1950-3-Indianapolis

XXXIV 500 Mile Race

Indianapolis
martedì 30 maggio 1950
138 giri x 4.023 km – 555.174 km

ELENCO ISCRITTI

N°	Pilota	Squadra	Telaio	Motore
1	Johnnie PARSONS	Wynn’s Friction / Kurtis-Kraft	Kurtis Kraft	1000	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
2	Myron FOHR	Bardahl/Carl Marchese	Marchese	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
3	Bill HOLLAND	Blue Crown Spark Plug/Moore	Deidt	Tuffanelli Derrico	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
4	Walt BROWN	Tuffy’s Offy	Kurtis Kraft	2000	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
5	George CONNOR	Blue Crown Spark Plug/Moore	Lesovsky	?	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
7	Paul RUSSO	Paul Russo & Ray Nichels	Nichels	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
8	Lee WALLARD	Blue Crown Spark Plug/Moore	Moore	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
9	Andy LINDEN	Bruce & Louis Bromme	Bromme	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
9	Bud ROSE	Bruce & Louis Bromme	Bromme	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
10	Hal COLE	Tuffy’s Offy	Kurtis Kraft	2000	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
10	Bill VUKOVICH	Indianapolis Race Cars	Maserati	8CTF	Maserati	L8 c 3.0
12	Henry BANKS	Indianapolis Race Cars	Maserati	8CTF	Offenhauser	L4 c 3.0
14	Tony BETTENHAUSEN	Blue Crown Spark Plug/Moore	Deidt	Tuffanelli Derrico	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
15	Mack HELLINGS	Tuffy’s Offy	Kurtis Kraft	2000	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
16	Ted DUNCAN	Tuffy’s Offy	Kurtis Kraft	2000	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
17	Joie CHITWOOD	Ervin Wolfe	Kurtis Kraft	2000	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
18	Duane CARTER	Murrell Belanger	Stevens	???	Offenhauser	L4 c 3.0
19	Kenny EATON	Lutes Truck Parts	Bardazon	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
19	Ralph PRATT	Lutes Truck Parts	Bardazon	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
21	Spider WEBB	Fadely-Anderson/R.A. Cott	Maserati	8CTF	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
22	Jimmy DAVIES	Pat Clancy	Ewing	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
23	Sam HANKS	Merz Engineering/Milt Marion	Kurtis Kraft	2000	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
24	Bill CANTRELL	Richard Palmer	Adams	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
24	Bayliss LEVRETT	Richard Palmer	Adams	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
25	Johnny MAURO	Johnny Mauro	Alfa Romeo	8C-308	Alfa Romeo	158 L8 c 1.5
26	George FONDER	Ray Brady	Deidt	Tuffanelli Derrico	Sparks	L6 c
27	Walt ADER	Sampson Manufacturing	Rae	???	Offenhauser	L4 c 3.0
28	Fred AGABASHIAN	Wynn’s Friction / Kurtis-Kraft	Kurtis Kraft	3000	Offenhauser	L4 c 3.0
29	Charles Van ACKER	Redmer	Stevens	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
31	Mauri ROSE	Offenhauser/Howard Keck	Deidt	Tuffanelli Derrico	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
33	Joel THORNE	Thorne Engineering	Kurtis Kraft	???	Sparks	L6 c
34	Johnny FEDRICKS	Thomas Kupiec	Kupiec	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
36	George LYNCH	Auto Shippers	Snowberger	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
38	Duke NALON	Novi Mobil	Kurtis Kraft	???	Novi	L8 c 3.0
39	Danny KLADIS	Federal Engineering	Maserati	8CTF	Maserati	L8 c 3.0
41	Milt FANKHAUSER	Karl Hall	Stevens	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
43	Chet MILLER	Novi Mobil	Kurtis Kraft	???	Novi	L8 c 3.0
44	Bill CANTRELL	Bowes Seal Fast Racing	Kurtis Kraft	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
45	Dick RATHMANN	City of Glendale/A.J. Watson	Watson	Indy Roadster	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
47	Ralph PRATT	Ed Gdula	Gdula	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
49	Jack McGRATH	Jack Hinkle	Kurtis Kraft	3000	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
51	Mark LIGHT	Lee Glessner	Stevens	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
52	Dick FRAIZER	Meyer & Iddings	Meyer	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
52	Mark LIGHT	Meyer & Iddings	Meyer	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
54	Cecil GREEN	John Zink/M.A. Walker	Kurtis Kraft	3000	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
55	Troy RUTTMAN	Bowes Seal Fast Racing	Lesovsky	?	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
58	Billy DeVORE	Joe Scopa	Scopa	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
59	Pat FLAHERTY	Granatelli-Sabourin/Grancor	Kurtis Kraft	3000	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
61	Jimmy JACKSON	Cummins Diesel	Kurtis Kraft	3000	Cummins	L6 c 3.0
62	Johnny McDOWELL	Peter Wales Trucking	Kurtis Kraft	2000	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
63	Bob GREGG	Esmeralda / Leo Dobry	Kurtis Kraft	2000	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
63	Joe JAMES	Esmeralda / Leo Dobry	Kurtis Kraft	2000	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
64	Bob SWEIKERT	Ray Carter	Wetteroth	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
65	Marvin BURKE	Ross Page	Kurtis Kraft	???	Duray	L4 c
65	Norm HOUSER	Ross Page	Kurtis Kraft	???	Duray	L4 c
66	Cliff GRIFFITH	Tom Sarafoff	Miller	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
67	Bill SCHINDLER	Automobile Shippers/Rassey	Snowberger	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
69	Duke DINSMORE	Brown Motors	Kurtis Kraft	2000	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
74	Carl FORBERG	Jewell	Miller	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
75	Gene HARTLEY	Troy Oil / Joe Langley	Langley	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
76	Jim RATHMANN	Pioneer Auto Repair/Lorenz	Wetteroth	???	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
77	Jackie HOLMES	Norm Olson	Olson	Special	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
78	Cy MARSHALL	Vulcan Tool	R Miller	???	R Miller	???
79	Chuck LEIGHTON	Cantarano	Cantarano	Cannonball	Wayne	L6 4.5
81	Jerry HOYT	Ludson Morris	Kurtis Kraft	2000	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
82	Joe JAMES	Bob Estes	Weidel	???	Mercury	V8
83	Al MILLER	Trainor Auto Parts	Miller	RE4D	Miller	L6 c
84	Mike BURCH	George Hoster Inc.	Maserati	8CTF	Maserati	L8 c 3.0
85	Manuel AYULO	Coast Grain	Maserati	8CTF	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
85	Jim RIGSBY	Coast Grain	Maserati	8CTF	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
87	Bill VUKOVICH	REC / NJ Rounds	Rounds Rocket	Special	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
98	Walt FAULKNER	Grant Piston Ring/Agajanian	Kurtis Kraft	2000	Offenhauser	L4 4.5
99	Emil ANDRES	Murrell Belanger	Kurtis Kraft	???	Offenhauser	L4 c 3.0
99	Kenny EATON	Murrell Belanger	Kurtis Kraft	???	Offenhauser	L4 c 3.0

QUALIFICHE

1. W.FAULKNER Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 1’06”992 2. F.AGABASHIAN Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 1’07”774 3. M.ROSE Deidt Offenhauser 1’08”016 4. G.CONNOR Lesovsky Offenhauser 1’08”097 5. J.PARSONS Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 1’08”158 6. J.McGRATH Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 1’08”249

7. D.DINSMORE Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 1’08”698 8. T.BETTENHAUSEN Deidt Offenhauser 1’08”729 9. J.CHITWOOD Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 1’08”829

10. B.HOLLAND Deidt Offenhauser 1’08”974 11. P.FLAHERTY Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 1’09”439 12. C.GREEN Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 1’07”714

13. D.CARTER Stevens Offenhauser 1’08”354 14. S.WEBB Maserati Offenhauser 1’09”364 15. J.HOYT Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 1’09”486

16. M.FOHR Marchese Offenhauser 1’08”329 17. B.LEVRETT Adams Offenhauser 1’08”607 18. D.RATHMANN Watson Offenhauser 1’08”739

19. P.RUSSO Nichels Offenhauser 1’08”812 20. W.BROWN Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 1’08”989 21. H.BANKS Maserati Offenhauser 1’09”419

22. B.SCHINDLER Snowberger Offenhauser 1’07”826 23. L.WALLARD Moore Offenhauser 1’07”956 24. T.RUTTMAN Lesovsky Offenhauser 1’08”226

25. S.HANKS Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 1’08”392 26. M.HELLINGS Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 1’08”866 27. J.DAVIES Ewing Offenhauser 1’09”016

28. J.RATHMANN Wetteroth Offenhauser 1’09”252 29. W.ADER Rae Offenhauser 1’09”262 30. J.HOLMES Olson Offenhauser 1’09”392

31. G.HARTLEY Langley Offenhauser 1’09”651 32. J.JACKSON Kurtis Kraft Cummins 1’09”654 33. J.McDOWELL Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser 1’09”394

CLASSIFICA

Pos	N°	Pilota	Telaio	Motore	Giro
1	1	Johnnie PARSONS	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	138	2h 46m 55.97s  ( 199.544 km/h )
2	3	Bill HOLLAND	Deidt	Offenhauser	137
3	31	Mauri ROSE	Deidt	Offenhauser	137
4	54	Cecil GREEN	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	137
5	17	Joie CHITWOOD	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	82
&		Tony BETTENHAUSEN			54
6	8	Lee WALLARD	Moore	Offenhauser	136
7	98	Walt FAULKNER	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	135
8	5	George CONNOR	Lesovsky	Offenhauser	135
9	7	Paul RUSSO	Nichels	Offenhauser	135
10	59	Pat FLAHERTY	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	135
11	2	Myron FOHR	Marchese	Offenhauser	133
12	18	Duane CARTER	Stevens	Offenhauser	133
13	15	Mack HELLINGS	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	132
14	49	Jack McGRATH	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	131
15	55	Troy RUTTMAN	Lesovsky	Offenhauser	130
16	75	Gene HARTLEY	Langley	Offenhauser	128
17	22	Jimmy DAVIES	Ewing	Offenhauser	128
18	62	Johnny McDOWELL	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	128
19	4	Walt BROWN	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	127
20	21	Spider WEBB	Maserati	Offenhauser	126
21	81	Jerry HOYT	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	125
22	27	Walt ADER	Rae	Offenhauser	123
23	77	Jackie HOLMES	Olson	Offenhauser	123
24	76	Jim RATHMANN	Wetteroth	Offenhauser	122
25	12	Henry BANKS	Maserati	Offenhauser	71
&		Fred AGABASHIAN			41
26	67	Bill SCHINDLER	Snowberger	Offenhauser	111
27	24	Bayliss LEVRETT	Adams	Offenhauser	105
&		Bill CANTRELL			3
28	28	Fred AGABASHIAN	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	64
29	61	Jimmy JACKSON	Kurtis Kraft	Cummins	52
30	23	Sam HANKS	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	42
31	14	Tony BETTENHAUSEN	Deidt	Offenhauser	30
32	45	Dick RATHMANN	Watson	Offenhauser	25
33	69	Duke DINSMORE	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	10
nq	9	Andy LINDEN	Bromme	Offenhauser
nq	9	Bud ROSE	Bromme	Offenhauser
nq	10	Bill VUKOVICH	Maserati	Maserati
nq	10	Hal COLE	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser
nq	16	Ted DUNCAN	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser
nq	19	Ralph PRATT	Bardazon	Offenhauser
nq	19	Kenny EATON	Bardazon	Offenhauser
nq	25	Johnny MAURO	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo
nq	26	George FONDER	Deidt	Sparks
nq	29	Charles Van ACKER	Stevens	Offenhauser
nq	33	Joel THORNE	Kurtis Kraft	Sparks
nq	34	Johnny FEDRICKS	Kupiec	Offenhauser
nq	36	George LYNCH	Snowberger	Offenhauser
nq	38	Duke NALON	Kurtis Kraft	Novi
nq	39	Danny KLADIS	Maserati	Maserati
nq	41	Milt FANKHAUSER	Stevens	Offenhauser
nq	43	Chet MILLER	Kurtis Kraft	Novi
nq	44	Bill CANTRELL	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser
nq	47	Ralph PRATT	Gdula	Offenhauser
nq	51	Mark LIGHT	Stevens	Offenhauser
nq	52	Mark LIGHT	Meyer	Offenhauser
nq	52	Dick FRAIZER	Meyer	Offenhauser
nq	58	Billy DeVORE	Scopa	Offenhauser
nq	63	Joe JAMES	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser
nq	63	Bob GREGG	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser
nq	64	Bob SWEIKERT	Wetteroth	Offenhauser
nq	65	Marvin BURKE	Kurtis Kraft	Duray
nq	65	Norm HOUSER	Kurtis Kraft	Duray
nq	66	Cliff GRIFFITH	Miller	Offenhauser
nq	74	Carl FORBERG	Miller	Offenhauser
nq	78	Cy MARSHALL	R Miller	R Miller
nq	79	Chuck LEIGHTON	Cantarano	Wayne
nq	82	Joe JAMES	Weidel	Mercury
nq	83	Al MILLER	Miller	Miller
nq	84	Mike BURCH	Maserati	Maserati
nq	85	Jim RIGSBY	Maserati	Offenhauser
nq	85	Manuel AYULO	Maserati	Offenhauser
nq	87	Bill VUKOVICH	Rounds Rocket	Offenhauser
nq	99	Emil ANDRES	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser
nq	99	Kenny EATON	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser

GIRO VELOCE

Pilota	Telaio	Motore	Tempo	Gap	Giro	Media
Johnnie PARSONS	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	1’09”77			207.579