Round 2 · 1951

Indianapolis 500

Lee Wallard (Kurtis Kraft) won the 1951 Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Circuit Indianapolis Motor Speedway

LocationIndianapolis, USA

Date30 May 1951

StatusFinished

Real F1 data provided by the Jolpica API (community-maintained successor to Ergast). Results typically update a few days after each race weekend — this is a results archive, not a live-timing feed.

Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Status	Points
1	Lee Wallard	Kurtis Kraft	2	200	Finished	9
2	Mike Nazaruk	Kurtis Kraft	7	200	Finished	6
3	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	3	200	Finished	2
3	Manny Ayulo	Kurtis Kraft	3	200	Finished	2
4	Andy Linden	Sherman	31	200	Finished	3
5	Bobby Ball	Schroeder	29	200	Finished	2
6	Henry Banks	Moore	17	200	Finished	0
7	Carl Forberg	Kurtis Kraft	24	193	+7 Laps	0
8	Duane Carter	Deidt	4	180	+20 Laps	0
9	Tony Bettenhausen	Deidt	9	178	Spun off	0
10	Duke Nalon	Kurtis Kraft	1	151	Retired	0
11	Gene Force	Kurtis Kraft	22	142	Engine	0
12	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	12	135	Engine	0
13	Bill Schindler	Kurtis Kraft	16	129	Engine	0
14	Mauri Rose	Deidt	5	126	Accident	0
15	Walt Faulkner	Kuzma	14	123	Engine	0
16	Jimmy Davies	Pawl	27	110	Axle	0
17	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	11	109	Clutch	0
18	Carl Scarborough	Kurtis Kraft	15	93	Heat shield fire	0
19	Bill Mackey	Hall	33	97	Clutch	0
20	Chuck Stevenson	Marchese	19	93	Heat shield fire	0
21	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	8	87	Magneto	0
22	Cecil Green	Kurtis Kraft	10	80	Engine	0
23	Troy Ruttman	Kurtis Kraft	6	78	Engine	0
24	Duke Dinsmore	Schroeder	32	73	Overheating	0
25	Chet Miller	Kurtis Kraft	28	56	Ignition	0
26	Walt Brown	Kurtis Kraft	13	55	Magneto	0
27	Rodger Ward	Bromme	25	34	Oil pipe	0
28	Cliff Griffith	Kurtis Kraft	18	30	Axle	0
29	Bill Vukovich	Trevis	20	29	Oil leak	0
30	George Connor	Lesovsky	21	29	Transmission	0
31	Mack Hellings	Deidt	23	18	Engine	0
32	Johnny McDowell	Maserati	26	15	Fuel leak	0
33	Joe James	Watson	30	8	Transmission	0

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