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Indianapolis 500

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Date & Time
Mon 30th May 1955 Local
Mon 30th May 1955 4:00pm UTC

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League
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Season
1955

Round
Round 3

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The 39th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday, May 30, 1955. The event was race 1 of 11 of the 1955 AAA National Championship Trail and was race 3 of 7 in the 1955 World Championship of Drivers.
The race is notable to many as the race in which Bill Vukovich was killed in a crash while seemingly on his way to an unprecedented third consecutive Indy 500 win.
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1 Bob Sweikert KK500D-Offenhauser 3:53:59.53
2 Tony Bettenhausen - (Paul Russo Laps 57-133) KK500C-Offenhauser +2:43.56
3 Jimmy Davies KK500B-Offenhauser +3:32.36
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plex icon Formula 1 1955-05-30 Indianapolis 500.mkv
kodi icon Formula 1 1955-05-30 Indianapolis 500.S1955E3.mkv
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