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1959 Milwaukee 200 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 7 of 13 Sunday, August 30, 1959 at Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI 200 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (200.000 miles) Time of race: 2:04:35 Average speed: 96.445 mph Pole speed: 101.354 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: 21856 Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1959 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1959 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 19 5   Rodger Ward Leader Card 500   (Bob Wilke) Watson / Offy 200 8185 running 52 400 2 2 3   Johnny Thomson Racing Associates Lesovsky / Offy 200 4659 running 5 320 3 14 27   Don Freeland Bowes Seal Fast   (George Bignotti) Kurtis / Offy 200 2948 running 0 280 4 4 16   Jim Rathmann Simoniz   (Lindsey Hopkins) Watson / Offy 200 2150 running 0 34.8 5 6 33   Johnny Boyd Bowes Seal Fast   (George Bignotti) Epperly / Offy 200 1787 running 0 200 6 17 78   Jack Turner Stearly Motor Freight   (Doug Stearly) Lesovsky / Offy 200 1388 running 0 160 7 3 25   Dick Rathmann Hardwood Door   (Kathryn Wright) Kurtis / Offy 200 1155 running 0 120 8 20 89   Chuck Weyant Dunn Engineering   (Harry Dunn) Dunn / Offy 199 1070 running 0 100 9 8 17   Bob Veith Tiz-So   (Fred Sclavi) Silnes / Offy 199 985 running 0 80 10 18 7   Eddie Sachs Competition Engineering   (Walter Meskowski) Meskowski / Offy 198 900 running 0 60 11 1 88   Shorty Templeman Drewry's   (M & W Racing) Kuzma / Offy 198 816 running 0 40 12 12 39   Wayne Weiler Fike Plumbing   (Hart Fullerton) Kurtis / Offy 197 667 running 0 20 13 23 34   Dempsey Wilson Federal Engineering Kurtis / Offy 195 582 running 0   14 26 55   Gene Force Sclavi & Amos   (Fred Sclavi) Kuzma / Offy 192 517 running 0   15 13 71   Russ Congdon Hall-Mar   (Karl Hall) Curtis / Offy 192 388 running 0   16 5 1   Tony Bettenhausen John Zink Heater   (John Zink) Watson / Offy 159 1753 spun out 143   17 22 64   Bob McLean Shannon Brothers Watts / Offy 145 259 withdrew 0   18 25 19   Chuck Arnold Bryant Heating & Air Conditioning   (J.S. Donaldson) Kurtis / Offy 129 256 spun out 0   19 15 81   Len Sutton Central Excavating   (Pete Salemi) Kuzma / Offy 102 194 oil pressure 0   20 21 22   Jim Packard Lee Glessner Silnes / Offy 61 194 oil leak 0   21 16 18   Bill Cheesbourg Braund Plywood   (D.A. Caruthers) Epperly / Offy 32 129 oil on clutch 0   22 10 24   Ed Elisian Travelon Trailer   (Ernest Ruiz) Christiansen / Offy 27 129 crash 0   23 9 35   Eddie Johnson Hardwood Door   (Kathryn Wright) Kurtis / Offy 27 129 crash 0   24 7 4   Gene Hartley Hoover Motor Express   (John Wills) Epperly / Offy 26 129 spun out 0   25 11 10   A.J. Foyt Dean Van Lines   (Al Dean) Kuzma / Offy 25 129 engine 0   26 24 41   Bobby Grim Sumar   (Chapman Root) Kurtis / Offy 13 129 spun out 0

Relief Drivers: Car #16: A.J. Foyt (171 laps), 205.2 points) Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Jim McWithey 8 Wolcott Don Branson 9 Bob Estes Paul Russo 45 Bardahl / Gerhardt Lloyd Ruby 46 Texas Racing Club Al Keller 52 Leader Card Duo Ralph Liguori 54 Bill Forbes Racing Chuck Rodee 83 Turner Red Amick 84 Wheeler-Foutch Cotton Farmer 92 McKay Bob Wente 95 Safety Auto Glass Herb Hill 99 Hill Carpets Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Johnny Thomson 1 5 5   Barney Oldfield 2 24 23   Tony Bettenhausen 6 61 56   Rodger Ward 62 72 11   Tony Bettenhausen 73 159 87   Rodger Ward 160 200 41