1958 Indianapolis 500

The 42nd International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 30, 1958. The event was race four of 11 in the 1958 Formula One Season, and was also the featured race of the USAC Championship Trail. The race is mostly remembered for a massive first-lap, 15-car pileup that resulted in the death of driver Pat O'Connor, a previous winner and favorite among much of the crowd.
The race was comfortably won by Jimmy Bryan, who led 139 of the 200 laps. Rookie George Amick came from 25th on the grid to finish second.
==Background==
Juan Manuel Fangio was entered, but withdrew as he was unable to sort the car and reach qualifying speeds.
==Practice==
==Qualifying==
===Qualifying Results===
===Grid===
===Non-Qualifiers===
==Race==
===Classification===
(W) = Previous winner of the race
(R) = Race rookie
Pos	Grid	No	Driver 	Constructor	Laps	Led	Time/Retired 	Points
1 	7 	1 	Jimmy Bryan 	 	200 	139	3:44:13.80 	8
2 	25 	99	George Amick (R) 	 	200 	18 	+27.63 	6
3 	8 	9 	Johnny Boyd 	 	200 	18 	+1:09.67 	4
4 	9 	33	Tony Bettenhausen 	 	200 	24 	+1:34.81 	4
5 	20 	2 	Jim Rathmann 	 	200 	0 	+1:35.62 	2
6 	3 	16	Jimmy Reece 	 	200 	0 	+2:16.95 	 
7 	13 	26	Don Freeland 	 	200 	0 	+2:21.06 	 
8 	19 	44	Jud Larson (R) 	 	200 	0 	+5:34.02 	 
9 	26 	61	Eddie Johnson 	 	200 	0 	+6:15.76 	 
10 	33 	54	Bill Cheesbourg 	 	200 	0 	+8:03.59 	 
11 	21 	52	Al Keller 	 	200 	0 	+9:14.20 	 
12 	6 	45	Johnnie Parsons (W)	 	200 	0 	+9:40.85 	 
13 	30 	19	Johnnie Tolan 	 	200 	0 	+9:52.24 	 
14 	17 	65	Bob Christie 	 	189 	0 	Spun off 	 
15 	32 	59	Dempsey Wilson (R) 	 	151 	0 	Fire 	 
16 	12 	29	A. J. Foyt (R) 	 	148 	0 	Spun off 	 
17 	31 	77	Mike Magill 	 	136 	0 	Flagged 	 
18 	14 	15	Paul Russo 	 	122 	0 	Throttle 	 
19 	23 	83	Shorty Templeman 	 	116 	0 	Brakes 	 
20 	11 	8 	Rodger Ward 	 	93 	0 	Electrical 	 
21 	15 	43	Billy Garrett 	 	80 	0 	Electrical 	 
22 	18 	88	Eddie Sachs 	 	68 	1 	Transmission 	 
23 	22 	7 	Johnny Thomson 	 	52 	0 	Steering 	 
24 	29 	89	Chuck Weyant 	 	38 	0 	accident 	 
25 	10 	25	Jack Turner 	 	21 	0 	Fuel pump 	 
26 	4 	14	Bob Veith 	 	1 	0 	Accident 	 
27 	1 	97	Dick Rathmann 	 	0 	0 	Accident 	 
28 	2 	5 	Ed Elisian 	 	0 	0 	Accident 	 
29 	5 	4 	Pat O'Connor ✝ 	 	0 	0 	Fatal accident	 
30 	16 	31	Paul Goldsmith (R) 	 	0 	0 	Accident 	 
31 	24 	92	Jerry Unser (R) 	 	0 	0 	Accident 	 
32 	27 	68	Len Sutton (R) 	 	0 	0 	Accident 	 
33 	28 	57	Art Bisch (R) 	 	0 	0 	Accident 	 
==Milestones==
==Standings==
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