Indianapolis 500 1951 Results – won by Lee Wallard

Race result

Race results
Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / Status	Pts
1	Lee Wallard	Kurtis Kraft	2	200	3:57:38.050	9
2	Mike Nazaruk	Kurtis Kraft	7	200	+1:47.240	6
3	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	3	200	+2:51.390	2
3	Manny Ayulo	Kurtis Kraft	3	200	+2:51.390	2
4	Andy Linden	Sherman	31	200	+4:40.120	3
5	Bobby Ball	Schroeder	29	200	+4:52.230	2
6	Henry Banks	Moore	17	200	+5:40.020	0
7	Carl Forberg	Kurtis Kraft	24	193	+7 Laps	0
8	Duane Carter	Deidt	4	180	+20 Laps	0
R	Tony Bettenhausen	Deidt	9	178	Spun off	0
R	Duke Nalon	Kurtis Kraft	1	151	Retired	0
R	Gene Force	Kurtis Kraft	22	142	Engine	0
R	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	12	135	Engine	0
R	Bill Schindler	Kurtis Kraft	16	129	Engine	0
R	Mauri Rose	Deidt	5	126	Accident	0
R	Walt Faulkner	Kuzma	14	123	Engine	0
R	Jimmy Davies	Pawl	27	110	Axle	0
R	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	11	109	Clutch	0
R	Carl Scarborough	Kurtis Kraft	15	93	Heat shield fire	0
R	Bill Mackey	Hall	33	97	Clutch	0
R	Chuck Stevenson	Marchese	19	93	Heat shield fire	0
R	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	8	87	Magneto	0
R	Cecil Green	Kurtis Kraft	10	80	Engine	0
R	Troy Ruttman	Kurtis Kraft	6	78	Engine	0
R	Duke Dinsmore	Schroeder	32	73	Overheating	0
R	Chet Miller	Kurtis Kraft	28	56	Ignition	0
R	Walt Brown	Kurtis Kraft	13	55	Magneto	0
R	Rodger Ward	Bromme	25	34	Oil pipe	0
R	Cliff Griffith	Kurtis Kraft	18	30	Axle	0
R	Bill Vukovich	Trevis	20	29	Oil leak	0
R	George Connor	Lesovsky	21	29	Transmission	0
R	Mack Hellings	Deidt	23	18	Engine	0
R	Johnny McDowell	Maserati	26	15	Fuel leak	0
R	Joe James	Watson	30	8	Transmission	0

About the Grand Prix

The 35th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Wednesday, May 30, 1951. The event was part of the 1951 AAA National Championship Trail, and was also race 2 of 8 in the 1951 World Championship of Drivers. For the second year in a row, no European Formula One-based teams entered the race.