Season 1951 · Round 2

Indianapolis 500

← R1 1951 Season R3 →
1951-05-30 · Indianapolis Motor Speedway · USA · Indianapolis 500 · 200Lap · 804.672km
99 Lee Wallard
Kurtis Kraft 3:57:38.050
Team win 19pt P1 · P2 · P3 · P3 · P7 · P10 · P11 · P12 · P13 · P17 · P18 · P21 · P22 · P23 · P25 · P26 · P28 1-2
83 Mike Nazaruk
Kurtis Kraft +1:47.240
9 Jack McGrath
Kurtis Kraft +2:51.390
9 Manny Ayulo
Kurtis Kraft +2:51.390
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
25
Tony Bettenhausen L178 Duke Nalon L151 Gene Force L142 Sam Hanks L135 Bill Schindler L129 Mauri Rose L126 Walt Faulkner L123 Jimmy Davies L110 Fred Agabashian L109 Bill Mackey L97 +15
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
200Lap 804.672km 19 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:10.399 · Rubens Barrichello (2004)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Bill Vukovich 2 wins · GP #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 Jack McGrath 1 · GP #1
Podiums
P1 Sam Hanks 4 · GP #1
P4 Jack McGrath 2 · → Jimmy Bryan -1
P4 Bill Vukovich 2 · → Jimmy Bryan -1
Starts
P1 Tony Bettenhausen 11 starts · GP #1
P2 Rodger Ward 10 starts · → Tony Bettenhausen -1
P4 Johnnie Parsons 9 starts · → Rodger Ward -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 L200 Wallard · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Wallard WAL 1 Wallard WAL Nazaruk · P7 → P2 · +5 7 Nazaruk NAZ 2 Nazaruk NAZ McGrath · P3 → P3 3 McGrath MCG 3 McGrath MCG Ayulo · P3 → P3 3 Ayulo AYU 3 Ayulo AYU Linden · P31 → P4 · +27 31 Linden LIN 4 Linden LIN Ball · P29 → P5 · +24 29 Ball BAL 5 Ball BAL Banks · P17 → P6 · +11 17 Banks BAN 6 Banks BAN Forberg · P24 → P7 · +17 24 Forberg FOR 7 Forberg FOR Carter · P4 → P8 · -4 4 Carter CAR 8 Carter CAR Bettenhausen · P9 → retired L178 Bettenhausen · retired L178 9 Bettenhausen BET R Bettenhausen BET Nalon · P1 → retired L151 Nalon · retired L151 1 Nalon NAL R Nalon NAL Force · P22 → retired L142 Force · retired L142 22 Force FOR R Force FOR Hanks · P12 → retired L135 Hanks · retired L135 12 Hanks HAN R Hanks HAN Schindler · P16 → retired L129 Schindler · retired L129 16 Schindler SCH R Schindler SCH Rose · P5 → retired L126 Rose · retired L126 5 Rose ROS R Rose ROS Faulkner · P14 → retired L123 Faulkner · retired L123 14 Faulkner FAU R Faulkner FAU Davies · P27 → retired L110 Davies · retired L110 27 Davies DAV R Davies DAV Agabashian · P11 → retired L109 Agabashian · retired L109 11 Agabashian AGA R Agabashian AGA Scarborough · P15 → retired L93 Scarborough · retired L93 15 Scarborough SCA R Scarborough SCA Mackey · P33 → retired L97 Mackey · retired L97 33 Mackey MAC R Mackey MAC Stevenson · P19 → retired L93 Stevenson · retired L93 19 Stevenson STE R Stevenson STE Parsons · P8 → retired L87 Parsons · retired L87 8 Parsons PAR R Parsons PAR Green · P10 → retired L80 Green · retired L80 10 Green GRE R Green GRE Ruttman · P6 → retired L78 Ruttman · retired L78 6 Ruttman RUT R Ruttman RUT Dinsmore · P32 → retired L73 Dinsmore · retired L73 32 Dinsmore DIN R Dinsmore DIN Miller · P28 → retired L56 Miller · retired L56 28 Miller MIL R Miller MIL Brown · P13 → retired L55 Brown · retired L55 13 Brown BRO R Brown BRO Ward · P25 → retired L34 Ward · retired L34 25 Ward WAR R Ward WAR Griffith · P18 → retired L30 Griffith · retired L30 18 Griffith GRI R Griffith GRI Vukovich · P20 → retired L29 Vukovich · retired L29 20 Vukovich VUK R Vukovich VUK Connor · P21 → retired L29 Connor · retired L29 21 Connor CON R Connor CON Hellings · P23 → retired L18 Hellings · retired L18 23 Hellings HEL R Hellings HEL McDowell · P26 → retired L15 McDowell · retired L15 26 McDowell MCD R McDowell MCD James · P30 → retired L8 James · retired L8 30 James JAM R James JAM
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 99 Lee Wallard Kurtis Kraft 2 200 3:57:38.050 9
2 83 Mike Nazaruk Kurtis Kraft 7 200 +1:47.240 6
3 9 Jack McGrath Kurtis Kraft 3 200 +2:51.390 2
3 9 Manny Ayulo Kurtis Kraft 3 200 +2:51.390 2
4 57 Andy Linden Sherman 31 200 +4:40.120 3
5 52 Bobby Ball Schroeder 29 200 +4:52.230 2
6 1 Henry Banks Moore 17 200 +5:40.020
7 68 Carl Forberg Kurtis Kraft 24 193 +7 Laps
8 27 Duane Carter Deidt 4 180 +20 Laps
R 5 Tony Bettenhausen Deidt 9 178 Spun off
R 18 Duke Nalon Kurtis Kraft 1 151 Retired
R 69 Gene Force Kurtis Kraft 22 142 Engine
R 25 Sam Hanks Kurtis Kraft 12 135 Engine
R 10 Bill Schindler Kurtis Kraft 16 129 Engine
R 16 Mauri Rose Deidt 5 126 Accident
R 2 Walt Faulkner Kuzma 14 123 Engine
R 76 Jimmy Davies Pawl 27 110 Axle
R 59 Fred Agabashian Kurtis Kraft 11 109 Clutch
R 73 Carl Scarborough Kurtis Kraft 15 93 Heat shield fire
R 71 Bill Mackey Hall 33 97 Clutch
R 8 Chuck Stevenson Marchese 19 93 Heat shield fire
R 3 Johnnie Parsons Kurtis Kraft 8 87 Magneto
R 4 Cecil Green Kurtis Kraft 10 80 Engine
R 98 Troy Ruttman Kurtis Kraft 6 78 Engine
R 6 Duke Dinsmore Schroeder 32 73 Overheating
R 32 Chet Miller Kurtis Kraft 28 56 Ignition
R 44 Walt Brown Kurtis Kraft 13 55 Magneto
R 48 Rodger Ward Bromme 25 34 Oil pipe
R 23 Cliff Griffith Kurtis Kraft 18 30 Axle
R 81 Bill Vukovich Trevis 20 29 Oil leak
R 22 George Connor Lesovsky 21 29 Transmission
R 19 Mack Hellings Deidt 23 18 Engine
R 12 Johnny McDowell Maserati 26 15 Fuel leak
R 26 Joe James Watson 30 8 Transmission
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
18 Duke Nalon
2
99 Lee Wallard
3
9 Jack McGrath
3
9 Manny Ayulo
4
27 Duane Carter
5
16 Mauri Rose
6
98 Troy Ruttman
7
83 Mike Nazaruk
8
3 Johnnie Parsons
9
5 Tony Bettenhausen
10
4 Cecil Green
11
59 Fred Agabashian
12
25 Sam Hanks
13
44 Walt Brown
14
2 Walt Faulkner
15
73 Carl Scarborough
16
10 Bill Schindler
17
1 Henry Banks
18
23 Cliff Griffith
19
8 Chuck Stevenson
20
81 Bill Vukovich
21
22 George Connor
22
69 Gene Force
23
19 Mack Hellings
24
68 Carl Forberg
25
48 Rodger Ward
26
12 Johnny McDowell
27
76 Jimmy Davies
28
32 Chet Miller
29
52 Bobby Ball
30
26 Joe James
31
57 Andy Linden
32
6 Duke Dinsmore
33
71 Bill Mackey
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.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
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