Indianapolis 1953: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft	4:20.130
2	Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	4:21.730	+1.600
3	McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	4:23.540	+3.410
4	Ayulo	Kuzma	4:23.960	+3.830
5	Linden	Stevens	4:24.590	+4.460
6	Bettenhausen	Kuzma	4:24.660	+4.530
7	Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft	4:25.230	+5.100
8	Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	4:21.500	+1.370
9	Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	4:21.760	+1.630
10	Ward	Kurtis Kraft	4:21.880	+1.750
11	Scott	Bromme	4:21.950	+1.820
12	Cross	Kurtis Kraft	4:22.180	+2.050
13	Hartley	Kurtis Kraft	4:22.270	+2.140
14	Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft	4:22.550	+2.420
15	Freeland	Watson	4:23.030	+2.900
16	Stevenson	Kuzma	4:23.620	+3.490
17	Russo	Kurtis Kraft	4:24.280	+4.150
18	Webb	Kurtis Kraft	4:24.380	+4.250
19	Scarborough	Kurtis Kraft	4:24.830	+4.700
20	McCoy	Stevens	4:24.850	+4.720
21	Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	4:25.200	+5.070
22	Teague	Kurtis Kraft	4:25.250	+5.120
23	Nazaruk	Turner	4:25.280	+5.150
24	Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft	4:25.350	+5.220
25	Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	4:25.360	+5.230
26	Nalon	Kurtis Kraft	4:25.760	+5.630
27	Carter	Lesovsky	4:26.140	+6.010
28	Holland	Kurtis Kraft	4:21.120	+0.990
29	Sweikert	Kuzma	4:23.020	+2.890
30	Niday	Kurtis Kraft	4:24.520	+4.390
31	Bryan	Schroeder	4:25.760	+5.630
32	Davies	Kurtis Kraft	4:26.150	+6.020
33	Thomson	Del Roy	4:26.150	+6.020

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	Bill VukovichFastest lap	Kurtis Kraft	1	200	3:53:01.690	Offenhauser
2	Art Cross	Kurtis Kraft	12	200	+3:30.872	Offenhauser
3	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	9	200	+4:11.500	Offenhauser
3	Duane Carter	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
4	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	2	200	+4:39.240	Offenhauser
4	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
5	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	3	200	+7:49.640	Offenhauser
6	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	21	200	+8:10.210	Offenhauser
7	Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	25	200	+8:46.020	Offenhauser
7	Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
8	Ernie McCoy	Stevens	20	200	+10:04.550	Offenhauser
9	Tony Bettenhausen	Kuzma	6	196	Accident	Offenhauser
9	Chuck Stevenson	Kuzma	-			Offenhauser
9	Gene Hartley	Kuzma	-			Offenhauser
10	Jimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft	32	193	+7 laps	Offenhauser
11	Duke Nalon	Kurtis Kraft	26	191	Accident	Novi
12	Carl Scarborough	Kurtis Kraft	19	190	+10 laps	Offenhauser
12	Bob Scott	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
13	Manny Ayulo	Kuzma	4	184	Engine	Offenhauser
14	Jimmy Bryan	Schroeder	31	183	+17 laps	Offenhauser
15	Bill Holland	Kurtis Kraft	28	177	Magneto	Offenhauser
15	Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
16	Rodger Ward	Kurtis Kraft	10	177	Axle	Offenhauser
16	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
16	Duke Dinsmore	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
17	Walt Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft	14	176	+24 laps	Offenhauser
17	Johnny Mantz	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
18	Marshall Teague	Kurtis Kraft	22	169	Oil leak	Offenhauser
19	Spider Webb	Kurtis Kraft	18	166	Oil leak	Offenhauser
19	Johnny Thomson	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
19	Jackie Holmes	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
20	Bob Sweikert	Kuzma	29	151	Suspension	Offenhauser
21	Mike Nazaruk	Turner	23	146	Transmission	Offenhauser
22	Pat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft	24	115	Accident	Offenhauser
23	Jerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft	7	107	Overheating	Offenhauser
23	Chuck Stevenson	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
23	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
24	Duane Carter	Lesovsky	27	94	Ignition	Offenhauser
25	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	17	89	Magneto	Offenhauser
26	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	8	86	Engine	Offenhauser
27	Don Freeland	Watson	15	76	Accident	Offenhauser
28	Gene Hartley	Kurtis Kraft	13	53	Accident	Offenhauser
29	Chuck Stevenson	Kuzma	16	42	Fuel leak	Offenhauser
30	Cal Niday	Kurtis Kraft	30	30	Magneto	Offenhauser
31	Bob Scott	Bromme	11	14	Oil leak	Offenhauser
32	Johnny Thomson	Del Roy	33	6	Ignition	Offenhauser
33	Andy Linden	Stevens	5	3	Accident	Offenhauser

Race

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Places gained

Davies32→10+22
Rathmann25→7+18
Bryan31→14+17
Daywalt21→6+15
Nalon26→11+15
Holland28→15+13
McCoy20→8+12
Cross12→2+10
Sweikert29→20+9
Scarborough19→12+7
Hanks9→3+6
Teague22→18+4
Carter27→24+3
Nazaruk23→21+2
Flaherty24→22+2
Thomson33→32+1
Vukovich1→10
Niday30→300
Webb18→19-1
Agabashian2→4-2
McGrath3→5-2
Bettenhausen6→9-3
Faulkner14→17-3
Ward10→16-6
Russo17→25-8
Ayulo4→13-9
Freeland15→27-12
Stevenson16→29-13
Hartley13→28-15
Hoyt7→23-16
Parsons8→26-18
Scott11→31-20
Linden5→33-28

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

Teammate battles

Retirements

BettenhausenAccident, classified P9Kuzma
NalonAccident, classified P11Kurtis Kraft
AyuloEngine, classified P13Kuzma
HollandMagneto, classified P15Kurtis Kraft
WardAxle, classified P16Kurtis Kraft
TeagueOil leak, classified P18Kurtis Kraft
WebbOil leak, classified P19Kurtis Kraft
SweikertSuspension, classified P20Kuzma
NazarukTransmission, classified P21Turner
FlahertyAccident, classified P22Kurtis Kraft
HoytOverheating, classified P23Kurtis Kraft
CarterIgnition, classified P24Lesovsky
RussoMagneto, classified P25Kurtis Kraft
ParsonsEngine, classified P26Kurtis Kraft
FreelandAccident, classified P27Watson
HartleyAccident, classified P28Kurtis Kraft
StevensonFuel leak, classified P29Kuzma
NidayMagneto, classified P30Kurtis Kraft
ScottOil leak, classified P31Bromme
ThomsonIgnition, classified P32Del Roy
LindenAccident, classified P33Stevens

This race in history

3 races here since 1950Won from pole: 0 of 3

Win from furthest back (P7): Troy Ruttman 1952

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.