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AAA Champ Car Series race number 1 of 13
Tuesday, May 30, 1950 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN
200 laps* on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:46:56
Average speed: 124.002 mph
Pole speed: 134.343 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 1 lap +
Attendance: 150000
Lead changes: 7

Glossary 1950 AAA Champ Car Series results / 1950 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	1	Johnnie Parsons	Wynn's Friction Proofing (Kurtis Kraft)	Kurtis / Offy	138	57459	running	115	690
2	10	3	Bill Holland	Blue Crown Spark Plug (Lou Moore)	Deidt / Offy	137	21899	running	8	552
3	3	31	Mauri Rose	Howard Keck	Deidt / Offy	137	15269	running	15	483
4	12	54	Cecil Green	John Zink (M.A. Walker)	KK3000 / Offy	137	10964	running	0	414
5	9	17	Joie Chitwood	Wolfe	KK2000 / Offy	136	8789	running	0	217.5
6	23	8	Lee Wallard	Blue Crown Spark Plug (Lou Moore)	Moore / Offy	136	6864	running	0	276
7	1	98	Walt Faulkner	Grant Piston Ring (Agajanian)	KK2000 / Offy	135	7664	running	0	207
8	4	5	George Connor	Blue Crown Spark Plug (Lou Moore)	Lesovsky / Offy	135	5039	running	0	172.5
9	19	7	Paul Russo	Russo-Nichels (Russo)	Nichels / Offy	135	4989	running	0	138
10	11	59	Pat Flaherty	Granatelli-Sabourin (Grancor Auto)	KK3000 / Offy	135	4639	running	0	103.5
11	16	2	Myron Fohr	Bardahl (Marchese)	Marchese / Offy	133	3734	running	0	69
12	13	18	Duane Carter	Belanger Motors (Belanger)	Stevens / Offy	133	3464	running	0	34.5
13	26	15	Mack Hellings	Tuffy's Offy (Pritchard)	Silnes / Offy	132	2979	running	0
14	6	49	Jack McGrath	Hinkle	KK3000 / Offy	131	2799	spun off	0
15	24	55	Troy Ruttman	Bowes Seal Fast (Bowes)	Lesovsky / Offy	130	2979	running	0
16	31	75	Gene Hartley	Troy Oil (Joe Langley)	Langley / Offy	128	2509	running	0
17	27	22	Jimmy Davies	Pat Clancy	Ewing / Offy	128	2339	running	0
18	33	62	Johnny McDowell	Pete Wales	KK2000 / Offy	128	2769	running	0
19	20	4	Walt Brown	Tuffy's Offy (Pritchard)	Silnes / Offy	127	2339	running	0
20	14	21	Spider Webb	Fadely-Anderson (Cott)	Maserati / Offy	126	2509	running	0
21	15	81	Jerry Hoyt	Ludson Morris	KK2000 / Offy	125	2379	running	0
22	29	27	Walt Ader	Sampson (Sampson Manufacturing)	Rae / Offy	123	2149	running	0
23	30	77	Jackie Holmes	Norm Olson	Olson / Offy	123	2119	spun off	0
24	28	76	Jim Rathmann	Pioneer Auto Repair (Lorenz)	Wetteroth / Offy	122	2089	running	0
25	21	12	Henry Banks	I.R.C. (I.R.C.)	Maserati / Offy	112	2059	oil line	0
26	22	67	Bill Schindler	Automobile Shippers (Rassey)	Rassey / Offy	111	2604	transmission	0
27	17	24	Bayliss Levrett	Richard Palmer	Adams / Offy	108	2424	oil pressure	0
28	2	28	Freddie Agabashian	Wynn's Friction Proofing (Kurtis Kraft)	KK3000 / Offy	64	2444	oil leak	0
29	32	61	Jimmy Jackson	Cummins Diesel (Cummins Engines)	Kurtis / Cummins	52	1939	compressor	0
30	25	23	Sam Hanks	Merz Engineering (Marion)	KK2000 / Offy	42	2134	oil pressure	0
31	8	14	Tony Bettenhausen	Blue Crown Spark Plug (Lou Moore)	Deidt / Offy	30	1879	wheel bearing	0
32	18	45	Dick Rathmann	City of Glendale (A.J. Watson)	Watson / Offy	25	2149	stalled	0
33	7	69	Duke Dinsmore	Brown Motor Co. (Verlin Brown)	KK2000 / Offy	10	1844	oil leak	0

* Race shortened to 138 laps due to rain.

Relief Drivers:

Car #17: Tony Bettenhausen (54 laps), 127.5 points)

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Carl Scarborough
	Andy Linden	9	Mohawk Chieftain	Lou & Bruce Bromme	Bromme / Offy
	Bud Rose	9	Mohawk Chieftain	Lou & Bruce Bromme	Bromme / Offy
	Bill Vukovich	10, 87
	Hal Cole	16	Tuffy's Offy		Kurtis / Offy
	Ted Duncan	16	Tuffy's Offy		Kurtis / Offy
	Kenny Eaton	19, 99
	Ralph Pratt	19, 47	Lutes Truck Parts
	Johnny Mauro	25	Alfa Romeo		Alfa Romeo / Alfa Romeo
	George Fonder	26		Ray Brady	Deidt / Sparks
	Charles Van Acker	29		Walter Redmer	Stevens / Offy
	Joel Thorne	33	Thorne Engineering	Joel Thorne	Kurtis / Sparks
	Johnny Fedricks	34		Thomas Kupiec	Offy
	Duke Nalon	38	Novi Mobil	Lewis Welch	Kurtis / Novi
	Danny Kladis	39		Federal Engineering	Maserati / Maserati
	Milt Fankhauser	41		Karl Hall	Stevens / Offy
	Chet Miller	43	Novi Mobil	Lewis Welch	Kurtis / Novi
	Bill Cantrell	44	Bowes Seal Fast		Kurtis / Offy
	Mark Light	51, 52
	Dick Frazier	52	Iddings		Meyer / Offy
	Billy Devore	58		Scopa	Scopa / Offy
	Potsy Goacher	63	Esmeralda		Kurtis / Offy
	Bob Gregg	63		Esmeralda	Kurtis / Offy
	Joe James	63, 82
	Bob Sweikert	64		Carter	Wetteroth / Offy
	Marvin Burke	65		Ross Page	Kurtis / Duray
	Norm Houser	65		Ross Page	Kurtis / Duray
	Cliff Griffith	66		Tom Sarafoff	Miller / Offy
	George Lynch	67	Auto Shippers		Snowberger / Offy
	Carl Forberg	74		Larry Jewell	Miller / Offy
	Cy Marshall	78	Vulcan Tool	Ralph Miller	Ralph Miller / Ralph Miller
	Chuck Leighton	79		Cantarano	Wayne
	Al Miller	83	Trainor Auto Parts		Miller / Miller
	Billy Earl	84		George Hoster	Miller / Ford
	Manny Ayulo	85	Coast Grain		Maserati / Offy
	Jim Rigsby	85	Coast Grain		Maserati / Offy
	Emil Andres	99		Murrell Belanger	Kurtis / Offy
DC	Ben Zukor	76	Pioneer Auto Repair	Lorenz	Wetteroth / Offy
DC	Johnny Mantz	98	Grant Piston Ring	J.C. Agajanian	Kurtis / Offy

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