Round 2 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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
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Fastest lap
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Circuit
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
USA
Race result
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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