← 1951 Season
Round 2 · GP · 1951
Indianapolis 500
30 May 1951Indianapolis Motor SpeedwayUSAfinished
Race Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Gap / Status | Points | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | Lee Wallard | Kurtis Kraft | 2 | 200 | Finished | 9 | — |
| P2 | Mike Nazaruk | Kurtis Kraft | 7 | 200 | Finished | 6 | — |
| P3 | Jack McGrath | Kurtis Kraft | 3 | 200 | Finished | 2 | — |
| P3 | Manny Ayulo | Kurtis Kraft | 3 | 200 | Finished | 2 | — |
| P4 | Andy Linden | Sherman | 31 | 200 | Finished | 3 | — |
| P5 | Bobby Ball | Schroeder | 29 | 200 | Finished | 2 | — |
| P6 | Henry Banks | Moore | 17 | 200 | Finished | 0 | — |
| P7 | Carl Forberg | Kurtis Kraft | 24 | 193 | +7 Laps | 0 | — |
| P8 | Duane Carter | Deidt | 4 | 180 | +20 Laps | 0 | — |
| P9 | Tony Bettenhausen | Deidt | 9 | 178 | Spun off | 0 | — |
| P10 | Duke Nalon | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 151 | Retired | 0 | — |
| P11 | Gene Force | Kurtis Kraft | 22 | 142 | Engine | 0 | — |
| P12 | Sam Hanks | Kurtis Kraft | 12 | 135 | Engine | 0 | — |
| P13 | Bill Schindler | Kurtis Kraft | 16 | 129 | Engine | 0 | — |
| P14 | Mauri Rose | Deidt | 5 | 126 | Accident | 0 | — |
| P15 | Walt Faulkner | Kuzma | 14 | 123 | Engine | 0 | — |
| P16 | Jimmy Davies | Pawl | 27 | 110 | Axle | 0 | — |
| P17 | Fred Agabashian | Kurtis Kraft | 11 | 109 | Clutch | 0 | — |
| P18 | Carl Scarborough | Kurtis Kraft | 15 | 93 | Heat shield fire | 0 | — |
| P19 | Bill Mackey | Hall | 33 | 97 | Clutch | 0 | — |
| P20 | Chuck Stevenson | Marchese | 19 | 93 | Heat shield fire | 0 | — |
| P21 | Johnnie Parsons | Kurtis Kraft | 8 | 87 | Magneto | 0 | — |
| P22 | Cecil Green | Kurtis Kraft | 10 | 80 | Engine | 0 | — |
| P23 | Troy Ruttman | Kurtis Kraft | 6 | 78 | Engine | 0 | — |
| P24 | Duke Dinsmore | Schroeder | 32 | 73 | Overheating | 0 | — |
| P25 | Chet Miller | Kurtis Kraft | 28 | 56 | Ignition | 0 | — |
| P26 | Walt Brown | Kurtis Kraft | 13 | 55 | Magneto | 0 | — |
| P27 | Rodger Ward | Bromme | 25 | 34 | Oil pipe | 0 | — |
| P28 | Cliff Griffith | Kurtis Kraft | 18 | 30 | Axle | 0 | — |
| P29 | Bill Vukovich | Trevis | 20 | 29 | Oil leak | 0 | — |
| P30 | George Connor | Lesovsky | 21 | 29 | Transmission | 0 | — |
| P31 | Mack Hellings | Deidt | 23 | 18 | Engine | 0 | — |
| P32 | Johnny McDowell | Maserati | 26 | 15 | Fuel leak | 0 | — |
| P33 | Joe James | Watson | 30 | 8 | Transmission | 0 | — |
Qualifying Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | Duke Nalon | Kurtis Kraft | — | — | — |
| P2 | Lee Wallard | Kurtis Kraft | — | — | — |
| P3 | Jack McGrath | Kurtis Kraft | — | — | — |
| P4 | Duane Carter | Deidt | — | — | — |
| P5 | Mauri Rose | Deidt | — | — | — |
| P6 | Troy Ruttman | Kurtis Kraft | — | — | — |
| P7 | Mike Nazaruk | Kurtis Kraft | — | — | — |
| P8 | Johnnie Parsons | Kurtis Kraft | — | — | — |
| P9 | Tony Bettenhausen | Deidt | — | — | — |
| P10 | Cecil Green | Kurtis Kraft | — | — | — |
| P11 | Fred Agabashian | Kurtis Kraft | — | — | — |
| P12 | Sam Hanks | Kurtis Kraft | — | — | — |
| P13 | Walt Brown | Kurtis Kraft | — | — | — |
| P15 | Carl Scarborough | Kurtis Kraft | — | — | — |
| P16 | Bill Schindler | Kurtis Kraft | — | — | — |
| P17 | Henry Banks | Moore | — | — | — |
| P18 | Cliff Griffith | Kurtis Kraft | — | — | — |
| P19 | Chuck Stevenson | Marchese | — | — | — |
| P20 | Bill Vukovich | Trevis | — | — | — |
| P21 | George Connor | Lesovsky | — | — | — |
| P22 | Gene Force | Kurtis Kraft | — | — | — |
| P23 | Mack Hellings | Deidt | — | — | — |
| P24 | Carl Forberg | Kurtis Kraft | — | — | — |
| P25 | Rodger Ward | Bromme | — | — | — |
| P26 | Johnny McDowell | Maserati | — | — | — |
| P27 | Jimmy Davies | Pawl | — | — | — |
| P28 | Chet Miller | Kurtis Kraft | — | — | — |
| P29 | Bobby Ball | Schroeder | — | — | — |
| P30 | Joe James | Watson | — | — | — |
| P31 | Andy Linden | Sherman | — | — | — |
| P32 | Duke Dinsmore | Schroeder | — | — | — |
| P33 | Bill Mackey | Hall | — | — | — |