Created by Perfect Circle to promote their piston ring products, THE UNFORGETTABLE 500 presents the 1955 Indianapolis 500. This was the 39th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday, May 30, 1955. The event was part of the 1955 AAA National Championship Trail, and was included in the 1955 World Drivers Championship. The race is notable to many as the race in which Bill Vukovich was killed in a crash while seemingly on his way to an unprecedented third consecutive Indy 500. The race was won by Robert Charles ‘Bob’ Sweikert (May 20, 1926 – June 17, 1956), an American racing driver, best known as the winner of this race and the 1955 National Championship, as well as the 1955 Midwest Sprint car championship – the only driver in history to sweep all three in a single season.

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