Indianapolis 500

1957 · Round 3 · Indianapolis, United States · May 30, 1957

Race summary

Victory went to Hanks (from 13th on the grid), with a 21.5s margin. Rathmann made the biggest gain, from 32nd on the grid to 2nd (up 30 places). O'Connor had a difficult race, dropping from 1st to 8th.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Sam Hanks	Epperly	13	200	3:41:14.250	8
2	Jim Rathmann	Epperly	32	200	+21.460	7
3	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma	15	200	+2:13.970	4
4	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	10	200	+2:56.860	3
5	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft	12	200	+3:14.270	2
6	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft	5	200	+4:35.270	0
7	Marshall Teague	Kurtis Kraft	28	200	+4:45.580	0
8	Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft	1	200	+5:33.150	0
9	Bob Veith	Phillips	16	200	+6:17.110	0
10	Gene Hartley	Lesovsky	14	200	+7:10.120	0
11	Jack Turner	Kurtis Kraft	19	200	+7:56.070	0
12	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma	11	199	+1 Lap	0
13	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft	33	197	+3 Laps	0
14	Chuck Weyant	Kuzma	25	196	+4 Laps	0
15	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft	22	195	+5 Laps	0
16	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	17	195	+5 Laps	0
17	Don Freeland	Kurtis Kraft	21	192	+8 Laps	0
–	Jimmy Reece	Kurtis Kraft	6	182	Throttle	0
–	Don Edmunds	Kurtis Kraft	27	170	Spun off	0
–	Johnnie Tolan	Kurtis Kraft	31	138	Clutch	0
–	Al Herman	Dunn	30	111	Accident	0
–	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	4	107	Fuel leak	0
–	Eddie Sachs	Kuzma	2	105	Fuel leak	0
–	Mike Magill	Kurtis Kraft	18	101	Accident	0
–	Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft	20	93	Wheel bearing	0
–	Bill Cheesbourg	Kurtis Kraft	23	81	Fuel leak	0
–	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft	8	75	Accident	0
–	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	29	53	Accident	0
–	Ed Elisian	Kurtis Kraft	7	51	Retired	0
–	Rodger Ward	Lesovsky	24	27	Turbo	0
–	Troy Ruttman	Watson	3	13	Engine	0
–	Eddie Russo	Kurtis Kraft	26	0	Accident	0
–	Elmer George	Kurtis Kraft	9	0	Accident	0

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