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Indianapolis 500

1950 Indianapolis 500

Round 3 of 7Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IndianapolisMay 30 1950138 laps

Podium

HOLDeidt

PARKurtis Kraft

MRODeidt

Key facts

WinnerPAR2:46:55.970 from P5

PoleFAU4:27.970

Fastest lapPAR1:09.770

Finishers36 / 36classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	PARJohnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	5	▲4	138	2:46:55.970	9	1:09.770
2	HOLBill Holland	Deidt	10	▲8	137	+1 lap	6	–
3	MROMauri Rose	Deidt	3	–	137	+1 lap	4	–
4	GRECecil Green	Kurtis Kraft	12	▲8	137	+1 lap	3	–
5	JCHJoie Chitwood	Kurtis Kraft	9	▲4	136	+2 laps	1	–
6	BETTony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+138 laps	1	–
7	LWALee Wallard	Moore	23	▲16	136	+2 laps		–
8	FAUWalt Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft	1	▼7	135	+3 laps		–
9	CONGeorge Connor	Lesovsky	4	▼5	135	+3 laps		–
10	RUSPaul Russo	Nichels	19	▲9	135	+3 laps		–
11	FLAPat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft	11	–	135	+3 laps		–
12	FOHMyron Fohr	Marchese	16	▲4	133	+5 laps		–
13	CARDuane Carter	Stevens	13	–	133	+5 laps		–
14	HELMack Hellings	Kurtis Kraft	26	▲12	132	+6 laps		–
15	MCGJack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	6	▼9	131	+7 laps		–
16	RUTTroy Ruttman	Lesovsky	24	▲8	130	+8 laps		–
17	GHAGene Hartley	Langley	31	▲14	128	+10 laps		–
18	DAVJimmy Davies	Ewing	27	▲9	128	+10 laps		–
19	MCDJohnny McDowell	Kurtis Kraft	33	▲14	128	+10 laps		–
20	BROWalt Brown	Kurtis Kraft	20	–	127	+11 laps		–
21	WEBSpider Webb	Maserati	14	▼7	126	+12 laps		–
22	HOYJerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft	15	▼7	125	+13 laps		–
23	ADEWalt Ader	Rae	29	▲6	123	+15 laps		–
24	JHOJackie Holmes	Olson	30	▲6	123	+15 laps		–
25	RATJim Rathmann	Wetteroth	28	▲3	122	+16 laps		–
26	BANHenry Banks	Maserati	21	▼5	112	+26 laps		–
27	AGAFred Agabashian	Maserati	–		0	+138 laps		–
28	BSCBill Schindler	Snowberger	22	▼6	111	+27 laps		–
29	BLEBayliss Levrett	Adams	17	▼12	108	+30 laps		–
30	CANWilliam Cantrell	Adams	–		0	+138 laps		–
31	AGAFred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	2	▼29	64	+74 laps		–
32	JACJimmy Jackson	Kurtis Kraft	32	–	52	+86 laps		–
33	HANSam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	25	▼8	42	+96 laps		–
34	BETTony Bettenhausen	Deidt	8	▼26	30	+108 laps		–
35	DRADick Rathmann	Watson	18	▼17	25	+113 laps		–
36	DINDuke Dinsmore	Kurtis Kraft	7	▼29	10	+128 laps		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	FAUWalt Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft	4:27.970
2	AGAFred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	4:31.100	+3.130s
3	MROMauri Rose	Deidt	4:32.070	+4.100s
4	CONGeorge Connor	Lesovsky	4:32.390	+4.420s
5	PARJohnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	4:32.640	+4.670s
6	MCGJack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	4:33.000	+5.030s
7	DINDuke Dinsmore	Kurtis Kraft	4:34.670	+6.700s
8	BETTony Bettenhausen	Deidt	4:34.920	+6.950s
9	JCHJoie Chitwood	Kurtis Kraft	4:35.320	+7.350s
10	HOLBill Holland	Deidt	4:35.900	+7.930s
11	FLAPat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft	4:37.760	+9.790s
12	GRECecil Green	Kurtis Kraft	4:30.860	+2.890s
13	CARDuane Carter	Stevens	4:33.420	+5.450s
14	WEBSpider Webb	Maserati	4:37.460	+9.490s
15	HOYJerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft	4:37.950	+9.980s
16	FOHMyron Fohr	Marchese	4:33.320	+5.350s
17	BLEBayliss Levrett	Adams	4:34.430	+6.460s
18	DRADick Rathmann	Watson	4:34.960	+6.990s
19	RUSPaul Russo	Nichels	4:35.250	+7.280s
20	BROWalt Brown	Kurtis Kraft	4:35.960	+7.990s
21	BANHenry Banks	Maserati	4:37.680	+9.710s
22	BSCBill Schindler	Snowberger	4:31.310	+3.340s
23	LWALee Wallard	Moore	4:31.830	+3.860s
24	RUTTroy Ruttman	Lesovsky	4:32.910	+4.940s
25	HANSam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	4:33.570	+5.600s
26	HELMack Hellings	Kurtis Kraft	4:35.470	+7.500s
27	DAVJimmy Davies	Ewing	4:36.070	+8.100s
28	RATJim Rathmann	Wetteroth	4:37.010	+9.040s
29	ADEWalt Ader	Rae	4:37.050	+9.080s
30	JHOJackie Holmes	Olson	4:37.570	+9.600s
31	GHAGene Hartley	Langley	4:38.610	+10.640s
32	JACJimmy Jackson	Kurtis Kraft	4:38.620	+10.650s
33	MCDJohnny McDowell	Kurtis Kraft	4:37.580	+9.610s

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1950. Outline from F1DB.

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