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Indianapolis 500

AAA Indy Car/FIA World Championship race
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN
May 30, 1953
200 laps on 2.5 mile paved oval; 500 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	1	Bill Vukovich	14	Howard Keck	1952 Kurtis 500A 353/Offenhauser	200	89,497	running	195
2	12	Art Cross	16	Bessie Lee Paoli	1952 Kurtis 4000 349/Offenhauser	200	27,297	running	0
3	9	Duane Carter  Sam Hanks	3	Ed Walsh	1951 Kurtis 4000 342/Offenhauser	200	16,422	running	3
4	2	Fred Agabashian  Paul Russo	59	Grancor	1953 Kurtis 500B 363/Offenhauser	200	12,947	running	1
5	3	Jack McGrath	5	Jack Hinkle	1951 Kurtis 4000 339/Offenhauser	200	10,622	running	0
6	21	Jimmy Daywalt	48	Chapman Root	1950 Kurtis 3000 330/Offenhauser	200	8,197	running	0
7	25	Jim Rathmann  Eddie Johnson	2	Ernest Ruiz	1953 Kurtis 500B 362/Offenhauser	200	6,847	running	1
8	20	Ernie McCoy	12	HA Chapman	Stevens/Offenhauser	200	5,947	running	0
9	6	Gene Hartley  Chuck Stevenson  Tony Bettenhausen	98	J.C. Agajanian	Kuzma/Offenhauser	196	5,647	accident	0
10	32	Jimmy Davies	53	Pat Clancy	1953 Kurtis 500B 361/Offenhauser	193	5,547	running	0
11	26	Duke Nalon	9	Jean Marcenac	1947 Kurtis FD/Novi SC	191	3,317	accident	0
12	19	Bob Scott  Carl Scarborough	73	Lee Elkins	1950 Kurtis 2000 010/Offenhauser	190	3,147	running	0
13	4	Manuel Ayulo	88	Peter Schmidt	Kuzma/Offenhauser	184	3,177	rod	0
14	31	Jimmy Bryan	8	John McDaniel	Schroeder/Offenhauser	183	3,057	running	0
15	28	Jim Rathmann  Bill Holland	49	Ray Crawford	1953 Kurtis 500B 364/Offenhauser	177	3,237	cam gear	0
16	10	Andy Linden  Duke Dinsmore  Rodger Ward	92	M.A. Walker	1951 Kurtis 4000 340/Offenhauser	177	2,197	stalled	0
17	14	Johnny Mantz  Walt Faulkner	23	Eugene Casaroll	1952 Kurtis 500A 354/Offenhauser	176	2,497	running	0
18	22	Marshall Teague	22	Hart Fullerton	1951 Kurtis 4000 338/Offenhauser	169	2,377	oil leak	0
19	18	Jackie Holmes  Johnny Thomson  Spider Webb	62	3L Racing Team	1950 Kurtis 3000 336/Offenhauser	166	2,347	oil leak	0
20	29	Bob Sweikert	51	A.E. Dean	Kuzma/Offenhauser	151	2,717	radius rod	0
21	23	Mike Nazaruk	83	Lee Elkins	1953 Turner D 1/Offenhauser	146	2,287	stalled	0
22	24	Pat Flaherty	77	Peter Schmidt	1951 Kurtis 3000 337/Offenhauser	115	2,257	accident	0
23	7	Andy Linden  Chuck Stevenson  Jerry Hoyt	55	John Zink	1952 Kurtis 4000 356/Offenhauser	107	2,227	overheating	0
24	27	Duane Carter	4	Murrell Belanger	Lesovsky/Offenhauser	94	2,197	ignition	0
25	17	Paul Russo	7	Federal Engineering	1950 Kurtis 3000 335/Offenhauser	89	2,167	magneto	0
26	8	Johnnie Parsons	21	J.S. Belond	1953 Kurtis 500B 366/Offenhauser	86	2,637	crankshaft	0
27	15	Don Freeland	38	Bob Estes	1953 Watson/Offenhauser	76	2,107	accident	0
28	13	Gene Hartley	41	Federal Engineering	1952 Kurtis 4000 351/Offenhauser	53	2,077	accident	0
29	16	Chuck Stevenson	97	J.C. Agajanian	Kuzma/Offenhauser	42	2,047	fuel leak	0
30	30	Cal Niday	99	Murrell Belanger	1949 Kurtis 327/Offenhauser	30	2,317	magneto	0
31	11	Bob Scott	29	Lewis and Bruce Bromme	Bromme/Offenhauser	14	2,187	oil leak	0
32	33	Johnny Thomson	56	R.N. Sabourin	1953 Del Roy/Offenhauser	6	1,907	ignition	0
33	5	Andy Linden	32	Rotary Engineering	Stevens/Offenhauser	3	2,127	accident	0

Notes: This race counted towards the FIA World Drivers Championship, but was not ran under Formula 1 or Formula 2 regulations.
Jimmy Daywalt went to the hospital for heat exhaustion after driving the entire race.
#2 Rathmann relieved by Eddie Johnson on lap 113.
#3 Hanks relieved by Duane Carter on lap 152.
Hanks went to the hospital for heat exhaustion.
#23 Faulkner relieved by Johnny Mantz on lap 135.
#49 Holland relieved by Jim Rathmann on lap 142.
#55 Hoyt relieved by Chuck Stevenson on lap 83. Stevenson relieved by Andy Linden on lap 96.
Hoyt went to the hospital for heat exhaustion.
#59 Agabashian relieved by Paul Russo on lap 105.
Russo went to the hospital for heat exhaustion after finishing the race.
#62 Webb relieved by Johnny Thomson on lap 113. Thomson relieved by Jackie Holmes on lap 158.
Webb went to the hospital for heat exhaustion.
#73 Scarborough relieved by Bob Scott on lap 70.
Scarborough died from heat exhaustion at the infield hospital.
#92 Ward relieved by Andy Linden on lap 116. Linden relieved by Duke Dinsmore on lap 145.
Ward went to the hospital for heat exhaustion. Some reports have him returning to the car later in the race.
Linden also went to the hospital for heat exhaustion.
#98 Bettenhausen relieved by Chuck Stevenson on lap 116. Stevenson relieved by Gene Hartley on lap 160.
Bettenhausen went to the hospital for heat exhaustion.
Chet Miller was killed in an accident in practice on May 15.
Time of race: 03:53:01
Average Speed: 127.74 MPH
Pole Speed: 260.13 seconds
Race Purse: $ 246,301