.81 141.78 mph 141.40 mph 140.73 mph Paul Russo Johnny Thomson Andy Linden Kurtis KK500F-Novi #54 Kuzma-Offenhauser #10 Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser #73 Novi Auto/Novi Racing D-A Lubricant Racing McNamara/Kalamazoo Sports 4:08.59 4:10.82 4:11.32 144.82 mph 143.53 mph 143.24 mph Sam Hanks Gene Hartley Jimmy Bryan Salih-Offenhauser #9 Lesovsky-Offenhauser #22 Kuzma-Offenhauser #1 Belond Exhaust/George Salih Massaglia Hotels Dean Van Lines 4:12.08 4:14.83 4:14.98 142.81 mph 141.27 mph 141.19 mph Bob Veith Johnnie Parsons Mike Magill Phillips-Offenhauser #7 Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser #18 Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser #77 Bob Estes Sumar/Chapman Root Dayton Steel Foundry/Walther 4:15.29 4:15.71 4:16.39 141.02 mph 140.78 mph 140.41 mph Jack Turner Eddie Johnson Don Freeland Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser #19 Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser #43 Kurtis KK500D-Offenhauser #3 Bardahl/Pat Clancy H.A. Chapman Ansted Rotary 4:16.47 4:16.83 4:17.79 140.37 mph 140.17 mph 139.65 mph Tony Bettenhausen Bill Cheesbourg Rodger Ward Kurtis KK500F-Novi #27 Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser #31 Lesovsky-Offenhauser #8 Novi Auto/Novi Racing Schildmeier Seal/Donaldson Roger Wolcott 4:12.74 4:14.30 4:14.74 142.44 mph 141.57 mph 141.32 mph Chuck Weyant Eddie Russo Don Edmunds Kuzma-Offenhauser #82 Kurtis KK500C-Offenhauser #55 Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser #92 Central Excavating/Pete Salemi Sclavi & Amos Roy McKay 4:15.13 4:15.57 4:16.32 141.11 mph 140.86 mph 140.45 mph Marshall Teague Jimmy Daywalt Al Herman Kurtis KK500D-Offenhauser #48 Kurtis KK500C-Offenhauser #57 Dunn-Offenhauser #89 Sumar/Chapman Root Helse/H.H. Johnson Dunn Engineering 4:16.54 4:16.77 4:17.13 140.33 mph 140.20 mph 140.01 mph Johnnie Tolan Jim Rathmann Bob Christie Kuzma-Offenhauser #28 Epperly-Offenhauser #26 Kurtis KK500C-Offenhauser #95 Greenman-Casale Chiropractic/Lindsey Hopkins Jones & Maley/Cars, Inc. 4:17.43 4:17.50 4:17.55 139.84 mph 139.81 mph 139.78 mph Did Not Qualify: Car# Driver Car Entrant 4 George Amick Snowberger-Offenhauser Federal Engineering 15 Tony Bonadies Kurtis KK500C-Offenhauser Ray Brady Crash 2 18 Dick Rathmann Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser Sumar/Chapman Root Driven by Parsons 23 Elmer George Kurtis KK500B-Offenhauser Travelon Trailer/Ernest Ruiz 25 Jud Larson Watson-Offenhauser John Zink 31 Cliff Griffith Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser Seal Line 32 Jimmy Davies Kurtis KK500D-Offenhauser Trio Brdeact Wind Allass 33 Billy Garrett Kurtis KK500E-Offenhauser Federal Engineering 34 Jim McWithey Kurtis KK500D-Offenhauser Federal Engineering Crash 3 35 Chuck Weyant Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser Jim Robbins 42 Dempsey Wilson Kurtis-Offenhauser Martin Brothers 45 Bill Cheesbourg Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser Las Vegas Club 49 Ray Crawford Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser Meguiar's Mirror/Crawford 55 Eddie Russo Kurtis KK500C-Offenhauser Sclavi & Amos 58 Andy Furci Schroeder-Offenhauser Ray Brady 59 Bud Clemons Shilala-Offenhauser Chiropractic/Lindsey Hopkins 62 Keith Andrews Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser Giuseppe Farina Crash FS (fatal) 64 Gene Force Watts-Offenhauser Shannon Brothers 67 Don Edmunds Kurtis KK500C-Offenhauser Braund Plywood 71 Johnny Fedricks Kurtis KK500C-Offenhauser Ed Gdula 72 Danny Kladis Maserati Morgan Engineering 81 Tony Bonadies Kuzma-Offenhauser Central Excavating/Pete Salemi 98 Johnnie Parsons Kuzma-Offenhauser J.C. Agajanian Notes:
  • Promoter: Indianapolis Motor Speedway. USAC Sanction No. 57CH1
  • Engine Specifications (cubic inches) and Restrictions:
    Normally Aspirated - 274.6
    Supercharged - 183.1
    Stock-Block - 274.6
  • Yellow flags totalled 0:31:41
  • Average qualifying speed: 141.48 mph
  • Fastest Qualifier: Paul Russo, 4:08.59 (233.01 km/h = 144.82 mph)
  • Weather: Overcast, Mild, Dry.
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    Race Review:

    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.