The 1957 Indianapolis 500 was Round 3 of the 1957 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, United States on Sunday, 30 May 1957. Pat O’Connor started on pole position in a Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser and Sam Hanks was the race winner in an Epperly Offenhauser.
1957 Indianapolis 500 Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Sam Hanks | United States | Epperly Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:41:14.250 | 3:41:14.250 | - | - | 8 | ||
| 2 | 26 | Jim Rathmann | United States | Epperly Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | +21.461 | 3:41:35.710 | +21.460 | +21.460 | 1:02.750 | 127 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | Jimmy Bryan | United States | Kuzma Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:43:28.220 | +2:13.970 | +1:52.510 | 4 | |||
| 4 | 54 | Paul Russo | United States | Kurtis Kraft Novi | Firestone | 200 | +0 lap | 3:44:11.110 | +2:56.860 | +42.890 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 73 | Andy Linden | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | +0 lap | 3:44:28.520 | +3:14.270 | +17.410 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Johnny Boyd | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | +0 lap | 3:45:49.520 | +4:35.270 | +1:21.000 | |||
| 7 | 48 | Marshall Teague | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | +0 lap | 3:45:59.830 | +4:45.580 | +10.310 | |||
| 8 | 12 | Pat O'Connor | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | +0 lap | 3:46:47.400 | +5:33.150 | +47.570 | |||
| 9 | 7 | Bob Veith | United States | Phillips Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | +0 lap | 3:47:31.360 | +6:17.110 | +43.960 | |||
| 10 | 22 | Gene Hartley | United States | Lesovsky Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | +0 lap | 3:48:24.370 | +7:10.120 | +53.010 | |||
| 11 | 19 | Jack Turner | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | +0 lap | 3:49:10.320 | +7:56.070 | +45.950 | |||
| 12 | 10 | Johnny Thomson | United States | Kuzma Offenhauser | Firestone | 199 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | ||||
| 13 | 95 | Bob Christie | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 197 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 2 laps | ||||
| 14 | 82 | Chuck Weyant | United States | Kuzma Offenhauser | Firestone | 196 | +4 laps | 4 laps | 1 lap | ||||
| 15 | 27 | Tony Bettenhausen | United States | Kurtis Kraft Novi | Firestone | 195 | +5 laps | 5 laps | 1 lap | ||||
| 16 | 18 | Johnnie Parsons | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 195 | +5 laps | 5 laps | |||||
| 17 | 3 | Don Freeland | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 192 | +8 laps | 8 laps | 3 laps | ||||
| 29 | 83 | Ed Elisian | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 51 | DNF | 149 laps | 2 laps | ||||
| DNF | 5 | Jimmy Reece | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 182 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 92 | Don Edmunds | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 170 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 28 | Johnnie Tolan | United States | Kuzma Offenhauser | Firestone | 138 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 89 | Al Herman | United States | Dunn Offenhauser | Firestone | 111 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 14 | Fred Agabashian | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 107 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 88 | Eddie Sachs | United States | Kuzma Offenhauser | Firestone | 105 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 77 | Mike Magill | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 101 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 43 | Eddie Johnson | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 93 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 31 | Bill Cheesbourg | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 81 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 16 | Al Keller | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 75 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 57 | Jimmy Daywalt | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 53 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 8 | Rodger Ward | United States | Lesovsky Offenhauser | Firestone | 27 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 52 | Troy Ruttman | United States | Watson Offenhauser | Firestone | 13 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 55 | Eddie Russo | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | DNF | |||||||
| DNF | 23 | Elmer George | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | DNF |