May 30, 1953 Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Lap distance 4.023 km
Report | Articles (2) | Photos (4) | 1953 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 14 | Bill Vukovich (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500A | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:53'01.69 | 1 | 4'20.13 | 1 | 1'06.24 | (27) | |
| 2 | 6 | 16 | Art Cross (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:56'32.56 | +3'30.87 | 12 | 4'22.18 | |||
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Sam Hanks (USA)
Duane Carter (USA) |
Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser | Firestone |
200 (151) (49) |
3:57'13.19 | +4'11.50 |
9 |
4'21.76 |
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59 |
Fred Agabashian (USA)
Paul Russo (USA) |
Kurtis Kraft 500B | Offenhauser | Firestone |
200 (104) (96) |
3:57'40.93 | +4'39.24 |
2 |
4'21.73 |
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| 5 | 2 | 5 | Jack McGrath (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 4:00'51.33 | +7'49.64 | 3 | 4'23.54 | |||
| 6 | 48 | Jimmy Daywalt (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 3000 | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 4:01'11.90 | +8'10.21 | 21 | 4'25.20 | ||||
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Jim Rathmann (USA)
Eddie Johnson (USA) |
Kurtis Kraft 500B | Offenhauser | Firestone |
200 (112) (88) |
4:01'47.71 | +8'46.02 |
25 |
4'25.36 |
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| 8 | 12 | Ernie McCoy (USA) | Stevens | Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 4:03'06.24 | +10'04.55 | 20 | 4'24.85 | ||||
| 9 | 98 |
Tony Bettenhausen (USA)
Chuck Stevenson (USA) Gene Hartley (USA) |
Kuzma | Offenhauser | Firestone |
196 (115) (44) (37) |
+4 laps |
6 |
4'24.66 |
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| 10 | 53 | Jimmy Davies (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500A | Offenhauser | Firestone | 193 | +7 laps | 32 | 4'26.07 | |||||
| 11 | 9 | Duke Nalon (USA) | Kurtis Kraft | Novi | Firestone | 191 | +9 laps | 26 | 4'25.76 | |||||
| 12 | 73 |
Carl Scarborough (USA)
Bob Scott (USA) |
Kurtis Kraft 2000 | Offenhauser | Firestone |
190 (69) (121) |
+10 laps |
19 |
4'24.83 |
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| 13 | 88 | Manny Ayulo (USA) | Kuzma | Offenhauser | Firestone | 184 | +16 laps | 4 | 4'23.96 | |||||
| 14 | 8 | Jimmy Bryan (USA) | Schroeder | Offenhauser | Firestone | 183 | +17 laps | 31 | 4'25.67 | |||||
| 15 | 49 |
Bill Holland (USA)
Jim Rathmann (USA) |
Kurtis Kraft 500B | Offenhauser | Firestone |
177 (141) (36) |
+23 laps |
28 |
4'21.12 |
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| 16 | 92 |
Rodger Ward (USA)
Andy Linden (USA) Duke Dinsmore (USA) |
Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | Firestone |
177 (138) (29) (10) |
+23 laps |
10 |
4'21.88 |
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| 17 | 23 |
Walt Faulkner (USA)
Johnny Mantz (USA) |
Kurtis Kraft 500A | Offenhauser | Firestone |
176 (134) (42) |
+24 laps |
14 |
4'22.55 |
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| oil leak | 22 | Marshall Teague (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser | Firestone | 169 | 22 | 4'25.25 | ||||||
| oil leak | 62 |
Spider Webb (USA)
Johnny Thomson (USA) Jackie Holmes (USA) |
Kurtis Kraft 3000 | Offenhauser | Firestone |
166 (112) (45) (9) |
18 |
4'24.38 |
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| suspension | 51 | Bob Sweikert (USA) | Kuzma | Offenhauser | Firestone | 151 | 29 | 4'23.02 | ||||||
| transmission | 83 | Mike Nazaruk (USA) | Turner | Offenhauser | Firestone | 146 | 23 | 4'25.28 | ||||||
| accident | 77 | Pat Flaherty (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 3000 | Offenhauser | Firestone | 115 | 24 | 4'25.35 | ||||||
| overheating | 55 |
Jerry Hoyt (USA)
Chuck Stevenson (USA) Andy Linden (USA) |
Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser | Firestone |
107 (82) (13) (12) |
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4'25.23 |
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| ignition | 4 | Duane Carter (USA) | Lesovsky | Offenhauser | Firestone | 94 | 27 | 4'26.14 | ||||||
| magneto | 7 | Paul Russo (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 3000 | Offenhauser | Firestone | 89 | 17 | 4'24.28 | ||||||
| engine | 21 | Johnnie Parsons (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 500B | Offenhauser | Firestone | 86 | 8 | 4'21.50 | ||||||
| accident | 38 | Don Freeland (USA) | Watson | Offenhauser | Firestone | 76 | 15 | 4'23.03 | ||||||
| accident | 41 | Gene Hartley (USA) | Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser | Firestone | 53 | 13 | 4'22.27 | ||||||
| fuel leak | 97 | Chuck Stevenson (USA) | Kuzma | Offenhauser | Firestone | 42 | 16 | 4'23.62 | ||||||
| magneto | 99 | Cal Niday (USA) | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser | Firestone | 30 | 30 | 4'24.52 | ||||||
| oil leak | 29 | Bob Scott (USA) | Bromme | Offenhauser | Firestone | 14 | 11 | 4'21.95 | ||||||
| ignition | 56 | Johnny Thomson (USA) | Del Roy | Offenhauser | Firestone | 6 | 33 | 4'26.15 | ||||||
| accident | 32 | Andy Linden (USA) | Stevens | Offenhauser | Firestone | 3 | 5 | 4'24.59 | ||||||
