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1954 Indianapolis 500

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AAA Champ Car Series race number 1 of 13
Monday, May 31, 1954 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:49:17
Average speed: 130.84 mph
Pole speed: 141.033 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 69.95 sec
Attendance: 175000
Lead changes: 12

Glossary 1954 AAA Champ Car Series results / 1954 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Status	Led	Pts
1	19	14	Bill Vukovich	Fuel Injection (Keck)	KK500A / Offy	200	running	90	1000
2	3	9	Jimmy Bryan	Dean Van Lines	Kuzma / Offy	200	running	46	800
3	1	2	Jack McGrath	Hinkle	KK500C / Offy	200	running	47	700
4	11	34	Troy Ruttman	Automobile Shippers	KK500A / Offy	200	running	0	387
5	14	73	Mike Nazaruk	McNamara (Elkins)	KK500C / Offy	200	running	0	500
6	24	77	Freddie Agabashian	Merz Engineering (Merz)	KK500C / Offy	200	running	0	400
7	6	7	Don Freeland	Bob Estes	Phillips / Offy	200	running	0	300
8	32	5	Paul Russo	Ansted Rotary (Ansted)	KK500A / Offy	200	running	0	187.5
9	25	28	Larry Crockett	Federal Engineering	KK3000 / Offy	200	running	0	200
10	13	24	Cal Niday	Jim Robbins	Stevens / Offy	200	running	0	150
11	27	45	Art Cross	Bardahl	KK4000 / Offy	200	running	8	59.5
12	5	98	Chuck Stevenson	Agajanian	Kuzma / Offy	199	running	0	21.5
13	22	88	Manny Ayulo	Schmidt	KK500C / Offy	197	running	0
14	9	17	Bob Sweikert	Lutes	KK4000 / Offy	197	running	0
15	8	16	Duane Carter	Automobile Shippers	KK4000 / Offy	196	running	0
16	20	32	Ernie McCoy	Crawford	KK500B / Offy	194	running	0
17	7	25	Jimmy Reece	Malloy	Pankratz / Offy	194	running	0
18	31	27	Ed Elisian	Chapman	Stevens / Offy	193	running	0
19	33	71	Frank Armi	Martin Brothers	Silnes / Offy	193	running	0
20	10	1	Sam Hanks	Bardahl	KK4000 / Offy	191	spun off	1
21	12	35	Pat O'Connor	Hopkins	KK500C / Offy	181	spun off	0
22	16	12	Rodger Ward	Dr. Sabourin	Pawl / Offy	172	stalled	0
23	17	31	Gene Hartley	John Zink	KK4000 / Offy	168	clutch	0
24	4	43	Johnny Thomson	Chapman (Chapman)	Nichels / Offy	165	suspension	0
25	23	74	Andy Linden	Brown Motor Co.	Schroeder / Offy	165	torsion bar	0
26	30	99	Jerry Hoyt	Belanger Motors (Belanger)	Kurtis / Offy	130	engine	0
27	2	19	Jimmy Daywalt	Sumar	KK500C / Offy	111	crash	8
28	28	38	Jim Rathmann	Bardahl	KK500C / Offy	110	crash	0
29	21	10	Tony Bettenhausen	Mel Wiggers	KK500C / Offy	105	wheel bearing	0
30	29	65	Spider Webb	Advance Muffler	Bromme / Offy	104	fuel pump	0
31	26	33	Len Duncan	Brady	Schroeder / Offy	101	brake cylinder	0
32	15	15	Johnnie Parsons	Belond Equa-Flow Exhaust	KK500B / Offy	79	engine	0
33	18	51	Bill Homeier	Jones & Maley	KK500C / Offy	74	crash	0

Relief Drivers:

Car #34: Duane Carter (70 laps), 213 points)
Car #5: Jerry Hoyt (50 laps), 62.5 points)
Car #45: Johnnie Parsons (22 laps), 12.5 points); Sam Hanks (11 laps), 5.5 points); Andy Linden (17 laps), 8 points); Jimmy Davies (30 laps), 14.5 points)
Car #98: Walt Faulkner (117 laps), 28.5 points)
Car #16: Marshall Teague (29 laps); Tony Bettenhausen (34 laps); Jimmy Jackson (57 laps)
Car #27: Bob Scott (45 laps)
Car #71: George Fonder (14 laps)
Car #1: Jimmy Davies (36 laps); Jim Rathmann (43 laps)
Car #12: Eddie Johnson (67 laps)
Car #31: Marshall Teague (17 laps)
Car #43: Andy Linden (27 laps); Bill Homeier (25 laps)
Car #74: Bob Scott (52 laps)
Car #38: Pat Flaherty (15 laps)
Car #65: Danny Kladis (50 laps)
Car #33: George Fonder (58 laps)

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Marshall Teague	3		Hart Fullerton	Kurtis / Offy
	Art Cross	6	Springfield Welding		Kurtis / Offy
	Duke Nalon	8	Novi	Lewis Welch	Kurtis / Novi
	Bob Scott	21, 18			Kurtis / Offy
	Cliff Griffith	22		Tom Sarafoff	Kurtis / Offy
	George Tichenor	22		Tom Sarafoff	Kurtis / Offy
	Jerry Hoyt	23	Sumar	Chapman Root	Kurtis / Offy
	Henry Banks	26		Lindsey Hopkins	Lesovsky / Offy
	George Fonder	36		Ed Stone	Kurtis / Offy
	Al Herman	36		Ed Stone	Kurtis / Offy
	Eddie Russo	37		Federal Engineering	Kurtis / Offy
	Bill Holland	38	Bardahl Oil Company		Kurtis / Offy
	Pat Flaherty	39, 89
	Frank Mundy	41		McDaniel	Schroeder / Offy
	Walt Faulkner	44, 97
	Joe Sostilio	45	Bardahl Oil Company		Kurtis / Offy
	Danny Oakes	47, 49
	Chuck Weyant	52		Parks Motors	Silnes / Offy
	Jimmy Davies	53		Pat Clancy	Kurtis / Offy
	Eddie Sachs	54	Marion Engineering	Milt Marion	Kurtis / Offy
	Jim Rathmann	59	Elgin Piston Pin	Elgin Piston Pin	Kurtis / Offy
	Duke Dinsmore	62, 67
	Wally Campbell	66, 81
	Bob Christie	66		Bob Christie	Lesovsky / Offy
	Potsy Goacher	67	D-A Lubricants		Moore / Offy
	Ed Elisian	68	Peter Wales Trucking	Peter Wales	Kurtis / Offy
	Johnnie Tolan	69	W. P. T.		Kurtis / Offy
	Eddie Johnson	83	McNamara	Lee Elkins	Turner / Offy
	Billy Devore	93	Youngstown White Truck		Kurtis / Offy
DC	George Connor	27		H.A. Chapman	Stevens / Offy
DC	Lee Wallard	99	Belanger Motors	Murrell Belanger	Kurtis / Offy
WD	Leroy Warriner	67	D-A Lubricants		Moore / Offy

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Jack McGrath	1	44	44
Jimmy Daywalt	45	50	6
Art Cross	51	54	4
Jimmy Daywalt	55	55	1
Art Cross	56	59	4
Jimmy Daywalt	60	60	1
Bill Vukovich	61	61	1
Sam Hanks	62	62	1
Jimmy Bryan	63	88	26
Jack McGrath	89	91	3
Bill Vukovich	92	129	38
Jimmy Bryan	130	149	20
Bill Vukovich	150	200	51