Indianapolis 500 1955 Indianapolis 30 May
Pos. No Driver Nat. Entrant Chassis Engine Laps Result Points Grid 1 06 Bob Sweikert USA John Zink Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 200 3h53m59.53s 8 14 2 10 - - HA Chapman Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 200 3h56m43.11s - - 10 Tony Bettenhausen USA - - - 123 - 3 2 - 10 Paul Russo USA - - - 77 - 3 - 3 15 Jimmy Davies USA Pat Clancy Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 200 3h57m31.89s 4 10 4 44 Johnny Thomson USA Peter Schmidt Kuzma Offenhauser 200 3h57m38.44s 3 33 5 77 - - Merz Engineering Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 200 3h58m16.66s - - 77 Walt Faulkner USA - - - 176 - 1 7 - 77 Bill Homeier USA - - - 24 - 1 - 6 19 Andy Linden USA Joseph Massaglia Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 200 3h59m57.47s - 8 7 71 Al Herman USA TW & WT Martin Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 200 - - 16 8 29 Pat O'Connor USA Rotary Engineering Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 200 - - 19 9 48 Jimmy Daywalt USA Chapman Root Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 200 - - 17 10 89 Pat Flaherty USA Harry Dunn Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 200 - - 12 11 98 Duane Carter USA JC Agajanian Kuzma Offenhauser 197 - - 18 12 41 Chuck Weyant USA Federal Auto Associates Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 196 - - 25 13 83 Eddie Johnson USA Kalamazoo Sports Trevis Offenhauser 196 - - 32 14 33 Jim Rathmann USA South California Mufflers Epperly Offenhauser 191 - - 20 R 12 Don Freeland USA Bob Estes Phillips Offenhauser 178 Transmission - 21 R 22 Cal Niday USA Racing Associates Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 170 Accident - 9 R 99 Art Cross USA Murrell Belanger Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 168 Con Rod - 24 R 81 Shorty Templeman USA Pete Salemi Trevis Offenhauser 142 Transmission - 31 R 08 Sam Hanks USA Cars Inc Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 134 Transmission - 6 R 31 Keith Andrews USA John McDaniel Schroeder Offenhauser 120 Ignition - 28 R 16 Johnnie Parsons USA Carl Anderson Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 119 Magneto - 27 R 37 Eddie Russo USA RN Sabourin Pawl Offenhauser 112 Ignition - 13 R 49 Ray Crawford USA Ray Crawford Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 111 Valve - 23 R 01 Jimmy Bryan USA AE Dean Kuzma Offenhauser 90 Fuel Pump - 11 R 04 Bill Vukovich USA Lindsey Hopkins Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 56 Fatal Accident 1 5 R 03 Jack McGrath USA Jack Hinkle Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 54 Magneto - 3 R 42 Al Keller USA Samuel Taylor III Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 54 Accident - 22 R 27 Rodger Ward USA ER Casale Kuzma Offenhauser 53 Accident - 30 R 39 Johnny Boyd USA Chapman Root Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 53 Accident - 26 R 68 Ed Elisian USA Peter Wales Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 53 Helped Vukovich - 29 R 23 Jerry Hoyt USA Jim Robbins Stevens Offenhauser 40 Oil Leak - 1 R 14 Freddie Agabashian USA Federal Auto Associates Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 39 Spun Off - 4 R 05 Jimmy Reece USA Emmett Malloy Pakratz Offenhauser 10 Spun Off - 15 Lap Leaders Total Jack McGrath 1-3, 15, 25-26 6 Bill Vukovich 4-14, 16-24, 27-56 50 Jimmy Bryan 57, 59-88 31 Bob Sweikert 58, 89-132, 160-200 86 Art Cross 133-158 26 Don Freeland 157-159 3 NC=Not Classified NT=No time set in qualifying R=Retired EX=Excluded from meeting W=Withdrawn DQ=Disqualified DNS=Did not start DNQ=Did not qualify DNPQ=Did not pre-qualify Pole Position (1m04.265s) Pole Position and Fastest Lap Fastest Lap (1m03.67s)
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Current Championship Standings

Position Driver Nat. Points 1 Maurice Trintignant FRA 11.33 2 Juan Manuel Fangio ARG 10 3 Bob Sweikert USA 8 4 Nino Farina ITA 6.33 5 Eugenio Castellotti ITA 6 6 Jimmy Davies USA 4