Detroit 100
Michigan State Fairgrounds
1 Mile Dirt Oval
100 Laps/100 Miles
September 10, 1950

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status

Points

1 3 Henry Banks 8 Blue Crown Spark Plug Moore Offy 100 1:12:25.4 82.846 200
2 6 Jimmy Davies 22 Pat Clancy Ewing Offy 100 Finished 160
3 14 Cecil Green 54 John Zink Kurtis 3000 Offy 100 Finished 140
4 5 Walt Faulkner 98 Grant Piston Ring Kurtis 2000 Offy 100 Finished 120
5 18 Duke Dinsmore 69 Brown Motor Kurtis 2000 Offy 100 Finished 100
6 11 Chuck Stevenson 2 Bardahl/Marchese Marchese Offy 99 Flagged 80
7 10 Joe James 45 Bob Estes Watson Offy 97 Flagged 60
8 15 Andy Linden 24 Palmer Adams Offy 96 Flagged 50
9 16 George Connor 62 Peter Wales Trucking Kurtis 2000 Offy 94 Finished 40
10 2 Tony Bettenhausen 99 Belanger Kurtis Offy 88 Locked rear end 30
11 1 Troy Ruttman 55 Bowes Seal Fast Lesovsky Offy 87 Carburetor trouble 20
12 7 Neal Carter 23 Marion Engineering Kurtis 2000 Offy SC 85 Out 10
13 4 Duke Nalon 17 Chapman Kurtis 2000 Offy 83 Out of fuel
14 12 Mack Hellings 15 Tuffy's Offy Kurtis 2000 Offy 74 Out of gas
15 8 Bill Schindler 11 Granatelli Kurtis 3000 Offy 23 Out
16 9 Johnnie Parsons 1 Jim Robbins Kurtis Offy 21 Flipped turn 4
17 13 Jack McGrath 49 Hinkle Kurtis 3000 Offy 7 Out
18 17 Paul Russo 7 Russo-Nichels Russo/Nichels Offy 4 Out
-- -- Milt Fankhauser 41 Karl Hall Stevens Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Fred Agabashian 36 Auto Shippers Snowberger Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- George Connor 5 Mohawk Chieftain Bromme Offy -- Mechanical
-- -- Walt Brown 4 Tuffy's Offy Kurtis 2000 Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Cliff Griffith 25 Dunlop Dunlop/Trevis Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Bob Harnar 78 Vulcan Tool Ralph Miller Ralph Miller -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Ray Knepper 86 Bardahl/Schoof Wetteroth Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Bill Mackey 58 Scopa Scopa Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Harry Turner 34 Belanger Wetteroth Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Lee Wallard 39 Shaheen Hill Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Spider Webb 75 Troy Oil Langley Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Carl Scarborough 74 Jewell Miller Offy -- DNS, too slow

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Troy Ruttman 48 1-48
Tony Bettenhausen 40 49-88
Henry Banks 12 89-100