1957 INDIANAPOLIS 500

The 41st International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Thursday, May 30, 1957. The event was part of the 1957 USAC National Championship Trail, and was included in the 1957 World Drivers Championship.
Sam Hanks won the Indianapolis 500 in his thirteenth attempt (the most such by any 500 winner). He retired from competition at Indy in victory lane.^[1] Contrary to popular belief,^{[citation needed]} Hanks did not completely retire from racing until the end of the year. He skipped the Race of Two Worlds when his entrant withdrew,^[2] but competed in USAC Stock Car events later in the year, winning the event at Trenton,^[3] and finished third in points championships for 1957.
Hanks received a record $103,844 purse, the first driver to win a $100,000 single-race payday. The total race purse was also a record, over $300,000 for the first time.
Hanks won the race in George Salih's "Lay-down Offy". The Offenhauser engine was mounted on its side and shifted off-center. This was done in order to lower the center of gravity, reduce frontal area, and counterbalance the body roll in the turns. The car that Hanks drove for the win in 1957 would win back-to-back Indy 500s, with Jimmy Bryan piloting the very same chassis to victory again in 1958. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_Indianapolis_500

Final Stats:

Row 1	Pat O'Connor	Eddie Sachs	Troy Ruttman
Row 2	Fred Agabashian	Johnny Boyd	Jimmy Reece
Row 3	Ed Elisian	Al Keller	Elmer George
Row 4	Paul Russo	Johnny Thomson	Andy Linden
Row 5	Sam Hanks	Gene Hartley	Jimmy Bryan
Row 6	Bob Veith	Johnnie Parsons	Mike Magill
Row 7	Jack Turner	Eddie Johnson	Don Freeland
Row 8	Tony Bettenhausen	Bill Cheesbourg	Rodger Ward
Row 9	Chuck Weyant	Eddie Russo	Don Edmunds
Row 10	Marshall Teague	Jimmy Daywalt	Al Herman
Row 11	Johnnie Tolan	Jim Rathmann	Bob Christie
Other Drivers on Entry List:
Andy Furci
Billy Garrett
Bud Clemons
Cal Niday
Cliff Griffith
Danny Kladis
Dempsey Wilson
Dick Rathmann
Gene Force
George Amick
Jim McWithey
Jimmy Davies
Johnny Baldwin
Johnny Fedricks
Jud Larson
Keith Andrews
Leroy Warriner
Nino Farina
Ray Crawford
Tony Bonadies
Race Results:
Finish	Driver	Laps	Status	Prize Money
1	Sam Hanks	200	135.601	$103,844
2	Jim Rathmann	200	135.382	$38,494
3	Jimmy Bryan	200	134.246	$21,794
4	Paul Russo	200	133.818	$19,369
5	Andy Linden	200	133.645	$11,094
6	Johnny Boyd	200	132.846	$8,194
7	Marshall Teague	200	132.745	$6,819
8	Pat O'Connor	200	132.281	$8,619
9	Bob Veith	200	131.855	$5,969
10	Gene Hartley	200	131.345	$5,844
11	Jack Turner	200	130.906	$3,639
12	Johnny Thomson	199	Running	$5,069
13	Bob Christie	197	Running	$3,299
14	Chuck Weyant	196	Running	$3,429
15	Tony Bettenhausen	195	Running	$4,059
16	Johnnie Parsons	195	Running	$2,989
17	Don Freeland	192	Running	$2,869
18	Jimmy Reece	182	Throttle	$2,749
19	Don Edmunds	170	Spun out	$3,169
20	Johnnie Tolan	138	Clutch	$2,639
21	Al Herman	111	Accident	$2,659
22	Fred Agabashian	107	Fuel leak	$2,879
23	Eddie Sachs	105	Fuel pump	$3,299
24	Mike Magill	101	Accident	$2,519
25	Eddie Johnson	93	Wheel bearing	$2,489
26	Bill Cheesbourg	81	Fuel leak	$3,209
27	Al Keller	75	Accident	$2,429
28	Jimmy Daywalt	53	Accident	$2,449
29	Ed Elisian	51	Timing gear	$2,369
30	Rodger Ward	27	Supercharger	$2,889
31	Troy Ruttman	13	Piston	$3,459
32	Eddie Russo	0	Accident	$2,404
33	Elmer George	0	Accident	$2,249
Lap Leaders:
1 4	Pat O'Connor
5 6	Troy Ruttman
7 9	Pat O'Connor
10 11	Troy Ruttman
12 35	Paul Russo
36-48	Sam Hanks
49-53	Johnny Thomson
54-110	Sam Hanks
111-134	Jim Rathmann
135-200	Sam Hanks