1951 Indianapolis 500

Indianapolis Motor Speedway · 30 May 1951

Round 2🇺🇸 USA

Lee Wallard won the 1951 Indianapolis 500 for Kurtis Kraft from 2nd on the grid, 1:47.240 ahead of Mike Nazaruk. Andy Linden gained the most places, from 31st on the grid to 4th.

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Laps

200

First GP

1950

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Weekend Points

Pos	Team	Points Breakdown	Pts
1	Kurtis Kraft Wallard 9 + Nazaruk 6 + McGrath 2 + Ayulo 2 + Forberg 0 + Nalon 0 + Force 0 + Hanks 0 + Schindler 0 + Agabashian 0 + Scarborough 0 + Parsons 0 + Green 0 + Ruttman 0 + Miller 0 + Brown 0 + Griffith 0	Wallard 9 + Nazaruk 6 + McGrath 2 + Ayulo 2 + Forberg 0 + Nalon 0 + Force 0 + Hanks 0 + Schindler 0 + Agabashian 0 + Scarborough 0 + Parsons 0 + Green 0 + Ruttman 0 + Miller 0 + Brown 0 + Griffith 0	19
2	Sherman Linden 3	Linden 3	3
3	Schroeder Ball 2 + Dinsmore 0	Ball 2 + Dinsmore 0	2
4	Moore Banks 0	Banks 0	0
5	Deidt Carter 0 + Bettenhausen 0 + Rose 0 + Hellings 0	Carter 0 + Bettenhausen 0 + Rose 0 + Hellings 0	0
6	Kuzma Faulkner 0	Faulkner 0	0
7	Pawl Davies 0	Davies 0	0
8	Hall Mackey 0	Mackey 0	0
9	Marchese Stevenson 0	Stevenson 0	0
10	Bromme Ward 0	Ward 0	0
11	Trevis Vukovich 0	Vukovich 0	0
12	Lesovsky Connor 0	Connor 0	0
13	Maserati McDowell 0	McDowell 0	0
14	Watson James 0	James 0	0

Race Result

Pos	Driver	Team	Race time / Gap	Laps	Stops	Pts
1	Lee Wallard Kurtis Kraft	Kurtis Kraft	3:57:38.050	200	—	9
2	Mike Nazaruk Kurtis Kraft	Kurtis Kraft	+1:47.240	200	—	6
3	Jack McGrath Kurtis Kraft	Kurtis Kraft	+2:51.390	200	—	2
3	Manny Ayulo Kurtis Kraft	Kurtis Kraft	+2:51.390	200	—	2
4	Andy Linden Sherman	Sherman	+4:40.120	200	—	3
5	Bobby Ball Schroeder	Schroeder	+4:52.230	200	—	2
6	Henry Banks Moore	Moore	+5:40.020	200	—	—
7	Carl Forberg Kurtis Kraft	Kurtis Kraft	+7 Laps	193	—	—
8	Duane Carter Deidt	Deidt	+20 Laps	180	—	—
DNF	Tony Bettenhausen Deidt	Deidt	DNF Spun off	178	—	—
DNF	Duke Nalon Kurtis Kraft	Kurtis Kraft	DNF	151	—	—
DNF	Gene Force Kurtis Kraft	Kurtis Kraft	DNF Engine	142	—	—
DNF	Sam Hanks Kurtis Kraft	Kurtis Kraft	DNF Engine	135	—	—
DNF	Bill Schindler Kurtis Kraft	Kurtis Kraft	DNF Engine	129	—	—
DNF	Mauri Rose Deidt	Deidt	DNF Accident	126	—	—
DNF	Walt Faulkner Kuzma	Kuzma	DNF Engine	123	—	—
DNF	Jimmy Davies Pawl	Pawl	DNF Axle	110	—	—
DNF	Fred Agabashian Kurtis Kraft	Kurtis Kraft	DNF Clutch	109	—	—
DNF	Carl Scarborough Kurtis Kraft	Kurtis Kraft	DNF Heat shield fire	100	—	—
DNF	Bill Mackey Hall	Hall	DNF Clutch	97	—	—
DNF	Chuck Stevenson Marchese	Marchese	DNF Heat shield fire	93	—	—
DNF	Johnnie Parsons Kurtis Kraft	Kurtis Kraft	DNF Magneto	87	—	—
DNF	Cecil Green Kurtis Kraft	Kurtis Kraft	DNF Engine	80	—	—
DNF	Troy Ruttman Kurtis Kraft	Kurtis Kraft	DNF Engine	78	—	—
DNF	Duke Dinsmore Schroeder	Schroeder	DNF Overheating	73	—	—
DNF	Chet Miller Kurtis Kraft	Kurtis Kraft	DNF Ignition	56	—	—
DNF	Walt Brown Kurtis Kraft	Kurtis Kraft	DNF Magneto	55	—	—
DNF	Rodger Ward Bromme	Bromme	DNF Oil pipe	34	—	—
DNF	Cliff Griffith Kurtis Kraft	Kurtis Kraft	DNF Axle	30	—	—
DNF	Bill Vukovich Trevis	Trevis	DNF Oil leak	29	—	—
DNF	George Connor Lesovsky	Lesovsky	DNF Transmission	29	—	—
DNF	Mack Hellings Deidt	Deidt	DNF Engine	18	—	—
DNF	Johnny McDowell Maserati	Maserati	DNF Fuel leak	15	—	—
DNF	Joe James Watson	Watson	DNF Transmission	8	—	—

Biggest MoverP31 → P4

Biggest LoserP4 → P8