1951 Indianapolis 500

The 1951 Indianapolis 500 was held on Wednesday, May 30, 1951 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The event was part of the 1951 World Drivers' Championship.

Classification

Pos	Grid	No	Driver	Constructor	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Time/Retired	Points
1	2	99	Lee Wallard	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	135.03	5	200	159	3:57:38.05	9
2	7	83	Mike Nazaruk	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	132.18	26	200	0	+ 1:47.24	6
3	3	9	Jack McGrath Manny Ayulo	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	134.3	8	200	11	+ 2:51.39	2 2
4	31	57	Andy Linden	Sherman-Offenhauser	132.22	25	200	0	+ 4:40.12	3
5	29	52	Bobby Ball	Schroeder-Offenhauser	134.09	9	200	0	+ 4:52.23	2
6	17	1	Henry Banks	Moore-Offenhauser	133.89	12	200	0	+ 5:40.02
7	24	68	Carl Forberg	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	132.89	22	193	0	+ 7 Laps
8	4	27	Duane Carter	Deidt-Offenhauser	133.74	15	180	0	+ 20 Laps
9	9	5	Tony Bettenhausen	Deidt-Offenhauser	131.95	29	178	0	Spun Off
10	1	18	Duke Nalon	Kurtis Kraft-Novi	136.49	2	151	0	Retirement
11	22	69	Gene Force	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	133.1	20	142	0	Engine
12	12	25	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	132.99	21	135	0	Engine
13	16	10	Bill Schindler	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	134.03	11	129	0	Engine
14	5	16	Mauri Rose	Deidt-Offenhauser	133.42	18	126	0	Accident
15	14	2	Walt Faulkner	Kuzma-Offenhauser	136.87	1	123	0	Engine
16	27	76	Jimmy Davies	Pawl-Offenhauser	133.51	17	110	25	Axle
17	11	59	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	135.02	6	109	0	Clutch
18	15	73	Carl Scarborough	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	135.61	4	93	0	Fire
19	33	71	Bill Mackey	Hall-Offenhauser	131.47	32	97	0	Clutch
20	19	8	Chuck Stevenson	Marchese-Offenhauser	133.76	14	93	0	Fire
21	8	3	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	132.15	27	87	0	Magneto
22	10	4	Cecil Green	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	131.89	31	80	5	Engine
23	6	98	Troy Ruttman	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	132.31	24	78	0	Engine
24	32	6	Duke Dinsmore	Schroeder-Offenhauser	131.97	28	73	0	Overheating
25	28	32	Chet Miller	Kurtis Kraft-Novi	135.79	3	56	0	Ignition
26	13	44	Walt Brown	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	131.9	30	55	0	Magneto
27	25	48	Rodger Ward	Bromme-Offenhauser	134.86	7	34	0	Oil Pipe
28	18	23	Cliff Griffith	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	133.83	13	30	0	Axle
29	20	81	Bill Vukovich	Trevis-Offenhauser	133.72	16	29	0	Oil leak
30	21	22	George Connor	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	133.35	19	29	0	Transmission
31	23	19	Mack Hellings	Deidt-Offenhauser	123.92	33	18	0	Engine
32	26	12	Johnny McDowell	Maserati-Offenhauser	132.47	23	15	0	Fuel leak
33	30	26	Joe James	Watson-Offenhauser	134.09	10	8	0	Transmission

Notes

• Pole position: Duke Nalon - 4:23.74
• Fastest Lead Lap: - Lee Wallard 1:07.26^[1]
• Ayulo (100 laps) and McGrath (100) shared the same car. Points for 3rd position were shared between the drivers.

Drivers' Championship standings after the race

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	9
2	Lee Wallard	9
3	Piero Taruffi	6
4	Mike Nazaruk	6
5	Nino Farina	4

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1951/573/. Retrieved on 2007-06-05.