Indianapolis 1954: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	4:15.260
2	Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	4:17.530	+2.270
3	Bryan	Kuzma	4:17.760	+2.500
4	Thomson	Nichels	4:19.390	+4.130
5	Stevenson	Kuzma	4:19.410	+4.150
6	Freeland	Phillips	4:20.230	+4.970
7	Reece	Pankratz	4:20.280	+5.020
8	Carter	Kurtis Kraft	4:20.420	+5.160
9	Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft	4:20.480	+5.220
10	Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	4:20.880	+5.620
11	Ruttman	Kurtis Kraft	4:21.370	+6.110
12	O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft	4:20.710	+5.450
13	Niday	Stevens	4:17.460	+2.200
14	Nazaruk	Kurtis Kraft	4:17.900	+2.640
15	Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	4:17.920	+2.660
16	Ward	Pawl	4:18.440	+3.180
17	Hartley	Kurtis Kraft	4:18.880	+3.620
18	Homeier	Kurtis Kraft	4:19.090	+3.830
19	Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft	4:19.970	+4.710
20	McCoy	Kurtis Kraft	4:20.080	+4.820
21	Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft	4:20.350	+5.090
22	Ayulo	Kuzma	4:20.560	+5.300
23	Linden	Schroeder	4:21.210	+5.950
24	Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	4:21.350	+6.090
25	Crockett	Kurtis Kraft	4:17.960	+2.700
26	Duncan	Schroeder	4:18.590	+3.330
27	Cross	Kurtis Kraft	4:19.600	+4.340
28	Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	4:20.440	+5.180
29	Webb	Bromme	4:20.910	+5.650
30	Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft	4:21.200	+5.940
31	Elisian	Stevens	4:21.260	+6.000
32	Russo	Kurtis Kraft	4:21.480	+6.220
33	Armi	Kurtis Kraft	4:21.490	+6.230

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 Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft	19	200	3:49:17.270	Offenhauser
2	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma	3	200	+1:09.951	Offenhauser
3	Jack McGrathFastest lap	Kurtis Kraft	1	200	+1:19.730	Offenhauser
4	Troy Ruttman	Kurtis Kraft	11	200	+2:52.680	Offenhauser
4	Duane Carter	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
5	Mike Nazaruk	Kurtis Kraft	14	200	+3:24.550	Offenhauser
6	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	24	200	+3:47.550	Offenhauser
7	Don Freeland	Phillips	6	200	+4:13.350	Offenhauser
8	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	32	200	+5:01.170	Offenhauser
8	Jerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
9	Larry Crockett	Kurtis Kraft	25	200	+7:07.240	Offenhauser
10	Cal Niday	Stevens	13	200	+7:07.690	Offenhauser
11	Art Cross	Kurtis Kraft	27	200	+8:22.190	Offenhauser
11	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
11	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
11	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
11	Jimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
12	Chuck Stevenson	Kuzma	5	199	+1 lap	Offenhauser
12	Walt Faulkner	Kuzma	-			Offenhauser
13	Manny Ayulo	Kuzma	22	197	+3 laps	Offenhauser
14	Bob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft	9	197	+3 laps	Offenhauser
15	Duane Carter	Kurtis Kraft	8	196	+4 laps	Offenhauser
15	Marshall Teague	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
15	Jimmy Jackson	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
15	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
16	Ernie McCoy	Kurtis Kraft	20	194	+6 laps	Offenhauser
17	Jimmy Reece	Pankratz	7	194	+6 laps	Offenhauser
18	Ed Elisian	Stevens	31	193	+7 laps	Offenhauser
18	Bob Scott	Stevens	-			Offenhauser
19	Frank Armi	Kurtis Kraft	33	193	+7 laps	Offenhauser
19	George Fonder	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
20	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	10	191	Spun off	Offenhauser
20	Jimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
20	Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
21	Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft	12	181	Spun off	Offenhauser
22	Rodger Ward	Pawl	16	172	Retirement	Offenhauser
22	Eddie Johnson	Pawl	-			Offenhauser
23	Gene Hartley	Kurtis Kraft	17	168	Clutch	Offenhauser
23	Marshall Teague	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
24	Johnny Thomson	Nichels	4	165	Retirement	Offenhauser
24	Andy Linden	Nichels	-			Offenhauser
24	Bill Homeier	Nichels	-			Offenhauser
25	Andy Linden	Schroeder	23	165	Suspension	Offenhauser
25	Bob Scott	Schroeder	-			Offenhauser
26	Jerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft	30	130	Engine	Offenhauser
27	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	2	111	Accident	Offenhauser
28	Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	28	110	Accident	Offenhauser
28	Pat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft	-			Offenhauser
29	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft	21	105	Wheel bearing	Offenhauser
30	Spider Webb	Bromme	29	104	Fuel pump	Offenhauser
30	Danny Kladis	Bromme	-			Offenhauser
31	Len Duncan	Schroeder	26	101	Brakes	Offenhauser
31	George Fonder	Schroeder	-			Offenhauser
32	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	15	79	Engine	Offenhauser
33	Bill Homeier	Kurtis Kraft	18	74	Accident	Offenhauser

Race

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Places gained

Russo32→8+24
Vukovich19→1+18
Agabashian24→6+18
Crockett25→9+16
Cross27→11+16
Armi33→19+14
Elisian31→18+13
Nazaruk14→5+9
Ayulo22→13+9
Ruttman11→4+7
McCoy20→16+4
Hoyt30→26+4
Niday13→10+3
Bryan3→2+1
Rathmann28→280
Freeland6→7-1
Webb29→30-1
McGrath1→3-2
Linden23→25-2
Sweikert9→14-5
Duncan26→31-5
Ward16→22-6
Hartley17→23-6
Stevenson5→12-7
Carter8→15-7
Bettenhausen21→29-8
O'Connor12→21-9
Reece7→17-10
Hanks10→20-10
Homeier18→33-15
Parsons15→32-17
Thomson4→24-20
Daywalt2→27-25

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

Teammate battles

Retirements

HanksSpun off, classified P20Kurtis Kraft
O'ConnorSpun off, classified P21Kurtis Kraft
WardRetirement, classified P22Pawl
HartleyClutch, classified P23Kurtis Kraft
ThomsonRetirement, classified P24Nichels
LindenSuspension, classified P25Schroeder
HoytEngine, classified P26Kurtis Kraft
DaywaltAccident, classified P27Kurtis Kraft
RathmannAccident, classified P28Kurtis Kraft
BettenhausenWheel bearing, classified P29Kurtis Kraft
WebbFuel pump, classified P30Bromme
DuncanBrakes, classified P31Schroeder
ParsonsEngine, classified P32Kurtis Kraft
HomeierAccident, classified P33Kurtis Kraft

This race in history

4 races here since 1950Won from pole: 1 of 4

Win from furthest back (P7): Troy Ruttman 1952

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