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RACE: 43rd Indianapolis 500
DATE: May 30, 1959
WINNER: Roger Ward
AVERAGE SPEED: 135.857 mph
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WHAT HAPPENED: Ward won the first of his two career Indy 500s in perhaps the most competitive race at the point. Indy had a record 16 cars complete all 200 miles. Ward would later call Indy car races in the late 1960s.
NOTABLE: At this point in Indy's history, death on the track was still a regular occurrence and 1959 was no exception. Driver Jerry Unser and Bob Cortner were both killed in accidents leading up to the race.
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