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Indianapolis 500

1953 Indianapolis 500

Round 2 of 9Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IndianapolisMay 30 1953200 laps

Podium

CROKurtis Kraft

VUKKurtis Kraft

HANKurtis Kraft

Key facts

WinnerVUK3:53:01.690 from P1

PoleVUK4:20.130

Fastest lapVUK1:06.240 on lap 27

Finishers47 / 47classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	VUKBill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft	1	–	200	3:53:01.690	9	1:06.240
2	CROArt Cross	Kurtis Kraft	12	▲10	200	+210.872s	6	–
3	HANSam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	9	▲6	200	+251.500s	2	–
4	CARDuane Carter	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps	2	–
5	AGAFred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	2	▼3	200	+279.240s	1.5	–
6	RUSPaul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps	1.5	–
7	MCGJack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	3	▼4	200	+469.640s	2	–
8	DAYJimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	21	▲13	200	+490.210s		–
9	RATJim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	25	▲16	200	+526.020s		–
10	JOHEddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps		–
11	MCCErnie McCoy	Stevens	20	▲9	200	+604.550s		–
12	BETTony Bettenhausen	Kuzma	6	▼6	196	+4 laps		–
13	STEChuck Stevenson	Kuzma	–		0	+200 laps		–
14	HARGene Hartley	Kuzma	–		0	+200 laps		–
15	DAVJimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft	32	▲17	193	+7 laps		–
16	NALDennis Nalon	Kurtis Kraft	26	▲10	191	+9 laps		–
17	SCACarl Scarborough	Kurtis Kraft	19	▲2	190	+10 laps		–
18	SCOBob Scott	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps		–
19	AYUManny Ayulo	Kuzma	4	▼15	184	+16 laps		–
20	BRYJimmy Bryan	Schroeder	31	▲11	183	+17 laps		–
21	HOLBill Holland	Kurtis Kraft	28	▲7	177	+23 laps		–
22	RATJim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps		–
23	WARRodger Ward	Kurtis Kraft	10	▼13	177	+23 laps		–
24	LINAndy Linden	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps		–
25	DINDuke Dinsmore	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps		–
26	FAUWalt Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft	14	▼12	176	+24 laps		–
27	JMAJohnny Mantz	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps		–
28	TEAMarshall Teague	Kurtis Kraft	22	▼6	169	+31 laps		–
29	WEBSpider Webb	Kurtis Kraft	18	▼11	166	+34 laps		–
30	THOJohnny Thomson	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps		–
31	JHOJackie Holmes	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps		–
32	SWEBob Sweikert	Kuzma	29	▼3	151	+49 laps		–
33	NAZMike Nazaruk	Turner	23	▼10	146	+54 laps		–
34	FLAPat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft	24	▼10	115	+85 laps		–
35	HOYJerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft	7	▼28	107	+93 laps		–
36	STEChuck Stevenson	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps		–
37	LINAndy Linden	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps		–
38	CARDuane Carter	Lesovsky	27	▼11	94	+106 laps		–
39	RUSPaul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	17	▼22	89	+111 laps		–
40	PARJohnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	8	▼32	86	+114 laps		–
41	FREDon Freeland	Watson	15	▼26	76	+124 laps		–
42	HARGene Hartley	Kurtis Kraft	13	▼29	53	+147 laps		–
43	STEChuck Stevenson	Kuzma	16	▼27	42	+158 laps		–
44	NIDCal Niday	Kurtis Kraft	30	▼14	30	+170 laps		–
45	SCOBob Scott	Bromme	11	▼34	14	+186 laps		–
46	THOJohnny Thomson	Del Roy	33	▼13	6	+194 laps		–
47	LINAndy Linden	Stevens	5	▼42	3	+197 laps		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	VUKBill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft	4:20.130
2	AGAFred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	4:21.730	+1.600s
3	MCGJack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	4:23.540	+3.410s
4	AYUManny Ayulo	Kuzma	4:23.960	+3.830s
5	LINAndy Linden	Stevens	4:24.590	+4.460s
6	BETTony Bettenhausen	Kuzma	4:24.660	+4.530s
7	HOYJerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft	4:25.230	+5.100s
8	PARJohnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	4:21.500	+1.370s
9	HANSam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	4:21.760	+1.630s
10	WARRodger Ward	Kurtis Kraft	4:21.880	+1.750s
11	SCOBob Scott	Bromme	4:21.950	+1.820s
12	CROArt Cross	Kurtis Kraft	4:22.180	+2.050s
13	HARGene Hartley	Kurtis Kraft	4:22.270	+2.140s
14	FAUWalt Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft	4:22.550	+2.420s
15	FREDon Freeland	Watson	4:23.030	+2.900s
16	STEChuck Stevenson	Kuzma	4:23.620	+3.490s
17	RUSPaul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	4:24.280	+4.150s
18	WEBSpider Webb	Kurtis Kraft	4:24.380	+4.250s
19	SCACarl Scarborough	Kurtis Kraft	4:24.830	+4.700s
20	MCCErnie McCoy	Stevens	4:24.850	+4.720s
21	DAYJimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	4:25.200	+5.070s
22	TEAMarshall Teague	Kurtis Kraft	4:25.250	+5.120s
23	NAZMike Nazaruk	Turner	4:25.280	+5.150s
24	FLAPat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft	4:25.350	+5.220s
25	RATJim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	4:25.360	+5.230s
26	NALDennis Nalon	Kurtis Kraft	4:25.760	+5.630s
27	CARDuane Carter	Lesovsky	4:26.140	+6.010s
28	HOLBill Holland	Kurtis Kraft	4:21.120	+0.990s
29	SWEBob Sweikert	Kuzma	4:23.020	+2.890s
30	NIDCal Niday	Kurtis Kraft	4:24.520	+4.390s
31	BRYJimmy Bryan	Schroeder	4:25.760	+5.630s
32	DAVJimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft	4:26.150	+6.020s
33	THOJohnny Thomson	Del Roy	4:26.150	+6.020s

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1953. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1952	Troy Ruttman	Kuzma
1951	Lee Wallard	Kurtis Kraft
1950	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft

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