Indianapolis 500

1955 · Round 3 · Indianapolis, United States · May 30, 1955

Victory went to Sweikert (from 14th on the grid), with a 163.6s margin. Thomson made the biggest gain, from 33rd on the grid to 4th (up 29 places).

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Bob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft	14	200	3:53:59.530	8
2	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	2	200	+2:43.560	3
2	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft	2	200	+2:43.560	3
3	Jimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft	10	200	+3:32.360	4
4	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma	33	200	+3:38.910	3
5	Walt Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft	7	200	+5:17.170	1
5	Bill Homeier	Kurtis Kraft	7	200	+5:17.170	1
6	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft	8	200	+5:57.940	0
7	Al Herman	Kurtis Kraft	16	200	+6:24.240	0
8	Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft	19	200	+6:41.600	0
9	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	17	200	+7:09.810	0
10	Pat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft	12	200	+7:46.540	0
11	Duane Carter	Kuzma	18	197	+3 Laps	0
12	Chuck Weyant	Kurtis Kraft	25	196	+4 Laps	0
13	Eddie Johnson	Trevis	32	196	+4 Laps	0
14	Jim Rathmann	Epperly	20	191	+9 Laps	0
–	Don Freeland	Phillips	21	178	Transmission	0
–	Cal Niday	Kurtis Kraft	9	170	Accident	0
–	Art Cross	Kurtis Kraft	24	168	Engine	0
–	Shorty Templeman	Trevis	31	142	Transmission	0
–	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	6	134	Transmission	0
–	Keith Andrews	Schroeder	28	120	Fuel pump	0
–	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	27	119	Magneto	0
–	Eddie Russo	Pawl	13	112	Ignition	0
–	Ray Crawford	Kurtis Kraft	23	111	Engine	0
–	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma	11	90	Fuel pump	0
–	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft	5	56	Accident	1
–	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	3	54	Magneto	0
–	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft	22	54	Accident	0
–	Rodger Ward	Kuzma	30	53	Accident	0
–	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft	26	53	Accident	0
–	Ed Elisian	Kurtis Kraft	29	53	Retired	0
–	Jerry Hoyt	Stevens	1	40	Oil leak	0
–	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	4	39	Spun off	0
–	Jimmy Reece	Pankratz	15	10	Engine	0

Rows without a position (–) did not finish the race; the status column shows what happened.