1959 USAC FIA Formula Libre Race

Date 04.04.1959 Category Formule Libre
Circuit Daytona International Speedway Championship
Race title USAC/FIA Formula Libre Race Round
Distance 20 laps = 50 miles Country USA
Winner's speed: 160.694 mph
Pole's speed: n/a
Fastest lap speed: n/a
Rank Pos. # Driver Entrant Car Laps Time Status Grid Row
1 1 16 Jim Rathmann Simoniz Watson Offy 20 18'40.1 finished 2 1
2 2 41 Dick Rathmann Sumar Kurtis Kraft 500G Offy 20 finished 1 1
3 3 65 Bob Christie Federal Engineering Kurtis Kraft 500D Offy 20 finished 5
4 4 3 Johnny Thomson Racing Associates Lesovsky Offy 19 finished 9
5 5 22 Jim Packard Glessner Silnes D Offy 19 finished 10
6 6 21 Elmer George HOW Kuzma Offy 19 finished 4
7 7 25 Bill Cheesbourg Wright-Knight Kurtis Kraft 4000D Offy 19 finished 8
8 8 9 Don Branson Bob Estes Phillips D Offy 17 finished 6
9 9 75 Dempsey Wilson Racing Associates Kuzma Offy 10 finished 7
9 9 75 Mike Magill Racing Associates Kuzma Offy 7 finished
10 10 53 Jimmy Davies Greenman-Casale Kuzma Offy 16 finished 14
11 11 82 Al Keller Central Excavating Kuzma Offy 10 DNF, broken piston 11
12 12 95 Bill Randall Safety Auto Glass Kurtis Kraft 500C Offy 10 DNF, oil leak 13
13 13 5 Rodger Ward Leader Card 500 Watson Offy 4 DNF, spun off 3
14 14 84 Pat Flaherty John Zink Watson Offy 4 DNF 12
15 75 Tony Bettenhausen Racing Associates Kuzma Offy DNA