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1959 Indianapolis 500 Film

No copyright infringement is intended with this, or any other video I upload. The purpose of uploading this video is for the viewing pleasure for those that watch it. This is the 43rd Indianapolis 500, run on May 30, 1959. For most of this race, the battle for the lead raged among four top-flight drivers. One was Jim Rathmann, who had already finished second at Indy twice (1952, '57), another was Rodger Ward, who was erratic early in his career, especially at Indy, where he had finished only once in his first eight tries. The third was pole sitter Johnny Thomson, and the other driver that battled up front was Pat Flaherty, who won the race in 1956 from the pole position (one of just seven drivers to do so at that time). Rathmann and Ward proved superior, as Flaherty eventually fell out and Thomson fell back as a result of a broken torsion bar. This race also featured several crashes, the most dramatic being a 4-car crash in which Mike Magill flipped. However, no drivers were injured during the race, although two, including Jerry Unser, the older brother of Bobby and Al, were killed in practice. In the end, Ward won the battle when Rathmann had to slow down to conserve fuel. The win started one of the most consistent streaks of excellence in race history, as it would be the first of six consecutive top-4 finishes for Ward from 1959-'64, four of them being either first or second place finishes. All credits go to SPEED (SpeedVision, it's predecessor, originally aired this presentation), the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and the producers and sponsors of this film. If there are any others who I'm forgetting, please let me know so I can add them to the list of those to credit.