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1953 Indianapolis 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 2 of 9 Saturday, May 30, 1953 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN 200 laps on a 4.023 kilometer paved track (804.600 kilometers) Time of race: 3:53:01.69 Average speed: 207.198 kph Pole time: 260.13 seconds Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 210.87 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 4 Glossary    1953 Formula One results   /   1953 standings

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 1 14   Bill Vukovich Fuel Injection KK500A / Offenhauser 200 3:53:01.69 195 9 2 12 16   Art Cross Springfield Welding / Clay Smith KK4000 / Offenhauser 200 +210.87 0 6 3 9 3   Sam Hanks Bardahl KK4000 / Offenhauser 200 +251.50 3 4 4 2 59   Freddie Agabashian Grancor-Elgin Piston Pin KK500B / Offenhauser 200 +279.24 1 3 5 3 5   Jack McGrath Hinkle KK4000 / Offenhauser 200 +469.64 0 2 6 21 48   Jimmy Daywalt Sumar KK3000 / Offenhauser 200 +490.21 0 0 7 25 2   Jim Rathmann Travelon Trailer KK500B / Offenhauser 200 +526.02 1 0 8 20 12   Ernie McCoy Chapman Stevens / Offenhauser 200 +604.55 0 0 9 6 98   Tony Bettenhausen Agajanian Kuzma / Offenhauser 196 crash 0 0 10 32 53   Jimmy Davies Pat Clancy KK500B / Offenhauser 193 +7 laps 0 0 11 26 9   Duke Nalon Novi Governor Kurtis / Novi 191 crash 0 0 12 19 73   Carl Scarborough McNamara KK2000 / Offenhauser 190 +10 laps 0 0 13 4 88   Manny Ayulo Schmidt Kuzma / Offenhauser 184 engine 0 0 14 31 8   Jimmy Bryan Blakely Oil Schroeder / Offenhauser 183 +17 laps 0 0 15 28 49   Bill Holland Crawford KK500B / Offenhauser 177 magneto 0 0 16 10 92   Rodger Ward M.A. Walker Electric Kurtis / Offenhauser 177 axle 0 0 17 14 23   Walt Faulkner Automobile Shippers KK500A / Offenhauser 176 +24 laps 0 0 18 22 22   Marshall Teague Hart Fullerton KK4000 / Offenhauser 169 oil leak 0 0 19 18 62   Spider Webb Lubri-Loy KK3000 / Offenhauser 166 oil leak 0 0 20 29 51   Bob Sweikert Dean Van Lines Kuzma / Offenhauser 151 suspension 0 0 21 23 83   Mike Nazaruk Kalamazoo Turner / Offenhauser 146 transmission 0 0 22 24 77   Pat Flaherty Schmidt KK3000 / Offenhauser 115 crash 0 0 23 7 55   Jerry Hoyt John Zink KK4000 / Offenhauser 107 overheating 0 0 24 27 4   Duane Carter Miracle Power Lesovsky / Offenhauser 94 ignition 0 0 25 17 7   Paul Russo Federal Engineering KK3000 / Offenhauser 89 magneto 0 0 26 8 21   Johnnie Parsons Belond Equa-Flow Exhaust KK500B / Offenhauser 86 engine 0 0 27 15 38   Don Freeland Bob Estes Watson / Offenhauser 76 crash 0 0 28 13 41   Gene Hartley Federal Engineering KK4000 / Offenhauser 53 crash 0 0 29 16 97   Chuck Stevenson Agajanian Kuzma / Offenhauser 42 fuel leak 0 0 30 30 99   Cal Niday Miracle Power Kurtis / Offenhauser 30 magneto 0 0 31 11 29   Bob Scott Belond Equa-Flow Exhaust Bromme / Offenhauser 14 oil leak 0 0 32 33 56   Johnny Thomson Dr. Sabourin Del Roy-Allen / Offenhauser 6 ignition 0 0 33 5 32   Andy Linden Cop-Sil-Loy Stevens / Offenhauser 3 crash 0 0

Relief Drivers: Car #3: Duane Carter (49 laps), 2 points) Car #59: Paul Russo (46 laps), 1.5 points) Car #2: Eddie Johnson (88 laps) Car #98: Chuck Stevenson (44 laps); Gene Hartley (37 laps) Car #73: Bob Scott (121 laps) Car #49: Jim Rathmann (36 laps) Car #92: Andy Linden (29 laps); Duke Dinsmore (10 laps) Car #23: Johnny Mantz (42 laps) Car #62: Johnny Thomson (45 laps); Jackie Holmes (9 laps) Car #55: Chuck Stevenson (13 laps); Andy Linden (12 laps) Fastest Lap: 218.641 kph by Bill Vukovich Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bill Vukovich 1 48 48   Fred Agabashian 49 49 1   Jim Rathmann 50 50 1   Sam Hanks 51 53 3   Bill Vukovich 54 200 147