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1950 Indianapolis 500

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Formula One race number 3 of 7
Tuesday, May 30, 1950 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN
200 laps* on a 4.023 kilometer paved track (804.6 kilometers)

Time of race: 2:46:55.97
Average Speed: 199.581 kph
Pole Time: 267.97 seconds

Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: 1 lap +
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 7

Glossary 1950 Formula One results / 1950 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Team	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Status	Led
22	29	27	Walt Ader	Sampson	Rae / Offenhauser 3.0 L4C	123	+15 laps	0
28	2	28	Fred Agabashian	Wynn's Friction Proofing	KK3000 / Offenhauser 3.0 L4C	64	oil leak	0
25	21	12	Henry Banks	I.R.C.	Maserati 8CM / Offenhauser 3.0 L4C	112	oil line	0
31	8	14	Tony Bettenhausen	Blue Crown Spark Plug	Deidt / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	30	wheel bearing	0
19	20	4	Walt Brown	Tuffy's Offy	Silnes / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	127	+11 laps	0
12	13	18	Duane Carter	Belanger Motors	Stevens / Offenhauser 3.0 L4C	133	+5 laps	0
5	9	17	Joie Chitwood	Wolfe	KK2000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	136	+2 laps	0
8	4	5	George Connor	Blue Crown Spark Plug	Lesovsky / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	135	+3 laps	0
17	27	22	Jimmy Davies	Pat Clancy	Ewing / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	128	+10 laps	0
33	7	69	Duke Dinsmore	Brown Motor Co.	KK2000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	10	oil leak	0
7	1	98	Walt Faulkner	Grant Piston Ring	KK2000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	135	+3 laps	0
10	11	59	Pat Flaherty	Granatelli-Sabourin	KK3000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	135	+3 laps	0
11	16	2	Myron Fohr	Bardahl	Marchese / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	133	+5 laps	0
4	12	54	Cecil Green	John Zink	KK3000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	137	+1 lap	0
30	25	23	Sam Hanks	Merz Engineering	KK2000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	42	oil pressure	0
16	31	75	Gene Hartley	Troy Oil	Langley / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	128	+10 laps	0
13	26	15	Mack Hellings	Tuffy's Offy	Silnes / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	132	+6 laps	0
2	10	3	Bill Holland	Blue Crown Spark Plug	Deidt / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	137	+1 lap	8
23	30	77	Jackie Holmes	Norm Olson	Olson / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	123	spun off	0
21	15	81	Jerry Hoyt	Morris	KK2000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	125	+13 laps	0
29	32	61	Jimmy Jackson	Cummins Diesel	Kurtis / Cummins 3.0 L6C	52	compressor	0
27	17	24	Bayliss Leverett	Palmer	Adams / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	108	oil pressure	0
18	33	62	Johnny McDowell	Pete Wales	KK2000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	128	+10 laps	0
14	6	49	Jack McGrath	Hinkle	KK3000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	131	spun off	0
1	5	1	Johnnie Parsons	Wynn's Friction Proofing	Kurtis / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	138	2:46:55.97	115
32	18	45	Dick Rathman	City of Glendale	Watson / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	25	stalled	0
24	28	76	Jim Rathmann	Pioneer Auto Repair	Wetteroth / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	122	+16 laps	0
3	3	31	Mauri Rose	Howard Keck	Deidt / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	137	+1 lap	15
9	19	7	Paul Russo	Russo-Nichels	Nichels / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	135	+3 laps	0
15	24	55	Troy Ruttman	Bowes Seal Fast	Lesovsky / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	130	+8 laps	0
26	22	67	Bill Schindler	Automobile Shippers	Rassey / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	111	transmission	0
6	23	8	Lee Wallard	Blue Crown Spark Plug	Moore / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	136	+2 laps	0
20	14	21	Spider Webb	Fadely-Anderson	Maserati 8CTF / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	126	+12 laps	0

* Race shortened to 138 laps due to rain.

Relief Drivers:
Car #17: Tony Bettenhausen (54 laps)

Failed to qualify: Bill Cantrell, Danny Kladis (#39), Andy Linden (#9), Chuck Leighton (#79), George Lynch (#67), Al Miller (#83), Chet Miller (#43), Cy Marshall (#78), Johnny Mauro (#25), Duke Nalon (#38), Charles Van Acker (#29), Ralph Pratt, Joel Thorne (#33), Jim Rigsby, Cliff Griffith (#66), Bob Gregg, Milk Frankhauser (#41), Kenny Eaton, Joe James (#82), Mark Light, Bill Vukovich, Ralph Pratt (#47), Billy Devore (#58), Emil Andres, Hal Cole, Manny Ayulo, Ted Duncan, Carl Forsberg (#74), Dick Frazier, George Fonder (#26), Bob Sweikert (#64)

Fastest Lap: 207.579 kph by Johnnie Parsons

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Mauri Rose	1	9	9
Johnnie Parsons	10	32	23
Mauri Rose	33	33	1
Johnnie Parsons	34	104	71
Mauri Rose	105	109	5
Bill Holland	110	117	8
Johnnie Parsons	118	138	21

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