Season
1953
Race
2. Indianapolis 500
1953 Indianapolis 500
- Coordinates
- 39.795, -86.2347
- Altitude
- 223 m
- Race number
- 25
Race winner
Winning driver
9.0 pts
- Race
- 9.0 pts
Top team
Leader Team
Kurtis Kraft
24.0 pts
- Race
- 24.0 pts
Drivers
- Bill Vukovich 9.0 pts
- Art Cross 6.0 pts
- Duane Carter 2.0 pts
- Sam Hanks 2.0 pts
- Jack McGrath 2.0 pts
- Fred Agabashian 1.5 pts
- Paul Russo 1.5 pts
- Jimmy Daywalt 0.0 pts
- Jim Rathmann 0.0 pts
- Eddie Johnson 0.0 pts
- Jimmy Davies 0.0 pts
- Duke Nalon 0.0 pts
- Bob Scott 0.0 pts
- Carl Scarborough 0.0 pts
- Bill Holland 0.0 pts
- Rodger Ward 0.0 pts
- Andy Linden 0.0 pts
- Duke Dinsmore 0.0 pts
- Walt Faulkner 0.0 pts
- Johnny Mantz 0.0 pts
- Marshall Teague 0.0 pts
- Johnny Thomson 0.0 pts
- Jackie Holmes 0.0 pts
- Travis Webb 0.0 pts
- Jerry Hoyt 0.0 pts
- Chuck Stevenson 0.0 pts
- Johnnie Parsons 0.0 pts
- Gene Hartley 0.0 pts
- Cal Niday 0.0 pts
Driver standings before the race
| Position | Driver | Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Ascari | — | 9 | 1 |
| 2 | Luigi Villoresi | — | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | José Froilán González | — | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | Mike Hawthorn | — | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Oscar Gálvez | — | 2 | 0 |
| — | Jean Behra | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Maurice Trintignant | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Harry Schell | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | John Barber | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Alan Brown | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Robert Manzon | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Juan Fangio | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Felice Bonetto | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Nino Farina | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Carlos Menditeguy | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Pablo Birger | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Adolfo Cruz | — | 0 | 0 |