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Indianapolis 500

Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 30 May 1950

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Johnnie Parsons Kurtis - Offy 252 ci
#1 Kurtis Kraft Inc
138 2h 46m 55.97s
2 Bill Holland Deidt - Offy 252 ci
#3 Lou Moore
137 2h 47m 33.97s
3 Mauri Rose Deidt - Offy 252 ci
#31 Howard Keck Company
137 2h 48m 44.96s
4 Cecil Green Kurtis 3000 - Offy 252 ci
#54 M A Walker
137 2h 48m 45.97s
5 Joie Chitwood Kurtis 2000 - Offy 252 ci
#17 Ervin Wolfe
136 2h 47m 32.99s
6 Lee Wallard Moore - Offy 252 ci
#8 Lou Moore
136 2h 48m 34.97s
7 Walt Faulkner Kurtis 2000 - Offy 252 ci
#98 J C Agajanian
135 2h 47m 13.55s
8 George Connor Lesovsky - Offy 252 ci
#5 Lou Moore
135 2h 47m 14.19s
9 Paul Russo Nichels - Offy 252 ci
#7 P Russo
135 2h 48m 48.32s
10 Pat Flaherty Kurtis 3000 - Offy 252 ci
#59 Grancor Auto Specialists
135 2h 48m 49.02s
11 Myron Fohr Marchese - Offy 252 ci
#2 Carl Marchese
133
12 Duane Carter Stevens - Offy 252 ci
#18 Murrell Belanger
133
13 Mack Hellings Kurtis 2000 - Offy 252 ci
#15 Charles Pritchard
132
14 Jack McGrath Kurtis 3000 - Offy 252 ci
#49 Jack B Hinkle
131 Accident
15 Troy Ruttman Lesovsky - Offy 252 ci
#55 Bowes Racing Incorporated
130
16 Gene Hartley Langley - Offy 252 ci
#75 Joe Langley
128
17 Jimmy Davies Ewing - Offy 252 ci
#22 Pat Clancy
128
18 Johnny McDowell Kurtis 2000 - Offy 252 ci
#62 M Pete Wales
128
19 Walt Brown Kurtis 2000 - Offy 252 ci
#4 Charles Pritchard
127
20 Travis "Spider" Webb Maserati 8CTF [3031] - Offy 252 ci
#21 R A Cott
126
21 Jerry Hoyt Kurtis 2000 - Offy 252 ci
#81 Ludson D Morris
125
22 Walt Ader Rae - Offy 252 ci
#27 Sampson Manufacturing Co
123
23 Jackie Holmes Olson - Offy 252 ci
#77 Norm Olson
123 Accident
24 Jim Rathmann Wetteroth - Offy 252 ci
#76 John Lorenz
122
25 Henry Banks Maserati 8CL [3035] - Offy 252 ci
#12 Indianapolis Race Cars Incorporated
112 Oil line
26 Bill Schindler Snowberger - Offy 252 ci
#67 Louis Rassey
111 Universal joint
27 Bayliss Levrett Adams - Offy 252 ci
#24 Richard L Palmer
108 Oil pressure
28 Freddie Agabashian Kurtis 3000 - Offy 252 ci
#28 Kurtis Kraft Inc
64 Broken oil line
29 Jimmy Jackson Kurtis - Offy 252 ci
#61 Cummins Engine Company
52 Damper unit
30 Sam Hanks Kurtis 2000 - Offy 252 ci
#23 Milt Marion
42 Engine
31 Tony Bettenhausen Deidt - Offy 252 ci
#14 Lou Moore
30 Wheel bearing
32 Dick Rathmann Watson - Offy 252 ci
#45 A J Watson
25 Broken oil line
33 Duke Dinsmore Kurtis 2000 - Offy 252 ci
#69 Verlin Brown
10 Oil leak

All cars are 3-litre F1 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Walt Faulkner Kurtis 2000 - Offy 252 ci
2 Freddie Agabashian Kurtis 3000 - Offy 252 ci
3 Mauri Rose Deidt - Offy 252 ci
4 George Connor Lesovsky - Offy 252 ci
5 Johnnie Parsons Kurtis - Offy 252 ci
6 Jack McGrath Kurtis 3000 - Offy 252 ci
7 Duke Dinsmore Kurtis 2000 - Offy 252 ci
8 Tony Bettenhausen Deidt - Offy 252 ci
9 Joie Chitwood Kurtis 2000 - Offy 252 ci
10 Bill Holland Deidt - Offy 252 ci
11 Pat Flaherty Kurtis 3000 - Offy 252 ci
12 Cecil Green Kurtis 3000 - Offy 252 ci
13 Duane Carter Stevens - Offy 252 ci
14 Travis "Spider" Webb Maserati 8CTF [3031] - Offy 252 ci
15 Jerry Hoyt Kurtis 2000 - Offy 252 ci
16 Myron Fohr Marchese - Offy 252 ci
17 Bayliss Levrett Adams - Offy 252 ci
18 Dick Rathmann Watson - Offy 252 ci
19 Paul Russo Nichels - Offy 252 ci
20 Walt Brown Kurtis 2000 - Offy 252 ci
21 Henry Banks Maserati 8CL [3035] - Offy 252 ci
22 Bill Schindler Snowberger - Offy 252 ci
23 Lee Wallard Moore - Offy 252 ci
24 Troy Ruttman Lesovsky - Offy 252 ci
25 Sam Hanks Kurtis 2000 - Offy 252 ci
26 Mack Hellings Kurtis 2000 - Offy 252 ci
27 Jimmy Davies Ewing - Offy 252 ci
28 Jim Rathmann Wetteroth - Offy 252 ci
29 Walt Ader Rae - Offy 252 ci
30 Jackie Holmes Olson - Offy 252 ci
31 Gene Hartley Langley - Offy 252 ci
32 Jimmy Jackson Kurtis - Offy 252 ci
33 Johnny McDowell Kurtis 2000 - Offy 252 ci

Sources

The identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' original results.

3-litre Formula 1 World Championship events 1966-1985

These 1966 to 1985 results were initially compiled by Allen Brown, but these were in the very basic form required to track individual car histories. Since then further details, such as laps completed, qualifying times and so on, have been added from Rob Ryder's extensive database.

All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen at allen@oldracingcars.com if you can help with our research.