Race · Round 4 of 11 · 30 May 1958

1958 Indianapolis 500

Jimmy Bryan won for Salih-Offenhauser from 7th on the grid at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Every starter was classified. It was the first championship race win for Jimmy Bryan, and the first championship podium for George Amick and Johnny Boyd.

High of 26 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Indianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, Indiana, United States of America
Winner: Jimmy BryanSalih-Offenhauser
Pole: Dick Rathmann
Fastest lap: Tony Bettenhausen
Entries: 3333 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Jimmy Bryan	Salih-Offenhauser	Indy Roadster	7	200	Finished	8
2	George Amick	—	Indy Roadster	25	200	Finished	6
3	Johnny Boyd	—	KK500G	8	200	Finished	4
4	Tony Bettenhausen	—	Indy Roadster	9	200	Finished	4	fastest lap
5	Jim Rathmann	—	Indy Roadster	20	200	Finished	2
6	Jimmy Reece	—	Indy Roadster	3	200	Finished	0
7	Don Freeland	—	Phillips	13	200	Finished	0
8	Jud Larson	—	Indy Roadster	19	200	Finished	0
9	Eddie Johnson	—	KK500G	26	200	Finished	0
10	Bill Cheesbourg	—	KK500F	33	200	Finished	0
11	Al Keller	—	KK500G	21	200	Finished	0
12	Johnnie Parsons	—	KK500G	6	200	Finished	0
13	Johnnie Tolan	—	Indy Roadster	30	200	Finished	0
14	Bob Christie	—	KK500C	17	189	Spun off	0
15	Dempsey Wilson	—	Indy Roadster	32	151	Fire	0
16	Anthony Joseph Foyt	—	Indy Roadster	12	148	Spun off	0
17	Mike Magill	—	KK500G	31	136	Accident	0
18	Paul Russo	—	KK500F	14	122	Radiator	0
19	Shorty Templeman	—	KK500D	23	116	Brakes	0
20	Rodger Ward	—	Lesovsky	11	93	Magneto	0
21	Billy Garrett	—	KK500G	15	80	Magneto	0
22	Eddie Sachs	—	Indy Roadster	18	68	Transmission	0
23	Johnny Thomson	—	Kurtis Kraft	22	52	Steering	0
24	Chuck Weyant	—	Dunn	29	38	Accident	0
25	Jack Turner	—	Lesovsky	10	21	Fuel pump	0
26	Bob Veith	—	KK500G	4	1	Accident	0
27	Dick Rathmann	—	Indy Roadster	1	0	Accident	0
28	Ed Elisian	—	Indy Roadster	2	0	Accident	0
29	Pat O'Connor	—	KK500G	5	0	Fatal accident	0
30	Paul Goldsmith	—	KK500G	16	0	Accident	0
31	Jerry Unser Jr.	—	KK500G	24	0	Accident	0
32	Len Sutton	—	KK500G	27	0	Accident	0
33	Art Bisch	—	Indy Roadster	28	0	Accident	0

F1DB layout indianapolis-1 · 4.023 km · 4 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Jimmy Bryan	7	1	200
George Amick	25	2	200
Johnny Boyd	8	3	200
Tony Bettenhausen	9	4	200
Jim Rathmann	20	5	200
Jimmy Reece	3	6	200
Don Freeland	13	7	200
Jud Larson	19	8	200
Eddie Johnson	26	9	200
Bill Cheesbourg	33	10	200
Al Keller	21	11	200
Johnnie Parsons	6	12	200
Johnnie Tolan	30	13	200
Bob Christie	17	14	189
Dempsey Wilson	32	15	151
Anthony Joseph Foyt	12	16	148
Mike Magill	31	17	136
Paul Russo	14	18	122
Shorty Templeman	23	19	116
Rodger Ward	11	20	93
Billy Garrett	15	21	80
Eddie Sachs	18	22	68
Johnny Thomson	22	23	52
Chuck Weyant	29	24	38
Jack Turner	10	25	21
Bob Veith	4	26	1
Dick Rathmann	1	27	0
Ed Elisian	2	28	0
Pat O'Connor	5	29	0
Paul Goldsmith	16	30	0
Jerry Unser Jr.	24	31	0
Len Sutton	27	32	0
Art Bisch	28	33	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Dick Rathmann	—	97	4:06.620	—	0 m	—
2	Ed Elisian	—	5	4:06.700	+0.080	1 m	+0.080
3	Jimmy Reece	—	16	4:07.400	+0.780	13 m	+0.700
4	Bob Veith	—	14	4:08.480	+1.860	30 m	+1.080
5	Pat O'Connor	—	4	4:08.580	+1.960	32 m	+0.100
6	Johnnie Parsons	—	45	4:08.820	+2.200	36 m	+0.240
7	Jimmy Bryan	—	1	4:09.680	+3.060	50 m	+0.860
8	Johnny Boyd	—	9	4:09.960	+3.340	54 m	+0.280
9	Tony Bettenhausen	—	33	4:10.140	+3.520	57 m	+0.180
10	Jack Turner	—	25	4:10.980	+4.360	71 m	+0.840
11	Rodger Ward	—	8	4:11.280	+4.660	76 m	+0.300
12	Anthony Joseph Foyt	—	29	4:11.520	+4.900	80 m	+0.240
13	Don Freeland	—	26	4:11.690	+5.070	83 m	+0.170
14	Paul Russo	—	15	4:11.820	+5.200	85 m	+0.130
15	Billy Garrett	—	43	4:12.140	+5.520	90 m	+0.320
16	Paul Goldsmith	—	31	4:12.200	+5.580	91 m	+0.060
17	Bob Christie	—	65	4:13.070	+6.450	105 m	+0.870
18	Eddie Sachs	—	88	4:08.860	+2.240	37 m	-4.210
19	Jud Larson	—	44	4:10.850	+4.230	69 m	+1.990
20	Jim Rathmann	—	2	4:11.490	+4.870	79 m	+0.640
21	Al Keller	—	52	4:11.870	+5.250	86 m	+0.380
22	Johnny Thomson	—	7	4:11.910	+5.290	86 m	+0.040
23	Shorty Templeman	—	83	4:12.070	+5.450	89 m	+0.160
24	Jerry Unser Jr.	—	92	4:12.180	+5.560	91 m	+0.110
25	George Amick	—	99	4:12.260	+5.640	92 m	+0.080
26	Eddie Johnson	—	61	4:12.330	+5.710	93 m	+0.070
27	Len Sutton	—	68	4:12.360	+5.740	94 m	+0.030
28	Art Bisch	—	57	4:12.400	+5.780	94 m	+0.040
29	Chuck Weyant	—	89	4:12.440	+5.820	95 m	+0.040
30	Johnnie Tolan	—	19	4:12.970	+6.350	104 m	+0.530
31	Mike Magill	—	77	4:13.030	+6.410	105 m	+0.060
32	Dempsey Wilson	—	59	4:28.110	+21.490	351 m	+15.080
33	Bill Cheesbourg	—	54	4:12.550	+5.930	97 m	-15.560

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Where this comes from

Round: 4 of 1958
Grand Prix: Indianapolis 500
Dates: 30 May 1958
Layout raced: Oval · 4.023 km · 4 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Salih-Offenhauser
Entrant: Salih-Offenhauser
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.