Round 2 · 1953

Indianapolis 500

Bill Vukovich (Kurtis Kraft) won the 1953 Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Circuit Indianapolis Motor Speedway

LocationIndianapolis, USA

Date30 May 1953

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	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft	1	200	Finished	9
2	Art Cross	Kurtis Kraft	12	200	Finished	6
3	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	9	200	Finished	2
4	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	2	200	Finished	1.5
5	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	3	200	Finished	2
6	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	21	200	Finished	0
7	Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft	25	200	Finished	0
8	Ernie McCoy	Stevens	20	200	Finished	0
9	Tony Bettenhausen	Kuzma	6	196	Accident	0
10	Jimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft	32	193	+7 Laps	0
11	Duke Nalon	Kurtis Kraft	26	191	Accident	0
12	Carl Scarborough	Kurtis Kraft	19	190	+10 Laps	0
13	Manny Ayulo	Kuzma	4	184	Engine	0
14	Jimmy Bryan	Schroeder	31	183	+17 Laps	0
15	Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	28	177	Magneto	0
15	Bill Holland	Kurtis Kraft	28	177	Magneto	0
16	Duke Dinsmore	Kurtis Kraft	10	177	Axle	0
16	Rodger Ward	Kurtis Kraft	10	177	Axle	0
17	Walt Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft	14	176	+24 Laps	0
17	Johnny Mantz	Kurtis Kraft	14	176	+24 Laps	0
18	Marshall Teague	Kurtis Kraft	22	169	Oil leak	0
19	Jackie Holmes	Kurtis Kraft	18	166	Oil leak	0
19	Travis Webb	Kurtis Kraft	18	166	Oil leak	0
20	Bob Sweikert	Kuzma	29	151	Suspension	0
21	Mike Nazaruk	Turner	23	146	Transmission	0
22	Pat Flaherty	Kuzma	24	115	Accident	0
23	Jerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft	7	107	Overheating	0
24	Duane Carter	Lesovsky	27	94	Ignition	0
25	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	17	89	Magneto	0
26	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	8	86	Engine	0
27	Don Freeland	Watson	15	76	Accident	0
28	Gene Hartley	Kurtis Kraft	13	53	Accident	0
29	Chuck Stevenson	Kuzma	16	42	Fuel leak	0
30	Cal Niday	Kurtis Kraft	30	30	Magneto	0
31	Bob Scott	Bromme	11	14	Oil leak	0
32	Johnny Thomson	Del Roy	33	6	Ignition	0
33	Andy Linden	Stevens	5	3	Accident	0

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