1951 Indianapolis 500

Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Pts
1	99	Lee Wallard	Kurtis Kraft	2	200	3:57:38.05	9
2	83	Mike Nazaruk	Kurtis Kraft	7	200	+1:47.24	6
3	9	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	3	200	+2:51.39	2
3	9	Manny Ayulo	Kurtis Kraft	3	200	+2:51.39	2
4	57	Andy Linden	Sherman	31	200	+4:40.12	3
5	52	Bobby Ball	Schroeder	29	200	+4:52.23	2
6	1	Henry Banks	Moore	17	200	+5:40.02	0
7	68	Carl Forberg	Kurtis Kraft	24	193	+7 Laps	0
8	27	Duane Carter	Deidt	4	180	+20 Laps	0
R	5	Tony Bettenhausen	Deidt	9	178	Spun off	0
R	18	Duke Nalon	Kurtis Kraft	1	151	Retired	0
R	69	Gene Force	Kurtis Kraft	22	142	Engine	0
R	25	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	12	135	Engine	0
R	10	Bill Schindler	Kurtis Kraft	16	129	Engine	0
R	16	Mauri Rose	Deidt	5	126	Accident	0
R	2	Walt Faulkner	Kuzma	14	123	Engine	0
R	76	Jimmy Davies	Pawl	27	110	Axle	0
R	59	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	11	109	Clutch	0
R	73	Carl Scarborough	Kurtis Kraft	15	93	Heat shield fire	0
R	71	Bill Mackey	Hall	33	97	Clutch	0
R	8	Chuck Stevenson	Marchese	19	93	Heat shield fire	0
R	3	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	8	87	Magneto	0
R	4	Cecil Green	Kurtis Kraft	10	80	Engine	0
R	98	Troy Ruttman	Kurtis Kraft	6	78	Engine	0
R	6	Duke Dinsmore	Schroeder	32	73	Overheating	0
R	32	Chet Miller	Kurtis Kraft	28	56	Ignition	0
R	44	Walt Brown	Kurtis Kraft	13	55	Magneto	0
R	48	Rodger Ward	Bromme	25	34	Oil pipe	0
R	23	Cliff Griffith	Kurtis Kraft	18	30	Axle	0
R	81	Bill Vukovich	Trevis	20	29	Oil leak	0
R	22	George Connor	Lesovsky	21	29	Transmission	0
R	19	Mack Hellings	Deidt	23	18	Engine	0
R	12	Johnny McDowell	Maserati	26	15	Fuel leak	0
R	26	Joe James	Watson	30	8	Transmission	0

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Juan Fangio		1	9
2	Lee Wallard	Kurtis Kraft	1	9
3	Mike Nazaruk	Kurtis Kraft	0	6
4	Piero Taruffi		0	6
5	Nino Farina		0	4
6	Andy Linden	Sherman	0	3
7	Consalvo Sanesi		0	3
8	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	0	2
9	Bobby Ball	Schroeder	0	2
10	Toulo de Graffenried		0	2