1960 Indianapolis 500

The 1960 Indianapolis 500 was an automobile race held at Indianapolis on Monday, May 30, 1960. The event was part of the 1960 World Drivers' Championship; the last Indianapolis 500 to be included in the Championship.

Classification

Pos	Grid	No	Nat	Driver	Constructor	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Time/Retired	Points
1	2	4		Jim Rathmann	Watson-Offenhauser	146.37	4	200	100	3:36:11.36	8
2	3	1		Rodger Ward	Watson-Offenhauser	145.56	5	200	58	+ 0:12.75	6
3	26	99		Paul Goldsmith	Epperly-Offenhauser	142.78	27	200	0	+ 3:07.30	4
4	8	7		Don Branson	Phillips-Offenhauser	144.75	11	200	0	+ 3:07.98	3
5	17	3		Johnny Thomson	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	146.44	3	200	10	+ 3:11.35	2
6	7	22		Eddie Johnson	Trevis-Offenhauser	145	10	200	0	+ 4:10.61	1
7	12	98		Lloyd Ruby	Watson-Offenhauser	144.2	15	200	0	+ 4:25.59
8	25	44		Bob Veith	Meskowski-Offenhauser	143.36	23	200	0	+ 5:17.48
9	28	18		Bud Tingelstad	Trevis-Offenhauser	142.35	29	200	0	+ 8:19.91
10	14	38		Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	143.63	19	200	0	+ 8:40.28
11	22	27		Red Amick	Epperly-Offenhauser	143.08	26	200	0	+ 11:10.58
12	27	17		Duane Carter	Kuzma-Offenhauser	142.63	28	200	0	+ 11:17.20
13	31	39		Bill Homeier	Kuzma-Offenhauser	141.24	32	200	0	+ 12:10.71
14	24	48		Gene Hartley	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	143.89	16	196	0	+ 4 Laps
15	9	65		Chuck Stevenson	Watson-Offenhauser	144.66	12	196	0	+ 4 Laps
16	21	14		Bobby Grim	Meskowski-Offenhauser	143.15	25	194	0	+ 6 Laps
17	19	26		Shorty Templeman	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	143.85	17	191	0	Clutch
18	23	56		Jim Hurtubise	Christensen-Offenhauser	149.05	1	185	0	Engine
19	10	10		Jimmy Bryan	Epperly-Offenhauser	144.53	13	152	0	Fuel System
20	6	28		Troy Ruttman	Watson-Offenhauser	145.36	8	134	11	Axle
21	1	6		Eddie Sachs	Ewing-Offenhauser	146.59	2	132	21	Magneto
22	11	73		Don Freeland	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	144.35	14	129	0	Magneto
23	18	2		Tony Bettenhausen	Watson-Offenhauser	145.21	9	125	0	Engine
24	15	32		Wayne Weiler	Epperly-Offenhauser	143.51	20	103	0	Accident
25	16	5		A. J. Foyt	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	143.46	22	90	0	Clutch
26	29	46		Eddie Russo	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142.2	30	90	0	Accident
27	13	8		Johnny Boyd	Epperly-Offenhauser	143.77	18	77	0	Engine
28	20	37		Gene Force	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	143.47	21	74	0	Brakes
29	32	16		Jim McWithey	Epperly-Offenhauser	140.37	33	60	0	Brakes
30	5	9		Len Sutton	Watson-Offenhauser	145.44	7	47	0	Engine
31	4	97		Dick Rathmann	Watson-Offenhauser	145.54	6	42	0	Brakes
32	30	76		Al Herman	Ewing-Offenhauser	141.83	31	34	0	Clutch
33	33	23		Dempsey Wilson	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	143.21	24	11	0	Magneto

Notes

• Fastest Lead Lap: Jim Rathmann 1:01.59

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Bruce McLaren 14 2 Stirling Moss 8 3 Jim Rathmann 8 4 Cliff Allison 6 5 Rodger Ward 6

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Cooper-Climax 14 2 Ferrari 10 3 Lotus-Climax 9 4 Cooper-Maserati 3 5 BRM 2

• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Also, points scored in the 500 did not count towards the F1 constructors championship.

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