The Garagiste.

The Season in Review  ·  Round 3

Indianapolis 500

1950  ·  Indianapolis Motor Speedway  ·  30 May 1950  ·  138 laps

  1. 1st Johnnie Parsons Kurtis Kraft · 02:46:55.97
  2. 2nd Bill Holland Deidt
  3. 3rd Mauri Rose Deidt

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Walt Faulkner

Kurtis Kraft  —  Pole position

02 Lap 64

Fred Agabashian

Retirement Kurtis Kraft  —  Oil leak

03 Lap 108

Bayliss Levrett

Retirement Adams  —  Oil pressure

04 Lap 108

Bill Cantrell

Retirement Adams  —  Oil pressure

05 Lap 111

Bill Schindler

Retirement Snowberger  —  Transmission

06 Lap 112

Henry Banks

Retirement Maserati  —  Oil line

07 On the Charge

Lee Wallard

Moore  —  P23 → P6

08 Victory

Johnnie Parsons

Kurtis Kraft  —  Won from P5

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Johnnie Parsons Kurtis Kraft 5 138 02:46:55.97 9
2 Bill Holland Deidt 10 137 +1 Lap 6
3 Mauri Rose Deidt 3 137 +1 Lap 4
4 Cecil Green Kurtis Kraft 12 137 +1 Lap 3
5 Tony Bettenhausen Kurtis Kraft 9 136 +2 Laps 1
5 Joie Chitwood Kurtis Kraft 9 136 +2 Laps 1
6 Lee Wallard Moore 23 136 +2 Laps
7 Walt Faulkner Kurtis Kraft 1 135 +3 Laps
8 George Connor Lesovsky 4 135 +3 Laps
9 Paul Russo Nichels 19 135 +3 Laps
10 Pat Flaherty Kurtis Kraft 11 135 +3 Laps
11 Myron Fohr Marchese 16 133 +5 Laps
12 Duane Carter Stevens 13 133 +5 Laps
13 Mack Hellings Kurtis Kraft 26 132 +6 Laps
14 Jack McGrath Kurtis Kraft 6 131 Spun off
15 Troy Ruttman Lesovsky 24 130 +8 Laps
16 Gene Hartley Langley 31 128 +10 Laps
17 Jimmy Davies Ewing 27 128 +10 Laps
18 Johnny McDowell Kurtis Kraft 33 128 +10 Laps
19 Walt Brown Kurtis Kraft 20 127 +11 Laps
20 Travis Webb Maserati 14 126 +12 Laps
21 Jerry Hoyt Kurtis Kraft 15 125 +13 Laps
22 Walt Ader Rae 29 123 +15 Laps
23 Jackie Holmes Olson 30 123 Spun off
24 Jim Rathmann Wetteroth 28 122 +16 Laps
25 Henry Banks Maserati 21 112 Oil line
26 Bill Schindler Snowberger 22 111 Transmission
27 Bayliss Levrett Adams 17 108 Oil pressure
27 Bill Cantrell Adams 17 108 Oil pressure
28 Fred Agabashian Kurtis Kraft 2 64 Oil leak
29 Jimmy Jackson Kurtis Kraft 32 52 Supercharger
30 Sam Hanks Kurtis Kraft 25 42 Oil pressure
31 Tony Bettenhausen Deidt 8 30 Wheel bearing
32 Dick Rathmann Watson 18 25 Stalled
33 Duke Dinsmore Kurtis Kraft 7 10 Oil leak

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