1955 Grand Prix - Round 3 – Indianapolis Motor SpeedwayThe third race in the 1955 Grand Prix series takes us to Indianapolis in the USA. Constructed in 1909, it is the second purpose built banked oval racing circuit after Brooklands and the first to be called a 'speedway'. It has a permanent seating capacity of 257,325 with infield seating raising the grand total capacity to an approximate 400,000. It is the highest-capacity sports venue in the world. An estimated 80,000 spectators attended the first 500-mile (800 km) race on Memorial Day, May 30, 1911. Forty cars competed with Ray Harroun winning at an average speed of 74.602 miles per hour (120.060 km/h). The 500 mile race remained a regular event at the "brickyard" during the 20s, 30s and 40s. Eventually it became part of the Formula One World Championship between 1950 and 1960. None of the Indy drivers of that era raced in Formula One and only Ferrari's F1 driver, Alberto Ascari, raced in the 500 in 1952. The 1955 Indy 500 was won by Bob Sweikert in a Kurtis Kraft powered by an Offenhauser engine. However, the race is notable to many as the race in which Bill Vukovich was killed in a crash while seemingly on his way to winning an unprecedented third consecutive Indy 500. Five-time world champion Juan Fangio practiced at the speedway in 1958, but ultimately decided against racing there.
Carefully read the rules on the
championship standings page.
Race list | iGOR |
Server | UKGPL_4 |
IP address | See IGOR |
Date | 17-06-2018 |
Track | IMS |
Mod | 55F1 with 60fpsV2newmod |
Damage | PRO long |
Race time | ~ 21:30 UK time |
Qualifying | 20:45 UK time - 45 minutes |
Race length | 45 laps |
Replay | here |
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ALL drivers still racing have crossed the line.
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see aboveDriver lists can be found on the
championship standings pageHandicapping and chassis allocation.This season the 1955 Grand Prix cars will be using a token system which allows drivers to purchase any chassis of their choice for a given number of tokens as published on the
championship standings page. Drivers classed as Amateurs will be allocated an additional 10 tokens. The token allocation will not be managed in SRou this season so (unlike the 67F1 Works and 67F1 Privateer divisions) the tokens available to each driver will not appear in the championship table (when the mouse pointer is hovered over the driver's total). Rather, the available tokens will be published in the race announcement. See table below.
Available Tokens:Note: These are the tokens available to each driver
before the 10 tokens are added for making the race start.
Driver | Tokens | Status |
bagrupp | 12 | Pro |
Clive Loynes | 30 | Pro |
Doni Yourth | 30 | Pro |
EvilClive | 10 | Pro |
fpolicardi | 18 | Am |
francesco | 15 | Am |
Phil Thornton | 25 | Am |
DLogan | 16 | Am |
Gareth | 20 | Am |
Jeep | 12 | Am |
Uli | 10 | Pro |
FullMetalGasket | 30 | Pro |
Will Tway | 10 | Pro |
Baab | 18 | Am |
Cookie | 5 | Pro |
Samb | 10 | Pro |