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Held on May 30, 1950 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, IN
138 L, 345 M, 555.174 KM - Shortened by Rain

FEATURE RESULTS
Fin St # Driver Sponsor Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 5 1 Johnnie Parsons Wynn's Friction Proofing Kurtis / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 138 115 running 8/690"/690" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8.
2 10 3 Bill Holland Blue Crown Spark Plug Deidt / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 137 8 running 6/552"/552" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
3 3 31 Mauri Rose Howard Keck Deidt / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 137 15 running 4/483"/483" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4.
4 12 54 Cecil Green John Zink KK3000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 137 0 running 3/414"/414" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3.
5 9 17 Joie Chitwood Wolfe KK2000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 136 0 running 1/217.5"/217.5" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 1.
6 23 8 Lee Wallard Blue Crown Spark Plug Moore / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 136 0 running 0/276"/276" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
7 1 98 Walt Faulkner Grant Piston Ring KK2000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 135 0 running 0/207"/207" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
8 4 5 George Connor Blue Crown Spark Plug Lesovsky / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 135 0 running 0/172.5"/172.5" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
9 19 7 Paul Russo Russo-Nichels Nichels / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 135 0 running 0/138"/138" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
10 11 59 Pat Flaherty Granatelli-Sabourin KK3000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 135 0 running 0/103.5"/103.5" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
11 16 2 Myron Fohr Bardahl Marchese / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 133 0 running 0/69"/69" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
12 13 18 Duane Carter Belanger Motors Stevens / Offenhauser 3.0 L4C 133 0 running 0/34.5"/34.5" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
13 26 15 Mack Hellings Tuffy's Offy Silnes / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 132 0 running 0
14 6 49 Jack McGrath Hinkle KK3000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 131 0 spun off 0
15 24 55 Troy Ruttman Bowes Seal Fast Lesovsky / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 130 0 running 0
16 31 75 Gene Hartley Troy Oil Langley / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 128 0 running 0
17 27 22 Jimmy Davies Pat Clancy Ewing / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 128 0 running 0
18 33 62 Johnny McDowell Pete Wales KK2000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 128 0 running 0
19 20 4 Walt Brown Tuffy's Offy Silnes / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 127 0 running 0
20 14 21 Spider Webb Fadely-Anderson Maserati 8CTF / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 126 0 running 0
21 15 81 Jerry Hoyt Morris KK2000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 125 0 running 0
22 29 27 Walt Ader Sampson Rae / Offenhauser 3.0 L4C 123 0 running 0
23 30 77 Jackie Holmes Norm Olson Olson / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 123 0 spun off 0
24 28 76 Jim Rathmann Pioneer Auto Repair Wetteroth / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 122 0 running 0
25 21 12 Henry Banks I.R.C. Maserati 8CM / Offenhauser 3.0 L4C 112 0 oil line 0
26 22 67 Bill Schindler Automobile Shippers Rassey / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 111 0 transmission 0
27 17 24 Bayliss Levrett Palmer Adams / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 108 0 oil pressure 0
28 2 28 Freddie Agabashian Wynn's Friction Proofing KK3000 / Offenhauser 3.0 L4C 64 0 oil leak 0
29 32 61 Jimmy Jackson Cummins Diesel Kurtis / Cummins 3.0 L6C 52 0 compressor 0
30 25 23 Sam Hanks Merz Engineering KK2000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 42 0 oil pressure 0
31 8 14 Tony Bettenhausen Blue Crown Spark Plug Deidt / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 30 0 wheel bearing 1/127.5"/127.5" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 1.
32 18 45 Dick Rathmann City of Glendale Watson / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 25 0 stalled 0
33 7 69 Duke Dinsmore Brown Motor Co. KK2000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 10 0 oil leak 0
DID NOT QUALIFY

44 Bill Cantrell Bowes Seal Fast Kurtis/Offy SC DNQ
99 Kenny Eaton Belanger Kurtis/Offy SC DNQ
82 Joe James Bob Estes Weidel/Mercury DNQ
52 Mark Light Iddings Meyer/Offy DNQ
87 Bill Vukovich R.E.C. Rounds RE/Offy DNQ
47 Ralph Pratt Gdula Gdula/Offy DNQ
58 Billy DeVore Scopa Scopa/Offy DNQ
99 Emil Andres Belanger Kurtis/Offy SC DNQ
16 Hal Cole Tuffy's Offy Kurtis 2000/Offy DNQ
85 Manny Ayulo Coast Grain Maserati/Offy DNQ
16 Ted Duncan Tuffy's Offy Kurtis 2000/Offy DNQ
19 Kenny Eaton Lutes Truck Parts Bardazon/Offy DNQ
74 Carl Forberg Jewell Miller/Offy DNQ
52 Dick Frazier Iddings Meyer/Offy DNQ
26 George Fonder Ray Brady Deidt/Sparks SC DNQ
34 Johnny Fedricks Kupiec Offy DNQ
41 Milt Fankhauser Karl Hall Stevens/Offy DNQ
63 Bob Gregg Esmeralda Kurtis 2000/Offy DNQ
66 Cliff Griffith Sarafoff Miller/Offy DNQ
65 Norm Houser Offenhauser, Ross Page Kurtis/Duray SC DNQ
63 Joe James Esmeralda Kurtis 2000/Offy DNQ
39 Danny Kladis Federal Engineering Maserati/Maserati SC DNQ
9 Andy Linden Bromme Bromme/Offy DNQ
79 Chuck Leighton Cantarano Wayne DNQ
67 George Lynch Auto Shippers Snowberger/Offy DNQ
51 Mark Light Glessner Stevens/Offy DNQ
83 Al Miller Trainor Auto Parts Miller RE4D/Miller SC DNQ
43 Chet Miller Novi Mobil Kurtis FD/Novi SC DNQ
78 Cy Marshall Vulcan Tool Ralph Miller/Ralph Miller DNQ
25 Johnny Mauro Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo/Alfa Romeo SC DNQ
38 Duke Nalon Novi Mobil Kurtis FD/Novi SC DNQ
10 Bill Vukovich I.R.C. Maserati/Maserati SC DNQ
29 Charles Van Acker Redmer Stevens/Offy DNQ
19 Ralph Pratt Lutes Truck Parts Bardazon/Offy DNQ
33 Joel Thorne Thorne Engineering Kurtis/Sparks DNQ
85 Jim Rigsby Coast Grain Maserati/Offy DNQ
64 Bob Sweikert Carter Wetteroth/Offy DNQ
36 George Lynch Auto Shippers Rassey/Offy DNQ
36 Carl Forberg Auto Shippers Rassey/Offy DNQ
PRACTICED CAR

65 Marvin Burke Offenhauser, Ross Page Kurtis/Dury SC practiced car
9 Bud Rose Bromme Bromme/Offy practiced car
63 Potsy Goacher Esmeralda Kurtis 2000/Offy practiced car
74 Carl Scarborough Jewell Miller/Offy practiced car
OTHER AVAILABLE SESSIONS
VIEW: Qualifying 1·Qualifying 2·Qualifying 3·Qualifying 4·Qualifying 5·Qualifying 6
RACE DATA
Did not start:

Did not qualify:

Time of Race: 2h:46:55.97
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials (Four-Lap Average)
Fast Qualifier: Walt Faulkner - 66.992 sec.
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory: Race Ended Under Yellow
Average Speed: 124.014 mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: 7 among 3 drivers - Mauri Rose (1-9); Johnnie Parsons (10-32); Mauri Rose (33); Johnnie Parsons (34-104); Mauri Rose (105-109); Bill Holland (110-117); Johnnie Parsons (118-138)
Fastest Lap: Johnnie Parsons - 128.983 seconds
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Relief Drivers:

Car #12: Freddie Agabashian (41 laps)
Car #17: Tony Bettenhausen (51 laps, 1/127.5 points)
Car #24: Bill Cantrell (3 laps)