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The 1951 Indianapolis 500 an automobile race which was held on Wednesday, May 30, 1951 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The event was the opening race of the 1951 AAA National Championship Trail [1] and the second race of the 1951 World Championship of Drivers.

Classification[]

Pos Grid No Driver Constructor Qual Rank Laps Led Time/Retired Points
1 2 99 25px United States Lee Wallard Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 135.03 5 200 159 3:57:38.05 9
2 7 83 25px United States Mike Nazaruk Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 132.18 26 200 0 + 1:47.24 6
3 3 9 25px United States Jack McGrath
25px United States Manny Ayulo
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 134.3 8 200 11 + 2:51.39 2
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4 31 57 25px United States Andy Linden Sherman-Offenhauser 132.22 25 200 0 + 4:40.12 3
5 29 52 25px United States Bobby Ball Schroeder-Offenhauser 134.09 9 200 0 + 4:52.23 2
6 17 1 25px United States Henry Banks Moore-Offenhauser 133.89 12 200 0 + 5:40.02  
7 24 68 25px United States Carl Forberg Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 132.89 22 193 0 + 7 Laps  
8 4 27 25px United States Duane Carter Deidt-Offenhauser 133.74 15 180 0 + 20 Laps  
9 9 5 25px United States Tony Bettenhausen Deidt-Offenhauser 131.95 29 178 0 Spun Off  
10 1 18 25px United States Duke Nalon Kurtis Kraft-Novi 136.49 2 151 0 Retirement  
11 22 69 25px United States Gene Force Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 133.1 20 142 0 Engine  
12 12 25 25px United States Sam Hanks Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 132.99 21 135 0 Engine  
13 16 10 25px United States Bill Schindler Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 134.03 11 129 0 Engine  
14 5 16 25px United States Mauri Rose Deidt-Offenhauser 133.42 18 126 0 Accident  
15 14 2 25px United States Walt Faulkner Kuzma-Offenhauser 136.87 1 123 0 Engine  
16 27 76 25px United States Jimmy Davies Pawl-Offenhauser 133.51 17 110 25 Axle  
17 11 59 25px United States Fred Agabashian Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 135.02 6 109 0 Clutch  
18 15 73 25px United States Carl Scarborough Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 135.61 4 93 0 Fire  
19 33 71 25px United States Bill Mackey Hall-Offenhauser 131.47 32 97 0 Clutch  
20 19 8 25px United States Chuck Stevenson Marchese-Offenhauser 133.76 14 93 0 Fire  
21 8 3 25px United States Johnnie Parsons Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 132.15 27 87 0 Magneto  
22 10 4 25px United States Cecil Green Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 131.89 31 80 5 Engine  
23 6 98 25px United States Troy Ruttman Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 132.31 24 78 0 Engine  
24 32 6 25px United States Duke Dinsmore Schroeder-Offenhauser 131.97 28 73 0 Overheating  
25 28 32 25px United States Chet Miller Kurtis Kraft-Novi 135.79 3 56 0 Ignition  
26 13 44 25px United States Walt Brown Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 131.9 30 55 0 Magneto  
27 25 48 25px United States Rodger Ward Bromme-Offenhauser 134.86 7 34 0 Oil Pipe  
28 18 23 25px United States Cliff Griffith Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 133.83 13 30 0 Axle  
29 20 81 25px United States Bill Vukovich Trevis-Offenhauser 133.72 16 29 0 Oil leak  
30 21 22 25px United States George Connor Lesovsky-Offenhauser 133.35 19 29 0 Transmission  
31 23 19 25px United States Mack Hellings Deidt-Offenhauser 123.92 33 18 0 Engine  
32 26 12 25px United States Johnny McDowell Maserati-Offenhauser 132.47 23 15 0 Fuel leak  
33 30 26 25px United States Joe James Watson-Offenhauser 134.09 10 8 0 Transmission  

Notes[]

  • Pole position: Duke Nalon - 4:23.74
  • Fastest Lead Lap: - Lee Wallard 1:07.26[2]
  • Ayulo (100 laps) and McGrath (100) shared the same car. Points for 3rd position were shared between the drivers.

Drivers' Championship standings after the race[]

Pos Driver Points
1 25px Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio 9
2 25px United States Lee Wallard 9
3 25px Italy Piero Taruffi 6
4 25px United States Mike Nazaruk 6
5 25px Italy Nino Farina 4
  • Note: Only the top five positions are listed. Only the best 4 results counted towards the Championship.

References[]

  1. 1951 AAA National Championship Trail Retrieved from www.champcarstats.com on 30 June 2010
  2. Lang, Mike (1981). Grand Prix! Vol 1. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 29. 

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1951/573/. Retrieved 2007-06-05. 



Previous race:
1951 Swiss Grand Prix
FIA Formula One World Championship
1951 season
Next race:
1951 Belgian Grand Prix
Previous race:
1950 Indianapolis 500
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