1958 Indianapolis 500
Classification
Notes – Includes 1 point for fastest lead lap All cars on Firestone tires

1958 Indianapolis 500

Section Title: Classification
Table Section Text: Notes – Includes 1 point for fastest lead lap All cars on Firestone tires

Pos	Grid	No	Driver	Constructor	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Time/Retired	Points

1	7	1	United States Jimmy Bryan	Epperly-Offenhauser	144.18	8	200	139	3:44:13.80	8

2	25	99	United States George Amick (R)	Epperly-Offenhauser	142.71	25	200	18	+ 27.63	6

3	8	9	United States Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	144.02	9	200	18	+ 1:09.67	4

4	9	33	United States Tony Bettenhausen	Epperly-Offenhauser	143.91	10	200	24	+ 1:34.81	4

5	20	2	United States Jim Rathmann	Epperly-Offenhauser	143.14	15	200	0	+ 1:35.62	2

6	3	16	United States Jimmy Reece	Watson-Offenhauser	145.51	3	200	0	+ 2:16.95

7	13	26	United States Don Freeland	Phillips-Offenhauser	143.03	17	200	0	+ 2:21.06

8	19	44	United States Jud Larson (R)	Watson-Offenhauser	143.51	11	200	0	+ 5:34.02

9	26	61	United States Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142.67	26	200	0	+ 6:15.76

10	33	54	United States Bill Cheesbourg	Kurtis Kraft-Novi	142.54	30	200	0	+ 8:03.59

11	21	52	United States Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142.93	19	200	0	+ 9:14.20

12	6	45	United States Johnnie Parsons (W)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	144.68	6	200	0	+ 9:40.85

13	30	19	United States Johnnie Tolan	Kuzma-Offenhauser	142.3	31	200	0	+ 9:52.24

14	17	65	United States Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142.25	33	189	0	Spun off

15	32	59	United States Dempsey Wilson (R)	Kuzma-Offenhauser	143.27	13	151	0	Fire

16	12	29	United States A. J. Foyt (R)	Kuzma-Offenhauser	143.13	16	148	0	Spun off

17	31	77	United States Mike Magill	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142.27	32	136	0	Disqualified

18	14	15	United States Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft-Novi	142.95	18	122	0	Throttle

19	23	83	United States Shorty Templeman	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142.81	21	116	0	Brakes

20	11	8	United States Rodger Ward	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	143.26	14	93	0	Magneto

21	15	43	United States Billy Garrett	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142.77	22	80	0	Magneto

22	18	88	United States Eddie Sachs	Kuzma-Offenhauser	144.66	7	68	1	Transmission

23	22	7	United States Johnny Thomson	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142.9	20	52	0	Steering

24	29	89	United States Chuck Weyant	Dunn-Offenhauser	142.6	29	38	0	accident

25	10	25	United States Jack Turner	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	143.43	12	21	0	Fuel pump

26	4	14	United States Bob Veith	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	144.88	4	1	0	Accident

27	1	97	United States Dick Rathmann	Watson-Offenhauser	145.97	1	0	0	Accident

28	2	5	United States Ed Elisian	Watson-Offenhauser	145.92	2	0	0	Accident

29	5	4	United States Pat O'Connor ✝	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	144.82	5	0	0	Died in crash

30	16	31	United States Paul Goldsmith (R)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142.74	24	0	0	Accident

31	24	92	United States Jerry Unser (R)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142.75	23	0	0	Accident

32	27	68	United States Len Sutton (R)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142.65	27	0	0	Accident

33	28	57	United States Art Bisch (R)	Kuzma-Offenhauser	142.63	28	0	0	Accident

Sentence(s)

A. J. Foyt completed 148 laps before he spun off in the 1958 Indianapolis 500.

final_sentence: A. J. Foyt completed 148 laps before he spun off in the 1958 Indianapolis 500.