1950 Indianapolis 500
Date | Tuesday, 30 May 1950 |
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Circuit | Indianapolis, 138 laps |
Round | 3 of 7 |
Race numbers | 3rd World Championship race |
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +4 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 138 | 2hr 46m 55.970s | 9 FL |
2 | +8 | ![]() | Deidt-Offenhauser | 137 | +1 lap | 6 |
3 | ![]() | Deidt-Offenhauser | 137 | +1 lap | 4 | |
4 | +8 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 137 | +1 lap | 3 |
5 | +4 | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 136 | +2 laps |
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6 | +17 | ![]() | Moore-Offenhauser | 136 | +2 laps | |
7 | -6 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 135 | +3 laps | |
8 | -4 | ![]() | Lesovsky-Offenhauser | 135 | +3 laps | |
9 | +10 | ![]() | Nichels-Offenhauser | 135 | +3 laps | |
10 | +1 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 135 | +3 laps | |
11 | +5 | ![]() | Marchese-Offenhauser | 133 | +5 laps | |
12 | +1 | ![]() | Stevens-Offenhauser | 133 | +5 laps | |
13 | +13 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 132 | +6 laps | |
14 | -8 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 131 | DNF | |
15 | +9 | ![]() | Lesovsky-Offenhauser | 130 | +8 laps | |
16 | +15 | ![]() | Langley-Offenhauser | 128 | +10 laps | |
17 | +10 | ![]() | Ewing-Offenhauser | 128 | +10 laps | |
18 | +15 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 128 | +10 laps | |
19 | +1 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 127 | +11 laps | |
20 | -6 | ![]() | Maserati-Offenhauser | 126 | +12 laps | |
21 | -6 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 125 | +13 laps | |
22 | +7 | ![]() | Rae-Offenhauser | 123 | +15 laps | |
23 | +7 | ![]() | Olson-Offenhauser | 123 | DNF | |
24 | +4 | ![]() | Wetteroth-Offenhauser | 122 | +16 laps | |
25 | -4 | Maserati-Offenhauser | 112 | DNF | ||
26 | -4 | ![]() | Snowberger-Offenhauser | 111 | DNF | |
27 | -10 | Adams-Offenhauser | 108 | DNF | ||
28 | -26 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 64 | DNF | |
29 | +3 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Cummins | 52 | DNF | |
30 | -5 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 42 | DNF | |
31 | -23 | ![]() | Deidt-Offenhauser | 30 | DNF | |
32 | -14 | ![]() | Watson-Offenhauser | 25 | DNF | |
33 | -26 | ![]() | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 10 | DNF |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1950 Indianapolis 500.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 9 |
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4 | ![]() | 6 |
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7 | ![]() | 4 |
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10 | ![]() | 3 |
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13 | ![]() | 2 |
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15 | ![]() | 1 |
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Statistics & milestones
- Race debut
- Walt Ader (only start), Fred Agabashian, Henry Banks, Tony Bettenhausen, Walt Brown, Bill Cantrell (only start), Duane Carter, Joie Chitwood, George Connor, Jimmy Davies/, Duke Dinsmore, Walt Faulkner, Pat Flaherty, Myron Fohr, Cecil Green, Sam Hanks, Gene Hartley, Mack Hellings, Bill Holland, Jackie Holmes, Jerry Hoyt, Jimmy Jackson, Bayliss Levrett, Johnny McDowell, Jack McGrath, Johnnie Parsons, Dick Rathmann, Jim Rathmann, Mauri Rose, Paul Russo, Troy Ruttman, Bill Schindler, Lee Wallard, Spider Webb
- Adams (only start), Deidt, Ewing, Kurtis Kraft, Langley (only start), Lesovsky, Marchese, Moore, Nichels (only start), Olson (only start), Rae (only start), Snowberger (only start), Stevens, Watson, Wetteroth (only start)
- Wins
- 1st and only for Johnnie Parsons (3rd different winner, 1st American driver) EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Giuseppe Farina & Juan Manuel Fangio)
- 1st for Kurtis Kraft (2nd different winner)
- Podiums
- 1st and only for Johnnie Parsons (7th different podium finisher, 1st American driver), 1st and only Bill Holland (8th different podium finisher, 2nd American driver), 1st and only Mauri Rose (9th different podium finisher, 3rd American driver)
- EQUALLED RECORD (all three podium finishers equalled the record held by Giuseppe Farina, Luigi Fagioli, Reg Parnell, Juan Manuel Fangio, Alberto Ascari & Louis Chiron)
- 1st, 2nd and last for Deidt (5th different podium finisher)
- 1st for Kurtis Kraft (4th different podium finisher)
- Poles
- 1st and only for Walt Faulkner (3rd different polesitter, 1st American driver) EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Giuseppe Farina & Juan Manuel Fangio)
- 1st for Kurtis Kraft (2nd different polesitter)
- Qualifying 1-2
- 1st for Kurtis Kraft (2nd different constructor to qualify 1-2)
- Fastest laps
- 1st and only for Johnnie Parsons (3rd different fastest lap setter, 1st American driver) EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Giuseppe Farina & Juan Manuel Fangio)
- 1st for Kurtis Kraft (2nd different fastest lap setter)
- Front row starts
- 1st and only for Walt Faulkner & Mauri Rose (6th & 8th different front row starters, 1st & 3rd American drivers), 1st for Fred Agabashian (7th different front row starter, 2nd American driver)
- Points finishes
- 1st for Johnnie Parsons & Tony Bettenhausen, 1st and only for Bill Holland, Mauri Rose, Cecil Green & Joie Chitwood (11th-16th different point scorers, 1st-6th American drivers)
- Win & fastest lap
- 1st and only for Johnnie Parsons (3rd different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 1st American driver) EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Giuseppe Farina & Juan Manuel Fangio)