Indianapolis 500 1950

 Indianapolis 500 1950

Racing data
3rd of 7 races of the Automobile World Championship 1950
Surname:	XXXIVth Indianapolis Motor Sweepstakes
Date:	May 30, 1950
Place:	Indianapolis
Course:	Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Length:	555.174 km in 138 laps of 4.023 km
Weather:	overcast, later rain
Pole position
Driver:	Walt Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser
Time:	4: 27.97 (4 rounds) min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser
Time:	1: 09.77 min
Podium
First:	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser
Second:	Bill Holland	Deidt Tuffanelli Derrico - Offenhauser
Third:	Mauri Rose	Deidt Tuffanelli Derrico - Offenhauser

The 34th Indianapolis 500 took place on May 30, 1950 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and was the third round of the 1950 Automobile World Championship .

background

Kurtis Kraft KK 1000; Johnnie Parsons' winning car

In the first 11 years (1950–1960) of the automobile world championship, the 500 miles from Indianapolis were part of the driver’s championship. However, this had no significant influence on the racing events on either side. Hardly a European driver showed up in Indianapolis and vice versa. Even the dates of the races usually did not allow mutual starts.

training

The qualification mode of the Indianapolis 500 miles differs considerably from the usual procedures in Europe. A total of 76 drivers tried to qualify for the 33 starting positions. On the first day of qualification, May 13th, Walt Faulkner set a new lap record (218.892 km / h), which secured him the pole position. The second best time was secured by Cecil Green (213.898 km / h), but he only started from 12th place on the grid because he set his time on another qualifying day.

Race course

At the start the weather was overcast but dry. The fastest in training Faulkner won the start, but Rose returned as the leader from the first lap . Faulkner fell back to fourth place. The best start came from Russo , who started from the seventh row and was in fourth place after 8 laps. On lap 10, Johnnie Parsons took the lead from Rose and initially pulled away from the field. In the 33rd lap, Rose was able to catch up again and even take the lead for one lap. After that Parsons was back in front and extended the lead to 5 seconds. In the positions behind, Jack McGrath started a chase that led him to second place, past Rose. When Parsons stopped for the first time on lap 105, he was followed by McGrath and Rose so that Bill Holland took the lead. During Rose's pit stop, his vehicle caught fire as fuel dripped onto the hot exhaust. But the fire could be extinguished quickly. Rose was uninjured and was even able to continue the race. Before it stopped, Parsons was able to overtake Holland again. After that the weather deteriorated noticeably and the first raindrops forced McGrath to spin around turn 3. The race management was forced to abandon the race. Only Parsons was able to complete the 138th lap and thus won the shortened race ahead of Holland and Rose by one lap.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Kurtis Kraft Inc.	1	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft KK 1000	Offenhauser	F.
	28	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft KK 3000
Bardahl	2	Myron Fohr	Marchese Championship Racer	Offenhauser	F.
Blue Crown Spark Plug	3	Bill Holland	Deidt Tuffanelli Derrico	Offenhauser	F.
	5	George Connor	Lesovsky
	8th	Lee Wallard	Moors
	14th	Tony Bettenhausen	Deidt Tuffanelli Derrico
George Tuffanelli	4th	Walt Brown	Kurtis Kraft KK 2000	Offenhauser	F.
	15th	Mack Hellings	Kurtis Kraft KK 2000
Paul Russo & Ray Nichels	7th	Paul Russo	Nichels	Offenhauser	F.
Bromme	9	Andy Linden	Bromme	Offenhauser	F.
	9	Bud rose
Indianapolis Race Cars	10	Bill Vukovich	Maserati 8CTF	Maserati	F.
	12	Fred Agabashian	Maserati 8CL	Offenhauser	F.
	12	Henry Banks	Maserati 8CL
Charles Pitchard	16	Hal Cole	Kurtis Kraft KK 2000	Offenhauser	F.
	16	Ted Duncan
Erwin Wolfe	17th	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft KK 2000	Offenhauser	F.
	17th	Joie Chitwood
Murrell Belanger	18th	Duane Carter	Belanger Indy Special	Offenhauser	F.
	99	Emil Andres	Kurtis Kraft No.327
	99	Kenny Eaton
William Lutes	19th	Kenny Eaton	Bardazon	Offenhauser	F.
	19th	Ralph Pratt
Fadely-Anderson	21st	Travis Webb	Maserati 8CTF	Offenhauser	F.
Pat Clancy	22nd	Jimmy Davies	Ewing	Offenhauser	F.
Milt Marton	23	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft KK 2000	Offenhauser	F.
Richard Palmer	24	Bill Cantrell	Adams	Offenhauser	F.
	24	Bayliss Levrett
Johnny Mauro	25th	Johnny Mauro	Alfa Romeo 8C-308	Alfa Romeo	F.
Ray T. Brady	26th	George Fonder	Deidt Tuffanelli Derrico	Sparks	F.
Sampson Manufacturing	27	Walt Ader	Rae	Offenhauser	F.
Redmer	29	Charles van Acker	Stevens	Offenhauser	F.
Howard Keck	31	Mauri Rose	Deidt Tuffanelli Derrico	Offenhauser	F.
Thorne Engineering	33	Joel Thorne	Thorne Big Six	Sparks	F.
Kupiec	34	John Fedricks	Kupiec	Offenhauser	F.
Eugene Cassaroll	36	George Lynch	Snowberger	Offenhauser	F.
	67	Bill Schindler
Lewis Welch	38	Duke Nalon	Kurtis Kraft No.4	Novi	F.
	43	Chet Miller	Kurtis power No.3
Dan Levine	39	Danny Kladis	Maserati 8CTF	Maserati	F.
Karl Hall	41	Milt Fankhouser	Stevens	Offenhauser	F.
George Bignotti	44	Bill Cantrell	Kurtis Kraft No.7	Offenhauser	F.
	55	Troy Ruttman	Lesovsky
City of Glendale	45	Dick Rathmann	Watson CC-50	Offenhauser	F.
Gdula	47	Ralph Pratt	Gdula	Offenhauser	F.
Jack Hinkle	49	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft KK 3000	Offenhauser	F.
Glessner	51	Mark Light	Stevens	Offenhauser	F.
Iddings	52	Dick Frazier	Meyer	Offenhauser	F.
	52	Mark Light
MA Walker	54	Cecil Green	Kurtis Kraft KK 3000	Offenhauser	F.
Scopa	58	Billy DeVore	Scopa	Offenhauser	F.
Andy Granatelli	59	Pat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft KK 3000	Offenhauser	F.
Cummins Diesel	61	Jimmy Jackson	Kurtis Kraft KK 3000	Cummins	F.
Pete Wales	62	Johnny McDowell	Kurtis Kraft KK 2000	Offenhauser	F.
Esmeralda	63	Bob Gregg	Kurtis Kraft KK 2000	Offenhauser	F.
	63	Joe James
Carter	64	Bob Sweikert	Wetteroth	Offenhauser	F.
Ross Page	65	Norm Houser	Kurtis Kraft No.2	Duray	F.
Tom Sarafoff	66	Cliff Griffith	Miller FD2810	Offenhauser	F.
Verlin Brown	69	Duke Dinsmore	Kurtis Kraft KK 2000	Offenhauser	F.
Jewell	74	Carl Forberg	Miller	Offenhauser	F.
Troy Oil	75	Gene Hartley	Langley	Offenhauser	F.
Pioneer Auto Repair	76	Richard Rathmann	Wetteroth	Offenhauser	F.
Norm Olson	77	Jackie Holmes	Olson	Offenhauser	F.
Vulcan Tool	78	Cy Marshall	Miller	Miller	F.
Cantarano	79	Chuck Leighton	Cantarano	Wayne	F.
Ludson & Morris	81	Jerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft KK 2000	Offenhauser	F.
Bob Estes	82	Joe James	Willow	Mercury	F.
Trainor Chicago	83	Al Miller	Miller	Miller	F.
George Hoster Inc.	84	Mike Burch	Maserati 8CTF	Maserati	F.
Coast Grain	85	Manuel Ayulo	Maserati V8RI	Offenhauser	F.
	85	Jim Rigsby
REC	87	Bill Vukovich	Rounds	Offenhauser	F.
JC Agajanian	98	Walt Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft KK 2000	Offenhauser	F.

classification

Starting grid

Item	No.	driver	constructor	Time (4 laps)	Ø (km / h)	Starting row
1	98	Walt Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser	4: 28.0	218,891	1
2	28	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser	4: 31.1	213.708	1
3	31	Mauri Rose	Deidt - Offenhauser	4: 32.1	212.946	1
4th	5	George Connor	Lesovsky - Offenhauser	4: 32.4	212.695	2
5	1	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser	4: 32.4	212.665	2
6th	49	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser	4: 33.0	212.220	2
7th	69	Duke Dinsmore	Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser	4: 34.7	210.930	3
8th	14th	Tony Bettenhausen	Deidt - Offenhauser	4: 34.9	210.738	3
9	17th	Joie Chitwood	Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser	4: 35.3	210.432	3
10	3	Bill Holland	Deidt - Offenhauser	4: 35.9	209,990	4th
11	59	Pat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser	4: 37.8	208.583	4th
12	54	Cecil Green	Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser	4: 30.9	213.897	4th
13	18th	Duane Carter	Stevens - Offenhauser	4: 33.4	211.895	5
14th	21st	Travis Webb	Maserati - Offenhauser	4: 37.5	208,809	5
15th	81	Jerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser	4: 37.9	208.442	5
16	2	Myron Fohr	Marchese - Offenhauser	4: 33.3	211.973	6th
17th	24	Bayliss Levrett	Adams - Offenhauser	4: 34.4	211.115	6th
18th	45	Dick Rathmann	Watson - Offenhauser	4: 35.0	210.708	6th
19th	7th	Paul Russo	Nichels - Offenhauser	4: 35.2	210.486	7th
20th	4th	Walt Brown	Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser	4: 36.0	209.945	7th
21st	12	Henry Banks	Maserati - Offenhauser	4: 37.7	208.645	7th
22nd	67	Bill Schindler	Snowberger - Offenhauser	4: 31.3	213,543	8th
23	8th	Lee Wallard	Moore - Offenhauser	4: 31.8	213.135	8th
24	55	Troy Ruttman	Lesovsky - Offenhauser	4: 32.9	212.291	8th
25th	23	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser	4: 33.6	211.778	9
26th	15th	Mack Hellings	Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser	4: 35.3	210.432	9
27	22nd	Jimmy Davies	Ewing - Offenhauser	4: 36.1	209.861	9
28	76	Richard Rathmann	Wetteroth - Offenhauser	4: 37.0	209.148	10
29	27	Walt Ader	Rae - Offenhauser	4: 37.0	209.118	10
30th	77	Jackie Holmes	Olson - Offenhauser	4: 37.6	208.727	10
31	75	Gene Hartley	Langley - Offenhauser	4: 38.6	207.948	11
32	61	Jimmy Jackson	Kurtis Kraft - Cummins	4: 38.6	207.940	11
33	62	Johnny McDowell	Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser	4: 37.6	208.719	11
-	99	Emil Andres	Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser		DNQ
-	85	Manuel Ayulo	Maserati - Offenhauser		DNQ
-	84	Mike Burch	Maserati - Maserati		DNQ
-	65	Marvin Burke	Kurtis Kraft -Duray		DNQ
-	44	Bill Cantrell	Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser		DNQ
-	16	Hal Cole	Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser		DNQ
-	58	Billy DeVore	Scopa - Offenhauser		DNQ
-	16	Ted Duncan	Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser		DNQ
-	19th	Kenny Eaton	Bardazon - Offenhauser		DNQ
-	99	Kenny Eaton	Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser		DNQ
-	41	Milt Fankhouser	Stevens - Offenhauser		DNQ
-	34	John Fedricks	Kupiec - Offenhauser		DNQ
-	26th	George Fonder	Deidt - Sparks		DNQ
-	74	Carl Forberg	Miller - Offenhauser		DNQ
-	52	Dick Frazier	Meyer - Offenhauser		DNQ
-	63	Bob Gregg	Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser		DNQ
-	66	Cliff Griffith	Miller - Offenhauser		DNQ
-	65	Norm Houser	Kurtis Kraft -Duray		DNQ
-	63	Joe James	Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser		DNQ
-	82	Joe James	Willow - Mercury		DNQ
-	39	Danny Kladis	Maserati - Maserati		DNQ
-	79	Chuck Leighton	Cantarano - Wayne		DNQ
-	51	Mark Light	Stevens - Offenhauser		DNQ
-	52	Mark Light	Meyer - Offenhauser		DNQ
-	9	Andy Linden	Bromme - Offenhauser		DNQ
-	78	Cy Marshall	Miller - Offenhauser		DNQ
-	25th	Johnny Mauro	Alfa Romeo - Alfa Romeo		DNQ
-	83	Al Miller	Miller - Miller		DNQ
-	43	Chet Miller	Kurtis Kraft - Novi		DNQ
-	38	Duke Nalon	Kurtis Kraft - Novi		DNQ
-	19th	Ralph Pratt	Bardazon - Offenhauser		DNQ
-	85	Jim Rigsby	Maserati - Offenhauser		DNQ
-	9	Bud rose	Bromme - Offenhauser		DNQ
-	64	Bob Sweikert	Wetteroth - Offenhauser		DNQ
-	33	Joel Thorne	Thorne - Sparks		DNQ
-	29	Charles van Acker	Stevens - Offenhauser		DNQ
-	10	Bill Vukovich	Maserati - Maserati		DNQ
-	87	Bill Vukovich	Rounds - Offenhauser		DNQ

run

Item	Start number	driver	constructor	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	1	Johnnie Parsons	Kurti's power	138	2: 46: 55.970	5	1: 09.770
02	3	Bill Holland	Deidt Tuffanelli Derrico	137	2: 47: 33.970	10
03	31	Mauri Rose	Deidt Tuffanelli Derrico	137	2: 48: 44.960	3
04th	54	Cecil Green	Kurti's power	137	2: 48: 45.970	12
05	17th	Joie Chitwood	Kurti's power	82	2: 47: 32.990	9
		Tony Bettenhausen		54
06th	8th	Lee Wallard	Moors	136	2: 48: 34.970	23
07th	98	Walt Faulkner	Kurti's power	135	2: 47: 13.550	1
08th	5	George Connor	Lesovsky	135	2: 47: 14.190	4th
09	7th	Paul Russo	Nichels	135	2: 48: 48.320	19th
10	59	Pat Flaherty	Kurti's power	135	2: 48: 49.020	11
11	2	Myron Fohr	Marchese	133	+ 5 rounds	16
12	18th	Duane Carter	Belanger	133	+ 5 rounds	13
13	15th	Mack Hellings	Kurti's power	132	+ 6 rounds	26th
14th	49	Jack McGrath	Kurti's power	131	accident	6th
15th	55	Troy Ruttman	Lesovsky	130	+ 8 rounds	24
16	75	Gene Hartley	Langley	128	+10 rounds	31
17th	22nd	Jimmy Davies	Ewing	128	+10 rounds	27
18th	62	Johnny McDowell	Kurti's power	128	+10 rounds	33
19th	4th	Walt Brown	Kurti's power	127	+11 rounds	20th
20th	21st	Travis Webb	Maserati	126	+12 rounds	14th
21st	81	Jerry Hoyt	Kurti's power	125	+13 rounds	15th
22nd	27	Walt Ader	Rae	123	+15 rounds	29
23	77	Jackie Holmes	Olson	123	accident	30th
24	76	Richard Rathman	Wetteroth	122	+16 rounds	28
25th	12	Henry Banks	Maserati	71	Oil pipe	21st
		Fred Agabashian		41
26th	67	Bill Schindler	Snowberger	111	Power transmission	22nd
27	24	Bayliss Levrett	Adams	105	oil pressure	17th
		Bill Cantrell		3
28	28	Fred Agabashian	Kurti's power	64	Oil pipe	2
29	61	Jimmy Jackson	Kurti's power	52	compressor	32
30th	37	Sam Hanks	Kurti's power	42	oil pressure	25th
31	14th	Tony Bettenhausen	Deidt Tuffanelli Derrico	30th	Suspension	8th
32	45	Dick Rathmann	Watson	25th	engine	18th
33	69	Duke Dinsmore	Kurti's power	10	Oil leak	7th

World Cup stand after the race

The first five got 8, 6, 4, 3 and 2 points respectively; there was a point for the fastest lap. Only the four best results from seven races count. *) contains the point for the fastest lap, fields marked in the same color represent pick-up of the vehicle (divided points) and values ​​in brackets are deleted results.

Item	driver	constructor								Points
01.	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	*9 *							9
	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo		*9 *						9
	Johnnie Parsons	Kurti's power			*9 *					9
04th	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	6th							6th
	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari		6th						6th
	Bill Holland	Deidt			6th					6th
07th	Reg Parnell	Alfa Romeo	4th							4th
	Louis Chiron	Maserati		4th						4th
	Mauri Rose	Deidt			4th					4th
10.	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot	3							3
	Raymond Summers	Ferrari		3						3
	Cecil Green	Kurti's power			3					3
13.	Louis Rosier	Talbot	2							2
	B.Bira	Maserati		2						2
15th	Joie Chitwood	Kurti's power			1					1
	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurti's power			1					1

literature

• Mike Lang: Grand Prix! Volume 1: 1950-1965. Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford Sommerset 1981, ISBN 0-85429-276-4 (English).

Web links

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• Results at Motorsportarchiv.de