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1951 Indianapolis International Motor Sweepstakes

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Race 2 of 8

Indianapolis
200 laps
Time of race: 3:57:38.05
Average speed of winner: 203.173 kph
Margin of victory: 107.24 sec
Lead changes: 10 among 5 drivers
Fastest lap: Lee Wallard 1:07.26
Lap leaders: Nalon pole, Wallard 1-2, McGrath 3-4, Wallard 5-6, McGrath 7-15, Wallard 16-26, Green 27, Wallard 28-51, Davies 52-76, Green 77-80, Wallard 81-200

Race notes: First win for Lee Wallard. Only pole for Duke Nalon. Debut for Bobby Ball, Gene Force, Cliff Griffith, Joe James, Andy Linden, Chet Miller, Duke Nalon, Mike Nazaruk, Carl Scarborough, Chuck Stevenson, and Bill Vukovich, and Rodger Ward. Finale for Walt Brown, Cecil Green, Mack Hellings, Mauri Rose, and Lee Wallard. Only start for Carl Forberg and Bill Mackey.

Video links: Highlights

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Team	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Owner	Qualifying Time	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	2	Lee Wallard	99	Belanger Motors	Kurtis	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Belanger	4:26.59	200	5	159	3:57:38.05	9
2	7	Mike Nazaruk	83	Jim Robbins	Kurtis	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Jim Robbins	4:32.35	200	0	0	+107.24	6
3	3	Jack McGrath	9	Hinkle	KK3000	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Hinkle	4:28.05	100	2	11	+171.39	2
		Manny Ayulo								0.1000	0	0		2
4	31	Andy Linden	57	Leitenberger	Silnes-Sherman	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Leitenberger	4:32.26	200	0	0	+280.12	3
5	29	Bobby Ball	52	Blakely Oil	Schroeder	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	McDaniel	4:28.46	200	0	0	+292.23	2
6	17	Henry Banks	1	Blue Crown Spark Plug	Moore	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Hopkins	4:28.86	200	0	0	+340.02	0
7	24	Carl Forberg	68	Automobile Shippers	KK3000	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Rassey	4:30.90	193	0	0	+7 laps	0
8	4	Duane Carter	27	Mobilgas	Deidt	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Ansted	4:29.16	180	0	0	+20 laps	0
9	9	Tony Bettenhausen	5	Mobiloil	Deidt	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Ansted	4:32.83	178	0	0	spun off	0
10	1	Duke Nalon	18	Novi Purelube	Kurtis	Novi 3.0 L8C	Firestone	Marcenac	4:23.74	151	0	0	stalled	0
11	22	Gene Force	69	Brown Motor Co.	KK2000	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Brown Motor	4:30.47	142	0	0	engine	0
12	12	Sam Hanks	25	Schmidt	KK3000	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Peter Schmidt	4:30.68	135	0	0	engine	0
13	16	Bill Schindler	10	Chapman	KK2000	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Chapman	4:28.59	129	0	0	engine	0
14	5	Mauri Rose	16	Pennzoil	Deidt	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Keck	4:29.82	126	0	0	accident	0
15	14	Walt Faulkner	2	Agajanian Grant Piston Ring	Kuzma	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Agajanian	4:23.02	123	0	0	engine	0
16	27	Jimmy Davies	76	Parks	Silnes-Pawl	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	L.E. Parks	4:29.63	110	1	25	axle	0
17	11	Fred Agabashian	59	Granatelli-Bardahl	KK3000	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Grancor	4:26.61	109	0	0	clutch	0
18	15	Carl Scarborough	73	McNamara	KK2000	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Elkins	4:25.46	100	0	0	fire	0
19	33	Bill Mackey	71	Karl Hall	Stevens	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Karl Hall	4:33.82	97	0	0	clutch	0
20	19	Chuck Stevenson	8	Bardahl	Marchese	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Marchese	4:29.13	93	0	0	fire	0
21	8	Johnnie Parsons	3	Wynn's Friction Proofing	KK3000	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Walsh	4:32.41	87	0	0	magneto	0
22	10	Cecil Green	4	John Zink	KK3000	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	M.A. Walker	4:32.95	80	2	5	engine	0
23	6	Troy Ruttman	98	Agajanian Featherweight	KK2000	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Agajanian	4:32.08	78	0	0	engine	0
24	32	Duke Dinsmore	6	Brown Motor Co.	Schroeder	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Brown Motor	4:32.78	73	0	0	overheating	0
25	28	Chet Miller	32	Novi Purelube	Kurtis	Novi 3.0 L8C	Firestone	Marcenac	4:25.10	56	0	0	ignition	0
26	13	Walt Brown	44	Federal Engineering	KK3000	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Federal	4:32.92	55	0	0	magneto	0
27	25	Rodger Ward	48	Deck Manufacturing Co.	Bromme	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Bromme	4:26.93	34	0	0	oil pipe	0
28	18	Cliff Griffith	23	Morris	KK2000	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Ludson Morris	4:28.98	30	0	0	axle	0
29	20	Bill Vukovich	81	Central Excavating	Trevis	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Salemi	4:29.21	29	0	0	oil leak	0
30	21	George Connor	22	Blue Crown Spark Plug	Lesovsky	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Lou Moore	4:29.96	29	0	0	transmission	0
31	23	Mack Hellings	19	Tuffanelli-Derrico	Deidt	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Tuffanelli	4:30.83	18	0	0	engine	0
32	26	Johnny McDowell	12	W & J	Maserati 8CTF	Offenhauser 3.0 L4C	Firestone	Maserati	4:31.75	15	0	0	fuel leak	0
33	30	Joe James	26	Bob Estes Lincoln-Mercury	Watson	Offenhauser 4.5 L4	Firestone	Estes	4:28.82	8	0	0	transmission	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	9	1	1	1	1
2	Lee Wallard	9	1	0	1	1
3	Piero Taruffi	6	1	0	0	1
4	Mike Nazaruk	6	1	0	0	1
5	Nino Farina	4	1	0	0	1
6	Consalvo Sanesi	3	1	0	0	0
7	Andy Linden	3	1	0	0	0
8	Jack McGrath	2	1	0	0	1
9	Toulo de Graffenried	2	1	0	0	0
10	Bobby Ball	2	1	0	0	0
11	Alberto Ascari	0	1	0	0	0
12	Henry Banks	0	1	0	0	0
13	Louis Chiron	0	1	0	0	0
14	Carl Forberg	0	1	0	0	0
15	Stirling Moss	0	1	0	0	0
16	Duane Carter	0	1	0	0	0
17	Louis Rosier	0	1	0	0	0
18	Tony Bettenhausen	0	1	0	0	0
19	Philippe Étancelin	0	1	0	0	0
20	Duke Nalon	0	1	1	0	0
21	Rudi Fischer	0	1	0	0	0
22	Gene Force	0	1	0	0	0
23	Harry Schell	0	1	0	0	0
24	Sam Hanks	0	1	0	0	0
25	Johnny Claes	0	1	0	0	0

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