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1958 Indiana State Fair Indycars

1958 Indiana State Fair Indycars is 34th USAC race. Passed at the Indiana State Fair circuit. Jud Larson won the pole position, Eddie Sachs won this race. Johnny Thomson and Rodger Ward also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 100 laps (161 km).

Previous race: 1958 Syracuse Indycars
Next race: 1958 Trenton Indycars
Race Start: 13th September 1958

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1958 Indiana State Fair Indycars

3rd victory for the Peter J Schmidt team
3rd victory for the Eddie Sachs
6th podium for the Eddie Sachs
14th podium for the Johnny Thomson
8th podium for the Rodger Ward

1958 Indiana State Fair Indycars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Eddie Sachs	Kuzma D, #44	200	1h 5m 7s	Peter J Schmidt
2	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma D, #7	160	1h 5m 29s	Racing Associates
3	Rodger Ward	Lesovsky D, #8	140	100 laps	Roger G Wolcott
4	Don Branson	Meskowski D, #10	120	100 laps	John R Wills
5	Tony Bettenhausen	Watson D, #5	100	100 laps	John Zink
6	Earl Motter	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #25	80	99 laps	Hart Fullerton
7	Jimmy Reece	Kurtis Kraft 500G, #14	60	99 laps	Bignotti-Bowes Racing Associates
8	AJ Foyt jr	Kuzma D, #29	50	98 laps	Dean Van Lines Racing Division
9	Ed Elisian	Turner D, #73	40	98 laps	Lee Elkins
10	Elmer George	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #21	30	98 laps	Mari Hulman George
11	Johnny Tolan	Kuzma D, #19	20	97 laps	Lysle Greenman
12	Jim Packard	Hillegass D, #59	10	97 laps	Lee S Glessner
13	Gene Hartley	Pankratz D, #88	0	97 laps	Gilbert E Morcroft
14	Paul Russo	Kuzma D, #81	0	97 laps	Pete Salemi
15	Joe Barzda	Russo-Nichels D, #33	0	94 laps Accident	Joe J Barzda
16	Don Freeland	Watson D, #26	0	51 laps Mechanical	Bob Estes
17	Jud Larson	Lesovsky D, #9	0	42 laps Brakes	Bignotti-Bowes Racing Associates
18	Ralph Liguori	Blough D, #18	0	20 laps Ignition	Chapman S Root

Qualifying Results for the 1958 Indiana State Fair Indycars on the Indiana State Fair circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Jud Larson	Lesovsky D, #9	35.94s	Bignotti-Bowes Racing Associates
2	Tony Bettenhausen	Watson D, #5	36.05s	John Zink
3	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma D, #7	36.22s	Racing Associates
4	Eddie Sachs	Kuzma D, #44	36.27s	Peter J Schmidt
5	Rodger Ward	Lesovsky D, #8	36.54s	Roger G Wolcott
6	Don Branson	Meskowski D, #10	36.71s	John R Wills
7	Jimmy Reece	Kurtis Kraft 500G, #14	36.84s	Bignotti-Bowes Racing Associates
8	Earl Motter	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #25	36.89s	Hart Fullerton
9	Ed Elisian	Turner D, #73	36.91s	Lee Elkins
10	Paul Russo	Kuzma D, #81	37.12s	Pete Salemi
12	Don Freeland	Watson D, #26	37.23s	Bob Estes
13	Joe Barzda	Russo-Nichels D, #33	37.36s	Joe J Barzda
14	Johnny Tolan	Kuzma D, #19	37.41s	Lysle Greenman
15	AJ Foyt jr	Kuzma D, #29	37.44s	Dean Van Lines Racing Division
16	Elmer George	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #21	37.63s	Mari Hulman George
17	Gene Hartley	Pankratz D, #88	37.65s	Gilbert E Morcroft
18	Jim Packard	Hillegass D, #59	37.81s	Lee S Glessner
19	Ralph Liguori	Blough D, #18	37.96s	Chapman S Root