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1953 Indianapolis 500 Results

· Round 2 of 9 · Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, USA · 200 laps · Wikipedia

Winner
B. Vukovich
Podium
Pole position
B. Vukovich

Qualifying results are not available before 1994. The starting grid is in the race results.

PosDriverTime/StatusPts
1B. Vukovich
Kurtis Kraft
3:53:01.6909
2A. Cross
Kurtis Kraft
+3:30.8706
3D. Carter
Kurtis Kraft
+4:11.5002
3S. Hanks
Kurtis Kraft
+4:11.5002
4F. Agabashian
Kurtis Kraft
+4:39.2401.5
4P. Russo
Kurtis Kraft
+4:39.2401.5
5J. McGrath
Kurtis Kraft
+7:49.6402
6J. Daywalt
Kurtis Kraft
+8:10.2100
7J. Rathmann
Kurtis Kraft
+8:46.0200
7E. Johnson
Kurtis Kraft
+8:46.0200
8E. McCoy
Stevens
+10:04.5500
9T. Bettenhausen
Kuzma
Accident0
9C. Stevenson
Kuzma
Accident0
9G. Hartley
Kuzma
Accident0
10J. Davies
Kurtis Kraft
+7 Laps0
11D. Nalon
Kurtis Kraft
Accident0
12B. Scott
Kurtis Kraft
+10 Laps0
12C. Scarborough
Kurtis Kraft
+10 Laps0
13M. Ayulo
Kuzma
Engine0
14J. Bryan
Schroeder
+17 Laps0
15J. Rathmann
Kurtis Kraft
Magneto0
15B. Holland
Kurtis Kraft
Magneto0
16R. Ward
Kurtis Kraft
Axle0
16A. Linden
Kurtis Kraft
Axle0
16D. Dinsmore
Kurtis Kraft
Axle0
17W. Faulkner
Kurtis Kraft
+24 Laps0
17J. Mantz
Kurtis Kraft
+24 Laps0
RM. Teague
Kurtis Kraft
Oil leak0
RJ. Thomson
Kurtis Kraft
Oil leak0
RJ. Holmes
Kurtis Kraft
Oil leak0

Lap-by-lap data is not available before 1996.

Pit stop data is only available from 2011.