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1951 Indianapolis Formula 1 Grand Prix
F1 1951 Indianapolis results

1951 Indianapolis Formula 1 Grand Prix

30 May 1951

Indianapolis Grand Prix

Pos   Driver FL Team Time Grid Pts
1 ▲ 1 Lee Wallard Murrell Belanger 3:57:38.050 2 9
2 ▲ 5 Mike Nazaruk Jim Robbins -01:47.240 7 6
3 Jack McGrath Jack B Hinkle -02:51.390 3 2
3 Manny Ayulo Jack B Hinkle -02:51.390 3 2
4 ▲ 27 Andy Linden George H Leitenberger -04:40.120 31 3
5 ▲ 24 Bobby Ball John L McDaniel -04:52.230 29 2
6 ▲ 11 Henry Banks Lindsey Hopkins -05:40.020 17  
7 ▲ 17 Carl Forberg Louis Rassey -7 laps 24  
8 ▼ 4 Duane Carter Rotary Engineering -20 laps 4  
9 Tony Bettenhausen Sr. Rotary Engineering 178 laps 9  
10 ▼ 9 Duke Nalon Jean Marcenac 151 laps 1  
11 ▲ 11 Gene Force Brown Motors 142 laps 22  
12 Sam Hanks Peter Schmidt 135 laps 12  
13 ▲ 3 Bill Schindler H Allen Chapman 129 laps 16  
14 ▼ 9 Mauri Rose Howard Keck 126 laps 5  
15 ▼ 1 Walt Faulkner JC Agajanian 123 laps 14  
16 ▲ 11 Jimmy Davies Parks Motor Co 110 laps 27  
17 ▼ 6 Freddie Agabashian Grancor Auto Specialists 109 laps 11  
18 ▲ 1 Carl Scarborough Lee Elkins 100 laps 19  
19 ▲ 14 Bill Mackey Hall 97 laps 33  
20 ▼ 1 Chuck Stevenson Marchese 93 laps 19  
21 ▼ 13 Johnnie Parsons Ed Walsh 87 laps 8  
22 ▼ 12 Cecil Green MA Walker 80 laps 10  
23 ▼ 17 Troy Ruttman JC Agajanian 100 laps 6  
24 ▲ 8 Duke Dinsmore Brown Motors 73 laps 32  
25 ▲ 3 Chet Miller Jean Marcenac 56 laps 28  
26 ▼ 13 Walt Brown Federal Engineering 55 laps 13  
27 ▼ 2 Rodger Ward Bruce Bromme 34 laps 25  
28 ▼ 10 Cliff Griffith Ludson D Morris 30 laps 18  
29 ▼ 9 Bill Vukovich Pete Salemi 29 laps 20  
30 ▼ 9 George Connor Lou Moore 29 laps 21  
31 ▼ 8 Mack Hellings CG Tuffanelli & J Derrico 18 laps 23  
32 ▼ 6 Johnny McDowell Maserati 15 laps 26  
33 ▼ 3 Joe James Bob Estes 8 laps 30  

Fastest lap Lee Wallard : 1:07.260

First and last

TypeDriver
race Bill Mackey
race Carl Forberg
victory Lee Wallard
podium Lee Wallard
podium Manny Ayulo
podium Mike Nazaruk
pole Duke Nalon
fastlap Lee Wallard

First

TypeDriver#Future
race Andy Linden 7
race Bill Vukovich 4
race Bobby Ball 1
race Carl Scarborough 1
race Chet Miller 1
race Chuck Stevenson 4
race Cliff Griffith 2
race Duke Nalon 2
race Gene Force 1
race Joe James 1
race Manny Ayulo 3
race Mike Nazaruk 2
race Rodger Ward 11
podium Jack McGrath 1

Last

TypeDriver#Past
race Cecil Green 1
race Lee Wallard 1
race Mack Hellings 1
race Mauri Rose 1
race Walt Brown 1