Indianapolis 1950: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft	4:27.970
2	Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	4:31.100	+3.130
3	Rose	Deidt	4:32.070	+4.100
4	Connor	Lesovsky	4:32.390	+4.420
5	Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	4:32.640	+4.670
6	McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	4:33.000	+5.030
7	Dinsmore	Kurtis Kraft	4:34.670	+6.700
8	Bettenhausen	Deidt	4:34.920	+6.950
9	Chitwood	Kurtis Kraft	4:35.320	+7.350
10	Holland	Deidt	4:35.900	+7.930
11	Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft	4:37.760	+9.790
12	Green	Kurtis Kraft	4:30.860	+2.890
13	Carter	Stevens	4:33.420	+5.450
14	Webb	Maserati	4:37.460	+9.490
15	Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft	4:37.950	+9.980
16	Fohr	Marchese	4:33.320	+5.350
17	Levrett	Adams	4:34.430	+6.460
18	Rathmann	Watson	4:34.960	+6.990
19	Russo	Nichels	4:35.250	+7.280
20	Brown	Kurtis Kraft	4:35.960	+7.990
21	Banks	Maserati	4:37.680	+9.710
22	Schindler	Snowberger	4:31.310	+3.340
23	Wallard	Moore	4:31.830	+3.860
24	Ruttman	Lesovsky	4:32.910	+4.940
25	Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	4:33.570	+5.600
26	Hellings	Kurtis Kraft	4:35.470	+7.500
27	Davies	Ewing	4:36.070	+8.100
28	Rathmann	Wetteroth	4:37.010	+9.040
29	Ader	Rae	4:37.050	+9.080
30	Holmes	Olson	4:37.570	+9.600
31	Hartley	Langley	4:38.610	+10.640
32	Jackson	Kurtis Kraft	4:38.620	+10.650
33	McDowell	Kurtis Kraft	4:37.580	+9.610

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Engine
1	Johnnie ParsonsFastest lap	Kurtis Kraft	5	138	2:46:55.970	Offenhauser
2	Bill Holland	Deidt	10	137	+1 lap	Offenhauser
3	Mauri Rose	Deidt	3	137	+1 lap	Offenhauser
4	Cecil Green	Kurtis Kraft	12	137	+1 lap	Offenhauser
5	Joie Chitwood	Kurtis Kraft	9	136	+2 laps	Offenhauser
5	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
6	Lee Wallard	Moore	23	136	+2 laps	Offenhauser
7	Walt Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft	1	135	+3 laps	Offenhauser
8	George Connor	Lesovsky	4	135	+3 laps	Offenhauser
9	Paul Russo	Nichels	19	135	+3 laps	Offenhauser
10	Pat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft	11	135	+3 laps	Offenhauser
11	Myron Fohr	Marchese	16	133	+5 laps	Offenhauser
12	Duane Carter	Stevens	13	133	+5 laps	Offenhauser
13	Mack Hellings	Kurtis Kraft	26	132	+6 laps	Offenhauser
14	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	6	131	Spun off	Offenhauser
15	Troy Ruttman	Lesovsky	24	130	+8 laps	Offenhauser
16	Gene Hartley	Langley	31	128	+10 laps	Offenhauser
17	Jimmy Davies	Ewing	27	128	+10 laps	Offenhauser
18	Johnny McDowell	Kurtis Kraft	33	128	+10 laps	Offenhauser
19	Walt Brown	Kurtis Kraft	20	127	+11 laps	Offenhauser
20	Spider Webb	Maserati	14	126	+12 laps	Offenhauser
21	Jerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft	15	125	+13 laps	Offenhauser
22	Walt Ader	Rae	29	123	+15 laps	Offenhauser
23	Jackie Holmes	Olson	30	123	Spun off	Offenhauser
24	Jim Rathmann	Wetteroth	28	122	+16 laps	Offenhauser
25	Henry Banks	Maserati	21	112	Oil line	Offenhauser
25	Fred Agabashian	Maserati	-			Offenhauser
26	Bill Schindler	Snowberger	22	111	Transmission	Offenhauser
27	Bayliss Levrett	Adams	17	108	Oil pressure	Offenhauser
27	Bill Cantrell	Adams	-			Offenhauser
28	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	2	64	Oil leak	Offenhauser
29	Jimmy Jackson	Kurtis Kraft	32	52	Compressor	Cummins
30	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	25	42	Oil pressure	Offenhauser
31	Tony Bettenhausen	Deidt	8	30	Wheel bearing	Offenhauser
32	Dick Rathmann	Watson	18	25	Stalled	Offenhauser
33	Duke Dinsmore	Kurtis Kraft	7	10	Oil leak	Offenhauser

Race

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Places gained

Wallard23→6+17
Hartley31→16+15
McDowell33→18+15
Hellings26→13+13
Russo19→9+10
Davies27→17+10
Ruttman24→15+9
Holland10→2+8
Green12→4+8
Ader29→22+7
Holmes30→23+7
Fohr16→11+5
Parsons5→1+4
Chitwood9→5+4
Rathmann28→24+4
Jackson32→29+3
Flaherty11→10+1
Carter13→12+1
Brown20→19+1
Rose3→30
Connor4→8-4
Banks21→25-4
Schindler22→26-4
Hanks25→30-5
Faulkner1→7-6
Webb14→20-6
Hoyt15→21-6
McGrath6→14-8
Levrett17→27-10
Rathmann18→32-14
Bettenhausen8→31-23
Agabashian2→28-26
Dinsmore7→33-26

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Teammate battles

Retirements

McGrathSpun off, classified P14Kurtis Kraft
HolmesSpun off, classified P23Olson
BanksOil line, classified P25Maserati
SchindlerTransmission, classified P26Snowberger
LevrettOil pressure, classified P27Adams
AgabashianOil leak, classified P28Kurtis Kraft
JacksonCompressor, classified P29Kurtis Kraft
HanksOil pressure, classified P30Kurtis Kraft
BettenhausenWheel bearing, classified P31Deidt
RathmannStalled, classified P32Watson
DinsmoreOil leak, classified P33Kurtis Kraft

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