Időmérő végeredménye: 1. sor: Dick Rathmann Ed Elisian Jimmy Reece Watson-Offenhauser #97 Watson-Offenhauser #5 Watson-Offenhauser #16 McNamara/Kalamazoo Sports John Zink/Ellen McKinney Zink John Zink 4:06.62 4:06.70 4:07.40 145.974 mph 145.926 mph 145.513 mph 2. sor: Bob Veith Pat O'Connor Johnnie Parsons Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser #14 Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser #4 Kurtis-Offenhauser #45 Bowes Seal Fast Sumar/Chapman Root Fred Gerhardt 4:08.48 4:08.58 4:08.82 144.881 mph 144.823 mph 144.683 mph 3. sor: Jimmy Bryan Johnny Boyd Tony Bettenhausen Salih-Offenhauser #1 Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser #9 Epperly-Offenhauser #33 Belond AP/George Salih Bowes Seal Fast Jones & Maley/Cars Inc. 4:09.68 4:09.96 4:11.89 144.185 mph 144.023 mph 142.919 mph 4. sor: Jack Turner Roger Ward A.J. Foyt Jr. (R) Lesovsky-Offenhauser #25 Lesovsky-Offenhauser #8 Kuzma-Offenhauser #29 Massaglia Hotels Wolcott Fuel Injection Dean Van Lines 4:10.98 4:11.28 4:11.52 143.438 mph 143.266 mph 143.130 mph 5. sor: Don Freeland Paul Russo Billy Garrett Phillips-Offenhauser #26 Kurtis KK500F-Novi #15 Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser #43 Bob Estes Novi Auto/Novi Racing H.A. Chapman 4:11.69 4:11.82 4:12.14 143.033 mph 142.959 mph 142.778 mph 6. sor: Paul Goldsmith (R) Bob Christie Eddie Sachs Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser #31 Kurtis KK500C-Offenhauser #65 Kuzma-Offenhauser #88 City of Daytona/Smokey Yunick Federal Engineering Peter Schmidt 4:12.20 4:13.07 4:08.86 142.744 mph 142.253 mph 144.660 mph 7. sor: Jud Larson (R) Jim Rathmann Al Keller Watson-Offenhauser #44 Epperly-Offenhauser #2 Kurtis KK500-2-Offenhauser #52 John Zink Leader Card 500/Hopkins Bardahl/Pat Clancy 4:10.85 4:11.49 4:11.87 143.512 mph 143.147 mph 142.931 mph 8. sor: Johnny Thomson C."Shorty" Templeman Jerry Unser (R) Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser #7 Kurtis KK500D-Offenhauser #83 Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser #92 D-A Lubricant/Racing McNamara/Kalamazoo Sports Roy McKay 4:11.91 4:12.07 4:12.18 142.908 mph 142.817 mph 142.755 mph 9. sor: George Amick (R) Eddie Johnson Len Sutton (R) Epperly-Offenhauser #99 Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser #61 Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser #68 Norman Demler Bryant Heating/Donaldson Jim Robbins 4:12.26 4:12.17 4:12.36 142.710 mph 142.760 mmph 142.653 mph 10. sor: Art Bisch (R) Chuck Weyant Johnnie Tolan Kuzma-Offenhauser #57 Dunn-Offenhauser #89 Kuzma-Offenhauser #19 Helse/H.H. Johnson Dunn Engineering Greenman-Casale 4:12.40 4:12.44 4:12.97 142.631 mph 142.608 mph 142.309 mph 11. sor: Mike Magill Dempsey Wilson (R) Bill Cheesbourg Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser #77 Kuzma-Offenhauser #59 Kurtis KK500F-Novi #54 Dayton Steel Foundry/Walther Bob Sorenson Novi Auto/Novi Racing 4:13.03 4:11.27 4:12.71 142.276 mph 143.272 mph 142.456 mph Nem kvalifikált versenyzők: # Versenyző Autó Csapat 10 Rex Easton Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser Hoover Motor Express 17 Art Bisch Kurtis KK500D-Offenhauser Ansted Rotary 17 Jack Ensley Kurtis KK500D-Offenhauser Ansted Rotary 18 Marshall Teague Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser Sumar/Chapman Root 24 Gene Hartley Kurtis KK500C-Offenhauser Hoyt Machine/Fred Sommer 28 Elmer George Kuzma-Offenhauser Ansted Rotary 48 Jerry Unser Kurtis KK500C-Offenhauser Sumar/Chapman Root 49 Ray Crawford Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser Meguiar's Mirror/Crawford 51 Jerry Unser Kurtis KK500A-DeSoto Duncan 54 Juan Manuel Fangio Kurtis KK500F-Novi Novi Auto Air Conditioner 55 Eddie Russo Kuzma-Offenhauser Sclavi & Amos 56 Fred Agabashian Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser City of Memphis 57 Fred Agabashian Kuzma-Offenhauser Helse / H.H. Johnson 58 Van Johnson Kurtis KK500C-Offenhauser Ray Brady 62 Joe Giba Kurtis KK500D-Offenhauser Carl Anderson 66 Jim McWithey Snowberger-Offenhauser Federal Engineering 69 Jimmy Daywalt Kurtis KK500D-Offenhauser Federal Engineering 71 Dempsey Wilson Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser Hall-Mar 72 Rex Easton Kurtis KK500A-Offenhauser Wyandotte Tool 74 Bill Homeier Kurtis KK500C-Offenhauser Kurtis-Kraft/Smith 75 Al Herman Kuzma-Offenhauser D-A Lubricants Racing 75 Fred Agabashian Kuzma-Offenhauser D-A Lubricants Racing 77 Juan Manuel Fangio Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser Dayton Steel 82 Jimmy Daywalt Kuzma-Offenhauser Central Excavating/Pete Salemi 82 Len Sutton Kuzma-Offenhauser Central Excavating/Pete Salemi 93 Bob Cortner Kurtis KK3000-Offenhauser McKay's Bulldog 95 LeRoy Warriner Kurtis KK500C-Offenhauser Safety Auto Glass 95 Bill Homeier Kurtis KK500C-Offenhauser Safety Auto Glass 98 Troy Ruttman Kuzma-Offenhauser J.C. Agajanian Verseny végeredménye: Poz # Versenyző Autó Idő/Kör Sebesség 1 1 Jimmy Bryan Salih-Offenhauser 3:44:13.80 (200 kör) 133.791 (215.297 km/h) 2 99 George Amick (R) Epperly-Offenhauser 3:44:41.45 133.517 3 9 Johnny Boyd Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser 3:45:23.75 133.099 4 33 Tony Bettenhausen Epperly-Offenhauser 3:45:45.60 132.855 5 2 Jim Rathmann Epperly-Offenhauser 3:45:49.45 132.857 6 16 Jimmy Reece Watson-Offenhauser 3:46:30.75 132.443 7 26 Don Freeland Phillips-Offenhauser 3:46:34.85 132.403 8 44 Jud Larson (R) Watson-Offenhauser 3:49:47.85 130.550 9 61 Eddie Johnson Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser 3:50:29.58 130.156 10 54 Bill Cheesbourg Kurtis KK500F-Novi 3:52:17.35 129.149 11 52 Al Keller Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser 3:53:29.00 128.498 12 45 Johnnie Parsons Kurtis-Offenhauser 3:53:54.60 128.254 13 19 Johnnie Tolan Kuzma-Offenhauser 3:54:06.00 128.150 14 65 Bob Christie Kurtis KK500C-Offenhauser 189 megpördült 15 59 Dempsey Wilson (R) Kuzma-Offenhauser 151 kuplung pedál 16 29 A.J. Foyt Jr. (R) Kuzma-Offenhauser 148 megpördült T1 17 77 Mike Magill Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser 136 DQ -kizárva 18 15 Paul Russo Kurtis KK500F-Novi 122 hűtő 19 83 C."Shorty" Templeman Kurtis KK500D-Offenhauser 116 fékhiba 20 8 Rodger Ward Lesovsky-Offenhauser 93 üzemanyag pumpa 21 43 Billy Garrett Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser 80 hajtás 22 88 Eddie Sachs Kuzma-Offenhauser 68 kardáncsukló 23 7 Johnny Thomson Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 52 kormánymű 24 89 Chuck Weyant Dunn-Offenhauser 38 baleset T4 25 25 Jack Turner Lesovsky-Offenhauser 21 üzemanyag pumpa 26 14 Bob Veith Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser 1 baleset T3 27 97 Dick Rathmann Watson-Offenhauser 0 baleset T3 28 5 Ed Elisian Watson-Offenhauser 0 baleset T3 29 4 Pat O'Connor Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser 0 baleset T3 (végzetes) 30 31 Paul Goldsmith (R) Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser 0 baleset T3 31 92 Jerry Unser (R) Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser 0 baleset T3 32 68 Len Sutton (R) Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser 0 baleset T3 33 57 Art Bisch (R) Kuzma-Offenhauser 0 baleset T3 Vezetett körök: # Versenyző Autó Körök Teljes 1 Jimmy Bryan Salih-Offenhauser 1-18 139 33 Tony Bettenhausen Epperly-Offenhauser 19-20 24 88 Eddie Sachs Kuzma-Offenhauser 21 1 33 Tony Bettenhausen Epperly-Offenhauser 22-25 1 Jimmy Bryan Salih-Offenhauser 26 99 George Amick Epperly-Offenhauser 27-30 18 1 Jimmy Bryan Salih-Offenhauser 31 99 George Amick Epperly-Offenhauser 32-34 33 Tony Bettenhausen Epperly-Offenhauser 35 99 George Amick Epperly-Offenhauser 36-46 1 Jimmy Bryan Salih-Offenhauser 47-48 33 Tony Bettenhausen Epperly-Offenhauser 49 1 Jimmy Bryan Salih-Offenhauser 50-52 33 Tony Bettenhausen Epperly-Offenhauser 53-65 1 Jimmy Bryan Salih-Offenhauser 66-104 33 Tony Bettenhausen Epperly-Offenhauser 105-107 9 Johnny Boyd Kurtis KK500G-Offenhauser 108-125 18 1 Jimmy Bryan Salih-Offenhauser 126-200 Verseny jegyzetek: 1) Rendező: Indianapolis Motor Speedway. USAC Sanction No. 58CH1 2) Motor specifikáció (köb hüvelyk) és szabályozás: Feltöltés nélküli motor - 256.3 (4200 cm3) Feltöltővel - 170.9 (2800,55 cm3) Széria motorblokk - 274.6 (4499,89 cm3) 3) Minimum Időmérő sebesség - 115 mph (185,07 km/h), 4 mért kör, 33 autó indulhat. 3) Juan Manuel Fangio, az ötszörös Formula-1 világbajnok is nevezett a versenyre, indulnia nem sikerült. 5) Patrick O'Connor a verseny első körében szenved halálos balesetet. 6) Össz sárgakörös periódus: 0:36:38 7) George Amick kapta a Rookie-Of-The-Year címet. 8) Átlagos időmérő sebesség: 143.453 mph (230,87 km/h) Össz. díjazás: 305,217 USD Nevezett autók: 61 Induló autók: 33 Újoncok: 8 (George Amick, Art Bisch, A.J. Foyt Jr., Paul Goldsmith, Jud Larson, Len Sutton, Jerry Unser, Dempsey Wilson) Induló győztesek: Johnnie Parsons