Rex Mays Classic
The Milwaukee Mile
1 Mile Paved Oval
100 Laps/100 Miles
June 7, 1959
Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
1 | 1 | Johnny Thomson | 3 | Racing Associates | Lesovsky | Offy | 100 | 1:00:50.789 98.609 | 200 |
2 | 3 | Johnny Boyd | 88 | Bowes Seal Fast | Epperly | Offy | 100 | Finished | 160 |
3 | 4 | A. J. Foyt | 10 | Dean Van Lines | Kuzma | Offy | 100 | Finished | 140 |
4 | 5 | Jud Larson | 7 | Bowes Seal Fast | Kurtis 500G | Offy | 100 | Finished | 120 |
5 | 13 | Al Keller | 52 | Leader Card Duo | Watson D | Offy | 100 | Finished | 100 |
6 | 12 | Bob Veith | 17 | Tiz-So | Silnes D | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 80 |
7 | 6 | Eddie Sachs | 44 | Peter Schmidt | Kuzma D | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 60 |
8 | 15 | Don Freeland | 15 | Jim Robbins | Kurtis 500G | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 50 |
9 | 14 | Don Branson | 9 | Bob Estes | Phillips D | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 40 |
10 | 8 | Len Sutton | 8 | Wolcott | Lesovsky D | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 30 |
11 | 16 | Bobby Grim | 48 | Sumar | Kuzma D | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 20 |
12 | 17 | Jack Turner | 24 | Travelon Trailer | Christain | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 10 |
13 | 2 | Rodger Ward | 5 | Leader Card 500 | Watson | Offy | 98 | Blew engine | |
14 | 18 | Jim Packard | 22 | Glessner | Silnes D | Offy | 97 | Flagged | |
15 | 10 | Ed Elisian | 27 | HOW | Watson D | Offy | 88 | Blew engine | |
16 | 22 | Joe Barzda | 33 | Harden | Russo/Nichels D | Offy | 82 | Spun out south turn | |
17 | 21 | Tony Bettenhausen | 81 | Central Excavating | Kuzma D | Offy | 75 | Spun out north turn | |
18 | 19 | Buddy Cagle | 4 | John Zink | Watson D | Offy | 62 | Steering | |
19 | 7 | Pat Flaherty | 74 | John Zink | Moore | Offy | 59 | Broken front suspension | |
20 | 20 | Gene Force | 64 | Shannon Bros. | Watts | Offy | 51 | Broken tach cable seal | |
21 | 11 | Bill Cheesbourg | 76 | Braund Plywood | Epperly | Offy | 27 | Wrecked | |
22 | 9 | Paul Goldsmith | 83 | Dean Van Lines | Epperly | Offy | 16 | Oil leak | |
-- | -- | Bob Christie | 65 | Federal Engineering | Kurtis 500D | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow, C13 | |
-- | -- | Chuck Arnold | 71 | Hall-Mar | Curtis | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow, C3 | |
-- | -- | Duane Carter | 78 | Stearly Motor Freight | Lesovsky D | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow, C12 | |
-- | -- | Jimmy Daywalt | 19 | Bryant Heating & Air Conditioning | Kurtis 500G | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow, C14 | |
-- | -- | Red Amick | 43 | Chapman | Lesovsky | Offy | -- | Wrecked practice, T1 | |
-- | -- | Elmer George | 21 | HOW | Kuzma | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow, C6 | |
-- | -- | Gene Hartley | 54 | Bill Forbes Racing | Kuzma | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow, C5 | |
-- | -- | Jim McWithey | 58 | Ray Brady | Kurtis 500C | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
-- | -- | Johnnie Tolan | 18 | Braund Plywood | Kuzma D | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
-- | -- | Shorty Templeman | 88 | Drewry's | Kuzma | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow, C4 | |
-- | -- | Chuck Weyant | 89 | Dunn Engineering | Dunn | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow, C9 | |
-- | -- | Dempsey Wilson | 82 | Central Excavating | Kuzma | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow, C7 | |
-- | -- | Wayne Weiler | 39 | Fike Plumbing | Kurtis 4000D | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow, C11 | |
-- | -- | Dick Rathmann | 25 | Hardwood Door | Kurtis 500G | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow, C8 | |
-- | -- | Jim Rathmann | 16 | Simoniz | Watson | Offy | -- | Wrecked practice, T1 | |
-- | -- | Paul Russo | 45 | Bardahl/Gerhardt | Kurtis 500G | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow, C10 | |
-- | -- | Eddie Johnson | 19 | Bryant Heating & Air Conditioning | Kurtis 500G | Offy | -- | Driven by Daywalt |
Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
Johnny Thomson | 100 | 1-100 |