1954 Indianapolis 500

The 1954 Indianapolis 500 was an automobile race held on Monday, May 31, 1954 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The event was the second round of the 1954 World Drivers' Championship.

Classification[]

Pos	Grid	No	Driver	Constructor	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Time/Retired	Points
1	19	14	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	138.470	14	200	90	3:49:17.27	8
2	3	9	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma-Offenhauser	139.660	5	200	46	+ 1:09.95	6
3	1	2	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	141.030	1	200	47	+ 1:19.73	5
4	11	34	Troy Ruttman Duane Carter	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	137.730	31	200	0	+ 2:52.68	1.5 1.5
5	14	73	Mike Nazaruk	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.580	6	200	0	+ 3:24.55	2
6	24	77	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	137.740	30	200	0	+ 3:47.55
7	6	7	Don Freeland	Phillips-Offenhauser	138.330	16	200	0	+ 4:13.35
8	32	5	Paul Russo Jerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	137.670	32	200	0	+ 5:01.17
9	25	28	Larry Crockett	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.550	8	200	0	+ 7:07.24
10	13	24	Cal Niday	Stevens-Offenhauser	139.820	3	200	0	+ 7:07.69
11	27	45	Art Cross Johnnie Parsons Sam Hanks Andy Linden Jimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	138.670	13	200	8	+ 8:22.19
12	5	98	Chuck Stevenson Walt Faulkner	Kuzma-Offenhauser	138.770	12	199	0	+ 1 Lap
13	22	88	Manny Ayulo	Kuzma-Offenhauser	138.160	22	197	0	+ 3 Laps
14	9	17	Bob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	138.200	21	197	0	+ 3 Laps
15	8	16	Duane Carter Marshall Teague Jimmy Jackson Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	138.230	19	196	0	+ 4 Laps
16	20	32	Ernie McCoy	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	138.410	15	194	0	+ 6 Laps
17	7	25	Jimmy Reece	Pankratz-Offenhauser	138.310	17	194	0	+ 6 Laps
18	31	27	Ed Elisian Bob Scott	Stevens-Offenhauser	137.790	29	193	0	+ 7 Laps
19	33	71	Frank Armi George Fonder	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	137.670	33	193	0	+ 7 Laps
20	10	1	Sam Hanks Jimmy Davies Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	137.990	25	191	1	Spun Off
21	12	35	Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	138.080	23	181	0	Spun Off
22	16	12	Rodger Ward Eddie Johnson	Pawl-Offenhauser	139.920	2	172	0	Retirement
23	17	31	Gene Hartley Marshall Teague	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.060	10	168	0	Clutch
24	4	43	Johnny Thomson Andy Linden Jimmy Daywalt	Nichels-Offenhauser	138.780	11	165	0	Retirement
25	23	74	Andy Linden Bob Scott	Schroeder-Offenhauser	137.820	27	165	0	Suspension
26	30	99	Jerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	137.820	28	130	0	Engine
27	2	19	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.780	4	111	8	Accident
28	28	38	Jim Rathmann Pat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	138.220	20	110	0	Accident
29	21	10	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	138.270	18	105	0	Wheel Bearing
30	29	65	Spider Webb Danny Kladis	Bromme-Offenhauser	137.970	26	104	0	Fuel pump
31	26	33	Len Duncan George Fonder	Schroeder-Offenhauser	139.210	9	101	0	Brakes
32	15	15	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	139.570	7	79	0	Engine
33	18	51	Bill Homeier	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	138.000	24	74	0	Accident

Notes[]

Pole position: Jack McGrath - 4:15.26 (4 laps)
Fastest Lead Lap: Jack McGrath - 1:04.04
Shared drives:
- Troy Ruttman (130 laps) & Duane Carter (70) shared car no 34. Shared points for 4th position.
- Paul Russo (150) & Jerry Hoyt (50) shared car no 5.
- Art Cross (120), Jimmie Davies (30), Johnnie Parsons (22), Andy Linden (17) & Sam Hanks (11) shared car no 45.
- Chuck Stevenson (82), Walt Faulkner (117) shared car no 98.
- Duane Carter (76), Jimmy Jackson (57), Tony Bettenhausen (34) & Marshall Teague (29) shared car no 16.
- Ed Elisian (148) & Bob Scott (45) shared car no 27.
- Frank Armi (179) & George Fonder (14) shared car no 71.
- Sam Hanks (112), Jimmie Davies (36) & Jim Rathmann (43) shared car no 1.
- Rodger Ward (105) & Eddie Johnson (67) shared car no 12.
- Gene Hartley (151) & Marshall Teague (17) shared car no 31.
- Andy Linden (113) & Bob Scott (52) shared car no 74.
- Johnny Thomson (113), Andy Linden (27) & Jimmy Daywalt (25) shared car no 43.
- Jim Rathmann (95) & Pat Flaherty (15) shared car no 38.
- Spider Webb (54) & Danny Kladis (50) shared car no 65.
- Len Duncan (43) & George Fonder (58) shared car no 33.

Drivers' Championship standings after the race[]

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	8
2	Bill Vukovich	8
3	Nino Farina	6
4	Jimmy Bryan	6
5	José Froilán González	5

Note: Only the top five positions are included. Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship.

Previous race: 1954 Argentine Grand Prix	FIA Formula One World Championship 1954 season	Next race: 1954 Belgian Grand Prix
Previous race: 1953 Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis 500	Next race: 1955 Indianapolis 500

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