1951 Indianapolis 500

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	Lee Wallard	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	3hr 57m 38.050s	9 FL
2	+5	Mike Nazaruk	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	+1m 47.243s	6
3		Jack McGrath Manuel Ayulo	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200		2 2
4	+27	Andy Linden	Sherman-Offenhauser	200		3
5	+24	Bobby Ball	Schroeder-Offenhauser	200		2
6	+11	Henry Banks	Moore-Offenhauser	200
7	+17	Carl Forberg	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	193	+7 laps
8	-4	Duane Carter	Deidt-Offenhauser	180	+20 laps
9		Tony Bettenhausen	Deidt-Offenhauser	178	DNF
10	-9	Duke Nalon	Kurtis Kraft-Novi	151	DNF
11	+11	Gene Force	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	142	DNF
12		Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	135	DNF
13	+3	Bill Schindler	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	129	DNF
14	-9	Mauri Rose	Deidt-Offenhauser	126	DNF
15	-1	Walt Faulkner	Kuzma-Offenhauser	123	DNF
16	+11	Jimmy Davies	Pawl-Offenhauser	110	DNF
17	-6	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	109	DNF
18	-3	Carl Scarborough	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	100	DNF
19	+14	Bill Mackey	Hall-Offenhauser	97	DNF
20	-1	Chuck Stevenson	Marchese-Offenhauser	93	DNF
21	-13	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	87	DNF
22	-12	Cecil Green	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	80	DNF
23	-17	Troy Ruttman	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	78	DNF
24	+8	Duke Dinsmore	Schroeder-Offenhauser	73	DNF
25	+3	Chet Miller	Kurtis Kraft-Novi	56	DNF
26	-13	Walt Brown	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	55	DNF
27	-2	Rodger Ward	Bromme-Offenhauser	34	DNF
28	-10	Cliff Griffith	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	30	DNF
29	-9	Bill Vukovich	Trevis-Offenhauser	29	DNF
30	-9	George Connor	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	29	DNF
31	-8	Mack Hellings	Deidt-Offenhauser	18	DNF
32	-6	Johnny McDowell	Maserati-Offenhauser	15	DNF
33	-3	Joe James	Watson-Offenhauser	8	DNF

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1951 Indianapolis 500.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	9
=	Lee Wallard	9
3	Piero Taruffi	6
=	Mike Nazaruk	6
5	Giuseppe Farina	4
6	Consalvo Sanesi	3
=	Andy Linden	3
8	Manuel Ayulo	2
=	Jack McGrath	2
10	Emmanuel de Graffenried	2
=	Bobby Ball	2

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