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1951 Indianapolis 500 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post AAA Champ Car Series race number 1 of 15 Wednesday, May 30, 1951 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:51:38 Average speed: 126.244 mph Pole speed: 136.498 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 107.24 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 10 Glossary    1951 AAA Champ Car Series results   /   1951 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 99   Lee Wallard Belanger Motors   (Belanger) Kurtis / Offy 200   running 159 1000 2 7 83   Mike Nazaruk Jim Robbins Kurtis / Offy 200   running 0 800 3 3 9   Jack McGrath Hinkle KK3000 / Offy 200   running 11 350 4 31 57   Andy Linden Leitenberger Silnes-Sherman / Offy 200   running 0 600 5 29 52   Bobby Ball Blakely Oil   (McDaniel) Schroeder / Offy 200   running 0 500 6 17 1   Henry Banks Blue Crown Spark Plug   (Hopkins) Moore / Offy 200   running 0 400 7 24 68   Carl Forberg Automobile Shippers   (Rassey) KK3000 / Offy 193   running 0 300 8 4 27   Duane Carter Mobilgas   (Ansted) Deidt / Offy 180   running 0 250 9 9 5   Tony Bettenhausen Mobiloil   (Ansted) Deidt / Offy 178   spun off 0 200 10 1 18   Duke Nalon Novi Purelube   (Lewis Welch) Kurtis / Novi 151   stalled 0 150 11 22 69   Gene Force Brown Motor Co.   (Brown Motor Co.) KK2000 / Offy 142   engine 0 100 12 12 25   Sam Hanks Peter Schmidt KK3000 / Offy 135   engine 0 50 13 16 10   Bill Schindler Chapman KK2000 / Offy 129   engine 0   14 5 16   Mauri Rose Pennzoil   (Keck) Deidt / Offy 126   crash 0   15 14 2   Walt Faulkner Agajanian Grant Piston Ring   (Agajanian) Kuzma / Offy 123   engine 0   16 27 76   Jimmy Davies Parks Silnes-Pawl / Offy 110   axle 25   17 11 59   Freddie Agabashian Granatelli-Bardahl   (Grancor Auto) KK3000 / Offy 109   clutch 0   18 15 73   Carl Scarborough McNamara   (Elkins) KK2000 / Offy 100   fire 0   19 33 71   Bill Mackey Karl Hall Stevens / Offy 97   clutch 0   20 19 8   Chuck Stevenson Bardahl   (Marchese) Marchese / Offy 93   fire 0   21 8 3   Johnnie Parsons Wynn's Friction Proofing   (Walsh) KK3000 / Offy 87   magneto 0   22 10 4   Cecil Green John Zink   (M.A. Walker) KK3000 / Offy 80   engine 5   23 6 98   Troy Ruttman Agajanian Featherweight   (Agajanian) KK2000 / Offy 78   engine 0   24 32 6   Duke Dinsmore Brown Motor Co.   (Brown Motor Co.) Schroeder / Offy 73   overheating 0   25 28 32   Chet Miller Novi Purelube   (Lewis Welch) Kurtis / Novi 56   ignition 0   26 13 44   Walt Brown Federal Engineering   (Federal Auto Associates) KK3000 / Offy 55   magneto 0   27 25 48   Rodger Ward Deck Manufacturing Co.   (Bromme) Bromme / Offy 34   oil pipe 0   28 18 23   Cliff Griffith Ludson Morris KK2000 / Offy 30   axle 0   29 20 81   Bill Vukovich Central Excavating   (Salemi) Trevis / Offy 29   oil leak 0   30 21 22   George Connor Blue Crown Spark Plug   (Lou Moore) Lesovsky / Offy 29   transmission 0   31 23 19   Mack Hellings Tuffanelli-Derrico   (Tuffanelli) Deidt / Offy 18   engine 0   32 26 12   Johnny McDowell W & J   (Maserati) Maserati / Offy 15   fuel leak 0   33 30 26   Joe James Bob Estes Lincoln-Mercury   (Bob Estes) Watson / Offy 8   transmission 0

Relief Drivers: Car #9: Manny Ayulo (100 laps), 350 points) Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Paul Russo 7 Kennedy Tank Russo-Nichels Russo-Nichels / Offy Jerry Hoyt 14 Pat Clancy Ewing / Offy Rosco Rann 14 Pat Clancy Ewing / Offy Bill Johnson 15 Wayne Johnstone / Wayne Jackie Holmes 24, 45 George Fonder 29, 53, 63 Manny Ayulo 31 Coast Grain Lesovsky / Offy Jimmy Daywalt 33, 47 Johnnie Tolan 34 Peter Wales Trucking Peter Wales Kurtis / Offy Frank Armi 35, 58, 64 George Lynch 36 Auto Shippers Lou Rassey Rassey / Offy Bob Sweikert 37 Marion Engineering Milt Marion Kurtis / Offy Mike Salay 41 Mike Salay Salay / Offy Bill Boyd 42 Ed Gdula Gdula / Offy Bayliss Levrett 46 Safety Seal Silnes / Offy Joe Barzda 49 California Speed Shop Joe Barzda Maserati / Offy Bud Sennett 51 Auto Accessories Joe Barzda Maserati / Maserati Myron Fohr 56 Joe Shaheen Hill / Offy Roy Sherman 57 Leitenberger Slines-Sherman / Offy Norm Houser 61 Tom Sarafoff Miller / Offy Bill Cantrell 62, 79 Motor Trends, Hart Fullerton Dick Page 64 Bardahl/Page Kurtis / Offy Kenny Eaton 66 Lee Glessner Stevens / Offy Gordon Reid 67 Johnson/Herbert Silnes / Chevy Jimmy Bryan 72 Viking Trailer Lesovsky / Offy Leroy Warriner 75 Lou Heller Kurtis / Offy Doc Shanebrook 77 Elgin Piston Pin Stevens / Offy Ray Knepper 78 Bardahl/Tomshe Silnes / Offy Bob Scott 82 Bob Estes Mercury Bob Estes Mercury Joel Thorne 88 Thorne Engineering Joel Thorne Adams / Sparks Danny Kladis 89 Trainor Chicago Bill Trainor Miller / Miller Jean Achard 100 Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago / Talbot-Lago Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Lee Wallard 1 2 2   Jack McGrath 3 4 2   Lee Wallard 5 6 2   Jack McGrath 7 15 9   Lee Wallard 16 26 11   Cecil Green 27 27 1   Lee Wallard 28 51 24   Jimmy Davies 52 76 25   Cecil Green 77 80 4   Lee Wallard 81 200 120