United States GP 1950

MAY 30, 1950

United States GP, 1950

Although irrelevant to the Formula 1 World Championship, the Indianapolis 500 was included in the first World Championship. In fact the 1950 race - held on a Tuesday - was stopped due to a cloudburst after only 138 of the scheduled 200 laps. Several cars spun off in the rainy conditions but there were no serious injuries. The race was not restarted, victory being awarded to Johnnie Parsons in his Wynn's Kurtis-Offenhauser. Bill Holland was second with Mauri Rose third.

POSNODRIVERENTRANTLAPSTIME/RETIREMENTQUAL POS
1 1 J Parsons Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser  138 2h46m55.970s  5 
2 3 B Holland Deidt-Offenhauser  137 2h48m47.367s  10 
3 31 Rose Deidt-Offenhauser  137  3 
4 54 C Green Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 3000 137  12 
5= 17 J Chitwood Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 2000   9 
5= 17 T Bettenhausen Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 2000 136   
6 8 L Wallard Moore-Offenhauser  136  23 
7 98 W Faulkner Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 2000 135  1 
8 5 G Connor Lesovsky-Offenhauser  135  4 
9 7 P Russo Nichels-Offenhauser  135  19 
10 59 P Flaherty Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 3000 135  11 
11 2 M Fohr Marchese-Offenhauser  133  16 
12 18 D Carter Stevens-Offenhauser  133  13 
13 15 M Hellings Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 2000 132  26 
14r 49 J McGrath Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 3000 131 Spin 6 
15 55 Troy Ruttman Lesovsky-Offenhauser  130  24 
16 75 G Hartley Langley-Offenhauser  128  31 
17 22 J Davies Ewing-Offenhauser  128  27 
18 62 J McDowell Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 2000 128  33 
19 4 Warwick Brown Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 2000 127  20 
20 21 S Webb Maserati-Offenhauser 8CTF 126  14 
21 81 J Hoyt Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 2000 125  15 
22 27 W Ader Rae-Offenhauser  123  29 
23r 77 J Holmes Olson-Offenhauser  123 Spin 30 
24 76 J Rathmann Wetteroth-Offenhauser  122  28 
25r= 12 H Banks Maserati-Offenhauser 8CTF   21 
25r= 12 F Agabashian Maserati-Offenhauser 8CTF 112 Mechanical  
26r 67 B Schindler Snowberger-Offenhauser  111 Mechanical 22 
27r= 24 B Levrett Adams-Offenhauser    17 
27r= 24 B Cantrell Adams-Offenhauser  108 Engine  
28r 28 F Agabashian Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 3000 64 Mechanical 2 
29r 61 J Jackson Kurtis Kraft-Cummins  52 Supercharger 32 
30r 23 S Hanks Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 2000 42 Engine 25 
31r 14 T Bettenhausen Deidt-Offenhauser  30 Mechanical 8 
32r 45 D Rathmann Watson-Offenhauser  25 Stalled 18 
33r 69 D Dinsmore Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 2000 10 Mechanical 7