Indianapolis Grand Prix 1955: results

Round 3 of the 1955 season, 30 May 1955, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Bob Sweikert won for Kurtis Kraft from P14 on the grid. Jerry Hoyt took pole position. Fastest lap: Bill Vukovich, 1:03.670 (lap 27).

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Points
1	Bob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft	3:53:59.530	8
2	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft	+2:43.560	3
2	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	—	3
3	Jimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft	+3:32.360	4
4	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma	+3:38.910	3
5	Walt Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft	+5:17.170	1
5	Bill Homeier	Kurtis Kraft	—	1
6	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft	+5:57.940	0
7	Al Herman	Kurtis Kraft	+6:24.240	0
8	Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft	+6:41.600	0
9	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	+7:09.810	0
10	Pat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft	+7:46.540	0
11	Duane Carter	Kuzma	+3 laps	0
12	Chuck Weyant	Kurtis Kraft	+4 laps	0
13	Eddie Johnson	Trevis	+4 laps	0
14	Jim Rathmann	Epperly	+9 laps	0
15	Don Freeland	Phillips	Transmission	0
16	Cal Niday	Kurtis Kraft	Accident	0
17	Art Cross	Kurtis Kraft	Engine	0
18	Shorty Templeman	Trevis	Transmission	0
19	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	Transmission	0
20	Keith Andrews	Schroeder	Fuel pump	0
21	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	Magneto	0
22	Eddie Russo	Pawl	Ignition	0
23	Ray Crawford	Kurtis Kraft	Engine	0
24	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma	Fuel pump	0
25	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft	Fatal accident	1
26	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	Magneto	0
27	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft	Accident	0
28	Rodger Ward	Kuzma	Accident	0
29	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft	Accident	0
30	Ed Elisian	Kurtis Kraft	Retirement	0
31	Jerry Hoyt	Stevens	Oil leak	0
32	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	Spun off	0
33	Jimmy Reece	Pankratz	Engine	0

Pos	Driver	Team
1	Jerry Hoyt	Stevens
2	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft
3	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft
4	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft
5	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft
6	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft
7	Walt Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft
8	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft
9	Cal Niday	Kurtis Kraft
10	Jimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft
11	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma
12	Pat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft
13	Eddie Russo	Pawl
14	Bob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft
15	Jimmy Reece	Pankratz
16	Al Herman	Kurtis Kraft
17	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft
18	Duane Carter	Kuzma
19	Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft
20	Jim Rathmann	Epperly
21	Don Freeland	Phillips
22	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft
23	Ray Crawford	Kurtis Kraft
24	Art Cross	Kurtis Kraft
25	Chuck Weyant	Kurtis Kraft
26	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft
27	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft
28	Keith Andrews	Schroeder
29	Ed Elisian	Kurtis Kraft
30	Rodger Ward	Kuzma
31	Shorty Templeman	Trevis
32	Eddie Johnson	Trevis
33	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma