Indianapolis 500 Race Day Stats
1951 INDIANAPOLIS 500 RACE RESULTS
| Finish | Start | Qual. Speed | Car Num. | Driver | Car Name/Entrant | Make/Model | Status | Laps | Led | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 135.039 | 99 | Lee Wallard | Belanger Motors | Kurtis/Offy | 126.244 | 200 | 159 | $63,612 |
| 2 | 7 | 132.183 | 83 | Mike Nazaruk | Jim Robbins | Kurtis/Offy | 125.302 | 200 | 0 | $21,362 |
| 3 | 3 | 134.303 | 9 | Jack McGrath | Hinkle | KK3000/Offy | 124.745 | 200 | 11 | $14,962 |
| 4 | 31 | 132.226 | 57 | Andy Linden | Leitenberger | Silnes-Sherman/Offy | 123.812 | 200 | 0 | $10,012 |
| 5 | 29 | 134.098 | 52 | Bobby Ball | Blakely Oil | Schroeder/Offy | 123.709 | 200 | 0 | $8,612 |
| 6 | 17 | 133.899 | 1 | Henry Banks | Blue Crown Spark Plug | Moore/Offy | 123.304 | 200 | 0 | $6,962 |
| 7 | 24 | 132.89 | 68 | Carl Forberg | Automobile Shippers | KK3000/Offy | Running | 193 | 0 | $5,862 |
| 8 | 4 | 133.749 | 27 | Duane Carter | Mobilgas | Deidt/Offy | Running | 180 | 0 | $5,162 |
| 9 | 9 | 131.95 | 5 | Tony Bettenhausen | Mobiloil | Deidt/Offy | Spun | 178 | 0 | $4,662 |
| 10 | 1 | 136.498 | 18 | Duke Nalon | Novi Purelube | Kurtis/Novi | Stalled | 151 | 0 | $5,062 |
| 11 | 22 | 133.102 | 69 | Gene Force | Brown Motor Co. | KK2000/Offy | Vibration | 142 | 0 | $3,182 |
| 12 | 12 | 132.998 | 25 | Sam Hanks | Schmidt | KK3000/Offy | Rod | 135 | 0 | $3,412 |
| 13 | 16 | 134.033 | 10 | Bill Schindler | Chapman | KK2000/Offy | Rod | 129 | 0 | $3,142 |
| 14 | 5 | 133.422 | 16 | Mauri Rose | Pennzoil | Deidt/Offy | Accident | 126 | 0 | $3,022 |
| 15 | 14 | 136.872 | 2 | Walt Faulkner | Agajanian Grant Piston Ring | Kuzma/Offy | Crankshaft | 123 | 0 | $4,552 |
| 16 | 27 | 133.516 | 76 | Jimmy Davies | Parks | Silnes-Pawl/Offy | Drive gears | 110 | 25 | $5,482 |
| 17 | 11 | 135.029 | 59 | Fred Agabashian | Granatelli-Bardahl | KK3000/Offy | Clutch | 109 | 0 | $2,862 |
| 18 | 15 | 135.614 | 73 | Carl Scarborough | McNamara | KK2000/Offy | Axle | 100 | 0 | $2,642 |
| 19 | 33 | 131.473 | 71 | Bill Mackey | Karl Hall | Stevens/Offy | Clutch shaft | 97 | 0 | $2,212 |
| 20 | 19 | 133.764 | 8 | Chuck Stevenson | Bardahl | Marchese/Offy | Caught fire | 93 | 0 | $2,182 |
| 21 | 8 | 132.154 | 3 | Johnnie Parsons | Wynn's Friction Proofing | KK3000/Offy | Magneto | 87 | 0 | $2,252 |
| 22 | 10 | 131.892 | 4 | Cecil Green | John Zink | KK3000/Offy | Piston | 80 | 5 | $2,622 |
| 23 | 6 | 132.314 | 98 | Troy Ruttman | Agajanian Featherweight | KK2000/Offy | Crankshaft | 78 | 0 | $2,092 |
| 24 | 32 | 131.974 | 6 | Duke Dinsmore | Brown Motors Co. | Schroeder/Offy | Overheating | 73 | 0 | $2,162 |
| 25 | 28 | 135.798 | 32 | Chet Miller | Novi Purelube | Kurtis/Novi | Ignition | 56 | 0 | $2,532 |
| 26 | 13 | 131.907 | 44 | Walt Brown | Federal Engineering | KK3000/Offy | Magneto | 55 | 0 | $2,302 |
| 27 | 25 | 134.867 | 48 | Rodger Ward | Deck Manufacturing Co. | Bromme/Offy | Oil line | 34 | 0 | $2,472 |
| 28 | 18 | 133.839 | 23 | Cliff Griffith | Morris | KK2000/Offy | Rear axle | 30 | 0 | $2,042 |
| 29 | 20 | 133.725 | 81 | Bill Vukovich | Central Excavating | Trevis/Offy | Oil tank | 29 | 0 | $1,912 |
| 30 | 21 | 133.353 | 22 | George Connor | Blue Crown Spark Plug | Lesovsky/Offy | Drive shaft | 29 | 0 | $1,882 |
| 31 | 23 | 123.925 | 19 | Mack Hellings | Tuffanelli-Derrico | Deidt/Offy | Piston | 18 | 0 | $1,852 |
| 32 | 26 | 132.475 | 12 | Johnny McDowell | W & J | Maserati/Offy | Fuel tank | 15 | 0 | $2,222 |
| 33 | 30 | 134.098 | 26 | Joe James | Bob Estes Lincoln-Mercury | Watson/Offy | Drive shaft | 8 | 0 | $2,092 |