1951 Indianapolis 500
- Date
- 30 May 1951
- Circuit
- Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, USA
- Round
- 2 of 8
- Winner
- Lee Wallard (Kurtis Kraft)
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Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 99 | WALLee Wallard | Kurtis Kraft | 2 | 200 | 3:57:38.05 | 9 | |
| 2 | 83 | NAZMike Nazaruk | Kurtis Kraft | 7 | 200 | +1:47.24 | 6 | |
| 3 | 9 | MCGJack McGrath | Kurtis Kraft | 3 | 200 | +2:51.39 | 2 | |
| 3 | 9 | AYUManny Ayulo | Kurtis Kraft | 3 | 200 | +2:51.39 | 2 | |
| 4 | 57 | LINAndy Linden | Sherman | 31 | 200 | +4:40.12 | 3 | |
| 5 | 52 | BALBobby Ball | Schroeder | 29 | 200 | +4:52.23 | 2 | |
| 6 | 1 | BANHenry Banks | Moore | 17 | 200 | +5:40.02 | 0 | |
| 7 | 68 | FORCarl Forberg | Kurtis Kraft | 24 | 193 | +7 Laps | 0 | |
| 8 | 27 | CARDuane Carter | Deidt | 4 | 180 | +20 Laps | 0 | |
| R | 5 | BETTony Bettenhausen | Deidt | 9 | 178 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 18 | NALDuke Nalon | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 151 | Retired | 0 | |
| R | 69 | FORGene Force | Kurtis Kraft | 22 | 142 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 25 | HANSam Hanks | Kurtis Kraft | 12 | 135 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 10 | SCHBill Schindler | Kurtis Kraft | 16 | 129 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 16 | ROSMauri Rose | Deidt | 5 | 126 | Accident | 0 | |
| R | 2 | FAUWalt Faulkner | Kuzma | 14 | 123 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 76 | DAVJimmy Davies | Pawl | 27 | 110 | Axle | 0 | |
| R | 59 | AGAFred Agabashian | Kurtis Kraft | 11 | 109 | Clutch | 0 | |
| R | 73 | SCACarl Scarborough | Kurtis Kraft | 15 | 93 | Heat shield fire | 0 | |
| R | 71 | MACBill Mackey | Hall | 33 | 97 | Clutch | 0 | |
| R | 8 | STEChuck Stevenson | Marchese | 19 | 93 | Heat shield fire | 0 | |
| R | 3 | PARJohnnie Parsons | Kurtis Kraft | 8 | 87 | Magneto | 0 | |
| R | 4 | GRECecil Green | Kurtis Kraft | 10 | 80 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 98 | RUTTroy Ruttman | Kurtis Kraft | 6 | 78 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 6 | DINDuke Dinsmore | Schroeder | 32 | 73 | Overheating | 0 | |
| R | 32 | MILChet Miller | Kurtis Kraft | 28 | 56 | Ignition | 0 | |
| R | 44 | BROWalt Brown | Kurtis Kraft | 13 | 55 | Magneto | 0 | |
| R | 48 | WARRodger Ward | Bromme | 25 | 34 | Oil pipe | 0 | |
| R | 23 | GRICliff Griffith | Kurtis Kraft | 18 | 30 | Axle | 0 | |
| R | 81 | VUKBill Vukovich | Trevis | 20 | 29 | Oil leak | 0 | |
| R | 22 | CONGeorge Connor | Lesovsky | 21 | 29 | Transmission | 0 | |
| R | 19 | HELMack Hellings | Deidt | 23 | 18 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 12 | MCDJohnny McDowell | Maserati | 26 | 15 | Fuel leak | 0 | |
| R | 26 | JAMJoe James | Watson | 30 | 8 | Transmission | 0 |
Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.
Standings after this race
Drivers
| 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 |