Round 2 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway

1951 Indianapolis 500

Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 1951-05-30. Lee Wallard won it for Kurtis Kraft. Podium: Lee Wallard, Mike Nazaruk, Jack McGrath.

Winner

Lee Wallard

Kurtis Kraft

Pole

not available

Fastest lap

not available

Circuit

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

USA

Race result

Classification

PosDriverTeamGridLapsStatusPts
1 Lee Wallard Kurtis Kraft 2 200 Finished 9.0
2 Mike Nazaruk Kurtis Kraft 7 200 Finished 6.0
3 Jack McGrath Kurtis Kraft 3 200 Finished 2.0
3 Manny Ayulo Kurtis Kraft 3 200 Finished 2.0
4 Andy Linden Sherman 31 200 Finished 3.0
5 Bobby Ball Schroeder 29 200 Finished 2.0
6 Henry Banks Moore 17 200 Finished 0.0
7 Carl Forberg Kurtis Kraft 24 193 +7 Laps 0.0
8 Duane Carter Deidt 4 180 +20 Laps 0.0
R Tony Bettenhausen Deidt 9 178 Spun off 0.0
R Duke Nalon Kurtis Kraft 1 151 Retired 0.0
R Gene Force Kurtis Kraft 22 142 Engine 0.0
R Sam Hanks Kurtis Kraft 12 135 Engine 0.0
R Bill Schindler Kurtis Kraft 16 129 Engine 0.0
R Mauri Rose Deidt 5 126 Accident 0.0
R Walt Faulkner Kuzma 14 123 Engine 0.0
R Jimmy Davies Pawl 27 110 Axle 0.0
R Fred Agabashian Kurtis Kraft 11 109 Clutch 0.0
R Carl Scarborough Kurtis Kraft 15 93 Heat shield fire 0.0
R Bill Mackey Hall 33 97 Clutch 0.0
R Chuck Stevenson Marchese 19 93 Heat shield fire 0.0
R Johnnie Parsons Kurtis Kraft 8 87 Magneto 0.0
R Cecil Green Kurtis Kraft 10 80 Engine 0.0
R Troy Ruttman Kurtis Kraft 6 78 Engine 0.0
R Duke Dinsmore Schroeder 32 73 Overheating 0.0
R Chet Miller Kurtis Kraft 28 56 Ignition 0.0
R Walt Brown Kurtis Kraft 13 55 Magneto 0.0
R Rodger Ward Bromme 25 34 Oil pipe 0.0
R Cliff Griffith Kurtis Kraft 18 30 Axle 0.0
R Bill Vukovich Trevis 20 29 Oil leak 0.0
R George Connor Lesovsky 21 29 Transmission 0.0
R Mack Hellings Deidt 23 18 Engine 0.0
R Johnny McDowell Maserati 26 15 Fuel leak 0.0
R Joe James Watson 30 8 Transmission 0.0

Grid movement

Movers

Grid 31 to P4 (+27)

Andy Linden

Sherman

Grid 29 to P5 (+24)

Bobby Ball

Schroeder

Grid 24 to P7 (+17)

Carl Forberg

Kurtis Kraft

Grid 33 to P19 (+14)

Bill Mackey

Hall

Grid 17 to P6 (+11)

Henry Banks

Moore

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1951 season

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Circuit profile

Lee Wallard

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Kurtis Kraft

Winning team