Indianapolis 500 Driver Stats
Paul Russo
INDIANAPOLIS 500 CAREER
Overall Stats
| Wins | Starts | Poles | Top 5 | Top 10 | Winning Years | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | $61,052.00 |
Race Stats
| Year | Finish | Start | Car Num. | Car Name | Entrant | Make/Model | Qual. Speed | Status | Laps | Led | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 28 | 14 | 62 | Denver-Chicago Trucking | Myron E. Osborn | Watson/Offy | 146.687 | Piston | 20 | 0 | $4,921 |
| 1959 | 9 | 27 | 45 | Bardahl | Fred Gerhardt | KK500G/Offy | 142.383 | 133.331 | 200 | 0 | $6,325 |
| 1958 | 18 | 14 | 15 | Novi Auto Air Conditioner | Novi Racing Corp., Inc | Kurtis/Novi | 142.959 | Throttle | 122 | 0 | $2,779 |
| 1957 | 4 | 10 | 54 | Novi Auto Air Conditioner | Novi Racing Corp., Inc | Kurtis/Novi | 144.817 | 133.818 | 200 | 24 | $19,369 |
| 1956 | 33 | 8 | 29 | Novi Vespa | Novi Racing Corp., Inc | Kurtis/Novi | 143.546 | Accident | 21 | 11 | $3,974 |
| 1954 | 8 | 32 | 5 | Ansted Rotary | Hoosier Racing Team | KK500A/Offy | 137.678 | 128.037 | 200 | 0 | $6,260 |
| 1953 | 25 | 17 | 7 | Federal Engineering | Federal Auto. Associates | KK3000/Offy | 136.219 | Magneto | 89 | 0 | $2,167 |
| 1950 | 9 | 19 | 7 | Russo-Nichels | Paul Russo & Ray Nichels | Nichels/Offy | 130.79 | Running | 135 | 0 | $4,989 |
| 1949 | 8 | 19 | 19 | Tuffy's Offy | Charles Pritchard | Silnes/Offy | 129.487 | 111.862 | 200 | 0 | $4,940 |
| 1948 | 32 | 25 | 25 | Federal Engineering | R.A. Cott | Maserati/Maserati | 122.595 | Oil leak | 7 | 0 | $1,310 |
| 1947 | 28 | 21 | 15 | Wolfe Motors, Tulsa | Ervin Wolfe | Shaw/Offy | 123.967 | Accident | 25 | 0 | $1,080 |
| 1946 | 33 | 2 | 10 | Fageol Twin Coach | Lou Fageol | Fageol/Twin Offys | 126.183 | Accident | 16 | 0 | $650 |
| 1941 | 9 | 18 | 45 | Leader Card | Carl Marchese | Marchese/Miller | 125.217 | 105.628 | 200 | 0 | $1,738 |
| 1940 | 28 | 29 | 38 | Elgin Piston Pin | Elgin Piston Pin Co. | Blume/Brisko | 120.809 | Oil leak | 48 | 0 | $550 |