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The 39th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was 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. .
