1951 Indianapolis 500
Indianapolis · · Formula 1
Race summary
| Winner | Grid | Cars | Margin | Laps | km | Fastest lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Wallard | 2 | 34 | 107.243 | 200 | 804.6 | Lee Wallard |
Finishing order
Interval is the deficit to the winner: seconds where official timing recorded them, laps where a car finished down. ★ marks the fastest lap.
| Fin | Grid | No. | Driver | Constructor | Engine | Laps | FL | Interval | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 99 | Lee Wallard | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 200 | ★ | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | 7 | 83 | Mike Nazaruk | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 200 | +107.243s | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | 3 | 9 | Jack McGrath | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 200 | +171.390s | Finished | 2 | |
| 3 | — | 9 | Manny Ayulo | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | — | Finished | 2 | ||
| 4 | 31 | 57 | Andy Linden | Sherman | Offenhauser | 200 | +280.120s | Finished | 3 | |
| 5 | 29 | 52 | Bobby Ball | Schroeder | Offenhauser | 200 | +292.230s | Finished | 2 | |
| 6 | 17 | 1 | Henry Banks | Moore | Offenhauser | 200 | +340.020s | Finished | ||
| 7 | 24 | 68 | Carl Forberg | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 193 | +7 laps | Finished | ||
| 8 | 4 | 27 | Duane Carter | Deidt | Offenhauser | 180 | +20 laps | Finished | ||
| 9 | 9 | 5 | Tony Bettenhausen | Deidt | Offenhauser | 178 | — | Spun off | ||
| 10 | 1 | 18 | Duke Nalon | Kurtis Kraft | Novi | 151 | — | Retirement | ||
| 11 | 22 | 69 | Gene Force | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 142 | — | Engine | ||
| 12 | 12 | 25 | Sam Hanks | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 135 | — | Engine | ||
| 13 | 16 | 10 | Bill Schindler | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 129 | — | Engine | ||
| 14 | 5 | 16 | Mauri Rose | Deidt | Offenhauser | 126 | — | Accident | ||
| 15 | 14 | 2 | Walt Faulkner | Kuzma | Offenhauser | 123 | — | Engine | ||
| 16 | 27 | 76 | Jimmy Davies | Pawl | Offenhauser | 110 | — | Axle | ||
| 17 | 11 | 59 | Fred Agabashian | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 109 | — | Clutch | ||
| 18 | 15 | 73 | Carl Scarborough | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 100 | — | Fire | ||
| 19 | 33 | 71 | Bill Mackey | Hall | Offenhauser | 97 | — | Clutch | ||
| 20 | 19 | 8 | Chuck Stevenson | Marchese | Offenhauser | 93 | — | Fire | ||
| 21 | 8 | 3 | Johnnie Parsons | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 87 | — | Magneto | ||
| 22 | 10 | 4 | Cecil Green | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 80 | — | Engine | ||
| 23 | 6 | 98 | Troy Ruttman | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 78 | — | Engine | ||
| 24 | 32 | 6 | Duke Dinsmore | Schroeder | Offenhauser | 73 | — | Overheating | ||
| 25 | 28 | 32 | Chet Miller | Kurtis Kraft | Novi | 56 | — | Ignition | ||
| 26 | 13 | 44 | Walt Brown | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 55 | — | Magneto | ||
| 27 | 25 | 48 | Rodger Ward | Bromme | Offenhauser | 34 | — | Oil pipe | ||
| 28 | 18 | 23 | Cliff Griffith | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | 30 | — | Axle | ||
| 29 | 20 | 81 | Bill Vukovich | Trevis | Offenhauser | 29 | — | Oil leak | ||
| 30 | 21 | 22 | George Connor | Lesovsky | Offenhauser | 29 | — | Transmission | ||
| 31 | 23 | 19 | Mack Hellings | Deidt | Offenhauser | 18 | — | Engine | ||
| 32 | 26 | 12 | Johnny McDowell | Maserati | Offenhauser | 15 | — | Fuel leak | ||
| 33 | 30 | 26 | Joe James | Watson | Offenhauser | 8 | — | Transmission |