Season
1951
Race
2. Indianapolis 500

1951 · Race 2 of 8

1951 Indianapolis 500

Indianapolis Motor Speedway · Indianapolis, USA · 30/05/1951

Coordinates
39.795, -86.2347
Altitude
223 m
Race number
9
Indianapolis Motor Speedway circuit layout

R

30/05/1951 00:00 · America/Indianapolis · 200 laps

Position Driver Team Grid Race positions Laps Time Points Status Fastest lap rank Details
1 Lee Wallard Kurtis Kraft 2 +1 200 3:57:38.050 9 Finished —
2 Mike Nazaruk Kurtis Kraft 7 +5 200 3:59:25.290 6 Finished —
3 Jack McGrath Kurtis Kraft 3 = 200 4:00:29.440 2 Finished —
3 Manny Ayulo Kurtis Kraft 3 = 200 4:00:29.440 2 Finished —
4 Andy Linden Sherman 31 +27 200 4:02:18.170 3 Finished —
5 Bobby Ball Schroeder 29 +24 200 4:02:30.280 2 Finished —
6 Henry Banks Moore 17 +11 200 4:03:18.070 0 Finished —
7 Carl Forberg Kurtis Kraft 24 +17 193 — 0 +7 Laps —
8 Duane Carter Deidt 4 -4 180 — 0 +20 Laps —
9 Tony Bettenhausen Deidt 9 = 178 — 0 Spun off —
10 Duke Nalon Kurtis Kraft 1 -9 151 — 0 Retired —
11 Gene Force Kurtis Kraft 22 +11 142 — 0 Engine —
12 Sam Hanks Kurtis Kraft 12 = 135 — 0 Engine —
13 Bill Schindler Kurtis Kraft 16 +3 129 — 0 Engine —
14 Mauri Rose Deidt 5 -9 126 — 0 Accident —
15 Walt Faulkner Kuzma 14 -1 123 — 0 Engine —
16 Jimmy Davies Pawl 27 +11 110 — 0 Axle —
17 Fred Agabashian Kurtis Kraft 11 -6 109 — 0 Clutch —
18 Carl Scarborough Kurtis Kraft 15 -3 93 — 0 Heat shield fire —
19 Bill Mackey Hall 33 +14 97 — 0 Clutch —
20 Chuck Stevenson Marchese 19 -1 93 — 0 Heat shield fire —
21 Johnnie Parsons Kurtis Kraft 8 -13 87 — 0 Magneto —
22 Cecil Green Kurtis Kraft 10 -12 80 — 0 Engine —
23 Troy Ruttman Kurtis Kraft 6 -17 78 — 0 Engine —
24 Duke Dinsmore Schroeder 32 +8 73 — 0 Overheating —
25 Chet Miller Kurtis Kraft 28 +3 56 — 0 Ignition —
26 Walt Brown Kurtis Kraft 13 -13 55 — 0 Magneto —
27 Rodger Ward Bromme 25 -2 34 — 0 Oil pipe —
28 Cliff Griffith Kurtis Kraft 18 -10 30 — 0 Axle —
29 Bill Vukovich Trevis 20 -9 29 — 0 Oil leak —
30 George Connor Lesovsky 21 -9 29 — 0 Transmission —
31 Mack Hellings Deidt 23 -8 18 — 0 Engine —
32 Johnny McDowell Maserati 26 -6 15 — 0 Fuel leak —
33 Joe James Watson 30 -3 8 — 0 Transmission —