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| Official Name | The 41st 500 |
|---|---|
| Circuit | Indianapolis |
| Date | May 30 |
| Pole | Pat O’Connor 01:02.522 |
| Fastest Lap | Jim Rathmann 01:02.750 |
| Podium | 1st Sam Hanks (136) , 2nd Jim Rathmann (24) , 3rd Jimmy Bryan |
| GP Number | 59 |
| Round | 3 |
| Weather | Sunny |
| Prev race | Grand Prix de Monaco May 19 |
| Next race | Grand Prix de France July 7 |
| P | N | Driver | Team | Car | Engine | Tyre | Time | Laps | FL | Led | Gr | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |  Sam Hanks |
Belond Exhaust/G.Salih | Salih FE [57] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | 03:41:14.250 | 200 |
136 |
13 |
8 |
|
| 2 | 26 | Jim Rathmann |
Chiropractic/Hopkins | Epperly FE [57] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | 03:41:35.710 | 200 |
01:02.750 |
24 |
32 |
7 |
| 3 | 1 | Jimmy Bryan |
Dean Van Lines | Kuzma FE [56] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | 03:43:28.220 | 200 |
0 |
15 |
4 |
|
| 4 | 54 | Paul Russo |
Novi Air Conditioner | Kurtis Kraft 500F [56A (389)] |
Novi L8C 3.0 | Firestone | 03:44:11.110 | 200 |
24 |
10 |
3 |
|
| 5 | 73 | Andy Linden |
McNamara/Veedol | Kurtis Kraft 500G [G3] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | 03:44:28.520 | 200 |
0 |
12 |
2 |
|
| 6 | 6 | Johnny Boyd |
Bowes Seal Fast/Bignotti | Kurtis Kraft 500G [G11] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | 03:45:49.520 | 200 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
| 7 | 48 | Marshall Teague |
Sumar/Chapman Root | Kurtis Kraft 500C [371] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | 03:45:59.830 | 200 |
0 |
28 |
0 |
|
| 8 | 12 | Pat O’Connor |
Sumar/Chapman Root | Kurtis Kraft 500G [G7] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | 03:46:47.400 | 200 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
|
| 9 | 7 | Bob Veith |
Bob Estes | Phillips FE [57] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | 03:47:31.360 | 200 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
|
| 10 | 22 | Gene Hartley |
Massaglia Hotel | Lesovsky FE [56] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | 03:48:24.370 | 200 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
|
| 11 | 19 | Jack Turner |
Bardahl/Pat Clancy | Kurtis Kraft 500G [G1] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | 03:49:10.320 | 200 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
|
| 12 | 10 | Johnny Thomson |
D-A Lubricants Racing | Kuzma FE [56A] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | +1 lap | 199 |
5 |
11 |
0 |
|
| 13 | 95 | Bob Christie |
Jones & Maley Cars | Kurtis Kraft 500C [373] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | +3 laps | 197 |
0 |
33 |
0 |
|
| 14 | 82 | Chuck Weyant |
Central Excavating/Pete Salemi | Kurtis Kraft 500C [375] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | +4 laps | 196 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
|
| 15 | 27 | Tony Bettenhausen |
Novi Air Conditioner | Kurtis Kraft 500F [56B (390)] |
Novi L8C 3.0 | Firestone | +5 laps | 195 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
|
| 16 | 18 | Johnnie Parsons |
Sumar/Chapman Root | Kurtis Kraft 500G [G8] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | +5 laps | 195 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
|
| 17 | 3 | Don Freeland |
Ansted Rotary | Kurtis Kraft 500D [381] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | +8 laps | 192 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
|
| 18 | 5 | Jimmy Reece |
Hoyt Machine/Sommer | Kurtis Kraft 500C [376] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | Throttle | 182 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
|
| 19 | 92 | Don Edmunds |
Roy McKay | Kurtis Kraft 500G [G15] |
Offenhauser L4C 3.0 | Firestone | Spun off | 170 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
|
| 20 | 28 | Johnnie Tolan |
Greenman-Casale | Kuzma FE [57] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | Clutch | 138 |
0 |
31 |
0 |
|
| 21 | 89 | Al Herman |
Dunn Engineering | Dunn FE [57] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | Accident | 111 |
0 |
30 |
0 |
|
| 22 | 14 | Fred Agabashian |
Bowes Seal Fast/Bignotti | Kurtis Kraft 500G [G4] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | Fuel leak | 107 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
| 23 | 88 | Eddie Sachs |
Peter Schmidt | Kuzma FE [56B] |
Offenhauser L4C 3.0 | Firestone | Fuel leak | 105 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
| 24 | 77 | Mike Magill |
Dayton Steel Foundry | Kurtis Kraft 500G [392] |
Offenhauser L4C 3.0 | Firestone | Accident | 101 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
|
| 25 | 43 | Eddie Johnson |
H.A. Chapman | Kurtis Kraft 500G [G10] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | Wheel bearing | 93 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
|
| 26 | 31 | Bill Cheesbourg |
Seal Line/Donaldson | Kurtis Kraft 500G [G6] |
Offenhauser L4C 3.0 | Firestone | Fuel leak | 81 |
0 |
23 |
0 |
|
| 27 | 16 | Al Keller |
Bardahl/Pat Clancy | Kurtis Kraft 500G [G2] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | Accident | 75 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
|
| 28 | 57 | Jimmy Daywalt |
Helse/H.H.Johnson | Kurtis Kraft 500C [369] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | Accident | 53 |
0 |
29 |
0 |
|
| 29 | 83 | Ed Elisian |
McNamara/Kalamazoo Sports | Kurtis Kraft 500C [374] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | Gearbox | 51 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
|
| 30 | 8 | Rodger Ward |
Wolcott | Lesovsky FE [57] |
Offenhauser L4C 3.0 | Firestone | Supercharger | 27 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
|
| 31 | 52 | Troy Ruttman |
John Zink | Watson FE [57] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | Engine | 13 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
|
| 32 | 55 | Eddie Russo |
Sclavi & Amos | Kurtis Kraft 500C [370] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | Accident | 0 |
0 |
26 |
0 |
|
| 33 | 23 | Elmer George |
Travelon Trailer/Ernest Ruiz | Kurtis Kraft 500B [362] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | Accident | 0 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
|
| DNQ | 98 | Johnnie Parsons |
J. C. Agajanian | Kuzma FE |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | DNQ | 0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| DNQ | 59 | Bud Clemons |
Chiropractic/Sorenson | Shilala FE |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | DNQ | 0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| DNQ | 32 | Jimmy Davies |
Trio Brass Foundry | Kurtis Kraft 500D [384] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | DNQ | 0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| DNQ | 18 | Dick Rathmann |
Sumar/Chapman Root | Kurtis Kraft 500G [G8] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | Car with team mate | 0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| DNQ | 67 | Don Edmunds |
Braund Plywood | Kurtis Kraft 500C [372] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | DNQ | 0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| DNQ | 71 | Johnny Fedricks |
Ed Gdula | Kurtis Kraft 500C [378] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | DNQ | 0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| DNQ | 62 |  Giuseppe Farina |
Giuseppe Farina | Kurtis Kraft 500G [G12] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | Car unavailable | 0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| DNQ | 62 | Keith Andrews |
Giuseppe Farina | Kurtis Kraft 500G [G12] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | Fatal accident | 0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| DNQ | 4 | George Amick |
Federal Engineering | Snowberger FE |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | DNQ | 0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| DNQ | 33 | Billy Garrett |
Federal Engineering | Kurtis Kraft 500E [388] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | DNQ | 0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| DNQ | 34 | Jim McWithey |
Federal Engineering | Kurtis Kraft 500D [383] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | Accident | 0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| DNQ | 45 | Bill Cheesbourg |
Las Vegas Club | Kurtis Kraft 500G [391] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | DNQ | 0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| DNQ | 84 | Danny Kladis |
Safety Auto Glass |  Mercedes W154 [189439/9] |
Jaguar L6 3.4 | Firestone | DNQ | 0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| DNQ | 35 | Chuck Weyant |
Jim Robbins | Kurtis Kraft 500G [G9] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | DNQ | 0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| DNQ | 25 | Jud Larson |
John Zink | Watson FE |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | DNQ | 0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| DNQ | 31 | Cliff Griffith |
Seal Line/Donaldson | Kurtis Kraft 500G [G6] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | DNQ | 0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| DNQ | 72 | Danny Kladis |
Morgan Engineering | Maserati 4CLT/48 [1604] |
Maserati L8C 3.0 | Firestone | DNQ | 0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| DNQ | 81 | Tony Bonadies |
Central Excavating/Pete Salemi | Kuzma D |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | DNQ | 0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| DNQ | 49 | Ray Crawford |
Meguiar’s Mirror Glaze | Kurtis Kraft 500G [G14] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | DNQ | 0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| DNQ | 15 | Eddie Sachs |
Ray Brady | Kurtis Kraft 500C [377] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | DNQ | 0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| DNQ | 15 | Tony Bonadies |
Ray Brady | Kurtis Kraft 500C [377] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | Accident | 0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| DNQ | 58 | Andy Furci |
Ray Brady | Schroeder D |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | DNQ | 0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| DNQ | 92 | Leroy Warriner |
Roy McKay | Kurtis Kraft 500G [G15] |
Offenhauser L4C 3.0 | Firestone | DNQ | 0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| DNQ | 64 | Gene Force |
Shannon Bros | Watts FE |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | DNQ | 0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| DNQ | 42 | Dempsey Wilson |
Martin Brothers | Kurtis Kraft 500B [359] |
Offenhauser L4 4.5 | Firestone | DNQ | 0 |
0 |
0 |
