The Garagiste.

The Season in Review  ·  Round 2

Indianapolis 500

1951  ·  Indianapolis Motor Speedway  ·  30 May 1951  ·  200 laps

  1. 1st Lee Wallard Kurtis Kraft · 03:57:38.05
  2. 2nd Mike Nazaruk Kurtis Kraft · +1:47.240
  3. 3rd Jack McGrath Kurtis Kraft · +2:51.390
  4. Manny Ayulo Kurtis Kraft · +2:51.390

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Duke Nalon

Kurtis Kraft  —  Pole position

02 Lap 78

Troy Ruttman

Retirement Kurtis Kraft  —  Engine

03 Lap 126

Mauri Rose

Retirement Deidt  —  Accident

04 Lap 142

Gene Force

Retirement Kurtis Kraft  —  Engine

05 Lap 151

Duke Nalon

Retirement Kurtis Kraft  —  Retired

06 Lap 178

Tony Bettenhausen

Retirement Deidt  —  Spun off

07 On the Charge

Andy Linden

Sherman  —  P31 → P4

08 Victory

Lee Wallard

Kurtis Kraft  —  Won from P2

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Lee Wallard Kurtis Kraft 2 200 03:57:38.05 9
2 Mike Nazaruk Kurtis Kraft 7 200 +1:47.240 6
3 Jack McGrath Kurtis Kraft 3 200 +2:51.390 2
3 Manny Ayulo Kurtis Kraft 3 200 +2:51.390 2
4 Andy Linden Sherman 31 200 +4:40.120 3
5 Bobby Ball Schroeder 29 200 +4:52.230 2
6 Henry Banks Moore 17 200 +5:40.020
7 Carl Forberg Kurtis Kraft 24 193 +7 Laps
8 Duane Carter Deidt 4 180 +20 Laps
9 Tony Bettenhausen Deidt 9 178 Spun off
10 Duke Nalon Kurtis Kraft 1 151 Retired
11 Gene Force Kurtis Kraft 22 142 Engine
12 Sam Hanks Kurtis Kraft 12 135 Engine
13 Bill Schindler Kurtis Kraft 16 129 Engine
14 Mauri Rose Deidt 5 126 Accident
15 Walt Faulkner Kuzma 14 123 Engine
16 Jimmy Davies Pawl 27 110 Axle
17 Fred Agabashian Kurtis Kraft 11 109 Clutch
18 Carl Scarborough Kurtis Kraft 15 93 Heat shield fire
19 Bill Mackey Hall 33 97 Clutch
20 Chuck Stevenson Marchese 19 93 Heat shield fire
21 Johnnie Parsons Kurtis Kraft 8 87 Magneto
22 Cecil Green Kurtis Kraft 10 80 Engine
23 Troy Ruttman Kurtis Kraft 6 78 Engine
24 Duke Dinsmore Schroeder 32 73 Overheating
25 Chet Miller Kurtis Kraft 28 56 Ignition
26 Walt Brown Kurtis Kraft 13 55 Magneto
27 Rodger Ward Bromme 25 34 Oil pipe
28 Cliff Griffith Kurtis Kraft 18 30 Axle
29 Bill Vukovich Trevis 20 29 Oil leak
30 George Connor Lesovsky 21 29 Transmission
31 Mack Hellings Deidt 23 18 Engine
32 Johnny McDowell Maserati 26 15 Fuel leak
33 Joe James Watson 30 8 Transmission

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