1950 Indianapolis 500

The 1950 Indianapolis 500 was an automobile race which was held on Tuesday, May 30, 1950 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The event was the third round of the 1950 World Drivers' Championship. The race was originally scheduled for 200 laps, but was stopped at 138 laps because of rain.

Classification[]

Pos	Grid	No	Driver	Constructor	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Time/Retired	Points
1	5	1	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	132.040	8	138	115	2:46:55.97	9
2	10	3	Bill Holland	Deidt-Offy	130.480	21	137	8	+ 1 Lap	6
3	3	31	Mauri Rose	Deidt-Offy	132.310	6	137	15	+ 1 Lap	4
4	12	54	Cecil Green	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	132.910	2	137	0	+ 1 Lap	3
5	9	17	Joie Chitwood Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	130.750	19	136	0	+ 2 Laps	1 1
6	23	8	Lee Wallard	Moore-Offy	132.430	5	136	0	+ 2 Laps
7	1	98	Walt Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	134.340	1	135	0	+ 3 Laps
8	4	5	George Connor	Lesovsky-Offy	132.160	7	135	0	+ 3 Laps
9	19	7	Paul Russo	Nichels-Offy	130.790	18	135	0	+ 3 Laps
10	11	59	Pat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	129.600	30	135	0	+ 3 Laps
11	16	2	Myron Fohr	Marchese-Offy	131.710	11	133	0	+ 5 Laps
12	13	18	Duane Carter	Stevens-Offy	131.660	12	133	0	+ 5 Laps
13	26	15	Mack Hellings	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	130.680	20	132	0	+ 6 Laps
14	6	49	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	131.860	10	131	0	Spun Off
15	24	55	Troy Ruttman	Lesovsky-Offy	131.910	9	130	0	+ 8 Laps
16	31	75	Gene Hartley	Langley-Offy	129.210	32	128	0	+ 10 Laps
17	27	22	Jimmy Davies	Ewing-Offy	130.400	23	128	0	+ 10 Laps
18	33	62	Johnny McDowell	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	129.690	27	128	0	+ 10 Laps
19	20	4	Walt Brown	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	130.450	22	127	0	+ 11 Laps
20	14	21	Spider Webb	Maserati-Offy	129.740	26	126	0	+ 12 Laps
21	15	81	Jerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	129.520	31	125	0	+ 13 Laps
22	29	27	Walt Ader	Rae-Offy	129.940	25	123	0	+ 15 Laps
23	30	77	Jackie Holmes	Olson-Offy	129.690	28	123	0	Spun Off
24	28	76	Jim Rathmann	Wetteroth-Offy	129.950	24	122	0	+ 16 Laps
25	21	12	Henry Banks	Maserati-Offy	129.640	29	112	0	Oil Line
26	22	67	Bill Schindler	Snowberger-Offy	132.690	4	111	0	Transmission
27	17	24	Bayliss Levrett Bill Cantrell	Adams-Offy	131.180	14	108	0	Oil Pressure
28	2	28	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	132.790	3	64	0	Oil Leak
29	32	61	Jimmy Jackson	Kurtis Kraft- Cummins Diesel	129.200	33	52	0	Compressor
30	25	23	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	131.590	13	42	0	Oil Pressure
31	8	14	Tony Bettenhausen	Deidt-Offy	130.940	16	30	0	Wheel Bearing
32	18	45	Dick Rathmann	Watson-Offy	130.920	17	25	0	Stalled
33	7	69	Duke Dinsmore	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	131.060	15	10	0	Oil Leak

Notes[]

Pole position: Walt Faulkner - 4:27.97
Fastest Lead Lap: Johnnie Parsons - 1:09.77
Shared drivers:
- Joie Chitwood (82 laps) and Tony Bettenhausen (54 laps), after Bettenhausen retired. Points for 5th position were shared between the drivers.
- Henry Banks (71 laps) and Fred Agabashian (41 laps)
- Bayliss Levrett (105 laps) and Bill Cantrell (3 laps)
First win for Firestone in the World Championship.

Qualifying[]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Lap	Gap
1	98	Walt Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	4:27.97	-
2	28	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	4:31.10	+ 3.13
3	31	Mauri Rose	Deidt-Offy	4:32.07	+ 4.10
4	5	George Connor	Lesovsky-Offy	4:32.39	+ 4.42
5	1	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	4:32.43	+ 4.46
6	49	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	4:33.00	+ 5.03
7	69	Duke Dinsmore	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	4:34.67	+ 6.70
8	14	Tony Bettenhausen	Deidt-Offy	4:34.92	+ 6.95
9	17	Joie Chitwood	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	4:35.32	+ 7.35
10	3	Bill Holland	Deidt-Offy	4:35.90	+ 7.93
11	59	Pat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	4:37.76	+ 9.79
12	54	Cecil Green	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	4:30.86	+ 2.89
13	18	Duane Carter	Stevens-Offy	4:33.42	+ 5.45
14	21	Spider Webb	Maserati-Offy	4:37.46	+ 9.49
15	81	Jerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	4:37.95	+ 9.98
16	2	Myron Fohr	Marchese-Offy	4:33.32	+ 5.35
17	24	Bayliss Levrett	Adams-Offy	4:34.43	+ 6.46
18	45	Dick Rathmann	Watson-Offy	4:34.96	+ 6.99
19	7	Paul Russo	Nichels-Offy	4:35.25	+ 7.28
20	4	Walt Brown	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	4:35.96	+ 7.99
21	12	Henry Banks	Maserati-Offy	4:37.68	+ 9.71
22	67	Bill Schindler	Snowberger-Offy	4:31.31	+ 3.34
23	8	Lee Wallard	Moore-Offy	4:31.83	+ 3.86
24	55	Troy Ruttman	Lesovsky-Offy	4:32.91	+ 4.94
25	23	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	4:33.57	+ 5.60
26	15	Mack Hellings	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	4:35.32	+ 7.35
27	22	Jimmy Davies	Ewing-Offy	4:36.07	+ 8.10
28	76	Jim Rathmann	Wetteroth-Offy	4:37.01	+ 9.04
29	27	Walt Ader	Rae-Offy	4:37.05	+ 9.08
30	77	Jackie Holmes	Olson-Offy	4:37.57	+ 9.60
31	75	Gene Hartley	Langley-Offy	4:38.61	+ 10.64
32	61	Jimmy Jackson	Kurtis Kraft-Cummins	4:38.62	+ 10.65
33	62	Johnny McDowell	Kurtis Kraft-Offy	4:37.58	+ 9.61

Non-qualifiers[]

No	Driver	Constructor
9	Andy Linden	Bromme-Offy
9	Bud Rose	Bromme-Offy
10	Bill Vukovich	Maserati-Maserati
10	Hal Cole	Kurtis-Kraft-Offy
16	Ted Duncan	Kurtis-Kraft-Offy
19	Ralph Pratt	Bardazon-Offy
19	Kenny Eaton	Bardazon-Offy
25	Johnny Mauro	Alfa Romeo-Alfa Romeo
26	George Fonder	Deidt-Sparks
29	Charles Van Acker	Stevens-Offy
33	Joel Thorne	Kurtis-Kraft-Sparks
34	Johnny Fedricks	Kupiec-Offy
36	George Lynch	Snowberger-Offy
38	Duke Nalon	Kurtis-Kraft-Novi
39	Danny Kladis	Maserati-Maserati
41	Milt Fankhouser	Stevens-Offy
43	Chet Miller	Kurtis-Kraft-Novi
44	Bill Cantrell	Kurtis-Kraft-Offy
47	Ralph Pratt	Gdula-Offy
51	Mark Light	Stevens-Offy
52	Mark Light	Meyer-Offy
52	Dick Frazier	Meyer-Offy
58	Billy Devore	Scopa-Offy
63	Joe James	Kurtis-Kraft-Offy
63	Bob Gregg	Kurtis-Kraft-Offy
64	Bob Sweikert	Wetteroth-Offy
65	Marvin Burke	Kurtis-Kraft-Duray
65	Norm Houser	Kurtis-Kraft-Duray
66	Cliff Griffith	Miller-Offy
74	Carl Forberg	Miller-Offy
78	Cy Marshall	Miller-Miller
79	Chuck Leighton	Cantarano-Wayne
82	Joe James	Weidel-Mercury
83	Al Miller	Miller-Miller
84	Mike Burch	Miller-Offy
85	Manuel Ayulo	Maserati-Offy
85	Jim Rigsby	Maserati-Offy
87	Bill Vukovich	Rounds Rocket-Offy
99	Kenny Eaton	Kurtis-Kraft-Offy
99	Emil Andres	Kurtis-Kraft-Offy

Drivers' Championship standings after the race[]

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Nino Farina	9
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	9
3	Johnnie Parsons	9
4	Luigi Fagioli	6
5	Alberto Ascari	6

Note: Only the top five positions are listed. Only the best 4 results counted towards the Championship.

References[]

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1950/381/. Retrieved 2007-06-05.

Previous race: 1950 Monaco Grand Prix	FIA Formula One World Championship 1950 season	Next race: 1950 Swiss Grand Prix
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