Syracuse 100
New York State Fairgrounds
1 Mile Dirt Oval
100 Laps/100 Miles
September 12, 1959

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status

Points
1 2 Eddie Sachs 7 Competition Engineering Meskowski D Offy 100 1:03:44.85 94.122 200
2 4 Don Branson 9 Bob Estes Phillips Offy 100 Finished 160
3 3 Rodger Ward 5 Leader Card Duo Watson Offy 100 Finished 140
4 7 Jim McWithey 8 Wolcott Lesovsky Offy 100 Finished 120
5 8 Bobby Grim 16 Hopkins Kuzma Offy 100 Finished 100
6 6 Tony Bettenhausen 1 John Zink Heater Watson Offy 100 Finished 80
7 13 Gene Force 17 Tiz-So Silnes Offy 100 Finished 60
8 17 Len Sutton 81 Central Excavating Kuzma Offy 100 Finished 50
9 16 A. J. Foyt 10 Dean Van Lines Kuzma Offy 100 Finished 40
10 15 Bill Homeier 94 Tassi Vatis Kurtis 4000 Offy 99 Flagged 30
11 14 Chuck Weyant 72 Wyandotte Tool Kurtis 4000 Offy 99 Flagged 20
12 10 Bill Cheesbourg 18 Braund Plywood Kuzma Offy 99 Flagged 10
13 9 Shorty Templeman 34 Federal Engineering Kurtis 4000 Offy 98 Flagged
14 11 Lloyd Ruby 46 Texas Racing Club Turner Offy 98 Flagged
15 12 Jim Packard 22 Glessner Silnes Offy 93 Flagged
16 1 Johnny Thomson 3 Racing Associates Kuzma Offy 76 Broken fuel pump
17 5 Don Freeland 4 Bowes Seal Fast Lesovsky Offy 23 Lost brakes
18 18 Johnny Kay 33 Harden Russo/Nichels Offy 22 Broken connecting rod
-- -- Chuck Arnold 48 Sumar Kuzma Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Leon Clum 54 Bill Forbes Racing Kuzma R Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Cotton Farmer 76 Leitenberger Silnes/Sherman Offy -- Broken rear end, practice
-- -- Ralph Liguori 59 Ray Brady Kurtis 4000 Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Jack Turner 78 Stearly Motor Freight Lesovsky Offy -- Burned piston practice
-- -- Dick Rathmann 25 Hardwood Door Kurtis 4000 Offy -- Did not appear

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Eddie Sachs 69 32-100
Johnny Thomson 31 1-31