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35th Indianapolis International Motor Sweepstakes

30 May 1951Indianapolis804.675 km (4023 m x 200 Laps) = 500 Miles (2.5 Miles x 200 Laps)

 Pole Position: Duke Nalon, Kurtis-Novi, 4:23.74 (219.63 km/h = 136.50 mph) Fastest Lap: Lee Wallard, Kurtis-Offenhauser, 1:07.26 (215.30 km/h = 133.81 mph lap 23) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Money 1 99 Lee Wallard Kurtis-Offenhauser 3:57:38.05 126.24 $63,612 (203.15 km/h) 2 83 Mike Nazaruk Kurtis-Offenhauser 3:59:25.29 125.30 $21,362 3 9 Jack McGrath/ 100 laps Manuel Ayulo Kurtis KK3000-Offenhauser 4:00:29.44 124.75 $14,962 100 laps 4 57 Andy Linden Sherman-Offenhauser 4:02:18.17 123.81 $10,012 5 52 Bobby Ball Schroeder-Offenhauser 4:02:30.28 123.71 $8,612 6 1 Henry Banks Moore-Offenhauser 4:03:18.07 123.30 $6,962 7 68 Carl Forberg Kurtis KK3000-Offenhauser 193 Flagged $5,862 8 27 Duane Carter Deidt-Offenhauser 180 Flagged $5,162 Did Not Finish: 9 5 Tony Bettenhausen Deidt-Offenhauser 178 Spun 4 $4,662 10 18 Duke Nalon Kurtis-Novi 151 Stalled $5,062 11 69 Gene Force Kurtis KK2000-Offenhauser 142 Engine $3,182 12 25 Sam Hanks Kurtis KK3000-Offenhauser 135 Rod - Spun 3 $3,412 13 10 Bill Schindler Kurtis KK2000-Offenhauser 129 Engine $3,142 14 16 Mauri Rose Deidt-Offenhauser 126 Crash 4 $3,022 15 2 Walt Faulkner Kuzma-Offenhauser 123 Engine $4,552 16 76 Jimmy Davies Pawl-Offenhauser 110 Axle $5,482 17 59 Freddie Agabashian Kurtis KK3000-Offenhauser 109 Clutch $2,862 18 73 Carl Scarborough Kurtis KK2000-Offenhauser 100 Axle $2,642 19 71 Bill Mackey Hall-Offenhauser 97 Clutch $2,212 20 8 Chuck Stevenson Marchese-Offenhauser 93 Caught fire NS $2,182 21 3 Johnnie Parsons Kurtis KK3000-Offenhauser 87 Magneto $2,252 22 4 Cecil Green Kurtis KK3000-Offenhauser 80 Engine $2,622 23 98 Troy Ruttman Kurtis KK2000-Offenhauser 78 Engine $2,092 24 6 Duke Dinsmore Schroeder-Offenhauser 73 Overheating $2,162 25 32 Chet Miller Kurtis-Novi 56 Ignition $2,532 26 44 Walt Brown Kurtis KK3000-ffenhauser 55 Magneto $2,302 27 48 Rodger Ward Bromme-Offenhauser 34 Oil pipe $2,472 28 23 Cliff Griffith Kurtis KK2000-Offenhauser 30 Axle $2,042 29 81 Bill Vukovich Trevis-Offenhauser 29 Oil tank $1,912 30 22 George Connor Lesovsky-Offenhauser 29 Transmission $1,882 31 19 Mack Hellings Deidt-Offenhauser 18 Engine $1,852 32 12 Johnny McDowell Maserati-Offenhauser 15 Fuel tank $2,222 33 26 Joe James Watson-Offenhauser 8 Transmission $2,092 Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 99 Lee Wallard Kurtis-Offenhauser 1 165 9 Manny Ayulo Kurtis KK3000-Offenhauser 2-3 12 4 Cecil Green Kurtis KK3000-Offenhauser 4 5 99 Lee Wallard Kurtis-Offenhauser 5-6 9 Jack McGrath Kurtis KK3000-Offenhauser 7-16 99 Lee Wallard Kurtis-Offenhauser 17-59 76 Jimmy Davies Pawl-Offenhauser 60-77 18 4 Cecil Green Kurtis KK3000-Offenhauser 78-81 99 Lee Wallard Kurtis-Offenhauser 82-200 Qualifying Times: Duke Nalon Lee Wallard Jack McGrath Kurtis-Novi #18 Kurtis-Offenhauser #99 Kurtis KK3000-Offenhauser #9 Novi Purelube/Jean Marcenac Murrell Belanger Jack Hinkle 4:23.74 4:26.59 4:28.05 136.50 mph 135.04 mph 134.30 mph Duane Carter Mauri Rose Troy Ruttman Deidt-Offenhauser #27 Deidt-Offenhauser #16 Kurtis KK2000-Offenhauser #98 Mobilgas/Rotary Engineering Pennzoil/Howard Keck Agajanian Featherweight 4:29.16 4:29.82 4:32.08 133.75 mph 133.42 mph 132.31 mph Mike Nazaruk Johnnie Parsons Tony Bettenhausen Sr. Kurtis-Offenhauser #83 Kurtis KK3000-Offenhauser #3 Deidt-Offenhauser #5 Jim Robbins Wynn's Friction Proofing/Walsh Mobiloil/Rotary Engineering 4:32.35 4:32.41 4:32.83 132.18 mph 132.15 mph 131.95 mph Cecil Green Freddie Agabashian Sam Hanks Kurtis KK3000-Offenhauser #4 Kurtis KK3000-Offenhauser #59 Kurtis KK3000-Offenhauser #25 John Zink/M.A. Walker Granatelli-Bardahl/Grancor Peter Schmidt 4:32.95 4:26.61 4:30.68 131.89 mph 135.03 mph 133.00 mph Walt Brown Walt Faulkner Carl Scarborough Kurtis KK3000-Offenhauser #44 Kuzma-Offenhauser #2 Kurtis KK2000-Offenhauser #73 Federal Engineering Agajanian Grant Piston Ring McNamara/Lee Elkins 4:32.92 4:23.02 4:25.46 131.91 mph 136.87 mph 135.61 mph Bill Schindler Henry Banks Cliff Griffith Kurtis KK2000-Offenhauser #10 Moore-Offenhauser #1 Kurtis KK2000-Offenhauser #23 H.A. Chapman Blue Crown Spark Plug/Hopkins Ludson D. Morris 4:28.59 4:28.86 4:28.98 134.03 mph 133.90 mph 133.84 mph Chuck Stevenson Bill Vukovich George Connor Marchese-Offenhauser #8 Trevis-Offenhauser #81 Lesovsky-Offenhauser #22 Bardahl/Carl Marchese Central Excavating/Pete Salemi Blue Crown Spark Plug/Marant 4:29.13 4:29.21 4:29.96 133.76 mph 133.73 mph 133.35 mph Gene Force Mack Hellings Carl Forberg Kurtis KK2000-Offenhauser #69 Deidt-Offenhauser #19 Kurtis KK3000-Offenhauser #68 Brown Motor Tuffanelli-Derrico Automobile Shippers/Rassey 4:30.47 4:50.50 4:30.90 133.10 mph 123.93 mph 132.89 mph Rodger Ward Johnny McDowell Jim Davies Bromme-Offenhauser #48 Maserati-Offenhauser #12 Pawl-Offenhauser #76 Deck Manufacturing/Bromme W.J./Maserati Race Cars Parks Offenhauser/L.E. Parks 4:26.93 4:31.75 4:29.63 134.87 mph 132.48 mph 133.52 mph Chet Miller Bobby Ball Joe James Kurtis-Novi #32 Schroeder-Offenhauser #52 Watson-Offenhauser #26 Novi Purelube/Jean Marcenac Blakely/John McDaniel Bob Estes Lincoln-Mercury 4:25.10 4:28.46 4:28.46 135.80 mph 134.10 mph 134.10 mph Andy Linden Duke Dinsmore Bill Mackey Sherman-Offenhauser #57 Schroeder-Offenhauser #6 Hall-Offenhauser #71 George Leitenberger Brown Motors Karl Hall 4:32.26 4:32.78 4:33.82 132.23 mph 131.97 mph 131.47 mph Did Not Qualify: Car# Driver Car Entrant 7 Paul Russo Nichels-Offenhauser Kennedy Tank 14 Jerry Hoyt Ewing-Offenhauser Pat Clancy 24 Jackie Holmes Adams-Offenhauser Richard Palmer 29 George Fonder Deidt-Sparks Ray Brady 31 Manuel Ayulo Lesovsky-Offenhauser Coast Grain 33 Jimmy Daywalt Meyer-Novi Iddings Crash 4 34 Johnny Tolan Kurtis KK2000-Offenhauser Peter Wales Trucking 35 Frank Armi Bardazon-Offenhauser Hancock Dome 36 George Lynch Rassey-Offenhauser Louis Rassey 37 Bob Sweikert Kurtis KK2000-Offenhauser Marion Engineering 41 Mike Salay Szalai-Offenhauser Michael Szalai Crash 1 42 Bill Boyd Gdula-Offenhauser Ed Gdula Crash 1 45 Jackie Holmes Adams-Offenhauser Cincinnati Race Cars 46 Bayliss Levrett Silnes-Offenhauser Safety Seal 47 Jimmy Daywalt ?-Offenhauser Merkler Machine Works 49 Joe Barzda Maserati-Offenhauser Joe Barzda 51 Bud Sennett Maserati Auto Accessorie Crash 1 qual 53 George Fonder Schroeder-Offenhauser Lutes Truck Parts 56 Myron Fohr Hill-Offenhauser Shaheen 58 Frank Armi Scopa-Offenhauser Joe Scopa 61 Norm Houser Miller-Offenhauser Sarafoff 62 Bill Cantrell ?-Wayne Motor Trends 63 George Fonder Schroeder-Offenhauser Ray Brady 64 Frank Armi Kurtis-Duray Bardahl/Dick Page 66 Kenny Eaton Stevens-Offenhauser Jeanie-Lee/Glessner 67 Gordon Reid Silnes-Chevrolet Johnson/Herbert 71 Bill Mackey Hall-Offenhauser Karl Hall 72 Jimmy Bryan Lesovsky-Offenhauser Viking Trailer 75 LeRoy Warriner Kurtis-Offenhauser George Heller 77 Doc Shanebrook Stevens-Offenhauser Elgin Piston Pin 78 Ray Knepper Silnes-Offenhauser Bardahl/Tomshe 79 Bill Cantrell Kurtis KK4000-Offenhauser Hart Fullerton 82 Bob Scott ?-Mercury Bob Estes Mercury 88 Joel Thorne Adams-Sparks Thorne Engineering 89 Danny Kladis Miller Trainor Chicago Notes:
  • Promoter: Indianapolis Motor Speedway. AAA Sanction No. 1R51
  • Engine Specifications (cubic inches) and Restrictions:
    Normally Aspirated - 274.6
    Supercharged - 183.1
    Stock-Block - 274.6
    Minimum Qualifing Speed - 115 mph
  • Average qualifying speed: 133.57 mph
  • Fastest Qualifier: Walt Faulkner, 4:23.02 (220.23 km/h = 136.87 mph)
  • Weather: Sunny, Hot, Dry.
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    Race Review:

    The FIA once again included the Indianapolis 500 in the World Championship although no European drivers took part in the race, which took place three days after the Swiss GP. Qualifying had resulted in Duke Nalon setting the fastest time from Lee Wallard and Jack McGrath. The race itself was a closely fought affair which was won in the end by Wallard at the wheel of a Belanger Special. Three-time Indy 500 winner Mauri Rose was fortunate to escape unhurt when his Pennzoil Special suffered a wheel failure and overturned.