1950 Indianapolis 500

Results from the 1950 Formula One Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on May 30, 1950

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	138	2:46'55.97	5	9
2	3	Bill Holland	Deidt-Offenhauser	137	+ 1 Lap	10	6
3	31	Mauri Rose	Deidt-Offenhauser	137	+ 1 Lap	3	4
4	54	Cecil Green	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	137	+ 1 Lap	12	3
5	17	Joie Chitwood	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	136	+ 2 Laps	9	1
6	8	Lee Wallard	Moore-Offenhauser	136	+ 2 Laps	23
7	98	Walt Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	135	+ 3 Laps	1
8	5	George Connor	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	135	+ 3 Laps	4
9	7	Paul Russo	Nichels-Offenhauser	135	+ 3 Laps	19
10	59	Pat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	135	+ 3 Laps	11
11	2	Myron Fohr	Marchese-Offenhauser	133	+ 5 Laps	16
12	18	Duane Carter	Stevens-Offenhauser	133	+ 5 Laps	13
13	15	Mack Hellings	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	132	+ 6 Laps	26
14	49	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	131	Spun Off	6
15	55	Troy Ruttman	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	130	+ 8 Laps	24
16	75	Gene Hartley	Langley-Offenhauser	128	+ 10 Laps	31
17	22	Jimmy Davies	Ewing-Offenhauser	128	+ 10 Laps	27
18	62	Johnny McDowell	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	128	+ 10 Laps	33
19	4	Walt Brown	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	127	+ 11 Laps	20
20	21	Spider Webb	Maserati-Offenhauser	126	+ 12 Laps	2
21	81	Jerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	125	+ 13 Laps	15
22	27	Walt Ader	Rae-Offenhauser	123	+ 15 Laps	29
23	77	Jackie Holmes	Olson-Offenhauser	123	Spun Off	30
24	76	Jim Rathmann	Wetteroth-Offenhauser	122	+ 16 Laps	28
Ret	67	Bill Schindler	Snowberger-Offenhauser	111	Transmission	22
Ret	24	Bayliss Levrett	Adams-Offenhauser	108	Oil Pressure	17
Ret	28	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	64	Oil Leak	2
Ret	61	Jimmy Jackson	Kurtis Kraft-Cummins	52	Compressor	32
Ret	23	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	42	Oil Pressure	25
SHR	14	Tony Bettenhausen	Deidt-Offenhauser	30	Wheel Bearing	8	1
Ret	45	Dick Rathmann	Watson-Offenhauser	25	Retirement	18
Ret	69	Duke Dinsmore	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	10	Oil Leak	7

Notes

Fastest Lap: Johnnie Parsons 1'09.770
Stopped early because of rain. Original distance 200 Laps.
Points for 5th position shared between Chitwood and Bettenhausen.

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