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30 May 1953

1953 Indianapolis 500

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 14 Bill Vukovich Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 200 3:53'01.69 1 9
2 16 Art Cross Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 200 +3'30.87 12 6
SHR 3 Sam Hanks Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 200 +4'11.50 9 2
SHR 59 Fred Agabashian Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 200 +4'39.24 2 1.5
5 5 Jack McGrath Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 200 +7'49.64 3 2
6 48 Jimmy Daywalt Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 200 +8'10.21 21
7 2 Jim Rathmann Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 200 +8'46.02 25
8 12 Ernie McCoy Stevens-Offenhauser 200 +10'04.55 20
9 98 Tony Bettenhausen Kuzma-Offenhauser 196 Accident 6
10 53 Jimmy Davies Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 193 +7 Laps 32
11 9 Duke Nalon Kurtis Kraft-Novi 191 Accident 26
12 73 Carl Scarborough Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 190 +10 Laps 19
13 88 Manny Ayulo Kuzma-Offenhauser 184 Engine 4
14 8 Jimmy Bryan Schroeder-Offenhauser 183 + 17 Laps 31
15 49 Bill Holland Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 177 Magneto 28
16 92 Rodger Ward Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 177 Axle 10
17 23 Walt Faulkner Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 176 + 24 Laps 14
Ret 22 Marshall Teague Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 169 Oil leak 22
Ret 62 Spider Webb Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 166 Oil leak 18
Ret 51 Bob Sweikert Kuzma-Offenhauser 151 Suspension 29
Ret 83 Mike Nazaruk Turner-Offenhauser 146 Transmission 23
Ret 77 Pat Flaherty Kuzma-Offenhauser 115 Accident 24
Ret 55 Jerry Hoyt Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 107 Overheating 7
SHR 4 Duane Carter Lesovsky-Offenhauser 94 Ignition 27 2
SHR 59 Paul Russo Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 89 Magneto 17 1.5
Ret 21 Johnnie Parsons Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 86 Engine 8
Ret 38 Don Freeland Watson-Offenhauser 76 Accident 15
Ret 41 Gene Hartley Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 53 Accident 13
Ret 97 Chuck Stevenson Kuzma-Offenhauser 42 Fuel leak 16
Ret 99 Cal Niday Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 30 Magneto 30
Ret 29 Bob Scott Bromme-Offenhauser 14 Oil leak 11
Ret 56 Johnny Thomson Del Roy-Offenhauser 6 Ignition 33
Ret 32 Andy Linden Stevens-Offenhauser 3 Accident 5

Fastest Lap: Bill  Vukovich 1'06.240