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Home / Seasons / 1951 F1 World Championship Season / 1951 Indianapolis 500

1951 Indianapolis 500

DateWednesday, 30 May 1951
Winner
  • USA flag lazyload Lee Wallard
  • USA flag lazyload Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
Pole position
  • USA flag lazyload Duke Nalon
  • USA flag lazyload Kurtis Kraft-Novi
Fastest lap
  • USA flag lazyload Lee Wallard
  • USA flag lazyload Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
CircuitIndianapolis, 200 laps
Round2 of 8
Race numbers9th World Championship race
More 1951 season
More Indianapolis 500

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1USA flag lazyload Lee WallardKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser2003hr 57m 38.050s9 FL
2+5USA flag lazyload Mike NazarukKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser200+1m 47.243s6
3 
  • USA flag lazyload Jack McGrath
  • USA flag lazyload Manuel Ayulo
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser200 
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4+27USA flag lazyload Andy LindenSherman-Offenhauser200 3
5+24USA flag lazyload Bobby BallSchroeder-Offenhauser200 2
6+11USA flag lazyload Henry BanksMoore-Offenhauser200  
7+17USA flag lazyload Carl ForbergKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser193+7 laps 
8-4USA flag lazyload Duane CarterDeidt-Offenhauser180+20 laps 
9 USA flag lazyload Tony BettenhausenDeidt-Offenhauser178DNF 
10-9USA flag lazyload Duke NalonKurtis Kraft-Novi151DNF 
11+11USA flag lazyload Gene ForceKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser142DNF 
12 USA flag lazyload Sam HanksKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser135DNF 
13+3USA flag lazyload Bill SchindlerKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser129DNF 
14-9USA flag lazyload Mauri RoseDeidt-Offenhauser126DNF 
15-1USA flag lazyload Walt FaulknerKuzma-Offenhauser123DNF 
16+11USA flag lazyload Jimmy DaviesPawl-Offenhauser110DNF 
17-6USA flag lazyload Fred AgabashianKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser109DNF 
18-3USA flag lazyload Carl ScarboroughKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser100DNF 
19+14USA flag lazyload Bill MackeyHall-Offenhauser97DNF 
20-1USA flag lazyload Chuck StevensonMarchese-Offenhauser93DNF 
21-13USA flag lazyload Johnnie ParsonsKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser87DNF 
22-12USA flag lazyload Cecil GreenKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser80DNF 
23-17USA flag lazyload Troy RuttmanKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser78DNF 
24+8USA flag lazyload Duke DinsmoreSchroeder-Offenhauser73DNF 
25+3USA flag lazyload Chet MillerKurtis Kraft-Novi56DNF 
26-13USA flag lazyload Walt BrownKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser55DNF 
27-2USA flag lazyload Rodger WardBromme-Offenhauser34DNF 
28-10USA flag lazyload Cliff GriffithKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser30DNF 
29-9USA flag lazyload Bill VukovichTrevis-Offenhauser29DNF 
30-9USA flag lazyload George ConnorLesovsky-Offenhauser29DNF 
31-8USA flag lazyload Mack HellingsDeidt-Offenhauser18DNF 
32-6USA flag lazyload Johnny McDowellMaserati-Offenhauser15DNF 
33-3USA flag lazyload Joe JamesWatson-Offenhauser8DNF 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1951 Indianapolis 500.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio9
=USA flag lazyload Lee Wallard9
3Italy flag lazyload Piero Taruffi6
=USA flag lazyload Mike Nazaruk6
5Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe Farina4
6Italy flag lazyload Consalvo Sanesi3
=USA flag lazyload Andy Linden3
8USA flag lazyload Manuel Ayulo2
=USA flag lazyload Jack McGrath2
10Switzerland flag Emmanuel de Graffenried2
=USA flag lazyload Bobby Ball2

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Manuel Ayulo, Bobby Ball, Carl Forberg (only start), Gene Force, Cliff Griffith, Joe James, Andy Linden, Bill Mackey, Chet Miller, Duke Nalon, Mike Nazaruk, Carl Scarborough, Chuck Stevenson, Bill Vukovich, Rodger Ward
Bromme, Hall (only start), Kuzma, Pawl, Schroeder, Sherman, Trevis
Last start
Walt Brown, Cecil Green, Mack Hellings, Mauri Rose, Lee Wallard
Marchese
Wins
1st and only for Lee Wallard (4th different winner, 2nd American driver)
2nd for Kurtis Kraft
Race 1-2
1st for Kurtis Kraft (2nd different constructor to finish 1-2)
Podiums
1st and only for Lee Wallard (14th different podium finisher, 4th American driver), 1st and only for Mike Nazaruk (15th different podium finisher, 5th American driver), 1st and only for Manuel Ayulo (16th different podium finisher, 6th American driver), 1st for Jack McGrath (17th different podium finisher, 7th American driver)
2nd, 3rd & 4th for Kurtis Kraft
Poles
1st and only for Duke Nalon (4th different polesitter, 2nd American driver)
2nd for Kurtis Kraft
Qualifying 1-2
2nd for Kurtis Kraft
Fastest laps
1st and only for Lee Wallard (4th different fastest lap setter, 2nd American driver)
2nd for Kurtis Kraft
Front row starts
1st and only for Duke Nalon & Lee Wallard (12th & 13th different front row starters, 4th & 5th American drivers), 1st for Jack McGrath (14th different front row starter, 6th American driver)
Points finishes
1st for Mike Nazaruk, Jack McGrath & Andy Linden, 1st and only for Lee Wallard, Manuel Ayulo & Bobby Ball (26th-31st different point scorers, 7th-12th American drivers)
Win & fastest lap
1st and only for Lee Wallard (4th different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 2nd American driver)

See also

  • Indianapolis 500
  • Indianapolis circuit
  • 1951 World Championship season

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