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1959 Milwaukee Indycars Race 2 in USAC at the Milwaukee circuit. Full information

1959 Milwaukee Indycars

1959 Milwaukee Indycars is 44th USAC race. Passed at the Milwaukee circuit. Shorty Templeman won the pole position, Rodger Ward won this race. Johnny Thomson and Don Freeland also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 200 laps (332 km).

Previous race: 1959 Springfield Indycars
Next race: 1959 Du Quoin Indycars
Race Start: 30th August 1959

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1959 Milwaukee Indycars

1st victory for the Leader Card Racers team
7th victory for the Rodger Ward
13th podium for the Rodger Ward
19th podium for the Johnny Thomson
5th podium for the Don Freeland

1959 Milwaukee Indycars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Rodger Ward	Watson ?? 1959, #5	400	2h 4m 35.316s	Leader Card Racers
2	Johnny Thomson	Lesovsky ?? 1959, #3	320	200 laps	Racing Associates
3	Don Freeland	Kurtis Kraft 500J, #27	280	200 laps	Bignotti-Bowes Racing Associates
4	Jim Rathmann, AJ Foyt jr	Watson ?? 1959, #16	205	200 laps	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
5	Johnny Boyd	Epperly ?? 1959, #33	200	200 laps	Bignotti-Bowes Racing Associates
6	Jack Turner	Lesovsky D, #78	160	200 laps	Doug Stearly
7	Dick Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft 500G, #25	120	200 laps	Kathryn Wright
8	Chuck Weyant	Dunn ?? 1957, #89	100	199 laps	Dunn Engineering
9	Bob Veith	Meskowski D, #17	80	199 laps	Fred Sclavi
10	Eddie Sachs	Meskowski D, #7	60	198 laps	Walter Meskowski
11	Shorty Templeman	Kuzma ?? 1956, #88	40	198 laps	M&W Racing
12	Wayne Weiler	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #39	20	197 laps	Hart Fullerton
13	Dempsey Wilson	Epperly ?? 1958, #34	0	195 laps	Federal Engineering
14	Gene Force	Kurtis Kraft 500C, #55	0	192 laps	Fred Sclavi
15	Russ Congdon	Curtis ?? 1958, #71	0	192 laps	Karl Hall
16	Tony Bettenhausen	Watson ?? 1957, #1	0	159 laps Spun	John Zink
17	Bob McLean	Watts ?? 1957, #64	0	145 laps Withdrawn	Shannon Brothers
18	Chuck Arnold	Kurtis Kraft 500G, #19	0	129 laps Spun	JS "Duke" Donaldson
19	Len Sutton	Kuzma D, #81	0	102 laps Oil pressure	Pete Salemi
20	Jim Packard	Meskowski D, #22	0	61 laps Oil leak	Lee S Glessner
21	Bill Cheesbourg	Epperly ?? 1957, #18	0	32 laps Clutch	DA Caruthers
22	Ed Elisian	Christiansen ?? 1959, #24	0	27 laps Fatal accident	Ernest L Ruiz
23	Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #35	0	27 laps Accident	Kathryn Wright
24	Gene Hartley	Epperly ?? 1959, #4	0	26 laps Spun	John R Wills
25	AJ Foyt jr	Kuzma ?? 1959, #10	0	25 laps Engine	Dean Van Lines Racing Division
26	Bobby Grim	Kurtis Kraft 500G, #41	0	13 laps Spun	Chapman S Root

Qualifying Results for the 1959 Milwaukee Indycars on the Milwaukee circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Shorty Templeman	Kuzma ?? 1956, #88	35.519s	M&W Racing
2	Johnny Thomson	Lesovsky ?? 1959, #3	35.659s	Racing Associates
3	Dick Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft 500G, #25	35.672s	Kathryn Wright
4	Jim Rathmann	Watson ?? 1959, #16	35.696s	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
5	Tony Bettenhausen	Watson ?? 1957, #1	35.715s	John Zink
6	Johnny Boyd	Epperly ?? 1959, #33	35.769s	Bignotti-Bowes Racing Associates
7	Gene Hartley	Epperly ?? 1959, #4	35.834s	John R Wills
8	Bob Veith	Meskowski D, #17	35.914s	Fred Sclavi
9	Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #35	35.939s	Kathryn Wright
10	Ed Elisian	Christiansen ?? 1959, #24	35.954s	Ernest L Ruiz
11	AJ Foyt jr	Watson ?? 1959, #16	35.964s	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
12	Wayne Weiler	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #39	35.985s	Hart Fullerton
13	Russ Congdon	Curtis ?? 1958, #71	36.02s	Karl Hall
14	Don Freeland	Kurtis Kraft 500J, #27	36.053s	Bignotti-Bowes Racing Associates
15	Len Sutton	Kuzma D, #81	36.159s	Pete Salemi
16	Bill Cheesbourg	Epperly ?? 1957, #18	36.189s	DA Caruthers
17	Jack Turner	Lesovsky D, #78	36.304s	Doug Stearly
18	Eddie Sachs	Meskowski D, #7	36.366s	Walter Meskowski
19	Rodger Ward	Watson ?? 1959, #5	36.375s	Leader Card Racers
20	Chuck Weyant	Dunn ?? 1957, #89	36.384s	Dunn Engineering
21	Jim Packard	Meskowski D, #22	36.634s	Lee S Glessner
22	Bob McLean	Watts ?? 1957, #64	36.8s	Shannon Brothers
23	Dempsey Wilson	Epperly ?? 1958, #34	36.813s	Federal Engineering
24	Bobby Grim	Kurtis Kraft 500G, #41	36.986s	Chapman S Root
25	Chuck Arnold	Kurtis Kraft 500G, #19	36.995s	JS "Duke" Donaldson
25	AJ Foyt jr	Kuzma ?? 1959, #10	0	Dean Van Lines Racing Division
26	Gene Force	Kurtis Kraft 500C, #55	37.012s	Fred Sclavi