1953 Indianapolis 500

Indianapolis · May 30, 1953 · Formula 1

Race summary

Winner	Grid	Cars	Margin	Laps	km	Fastest lap
Bill Vukovich	1	47	210.872	200	804.6	Bill Vukovich

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	1	14	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	200	★		Finished	9
2	12	16	Art Cross	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	200		+210.872s	Finished	6
3	9	3	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	200		+251.500s	Finished	2
3	—	3	Duane Carter	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser			—	Finished	2
4	2	59	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	200		+279.240s	Finished	1.5
4	—	59	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser			—	Finished	1.5
5	3	5	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	200		+469.640s	Finished	2
6	21	48	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	200		+490.210s	Finished
7	25	2	Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	200		+526.020s	Finished
7	—	2	Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser			—	Finished
8	20	12	Ernie McCoy	Stevens	Offenhauser	200		+604.550s	Finished
9	6	98	Tony Bettenhausen	Kuzma	Offenhauser	196		—	Accident
9	—	98	Chuck Stevenson	Kuzma	Offenhauser			—	Finished
9	—	98	Gene Hartley	Kuzma	Offenhauser			—	Finished
10	32	53	Jimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	193		+7 laps	Finished
11	26	9	Duke Nalon	Kurtis Kraft	Novi	191		—	Accident
12	19	73	Carl Scarborough	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	190		+10 laps	Finished
12	—	73	Bob Scott	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser			—	Finished
13	4	88	Manny Ayulo	Kuzma	Offenhauser	184		—	Engine
14	31	8	Jimmy Bryan	Schroeder	Offenhauser	183		+17 laps	Finished
15	28	49	Bill Holland	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	177		—	Magneto
15	—	49	Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser			—	Finished
16	10	92	Rodger Ward	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	177		—	Axle
16	—	92	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser			—	Finished
16	—	92	Duke Dinsmore	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser			—	Finished
17	14	23	Walt Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	176		+24 laps	Finished
17	—	23	Johnny Mantz	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser			—	Finished
18	22	22	Marshall Teague	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	169		—	Oil leak
19	18	62	Spider Webb	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	166		—	Oil leak
19	—	62	Johnny Thomson	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser			—	Finished
19	—	62	Jackie Holmes	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser			—	Finished
20	29	51	Bob Sweikert	Kuzma	Offenhauser	151		—	Suspension
21	23	83	Mike Nazaruk	Turner	Offenhauser	146		—	Transmission
22	24	77	Pat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	115		—	Accident
23	7	55	Jerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	107		—	Overheating
23	—	55	Chuck Stevenson	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser			—	Finished
23	—	55	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser			—	Finished
24	27	4	Duane Carter	Lesovsky	Offenhauser	94		—	Ignition
25	17	7	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	89		—	Magneto
26	8	21	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	86		—	Engine
27	15	38	Don Freeland	Watson	Offenhauser	76		—	Accident
28	13	41	Gene Hartley	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	53		—	Accident
29	16	97	Chuck Stevenson	Kuzma	Offenhauser	42		—	Fuel leak
30	30	99	Cal Niday	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	30		—	Magneto
31	11	29	Bob Scott	Bromme	Offenhauser	14		—	Oil leak
32	33	56	Johnny Thomson	Del Roy	Offenhauser	6		—	Ignition
33	5	32	Andy Linden	Stevens	Offenhauser	3		—	Accident

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