1957 Indianapolis 500

The 1957 Indianapolis 500 was an automobile race held on Thursday, May 30, 1957 at Indianapolis. The event was the third round of the 1957 World Drivers' Championship and the first round of the 1957 USAC Championship Car season.

Classification

Pos	Grid	No	Driver	Constructor	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Time/Retired	Points
1	13	9	Sam Hanks	Epperly-Offy	142.81	6	200	136	3:41:14.25	8
2	32	26	Jim Rathmann	Epperly-Offy	139.8	31	200	24	+21.46	7
3	15	1	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma-Offy	141.18	17	200	0	+2:13.97	4
4	10	54	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft-Novi	144.81	1	200	24	+2:56.86	3
5	12	73	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	143.24	5	200	0	+3:14.27	2
6	5	6	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	142.1	10	200	0	+4:35.27
7	28	48	Marshall Teague	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	140.32	26	200	0	+4:45.58
8	1	12	Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	143.94	2	200	7	+5:33.15
9	16	7	Bob Veith	Phillips-Offy	141.01	19	200	0	+6:17.11
10	14	22	Gene Hartley	Lesovsky-Offy	141.27	16	200	0	+7:10.12
11	19	19	Jack Turner	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	140.36	25	200	0	+7:56.07
12	11	10	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma-Offy	143.52	4	199	5	+1 Lap
13	33	95	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	139.77	32	197	0	+3 Laps
14	25	82	Chuck Weyant	Kuzma-Offy	141.1	18	196	0	+4 Laps
15	22	27	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft-Novi	142.43	9	195	0	+5 Laps
16	17	18	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	140.78	21	195	0	+5 Laps
17	21	3	Don Freeland	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	139.64	33	192	0	+8 Laps
18	6	5	Jimmy Reece	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	142	11	182	0	Throttle
19	27	92	Don Edmunds	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	140.44	23	170	0	Spun Off
20	31	28	Johnnie Tolan	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	139.84	30	138	0	Clutch
21	30	89	Al Herman	Dunn-Offy	140	29	111	0	Accident
22	4	14	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	142.55	8	107	0	Fuel Leak
23	2	88	Eddie Sachs	Kuzma-Offy	143.87	3	105	0	Fuel Leak
24	18	77	Mike Magill	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	140.41	24	101	0	Accident
25	20	43	Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	140.17	28	93	0	Wheel Bearing
26	23	31	Bill Cheesbourg	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	141.56	13	81	0	Fuel Leak
27	8	16	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	141.39	14	75	0	Accident
28	29	57	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	140.2	27	53	0	Accident
29	7	83	Ed Elisian	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	141.77	12	51	0	Retirement
30	24	8	Rodger Ward	Lesovsky-Offy	141.32	15	27	0	Compressor
31	3	52	Troy Ruttman	Watson-Offy	142.77	7	13	4	Engine
32	26	55	Eddie Russo	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	140.86	20	0	0	Accident
33	9	23	Elmer George	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	140.72	22	0	0	Accident

Notes

• Pole position: Pat O'Connor - 4:10.09 (143.948 mph) (time is over four laps)
• Fastest Lead Lap: Jim Rathmann - 1:02.75 (143.426 mph)
• Giuseppe Farina was the only European driver on the entry list for the race, although he never made it to the start of the race, after teammate Keith Andrews crashed in testing. The car was destroyed and Andrews died soon after.
• Sam Hanks was the only driver in the race using the British made Lodge Spark Plugs. The other 32 drivers all had the American Champion brand fitted.

Drivers' Championship standings after the race

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	17
2	Sam Hanks	8
3	Jim Rathmann	7
4	Jean Behra	6
5	Tony Brooks	6

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

Previous race: 1957 Monaco Grand Prix	FIA Formula One World Championship 1957 season	Next race: 1957 French Grand Prix
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