Race · Round 2 of 9 ·
1953 Indianapolis 500
Bill Vukovich won for Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser from pole at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was the first championship race win for Bill Vukovich, and the first championship podium for Art Cross and Duane Carter.
- Circuit
- Indianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, Indiana, United States of America
- Winner
- Bill VukovichKurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
- Pole
- Bill Vukovich
- Fastest lap
- Bill Vukovich
- Entries
- 3737 classified
This race includes a shared drive. Two drivers took turns in one car and both are classified in the same position, so a position below appears twice. That is correct, not a duplicated row.
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Chassis | Grid | Laps | Out | Points | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Vukovich | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | KK500 | 1 | 200 | Finished | 9 | fastest lap |
| 2 | Art Cross | — | KK4000 | 12 | 200 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Sam Hanks shared | — | — | 9 | 200 | Finished | 2 | |
| 3 | Duane Carter shared | — | — | 27 | 94 | Ignition | 2 | |
| 4 | Fred Agabashian shared | — | KK500B | 2 | 200 | Finished | 1.5 | |
| 4 | Paul Russo shared | — | — | 17 | 89 | Magneto | 1.5 | |
| 5 | Jack McGrath | — | KK4000 | 3 | 200 | Finished | 2 | |
| 6 | Jimmy Daywalt | — | KK3000 | 21 | 200 | Finished | 0 | |
| 7 | Jim Rathmann shared | — | KK500B | 25 | 200 | Finished | 0 | |
| 7 | Eddie Johnson shared | — | KK4000 | — | — | Finished | 0 | |
| 8 | Ernie McCoy | — | Chapman Special | 20 | 200 | Finished | 0 | |
| 9 | Tony Bettenhausen shared | — | Indy Roadster | 6 | 196 | Accident | 0 | |
| 9 | Chuck Stevenson shared | — | Indy Roadster | 16 | 42 | Fuel leak | 0 | |
| 9 | Gene Hartley shared | — | — | 13 | 53 | Accident | 0 | |
| 10 | Jimmy Davies | — | KK500B | 32 | 193 | Finished | 0 | |
| 11 | Duke Nalon | — | 4 | 26 | 191 | Accident | 0 | |
| 12 | Carl Scarborough shared | — | KK2000 | 19 | 190 | Finished | 0 | |
| 12 | Bob Scott shared | — | — | 11 | 14 | Oil leak | 0 | |
| 13 | Manny Ayulo | — | Indy Roadster | 4 | 184 | Engine | 0 | |
| 14 | Jimmy Bryan | — | Schroeder | 31 | 183 | Finished | 0 | |
| 15 | Bill Holland shared | — | — | 28 | 177 | Magneto | 0 | |
| 16 | Rodger Ward shared | — | KK4000 | 10 | 177 | Axle | 0 | |
| 16 | Andy Linden shared | — | — | 5 | 3 | Accident | 0 | |
| 16 | Duke Dinsmore shared | — | — | — | — | Finished | 0 | |
| 17 | Walt Faulkner shared | — | KK500A | 14 | 176 | Finished | 0 | |
| 17 | Johnny Mantz shared | — | KK500A | — | — | Finished | 0 | |
| 18 | Marshall Teague | — | KK4000 | 22 | 169 | Oil leak | 0 | |
| 19 | Spider Webb shared | — | KK3000 | 18 | 166 | Oil leak | 0 | |
| 19 | Johnny Thomson shared | — | Del Roy | 33 | 6 | Ignition | 0 | |
| 19 | Jackie Holmes shared | — | 7 | — | — | Finished | 0 | |
| 20 | Bob Sweikert | — | Indy Roadster | 29 | 151 | Suspension | 0 | |
| 21 | Mike Nazaruk | — | Turner | 23 | 146 | Transmission | 0 | |
| 22 | Pat Flaherty | — | KK3000 | 24 | 115 | Accident | 0 | |
| 23 | Jerry Hoyt shared | — | KK4000 | 7 | 107 | Overheating | 0 | |
| 26 | Johnnie Parsons | — | KK500B | 8 | 86 | Engine | 0 | |
| 27 | Don Freeland | — | CC-53 | 15 | 76 | Accident | 0 | |
| 30 | Cal Niday | — | — | 30 | 30 | Magneto | 0 |
A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.
Grid to flag
Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap. Drivers who shared a car have a line each.
4 entries with no recorded grid slot or lap count are in the classification and not drawn.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Time | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Vukovich | — | 14 | 4:20.130 | — | — |
| 2 | Fred Agabashian | — | 59 | 4:21.730 | +1.600 | +1.600 |
| 3 | Jack McGrath | — | 5 | 4:23.540 | +3.410 | +1.810 |
| 4 | Manny Ayulo | — | 88 | 4:23.960 | +3.830 | +0.420 |
| 5 | Andy Linden | — | 32 | 4:24.590 | +4.460 | +0.630 |
| 6 | Tony Bettenhausen | — | 98 | 4:24.660 | +4.530 | +0.070 |
| 7 | Jerry Hoyt | — | 55 | 4:25.230 | +5.100 | +0.570 |
| 8 | Johnnie Parsons | — | 21 | 4:21.500 | +1.370 | -3.730 |
| 9 | Sam Hanks | — | 3 | 4:21.760 | +1.630 | +0.260 |
| 10 | Rodger Ward | — | 92 | 4:21.880 | +1.750 | +0.120 |
| 11 | Bob Scott | — | 29 | 4:21.950 | +1.820 | +0.070 |
| 12 | Art Cross | — | 16 | 4:22.180 | +2.050 | +0.230 |
| 13 | Gene Hartley | — | 41 | 4:22.270 | +2.140 | +0.090 |
| 14 | Walt Faulkner | — | 23 | 4:22.550 | +2.420 | +0.280 |
| 15 | Don Freeland | — | 38 | 4:23.030 | +2.900 | +0.480 |
| 16 | Chuck Stevenson | — | 97 | 4:23.620 | +3.490 | +0.590 |
| 17 | Paul Russo | — | 7 | 4:24.280 | +4.150 | +0.660 |
| 18 | Spider Webb | — | 62 | 4:24.380 | +4.250 | +0.100 |
| 19 | Carl Scarborough | — | 73 | 4:24.830 | +4.700 | +0.450 |
| 20 | Ernie McCoy | — | 12 | 4:24.850 | +4.720 | +0.020 |
| 21 | Jimmy Daywalt | — | 48 | 4:25.200 | +5.070 | +0.350 |
| 22 | Marshall Teague | — | 22 | 4:25.250 | +5.120 | +0.050 |
| 23 | Mike Nazaruk | — | 83 | 4:25.280 | +5.150 | +0.030 |
| 24 | Pat Flaherty | — | 77 | 4:25.350 | +5.220 | +0.070 |
| 25 | Jim Rathmann | — | 2 | 4:25.360 | +5.230 | +0.010 |
| 26 | Duke Nalon | — | 9 | 4:25.760 | +5.630 | +0.400 |
| 27 | Duane Carter | — | 4 | 4:26.140 | +6.010 | +0.380 |
| 28 | Bill Holland | — | 49 | 4:21.120 | +0.990 | -5.020 |
| 29 | Bob Sweikert | — | 51 | 4:23.020 | +2.890 | +1.900 |
| 30 | Cal Niday | — | 99 | 4:24.520 | +4.390 | +1.500 |
| 31 | Jimmy Bryan | — | 8 | 4:25.760 | +5.630 | +1.240 |
| 32 | Jimmy Davies | — | 53 | 4:26.150 | +6.020 | +0.390 |
| 33 | Johnny Thomson | — | 56 | 4:26.150 | +6.020 | +0.000 |
Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.
Pit stops
Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.
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Where this comes from
- Round
- 2 of 1953
- Grand Prix
- Indianapolis 500
- Dates
- Layout raced
- Oval · 4.023 km · 4 turns
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Constructor
- Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
- Entrant
- Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
- Confidence
- reference
The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.