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1959 Daytona Indycars

1959 Daytona Indycars is 38th USAC race. Passed at the Daytona circuit. Dick Rathmann won the pole position, Jim Rathmann won this race. Rodger Ward and Bob Christie also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 40 laps (161 km).

Previous race: 1958 Phoenix Indycars
Next race: 1959 Trenton Indycars
Race Start: 4th April 1959

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1959 Daytona Indycars

4th victory for the Lindsey Hopkins Racing team
2nd victory for the Jim Rathmann
4th podium for the Jim Rathmann
10th podium for the Rodger Ward
1st podium for the Bob Christie

1959 Daytona Indycars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Jim Rathmann	Watson ?? 1959, #16	200	35m 14.4s	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
2	Rodger Ward	Watson ?? 1959, #5	160	40 laps	Leader Card Racers
3	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft 500D, #65	140	39 laps	Federal Engineering
4	George Amick	Epperly ?? 1959, #2	120	39 laps Fatal accident	Bignotti-Bowes Racing Associates
5	Dick Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft 500G, #41	100	39 laps	Chapman S Root
6	Elmer George	Kuzma ?? 1959, #21	80	38 laps	Mari Hulman George
7	Johnny Thomson	Lesovsky ?? 1959, #3	60	38 laps	Racing Associates
8	AJ Foyt jr	Kuzma ?? 1959, #10	50	37 laps	Dean Van Lines Racing Division
9	Pat Flaherty	Watson ?? 1957, #84	40	37 laps	John Zink
10	Jim Packard	Meskowski D, #22	30	37 laps	Lee S Glessner
11	Don Branson	Phillips D, #9	20	37 laps	Bob Estes
12	Bill Cheesbourg	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #25	10	36 laps Spun	Kathryn Wright
13	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft 500C, #82	0	35 laps	Pete Salemi
14	Bill Randall	Kurtis Kraft 500C, #95	0	34 laps	James E Shreve
15	Jimmy Davies	Kuzma ?? 1957, #53	0	33 laps	Lysle Greenman
16	Jud Larson	Lesovsky D, #4	0	32 laps	Bignotti-Bowes Racing Associates
17	Dempsey Wilson	Kurtis Kraft 500C, #24	0	28 laps Spun	Fred Sommer
18	Tony Bettenhausen	Kuzma ?? 1956, #75	0	6 laps Oil leak	Racing Associates
19	Eddie Sachs	Kuzma D, #44	0	6 laps Ignition	Peter J Schmidt
20	Len Sutton	Lesovsky ?? 1957, #8	0	6 laps Piston	Roger G Wolcott Memorial Racing Team

Qualifying Results for the 1959 Daytona Indycars on the Daytona circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Dick Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft 500G, #41	51.96s	Chapman S Root
2	Jim Rathmann	Watson ?? 1959, #16	52.32s	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
3	Rodger Ward	Watson ?? 1959, #5	52.62s	Leader Card Racers
4	Dempsey Wilson	Kurtis Kraft 500C, #24	52.92s	Fred Sommer
5	Elmer George	Kuzma ?? 1959, #21	53.16s	Mari Hulman George
6	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft 500D, #65	53.4s	Federal Engineering
7	Don Branson	Phillips D, #9	54.54s	Bob Estes
8	Eddie Sachs	Kuzma D, #44	54.96s	Peter J Schmidt
9	George Amick	Epperly ?? 1959, #2	50.88s	Bignotti-Bowes Racing Associates
10	Tony Bettenhausen	Kuzma ?? 1956, #75	52.02s	Racing Associates
11	Len Sutton	Lesovsky ?? 1957, #8	52.72s	Roger G Wolcott Memorial Racing Team
12	Bill Cheesbourg	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #25	53.94s	Kathryn Wright
13	Jud Larson	Lesovsky D, #4	55.02s	Bignotti-Bowes Racing Associates
14	AJ Foyt jr	Kuzma ?? 1959, #10	53.28s	Dean Van Lines Racing Division
15	Johnny Thomson	Lesovsky ?? 1959, #3	53.94s	Racing Associates
16	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft 500C, #82	54.84s	Pete Salemi
17	Pat Flaherty	Watson ?? 1957, #84	1m 1.74s	John Zink
18	Jim Packard	Meskowski D, #22	54.66s	Lee S Glessner
19	Bill Randall	Kurtis Kraft 500C, #95	1m 29.82s	James E Shreve
20	Jimmy Davies	Kuzma ?? 1957, #53		Lysle Greenman