1953 Indianapolis 500

1953 Running of the Indianapolis 500

1953 Indianapolis 500
*Held on May 30, 1953 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	1	14	Bill Vukovich	Fuel Injection	KK500A / Offy	200	195	running	9/1000"/1000" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 9.
2	12	16	Art Cross	Springfield Welding, Clay Smith	KK4000 / Offy	200	0	running	6/800"/800" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
3	9	3	Sam Hanks	Bardahl	KK4000 / Offy	200	3	running	4/532"/532" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4.
4	2	59	Freddie Agabashian	Grancor, Elgin Piston Pin	KK500B / Offy	200	1	running	3/315"/315" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3.
5	3	5	Jack McGrath	Hinkle	KK4000 / Offy	200	0	running	2/500"/500" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 2.
6	21	48	Jimmy Daywalt	Sumar	KK3000 / Offy	200	0	running	0/400"/400" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
7	25	2	Jim Rathmann	Travelon Trailer	KK500B / Offy	200	1	running	0/169.5"/169.5" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
8	20	12	Ernie McCoy	Chapman	Stevens / Offy	200	0	running	0/250"/250" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
9	6	98	Tony Bettenhausen	Agajanian	Kuzma / Offy	196	0	accident	0/116"/116" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
10	32	53	Jimmy Davies	Pat Clancy	KK500B / Offy	193	0	running	0/150"/150" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
11	26	9	Duke Nalon	Novi Governor	Kurtis / Novi	191	0	accident	0/110"/110" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
12	19	73	Carl Scarborough	McNamara	KK2000 / Offy	190	0	running	0/17.5"/17.5" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
13	4	88	Manny Ayulo	Schmidt	Kuzma / Offy	184	0	engine	0
14	31	8	Jimmy Bryan	Blakely Oil	Schroeder / Offy	183	0	running	0
15	28	49	Bill Holland	Crawford	KK500B / Offy	177	0	magneto	0
16	10	92	Rodger Ward	M.A. Walker Electric	Kurtis / Offy	177	0	axle	0
17	14	23	Walt Faulkner	Automobile Shippers	KK500A / Offy	176	0	running	0
18	22	22	Marshall Teague	Hart Fullerton	KK4000 / Offy	169	0	oil leak	0
19	18	62	Spider Webb	Lubri-Loy	KK3000 / Offy	166	0	oil leak	0
20	29	51	Bob Sweikert	Dean Van Lines	Kuzma / Offy	151	0	suspension	0
21	23	83	Mike Nazaruk	Kalamazoo	Turner / Offy	146	0	transmission	0
22	24	77	Pat Flaherty	Schmidt	KK3000 / Offy	115	0	accident	0
23	7	55	Jerry Hoyt	John Zink	KK4000 / Offy	107	0	overheating	0
24	27	4	Duane Carter	Miracle Power	Lesovsky / Offy	94	0	ignition	2/0"/0" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 2.
25	17	7	Paul Russo	Federal Engineering	KK3000 / Offy	89	0	magneto	1.5/0"/0" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 1.5.
26	8	21	Johnnie Parsons	Belond Equa-Flow Exhaust	KK500B / Offy	86	0	engine	0
27	15	38	Don Freeland	Bob Estes	Watson / Offy	76	0	accident	0
28	13	41	Gene Hartley	Federal Engineering	KK4000 / Offy	53	0	accident	0
29	16	97	Chuck Stevenson	Agajanian	Kuzma / Offy	42	0	fuel leak	0
30	30	99	Cal Niday	Miracle Power	Kurtis / Offy	30	0	magneto	0
31	11	29	Bob Scott	Belond Equa-Flow Exhaust	Bromme / Offy	14	0	oil leak	0
32	33	56	Johnny Thomson	Dr. Sabourin	Del Roy-Allen / Offy	6	0	ignition	0
33	5	32	Andy Linden	Cop-Sil-Loy	Stevens / Offy	3	0	accident	0
DID NOT QUALIFY
		33	Art Cross	Ray Brady	Kurtis 4000/Offy			DNQ
		52	Duke Dinsmore	Sarafoff	Kurtis 2000/Offy			DNQ
		81	Len Duncan	Central Excavating	Trevis D/Offy			DNQ
		61	Bill Holland	Slick Racers	Kurtis 3000/Offy			DNQ
		87	Bill Homeier	Cal Connell	Kurtis/Cadillac V8			DNQ
		71	Jackie Holmes	Merkler Machine Works	Kurtis/Offy SC			DNQ
		26	Eddie Johnson		Kurtis 4000/Offy			DNQ
		78	Cal Niday	Storey-Ricketts	Kurtis 4000/Offy			DNQ
		64	Pat O'Connor	Engle-Stanko	Kurtis 4000/Offy			DNQ
		28	Pat O'Connor	Slick Racers	Deidt FD/Offy			DNQ
		66	Johnnie Tolan	Chrysler, Wolcott	Kurtis 500A/Chrysler V8			DNQ
		89	Spider Webb	Fadley-Anderson	Maserati/Offy			DNQ
		6	Jim Rathmann	Wynn's Friction Proofing	Moore D/Offy			DNQ
		86	Bill Boyd		Kurtis 2000/Offy			DNQ
		42	Billy Cantrell	Malloy	Pankratz D/Offy			DNQ
		35	Buzz Barton	Parks	Pawl D/Offy			DNQ
		79	Frank Armi	Mel-Rae	Kurtis 4000/Offy			DNQ
		25	George Connor	Chrysler, Wolcott	Kurtis 500A/Chrysler V8			DNQ
		10	Henry Banks	Hopkins	Lesovsky D/Offy			DNQ
		69	Joe Barzda	California Speed & Sport	Maserati/Maserati SC			DNQ
		95	Jorge Daponte	Wayne	Johnston/Wayne			DNQ
		31	Len Duncan	Caccia Motors	Schroeder D/Offy			DNQ
		76	George Fonder	Leitenberger	Silnes/Sherman/Offy			DNQ
		46	Johnny Fedricks	Dunn Engineering	Kurtis 500B/Offy			DNQ
		36	Potsy Goacher	Sid Street	Pankratz D/Offy			DNQ
		93	Al Herman	Traylor Engineering	Kurtis 2000/Offy			DNQ
		65	Allen Heath	Karl Hall, Commercial Motor Freight	Ewing D/Offy			DNQ
		84	Bill Homeier	Coast Grain	Lesovsky D/Offy			DNQ
		91	Red Hamilton	Dillon	Kurtis 4000/Offy			DNQ
		67	Johnny Kay	Jeanie-Lee, Glessner	Clemons D/Offy			DNQ
		96	Jud Larson	Helin	Snowberger/Offy			DNQ
		57	Bill Doster	Olszweski	Voelker			DNQ
		34	Jim Mayes	Dr. Morris	Kurtis 2000/Offy			DNQ
		43	Roy Newman	Maserati	Maserati/Maserati SC			DNQ
		63	Danny Oakes	Hopkins	Moore D/Offy			DNQ
		74	Pat O'Connor	Brown Motor Company	Schroeder D/Offy			DNQ
		74	John Fitch	Brown Motor Company	Schroeder D/Offy			DNQ
		49	John Fitch	Crawford	Kurtis 500B/Offy			DNQ
		39	Bill Taylor	Blue Crown Spark Plug	Lesovsky D/Offy			DNQ
		85	Johnnie Tolan	Blakely Oil	Kurtis 4000/Offy			DNQ
		44	Leroy Warriner	Jim Robbins	Kurtis D/Offy			DNQ
		57	Hal Robson	Olszweski	Voelker			DNQ
		82	Johnny Roberts	Burns	Kurtis 2000/Offy			DNQ
		34	Eddie Sachs	Dr. Morris	Kurtis 2000/Offy			DNQ
		17	Joe Sostilio	Belanger Motors	Kurtis 500A/Chrysler V8			DNQ
		75	Wayne Selser	Christy	Offy			DNQ
		84	Harry Stockman	Coast Grain	Lesovsky D/Offy			DNQ
		23	Neal Carter	Auto Shippers	Kurtis 500A/Offy			DNQ
		65	George Tichenor	Karl Hall, Commercial Motor Freight	Ewing D/Offy			DNQ
		16	Jimmy Reece	Springfield Welding	Kurtis 4000/Offy			DNQ
		28	Billy DeVore	Slick Racers	Deidt FD/Offy			DNQ
		48	Gene Force	Sumar	Kurtis 3000/Offy			DNQ
PRACTICED CAR
		24	Cliff Griffith	Bardahl	Kurtis 500B/Offy			practiced car
		15	Chet Miller	Novi Governor	Kurtis FD/Novi SC			practiced car
		49	Ray Crawford	Crawford	Kurtis 500B/Offy			practiced car
		49	Edgar Elder	Crawford	Kurtis 500B/Offy			practiced car

OTHER AVAILABLE SESSIONS
VIEW: Qualifying 1
RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 3h:53:01.69
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials (Four-Lap Average)
Fast Qualifier: Bill Vukovich - 65.032 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: 210.87 seconds
Average Speed: ??? mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: 4 among 4 drivers - Bill Vukovich (1-48); Fred Agabashian (49); Jim Rathmann (50); Sam Hanks (51-53); Bill Vukovich (54-200)
Fastest Lap: Bill Vukovich - 66.240 seconds (lap 27)
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Relief Drivers: Car #2: Eddie Johnson (88 laps, 130.5 points) Car #3: Duane Carter (49 laps, 2/168 points) Car #23: Johnny Mantz (42 laps) Car #49: Jim Rathmann (36 laps) Car #55: Chuck Stevenson (13 laps); Andy Linden (12 laps) Car #59: Paul Russo (46 laps, 1.5/285 points) Car #62: Johnny Thomson (45 laps); Jackie Holmes (9 laps) Car #73: Bob Scott (121 laps, 32.5 points) Car #92: Andy Linden (29 laps); Duke Dinsmore (10 laps) Car #98: Chuck Stevenson (44 laps, 45 points); Gene Hartley (37 laps, 39 points)