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1951 INDIANAPOLIS 500 RACE RESULTS

FinishStartCar Num.DriverCar NameEntrantMake/ModelStatusLapsLedWinnings
1299Lee WallardBelanger MotorsMurrell BelangerKurtis/Offy126.244200159$63,612
2783Mike NazarukJim RobbinsJ. M. RobbinsKurtis/Offy125.3022000$21,362
339Jack McGrathHinkleJack B. HinkleKK3000/Offy124.74520011$14,962
43157Andy LindenLeitenbergerGeorge H. LeitenbergerSilnes-Sherman/Offy123.8122000$10,012
52952Bobby BallBlakely OilJohn L. McDanielSchroeder/Offy123.7092000$8,612
6171Henry BanksBlue Crown Spark PlugLindsey HopkinsMoore/Offy123.3042000$6,962
72468Carl ForbergAutomobile ShippersLouis RasseyKK3000/OffyRunning1930$5,862
8427Duane CarterMobilgasRotary Engineering Corp.Deidt/OffyRunning1800$5,162
995Tony BettenhausenMobiloilRotary Engineering Corp.Deidt/OffySpun1780$4,662
10118Duke NalonNovi PurelubeJean MarcenacKurtis/NoviStalled1510$5,062
112269Gene ForceBrown Motor Co.Brown Motor Co.KK2000/OffyVibration1420$3,182
121225Sam HanksSchmidtPeter SchmidtKK3000/OffyRod1350$3,412
131610Bill SchindlerChapmanH.A. ChapmanKK2000/OffyRod1290$3,142
14516Mauri RosePennzoilHoward Keck Co.Deidt/OffyAccident1260$3,022
15142Walt FaulknerAgajanian Grant Piston RingJ. C. AgajanianKuzma/OffyCrankshaft1230$4,552
162776Jimmy DaviesParksL.E. ParksSilnes-Pawl/OffyDrive gears11025$5,482
171159Fred AgabashianGranatelli-BardahlGrancor Auto. SpecialistsKK3000/OffyClutch1090$2,862
181573Carl ScarboroughMcNamaraLee ElkinsKK2000/OffyAxle1000$2,642
193371Bill MackeyKarl HallKarl HallStevens/OffyClutch shaft970$2,212
20198Chuck StevensonBardahlCarl MarcheseMarchese/OffyCaught fire930$2,182
2183Johnnie ParsonsWynn's Friction ProofingEd WalshKK3000/OffyMagneto870$2,252
22104Cecil GreenJohn ZinkM.A. WalkerKK3000/OffyPiston805$2,622
23698Troy RuttmanAgajanian FeatherweightJ. C. AgajanianKK2000/OffyCrankshaft780$2,092
24326Duke DinsmoreBrown Motors Co.Brown Motors Co.Schroeder/OffyOverheating730$2,162
252832Chet MillerNovi PurelubeJean MarcenacKurtis/NoviIgnition560$2,532
261344Walt BrownFederal EngineeringFederal Engineering Assoc.KK3000/OffyMagneto550$2,302
272548Rodger WardDeck Manufacturing Co.Louis & Bruce BrommeBromme/OffyOil line340$2,472
281823Cliff GriffithMorrisLudson D. Morris, MDKK2000/OffyRear axle300$2,042
292081Bill VukovichCentral ExcavatingPete SalemiTrevis/OffyOil tank290$1,912
302122George ConnorBlue Crown Spark PlugLou MooreLesovsky/OffyDrive shaft290$1,882
312319Mack HellingsTuffanelli-DerricoG. C. Tuffanelli & J. DerricoDeidt/OffyPiston180$1,852
322612Johnny McDowellW & JMaserati Race CarsMaserati/OffyFuel tank150$2,222
333026Joe JamesBob Estes Lincoln-MercuryBob EstesWatson/OffyDrive shaft80$2,092