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Indianapolis 500

1954 Indianapolis 500

Round 2 of 9Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IndianapolisMay 31 1954200 laps

Podium

BRYKuzma

VUKKurtis Kraft

MCGKurtis Kraft

Key facts

WinnerVUK3:49:17.270 from P19

PoleMCG4:15.260

Fastest lapMCG1:04.040 on lap 29

Finishers55 / 55classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	VUKBill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft	19	▲18	200	3:49:17.270	8	–
2	BRYJimmy Bryan	Kuzma	3	▲1	200	+69.951s	6	–
3	MCGJack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	1	▼2	200	+79.730s	5	1:04.040
4	RUTTroy Ruttman	Kurtis Kraft	11	▲7	200	+172.680s	1.5	–
5	CARDuane Carter	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps	1.5	–
6	NAZMike Nazaruk	Kurtis Kraft	14	▲8	200	+204.550s	2	–
7	AGAFred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	24	▲17	200	+227.550s		–
8	FREDon Freeland	Phillips	6	▼2	200	+253.350s		–
9	RUSPaul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	32	▲23	200	+301.170s		–
10	HOYJerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps		–
11	CROLarry Crockett	Kurtis Kraft	25	▲14	200	+427.240s		–
12	NIDCal Niday	Stevens	13	▲1	200	+427.690s		–
13	ACRArt Cross	Kurtis Kraft	27	▲14	200	+502.190s		–
14	JPAJohnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps		–
15	HANSam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps		–
16	LINAndy Linden	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps		–
17	DAVJimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps		–
18	STEChuck Stevenson	Kuzma	5	▼13	199	+1 lap		–
19	FAUWalt Faulkner	Kuzma	–		0	+200 laps		–
20	AYUManny Ayulo	Kuzma	22	▲2	197	+3 laps		–
21	SWEBob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft	9	▼12	197	+3 laps		–
22	CARDuane Carter	Kurtis Kraft	8	▼14	196	+4 laps		–
23	TEAMarshall Teague	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps		–
24	JACJimmy Jackson	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps		–
25	BETTony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps		–
26	MCCErnie McCoy	Kurtis Kraft	20	▼6	194	+6 laps		–
27	REEJimmy Reece	Pankratz	7	▼20	194	+6 laps		–
28	ELIEd Elisian	Stevens	31	▲3	193	+7 laps		–
29	SCOBob Scott	Stevens	–		0	+200 laps		–
30	ARMFrank Armi	Kurtis Kraft	33	▲3	193	+7 laps		–
31	FONGeorge Fonder	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps		–
32	HANSam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	10	▼22	191	+9 laps		–
33	DAVJimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps		–
34	RATJim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps		–
35	O'CPat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft	12	▼23	181	+19 laps		–
36	WARRodger Ward	Pawl	16	▼20	172	+28 laps		–
37	JOHEddie Johnson	Pawl	–		0	+200 laps		–
38	HARGene Hartley	Kurtis Kraft	17	▼21	168	+32 laps		–
39	TEAMarshall Teague	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps		–
40	THOJohnny Thomson	Nichels	4	▼36	165	+35 laps		–
41	LINAndy Linden	Nichels	–		0	+200 laps		–
42	HOMBill Homeier	Nichels	–		0	+200 laps		–
43	LINAndy Linden	Schroeder	23	▼20	165	+35 laps		–
44	SCOBob Scott	Schroeder	–		0	+200 laps		–
45	HOYJerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft	30	▼15	130	+70 laps		–
46	DAYJimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	2	▼44	111	+89 laps		–
47	RATJim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	28	▼19	110	+90 laps		–
48	FLAPat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft	–		0	+200 laps		–
49	BETTony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft	21	▼28	105	+95 laps		–
50	WEBSpider Webb	Bromme	29	▼21	104	+96 laps		–
51	KLADanny Kladis	Bromme	–		0	+200 laps		–
52	DUNLen Duncan	Schroeder	26	▼26	101	+99 laps		–
53	FONGeorge Fonder	Schroeder	–		0	+200 laps		–
54	JPAJohnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	15	▼39	79	+121 laps		–
55	HOMBill Homeier	Kurtis Kraft	18	▼37	74	+126 laps		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	MCGJack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	4:15.260
2	DAYJimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	4:17.530	+2.270s
3	BRYJimmy Bryan	Kuzma	4:17.760	+2.500s
4	THOJohnny Thomson	Nichels	4:19.390	+4.130s
5	STEChuck Stevenson	Kuzma	4:19.410	+4.150s
6	FREDon Freeland	Phillips	4:20.230	+4.970s
7	REEJimmy Reece	Pankratz	4:20.280	+5.020s
8	CARDuane Carter	Kurtis Kraft	4:20.420	+5.160s
9	SWEBob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft	4:20.480	+5.220s
10	HANSam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	4:20.880	+5.620s
11	RUTTroy Ruttman	Kurtis Kraft	4:21.370	+6.110s
12	O'CPat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft	4:20.710	+5.450s
13	NIDCal Niday	Stevens	4:17.460	+2.200s
14	NAZMike Nazaruk	Kurtis Kraft	4:17.900	+2.640s
15	JPAJohnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	4:17.920	+2.660s
16	WARRodger Ward	Pawl	4:18.440	+3.180s
17	HARGene Hartley	Kurtis Kraft	4:18.880	+3.620s
18	HOMBill Homeier	Kurtis Kraft	4:19.090	+3.830s
19	VUKBill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft	4:19.970	+4.710s
20	MCCErnie McCoy	Kurtis Kraft	4:20.080	+4.820s
21	BETTony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft	4:20.350	+5.090s
22	AYUManny Ayulo	Kuzma	4:20.560	+5.300s
23	LINAndy Linden	Schroeder	4:21.210	+5.950s
24	AGAFred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	4:21.350	+6.090s
25	CROLarry Crockett	Kurtis Kraft	4:17.960	+2.700s
26	DUNLen Duncan	Schroeder	4:18.590	+3.330s
27	ACRArt Cross	Kurtis Kraft	4:19.600	+4.340s
28	RATJim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	4:20.440	+5.180s
29	WEBSpider Webb	Bromme	4:20.910	+5.650s
30	HOYJerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft	4:21.200	+5.940s
31	ELIEd Elisian	Stevens	4:21.260	+6.000s
32	RUSPaul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	4:21.480	+6.220s
33	ARMFrank Armi	Kurtis Kraft	4:21.490	+6.230s

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1954. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1953	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft
1952	Troy Ruttman	Kuzma
1951	Lee Wallard	Kurtis Kraft
1950	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft

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