Milwaukee 200
The Milwaukee Mile
1 Mile Paved Oval
100 Laps/100 Miles
August 30, 1959

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status Points
1 19 Rodger Ward 5 Leader Card 500 Watson Offy 200 2:04:35.316 96.445 400
2 2 Johnny Thomson 3 Racing Associates Lesovsky Offy 200 Finished 320
3 14 Don Freeland 27 Bowes Seal Fast Kurtis 500J Offy 200 Finished 280
4 4 Jim Rathmann 16 Simoniz Watson Offy 200 Finished 34.8
5 6 Johnny Boyd 33 Bowes Seal Fast Epperly Offy 200 Finished 200
6 17 Jack Turner 78 Stearly Motor Freight Lesovsky D Offy 200 Finished 160
7 3 Dick Rathmann 25 Hardwood Door Kurtis 500G Offy 200 Finished 120
8 20 Chuck Weyant 89 Dunn Engineering Dunn Offy 199 Flagged 100
9 8 Bob Veith 17 Tiz-So Silnes D Offy 199 Flagged 80
10 18 Eddie Sachs 7 Competition Engineering Meskowski D Offy 198 Flagged 60
11 1 Shorty Templeman 88 Drewry's Kuzma Offy 198 Flagged 40
12 12 Wayne Weiler 39 Fike Plumbing Kurtis 4000D Offy 197 Flagged 20
13 23 Dempsey Wilson 34 Federal Engineering Kurtis 4000D Offy 195 Flagged
14 26 Gene Force 55 Sclavi & Amos Kuzma Offy 192 Flagged
15 13 Russ Congdon 71 Hall-Mar Curtis Offy 192 Flagged
16 5 Tony Bettenhausen 1 John Zink Heater Watson Offy 159 Spun out, turn 3
17 22 Bob McLean 64 Shannon Bros. Watts Offy 145 Withdrew
18 25 Chuck Arnold 19 Bryant Heating & Air Conditioning Kurtis 500G Offy 129 Spun out
19 15 Len Sutton 81 Central Excavating Kuzma D Offy 102 Lost oil pressure
20 21 Jim Packard 22 Glessner Silnes D Offy 61 Oil leak
21 16 Bill Cheesbourg 18 Braund Plywood Epperly Offy 32 Oil on clutch
22 10 Ed Elisian 24 Travelon Trailer Christain Offy 27 Wrecked, T1 - fatal
23 9 Eddie Johnson 35 Hardwood Door Kurtis 4000D Offy 27 Wrecked, turn 2
24 7 Gene Hartley 4 Hoover Motor Express Epperly Offy 26 Spun out, pulled in
25 11 A. J. Foyt 10 Dean Van Lines Kuzma Offy 25 Blew engine
26 24 Bobby Grim 41 Sumar Kurtis 500G Offy 13 Spun out
-- -- A. J. Foyt 16 Simoniz Watson Offy 171 Relieved J. Rathmann 30-200 205.2
-- -- Don Branson 9 Bob Estes Phillips D Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Red Amick 84 Wheeler-Foutch Kurtis 500C Offy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Cotton Farmer 92 McKay Kurtis 500G Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Herb Hill 99 Hill Carpets Kurtis 500A Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Al Keller 52 Leader Card Duo Watson D Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Ralph Liguori 54 Bill Forbes Racing Kuzma Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Jim McWithey 8 Wolcott Lesovsky D Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Bob Wente 95 Safety Auto Glass Kurtis 500C Offy -- Could not start
-- -- Chuck Rodee 83 Turner Epperly Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Lloyd Ruby 46 Texas Racing Club Turner D Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Paul Russo 45 Bardahl/Gerhardt Kurtis 500G Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Bill Homeier 94 Tassi Vatis Kurtis 4000D Offy -- Did not appear

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Tony Bettenhausen 143 6-61, 73-159
Rodger Ward 52 62-72, 160-200
Johnny Thomson 5 1-5