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1951 Indianapolis 500YT-icon.png FIA World Championship for Drivers.jpgAAA Champ Car Series.jpgIndianapolis 500.jpg
Held on May 30, 1951 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, IN
200 L, 500 M, 804.6 KM - Scheduled Distance
FEATURE RESULTS
Fin St # Driver Sponsor Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 2 99 Lee Wallard Belanger Motors Kurtis / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 200 159 running 9/1000"/1000" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 9.
2 7 83 Mike Nazaruk Jim Robbins Kurtis / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 200 0 running 6/800"/800" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
3 3 9 Jack McGrath
Manny Ayulo		 Hinkle KK3000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 200 11 running 2/350"/350" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 2.
4 31 57 Andy Linden Leitenberger Silnes-Sherman / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 200 0 running 3/600"/600" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3.
5 29 52 Bobby Ball Blakely Oil Schroeder / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 200 0 running 2/500"/500" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 2.
6 17 1 Henry Banks Blue Crown Spark Plug Moore / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 200 0 running 0/400"/400" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
7 24 68 Carl Forberg Automobile Shippers KK3000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 193 0 running 0/300"/300" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
8 4 27 Duane Carter Mobilgas Deidt / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 180 0 running 0/250"/250" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
9 9 5 Tony Bettenhausen Mobiloil Deidt / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 178 0 spun off 0/200"/200" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
10 1 18 Duke Nalon Novi Purelube Kurtis / Novi 3.0 L8C 151 0 stalled 0/150"/150" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
11 22 69 Gene Force Brown Motor Co. KK2000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 142 0 engine 0/100"/100" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
12 12 25 Sam Hanks Schmidt KK3000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 135 0 engine 0/50"/50" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
13 16 10 Bill Schindler Chapman KK2000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 129 0 engine 0
14 5 16 Mauri Rose Pennzoil Deidt / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 126 0 accident 0
15 14 2 Walt Faulkner Agajanian Grant Piston Ring Kuzma / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 123 0 engine 0
16 27 76 Jimmy Davies Parks Silnes-Pawl / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 110 25 axle 0
17 11 59 Freddie Agabashian Granatelli-Bardahl KK3000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 109 0 clutch 0
18 15 73 Carl Scarborough McNamara KK2000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 100 0 fire 0
19 33 71 Bill Mackey Karl Hall Stevens / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 97 0 clutch 0
20 19 8 Chuck Stevenson Bardahl Marchese / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 93 0 fire 0
21 8 3 Johnnie Parsons Wynn's Friction Proofing KK3000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 87 0 magneto 0
22 10 4 Cecil Green John Zink KK3000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 80 5 engine 0
23 6 98 Troy Ruttman Agajanian Featherweight KK2000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 78 0 engine 0
24 32 6 Duke Dinsmore Brown Motor Co. Schroeder / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 73 0 overheating 0
25 28 32 Chet Miller Novi Purelube Kurtis / Novi 3.0 L8C 56 0 ignition 0
26 13 44 Walt Brown Federal Engineering KK3000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 55 0 magneto 0
27 25 48 Rodger Ward Deck Manufacturing Co. Bromme / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 34 0 oil pipe 0
28 18 23 Cliff Griffith Morris KK2000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 30 0 axle 0
29 20 81 Bill Vukovich Central Excavating Trevis / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 29 0 oil leak 0
30 21 22 George Connor Blue Crown Spark Plug Lesovsky / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 29 0 transmission 0
31 23 19 Mack Hellings Tuffanelli-Derrico Deidt / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 18 0 engine 0
32 26 12 Johnny McDowell W & J Maserati 8CTF / Offenhauser 3.0 L4C 15 0 fuel leak 0
33 30 26 Joe James Bob Estes Lincoln-Mercury Watson / Offenhauser 4.5 L4 8 0 transmission 0
DID NOT QUALIFY

79 Bill Cantrell Hart Fullerton Kurtis 4000/Offy SC DNQ
35 Frank Armi Hancock Dome Bardazon/Offy DNQ
58 Frank Armi Scopa Scopa/Offy DNQ
47 Jimmy Daywalt Merkler Machine Works Offy SC DNQ
31 Manny Ayulo Coast Grain Lesovsky/Offy DNQ
29 George Fonder Ray Brady Sparks SC DNQ
63 George Fonder Ray Brady Schroeder/Offy DNQ
45 Jackie Holmes Cincinnati Race Cars Adams/Offy DNQ
62 Bill Cantrell Motor Trends Koehnle/Wayne DNQ
64 Frank Armi Bardahl, Page Kurtis/Duray DNQ
72 Jimmy Bryan Viking Trailer Lesovsky/Offy DNQ
49 Joe Barzda Barzda Maserati/Offy DNQ
66 Kenny Eaton Jeanie-Lee, Glessner Stevens/Offy DNQ
53 George Fonder Lutes Schroeder/Offy DNQ
56 Myron Fohr Shaheen Hill/Offy DNQ
24 Jackie Holmes Palmer Adams/Offy DNQ
14 Jerry Hoyt Pat Clancy Ewing/Offy DNQ
61 Norm Houser Sarafoff Miller/Offy DNQ
89 Danny Kladis Trainor Chicago Miller 4RE/Miller DNQ
78 Ray Knepper Bardahl, Tomshe Silnes/Offy DNQ
46 Bayliss Levrett Safety Seal Silnes/Offy DNQ
36 George Lynch Rassey Rassey/Offy DNQ
64 Dick Page Bardahl, Page Kurtis/Offy DNQ
88 Joel Thorne Thorne Engineering Adams/Sparks DNQ
34 Johnnie Tolan Peter Wales Trucking Kurtis 2000/Offy DNQ
75 Leroy Warriner Heller Kurtis/Offy DNQ
67 Gordon Reid Johnson, Herbert Silnes/Chevy DNQ
7 Paul Russo Kennedy Tank Russo/Nichels/Offy DNQ
14 Roscoe Rann Pat Clancy Ewing/Offy DNQ
82 Bob Scott Bob Estes Mercury Weidel/Mercury DNQ
37 Bob Sweikert Marion Engineering Kurtis 2000/Offy DNQ
77 Doc Shanebrook Elgin Piston Pin Stevens/Offy DNQ
57 Roy Sherman Leitenberger Silnes/Sherman/Offy DNQ
33 Mark Light Iddings Meyer/Offy DNQ
45 Potsy Goacher Cincinnati Race Cars Adams/Offy DNQ
PRACTICED CAR

42 Bill Boyd Gdula Gdula/Offy practiced car
33 Jimmy Daywalt Iddings Meyer/Offy practiced car
51 Bud Sennett Auto Accessories, Barzda Maserati/Maserati practiced car
41 Mike Salay Szalai Salay D/Offy practiced car
RACE DATA
Did not start:

Did not qualify:

Time of Race: 3h:57:38.05
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials (Four-Lap Average)
Fast Qualifier: Duke Nalon - 65.935 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: 107.24 seconds
Average Speed: ??? mph
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps - none
Lead Changes: 10 among 4 drivers - Lee Wallard (1-2); Jack McGrath (3-4); Lee Wallard (5-6); Jack McGrath (7-15); Lee Wallard (16-26); Cecil Green (27); Lee Wallard (28-51); Jimmy Davies (52-76); Cecil Green (77-80); Lee Wallard (81-200)
Fastest Lap: Lee Wallard - 67.26 seconds (lap 23)
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Relief Drivers:

Car #9: Manny Ayulo (100 laps, 2/350 points)

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