Round 3 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway

1950 Indianapolis 500

Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 1950-05-30. Johnnie Parsons won it for Kurtis Kraft. Podium: Johnnie Parsons, Bill Holland, Mauri Rose.

Winner

Johnnie Parsons

Kurtis Kraft

Pole

not available

Fastest lap

not available

Circuit

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

USA

Race result

Classification

PosDriverTeamGridLapsStatusPts
1 Johnnie Parsons Kurtis Kraft 5 138 Finished 9.0
2 Bill Holland Deidt 10 137 +1 Lap 6.0
3 Mauri Rose Deidt 3 137 +1 Lap 4.0
4 Cecil Green Kurtis Kraft 12 137 +1 Lap 3.0
5 Joie Chitwood Kurtis Kraft 9 136 +2 Laps 1.0
5 Tony Bettenhausen Kurtis Kraft 9 136 +2 Laps 1.0
6 Lee Wallard Moore 23 136 +2 Laps 0.0
7 Walt Faulkner Kurtis Kraft 1 135 +3 Laps 0.0
8 George Connor Lesovsky 4 135 +3 Laps 0.0
9 Paul Russo Nichels 19 135 +3 Laps 0.0
10 Pat Flaherty Kurtis Kraft 11 135 +3 Laps 0.0
11 Myron Fohr Marchese 16 133 +5 Laps 0.0
12 Duane Carter Stevens 13 133 +5 Laps 0.0
13 Mack Hellings Kurtis Kraft 26 132 +6 Laps 0.0
14 Jack McGrath Kurtis Kraft 6 131 Spun off 0.0
15 Troy Ruttman Lesovsky 24 130 +8 Laps 0.0
16 Gene Hartley Langley 31 128 +10 Laps 0.0
17 Jimmy Davies Ewing 27 128 +10 Laps 0.0
18 Johnny McDowell Kurtis Kraft 33 128 +10 Laps 0.0
19 Walt Brown Kurtis Kraft 20 127 +11 Laps 0.0
20 Travis Webb Maserati 14 126 +12 Laps 0.0
21 Jerry Hoyt Kurtis Kraft 15 125 +13 Laps 0.0
22 Walt Ader Rae 29 123 +15 Laps 0.0
23 Jackie Holmes Olson 30 123 Spun off 0.0
24 Jim Rathmann Wetteroth 28 122 +16 Laps 0.0
R Henry Banks Maserati 21 112 Oil line 0.0
R Bill Schindler Snowberger 22 111 Transmission 0.0
R Bayliss Levrett Adams 17 108 Oil pressure 0.0
R Bill Cantrell Adams 17 108 Oil pressure 0.0
R Fred Agabashian Kurtis Kraft 2 64 Oil leak 0.0
R Jimmy Jackson Kurtis Kraft 32 52 Supercharger 0.0
R Sam Hanks Kurtis Kraft 25 42 Oil pressure 0.0
R Tony Bettenhausen Deidt 8 30 Wheel bearing 0.0
R Dick Rathmann Watson 18 25 Stalled 0.0
R Duke Dinsmore Kurtis Kraft 7 10 Oil leak 0.0

Grid movement

Movers

Grid 23 to P6 (+17)

Lee Wallard

Moore

Grid 31 to P16 (+15)

Gene Hartley

Langley

Grid 33 to P18 (+15)

Johnny McDowell

Kurtis Kraft

Grid 26 to P13 (+13)

Mack Hellings

Kurtis Kraft

Grid 19 to P9 (+10)

Paul Russo

Nichels

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