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1953 Indianapolis International Motor Sweepstakes

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Race 2 of 9

Indianapolis
200 laps
Time of race: 3:53:01.69
Average speed of winner: 207.198 kph
Margin of victory: 210.87 sec
Lead changes: 4 among 4 drivers
Fastest lap: Bill Vukovich 1:06.240
Lap leaders: Vukovich 1-48, Agabashian 49, J. Rathmann 50, Hanks 51-53, Vukovich 54-200

Race notes: First win for Bill Vukovich. Only pole for Bill Vukovich. Debut for Jimmy Daywalt, Don Freeland, Ernie McCoy, Cal Niday, Marshall Teague, and Johnny Thomson. Finale for Bill Holland, Duke Nalon, Carl Scarborough, and Bob Scott.

Video links: Highlights

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Team	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Owner	Qualifying Time	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	1	Bill Vukovich	14	Fuel Injection	KK500A	Offenhauser	Firestone	Keck	4:20.13	200	2	195	3:53:01.69	9
2	12	Art Cross	16	Springfield Welding/Clay Smith	KK4000	Offenhauser	Firestone	Paoli	4:22.18	200	0	0	+210.87	6
3	9	Sam Hanks	3	Bardahl	KK4000	Offenhauser	Firestone	Walsh	4:21.76	151	1	3	+251.50	2
		Duane Carter								0.0000	0	0		2
4	2	Fred Agabashian	59	Grancor-Elgin Piston Pin	KK500B	Offenhauser	Firestone	Grancor	4:21.73	104	1	1	+279.24	1.5
		Paul Russo								0.0000	0	0		1.5
5	3	Jack McGrath	5	Hinkle	KK4000	Offenhauser	Firestone	Hinkle	4:23.54	200	0	0	+469.64	2
6	21	Jimmy Daywalt	48	Sumar	KK3000	Offenhauser	Firestone	Root	4:25.20	200	0	0	+490.21	0
7	25	Jim Rathmann	2	Travelon Trailer	KK500B	Offenhauser	Firestone	Ruiz	4:25.36	112	1	1	+526.02	0
		Eddie Johnson								0.0000	0	0		0
8	20	Ernie McCoy	12	Chapman	Stevens	Offenhauser	Firestone	Chapman	4:24.85	200	0	0	+604.55	0
9	6	Tony Bettenhausen	98	Agajanian	Kuzma	Offenhauser	Firestone	Agajanian	4:24.66	115	0	0	accident	0
		Chuck Stevenson								0.0000	0	0
		Gene Hartley								33	0	0
10	32	Jimmy Davies	53	Pat Clancy	KK500B	Offenhauser	Firestone	Clancy	4:26.07	193	0	0	+7 laps	0
11	26	Duke Nalon	9	Novi Governor	Kurtis	Novi	Firestone	Marcenac	4:25.76	191	0	0	accident	0
12	19	Carl Scarborough	73	McNamara	KK2000	Offenhauser	Firestone	Elkins	4:24.83	69	0	0	+10 laps	0
		Bob Scott								0.0000	0	0		0
13	4	Manny Ayulo	88	Schmidt	Kuzma	Offenhauser	Firestone	Peter Schmidt	4:23.96	184	0	0	engine	0
14	31	Jimmy Bryan	8	Blakely Oil	Schroeder	Offenhauser	Firestone	McDaniel	4:25.67	183	0	0	+17 laps	0
15	28	Bill Holland	49	Crawford	KK500B	Offenhauser	Firestone	Ray Crawford	4:21.12	141	0	0	magneto	0
		Jim Rathmann								0.0000	0	0		0
16	10	Rodger Ward	92	M.A. Walker Electric	Kurtis	Offenhauser	Firestone	M.A. Walker	4:21.88	138	0	0	axle	0
		Andy Linden								0.0000	0	0
		Duke Dinsmore								33	0	0
17	14	Walt Faulkner	23	Automobile Shippers	KK500A	Offenhauser	Firestone	Casaroll	4:22.55	134	0	0	+24 laps	0
		Johnny Mantz								0.0000	0	0		0
18	22	Marshall Teague	22	Hart Fullerton	KK4000	Offenhauser	Firestone	Fullerton	4:25.25	169	0	0	oil leak	0
19	18	Spider Webb	62	Lubri-Loy	KK3000	Offenhauser	Firestone	3L	4:24.38	112	0	0	oil leak	0
		Johnny Thomson								0.0000	0	0
		Jackie Holmes								33	0	0
20	29	Bob Sweikert	51	Dean Van Lines	Kuzma	Offenhauser	Firestone	A.E. Dean	4:23.02	151	0	0	suspension	0
21	23	Mike Nazaruk	83	Kalamazoo	Turner	Offenhauser	Firestone	Elkins	4:25.28	146	0	0	transmission	0
22	24	Pat Flaherty	77	Schmidt	KK3000	Offenhauser	Firestone	Peter Schmidt	4:25.35	115	0	0	accident	0
23	7	Jerry Hoyt	55	John Zink	KK4000	Offenhauser	Firestone	Zink	4:25.23	82	0	0	overheating	0
		Chuck Stevenson								0.0000	0	0
		Andy Linden								33	0	0
24	27	Duane Carter	4	Miracle Power	Lesovsky	Offenhauser	Firestone	Belanger	4:26.14	94	0	0	ignition	0
25	17	Paul Russo	7	Federal Engineering	KK3000	Offenhauser	Firestone	Federal	4:24.28	89	0	0	magneto	0
26	8	Johnnie Parsons	21	Belond Equa-Flow	KK500B	Offenhauser	Firestone	Belond	4:21.50	86	0	0	engine	0
27	15	Don Freeland	38	Bob Estes	Watson	Offenhauser	Firestone	Estes	4:23.03	76	0	0	accident	0
28	13	Gene Hartley	41	Federal Engineering	KK4000	Offenhauser	Firestone	Federal	4:22.27	53	0	0	accident	0
29	16	Chuck Stevenson	97	Agajanian	Kuzma	Offenhauser	Firestone	Agajanian	4:23.62	42	0	0	fuel leak	0
30	30	Cal Niday	99	Miracle Power	Kurtis	Offenhauser	Firestone	Belanger	4:24.52	30	0	0	magneto	0
31	11	Bob Scott	29	Belond Equa-Flow	Bromme	Offenhauser	Firestone	Bromme	4:21.95	14	0	0	oil leak	0
32	33	Johnny Thomson	56	Dr. Sabourin	Del Roy-Allen	Offenhauser	Firestone	Sabourin	4:26.15	6	0	0	ignition	0
33	5	Andy Linden	32	Cop-Sil-Loy	Stevens	Offenhauser	Firestone	Ansted	4:24.59	3	0	0	accident	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Alberto Ascari	9	1	1	1	1
2	Bill Vukovich	9	1	1	1	1
3	Luigi Villoresi	6	1	0	0	1
4	Art Cross	6	1	0	0	1
5	José Froilán González	4	1	0	0	1
6	Mike Hawthorn	3	1	0	0	0
7	Sam Hanks	2	1	0	0	1
8	Oscar Galvéz	2	1	0	0	0
9	Jack McGrath	2	1	0	0	0
10	Fred Agabashian	1.5	1	0	0	0
11	Jean Behra	0	1	0	0	0
12	Jimmy Daywalt	0	1	0	0	0
13	Maurice Trintignant	0	1	0	0	0
14	Jim Rathmann	0	1	0	0	0
15	John Barber	0	1	0	0	0
16	Ernie McCoy	0	1	0	0	0
17	Alan Brown	0	1	0	0	0
18	Tony Bettenhausen	0	1	0	0	0
19	Robert Manzon	0	1	0	0	0
20	Jimmy Davies	0	1	0	0	0
21	Juan Manuel Fangio	0	1	0	0	0
22	Duke Nalon	0	1	0	0	0
23	Felice Bonetto	0	1	0	0	0
24	Carl Scarborough	0	1	0	0	0
25	Nino Farina	0	1	0	0	0

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