Season 1950 · Round 3

Indianapolis 500

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1950-05-30 · Indianapolis Motor Speedway · USA · Indianapolis 500 · 138Lap · 555.224km
1 Johnnie Parsons
Kurtis Kraft 2:46:55.970
Team win 13pt P1 · P4 · P5 · P7 · P10 · P13 · P14 · P18 · P19 · P21 · P28 · P29 · P30 · P33
3 Bill Holland
Deidt
31 Mauri Rose
Deidt
Fastest Lap
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DNF
10
Henry Banks L112 Bill Schindler L111 Bayliss Levrett L108 Bill Cantrell L108 Fred Agabashian L64 Jimmy Jackson L52 Sam Hanks L42 Tony Bettenhausen L30 Dick Rathmann L25 Duke Dinsmore L10
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 5/19 26.3%
Most DNFs · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P2
Most lead changes · all-time P25
Circuit Info
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis, USA
138Lap 555.224km 19 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:10.399 · Rubens Barrichello (2004)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Pat Flaherty 1 wins · → Bill Vukovich -1
P2 Sam Hanks 1 wins · → Bill Vukovich -1
P2 Johnnie Parsons 1 wins · → Bill Vukovich -1
Pole Position
P1 Fred Agabashian 1 · GP #1
P1 Walt Faulkner 1 · GP #1
P1 Pat Flaherty 1 · GP #1
Podiums
P1 Sam Hanks 4 · GP #1
P1 Jim Rathmann 4 · GP #1
P4 Jack McGrath 2 · → Jimmy Bryan -1
Starts
P1 Tony Bettenhausen 11 starts · GP #1
P2 Jim Rathmann 10 starts · → Tony Bettenhausen -1
P4 Johnnie Parsons 9 starts · → Rodger Ward -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 20 40 60 80 100 120 L138 Parsons · P5 → P1 · +4 5 Parsons PAR 1 Parsons PAR Holland · P10 → P2 · +8 10 Holland HOL 2 Holland HOL Rose · P3 → P3 3 Rose ROS 3 Rose ROS Green · P12 → P4 · +8 12 Green GRE 4 Green GRE Chitwood · P9 → P5 · +4 9 Chitwood CHI 5 Chitwood CHI Wallard · P23 → P6 · +17 23 Wallard WAL 6 Wallard WAL Faulkner · P1 → P7 · -6 1 Faulkner FAU 7 Faulkner FAU Connor · P4 → P8 · -4 4 Connor CON 8 Connor CON Russo · P19 → P9 · +10 19 Russo RUS 9 Russo RUS Flaherty · P11 → P10 · +1 11 Flaherty FLA 10 Flaherty FLA Fohr · P16 → P11 · +5 16 Fohr FOH 11 Fohr FOH Carter · P13 → P12 · +1 13 Carter CAR 12 Carter CAR Hellings · P26 → P13 · +13 26 Hellings HEL 13 Hellings HEL McGrath · P6 → P14 · -8 6 McGrath MCG 14 McGrath MCG Ruttman · P24 → P15 · +9 24 Ruttman RUT 15 Ruttman RUT Hartley · P31 → P16 · +15 31 Hartley HAR 16 Hartley HAR Davies · P27 → P17 · +10 27 Davies DAV 17 Davies DAV McDowell · P33 → P18 · +15 33 McDowell MCD 18 McDowell MCD Brown · P20 → P19 · +1 20 Brown BRO 19 Brown BRO Webb · P14 → P20 · -6 14 Webb WEB 20 Webb WEB Hoyt · P15 → P21 · -6 15 Hoyt HOY 21 Hoyt HOY Ader · P29 → P22 · +7 29 Ader ADE 22 Ader ADE Holmes · P30 → P23 · +7 30 Holmes HOL 23 Holmes HOL Rathmann · P28 → P24 · +4 28 Rathmann RAT 24 Rathmann RAT Banks · P21 → retired L112 Banks · retired L112 21 Banks BAN R Banks BAN Schindler · P22 → retired L111 Schindler · retired L111 22 Schindler SCH R Schindler SCH Levrett · P17 → retired L108 Levrett · retired L108 17 Levrett LEV R Levrett LEV Cantrell · P17 → retired L108 Cantrell · retired L108 17 Cantrell CAN R Cantrell CAN Agabashian · P2 → retired L64 Agabashian · retired L64 2 Agabashian AGA R Agabashian AGA Jackson · P32 → retired L52 Jackson · retired L52 32 Jackson JAC R Jackson JAC Hanks · P25 → retired L42 Hanks · retired L42 25 Hanks HAN R Hanks HAN Bettenhausen · P8 → retired L30 Bettenhausen · retired L30 8 Bettenhausen BET R Bettenhausen BET Rathmann · P18 → retired L25 Rathmann · retired L25 18 Rathmann RAT R Rathmann RAT Dinsmore · P7 → retired L10 Dinsmore · retired L10 7 Dinsmore DIN R Dinsmore DIN
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Johnnie Parsons Kurtis Kraft 5 138 2:46:55.970 9
2 3 Bill Holland Deidt 10 137 +1 Lap 6
3 31 Mauri Rose Deidt 3 137 +1 Lap 4
4 54 Cecil Green Kurtis Kraft 12 137 +1 Lap 3
5 17 Joie Chitwood Kurtis Kraft 9 136 +2 Laps 1
6 8 Lee Wallard Moore 23 136 +2 Laps
7 98 Walt Faulkner Kurtis Kraft 1 135 +3 Laps
8 5 George Connor Lesovsky 4 135 +3 Laps
9 7 Paul Russo Nichels 19 135 +3 Laps
10 59 Pat Flaherty Kurtis Kraft 11 135 +3 Laps
11 2 Myron Fohr Marchese 16 133 +5 Laps
12 18 Duane Carter Stevens 13 133 +5 Laps
13 15 Mack Hellings Kurtis Kraft 26 132 +6 Laps
14 49 Jack McGrath Kurtis Kraft 6 131 Spun off
15 55 Troy Ruttman Lesovsky 24 130 +8 Laps
16 75 Gene Hartley Langley 31 128 +10 Laps
17 22 Jimmy Davies Ewing 27 128 +10 Laps
18 62 Johnny McDowell Kurtis Kraft 33 128 +10 Laps
19 4 Walt Brown Kurtis Kraft 20 127 +11 Laps
20 21 Travis Webb Maserati 14 126 +12 Laps
21 81 Jerry Hoyt Kurtis Kraft 15 125 +13 Laps
22 27 Walt Ader Rae 29 123 +15 Laps
23 77 Jackie Holmes Olson 30 123 Spun off
24 76 Jim Rathmann Wetteroth 28 122 +16 Laps
R 12 Henry Banks Maserati 21 112 Oil line
R 67 Bill Schindler Snowberger 22 111 Transmission
R 24 Bayliss Levrett Adams 17 108 Oil pressure
R 24 Bill Cantrell Adams 17 108 Oil pressure
R 28 Fred Agabashian Kurtis Kraft 2 64 Oil leak
R 61 Jimmy Jackson Kurtis Kraft 32 52 Supercharger
R 23 Sam Hanks Kurtis Kraft 25 42 Oil pressure
R 14 Tony Bettenhausen Deidt 8 30 Wheel bearing
R 45 Dick Rathmann Watson 18 25 Stalled
R 69 Duke Dinsmore Kurtis Kraft 7 10 Oil leak
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
98 Walt Faulkner
2
28 Fred Agabashian
3
31 Mauri Rose
4
5 George Connor
5
1 Johnnie Parsons
6
49 Jack McGrath
7
69 Duke Dinsmore
8
14 Tony Bettenhausen
9
17 Joie Chitwood
10
3 Bill Holland
11
59 Pat Flaherty
12
54 Cecil Green
13
18 Duane Carter
14
21 Travis Webb
15
81 Jerry Hoyt
16
2 Myron Fohr
17
24 Bayliss Levrett
17
24 Bill Cantrell
18
45 Dick Rathmann
19
7 Paul Russo
20
4 Walt Brown
21
12 Henry Banks
22
67 Bill Schindler
23
8 Lee Wallard
24
55 Troy Ruttman
25
23 Sam Hanks
26
15 Mack Hellings
27
22 Jimmy Davies
28
76 Jim Rathmann
29
27 Walt Ader
30
77 Jackie Holmes
31
75 Gene Hartley
32
61 Jimmy Jackson
33
62 Johnny McDowell
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15