International 500 Mile
Sweepstakes
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
May 30, 1951
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
| 1 | 2 | Lee Wallard | 99 | Belanger | Kurtis | Offy | 200 | 3:57:38.05 126.244 | 1,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Mike Nazaruk | 83 | Jim Robbins | Kurtis | Offy | 200 | 3:59:25.31 125.302 | 800 |
| 3 | 3 | Jack McGrath | 9 | Hinkle | Kurtis 3000 | Offy | 200 | 4:00:29.42 124.745 | 350 |
| 4 | 31 | Andy Linden | 57 | Leitenberger | Silnes/Sherman | Offy | 200 | 4:02:18.06 123.812 | 600 |
| 5 | 29 | Bobby Ball | 52 | Blakely Oil | Schroeder | Offy | 200 | 4:02:30.27 123.709 | 500 |
| 6 | 17 | Henry Banks | 1 | Hopkins Blue Crown | Moore | Offy | 200 | 4:03:18.02 123.304 | 400 |
| 7 | 24 | Carl Forberg | 68 | Auto Shippers | Kurtis 3000 | Offy | 193 | Flagged | 300 |
| 8 | 4 | Duane Carter | 27 | Mobilgas | Deidt FD | Offy | 180 | Flagged | 250 |
| 9 | 9 | Tony Bettenhausen | 5 | Mobiloil | Deidt FD | Offy | 178 | Spun out NW | 200 |
| 10 | 1 | Duke Nalon | 18 | Novi Purelube | Kurtis FD | Novi SC | 151 | Stalled | 150 |
| 11 | 22 | Gene Force | 69 | Brown Motor Co. | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | 142 | Lost oil pressure | 100 |
| 12 | 12 | Sam Hanks | 25 | Peter Schmidt | Kurtis 3000 | Offy | 135 | Spun out NE | 50 |
| 13 | 16 | Bill Schindler | 10 | Chapman | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | 129 | Broken connecting rod | |
| 14 | 5 | Mauri Rose | 16 | Pennzoil | Deidt FD | Offy | 126 | Wheel collapsed, spun | |
| 15 | 14 | Walt Faulkner | 2 | Agajanian Grant | Kuzma | Offy | 123 | Broken crankshaft | |
| 16 | 27 | Jimmy Davies | 76 | Parks Offy | Pawl | Offy | 110 | Broken rear end | |
| 17 | 11 | Fred Agabashian | 59 | Granatelli Bardahl | Kurtis 3000 | Offy | 109 | Clutch | |
| 18 | 15 | Carl Scarborough | 73 | McNamara | Kurtis/Wetteroth | Offy | 100 | Broken axle | |
| 19 | 33 | Bill Mackey | 71 | Karl Hall | Stevens | Offy | 97 | Broken clutch shaft | |
| 20 | 19 | Chuck Stevenson | 8 | Bardahl/Marchese | Marchese | Offy | 93 | Fire | |
| 21 | 8 | Johnnie Parsons | 3 | Wynn's Friction Proofing | Kurtis 3000 | Offy | 87 | Magneto | |
| 22 | 10 | Cecil Green | 4 | John Zink | Kurtis 3000 | Offy | 80 | Broken connecting rod | |
| 23 | 6 | Troy Ruttman | 98 | Agajanian Featherweight | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | 78 | Burned bearing | |
| 24 | 32 | Duke Dinsmore | 6 | Brown Motor Co. | Schroeder | Offy | 73 | Overheated | |
| 25 | 28 | Chet Miller | 32 | Novi Purelube | Kurtis FD | Novi SC | 56 | Ignition | |
| 26 | 13 | Walt Brown | 44 | Federal Engineering Detroit | Kurtis 3000 | Offy | 55 | Magneto | |
| 27 | 25 | Rodger Ward | 48 | Deck Manufacturing | Bromme | Offy | 34 | Broken oil line | |
| 28 | 18 | Cliff Griffith | 23 | Morris | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | 30 | Broken rear axle | |
| 29 | 20 | Bill Vukovich | 81 | Central Excavating | Trevis | Offy | 29 | Broken oil tank | |
| 30 | 21 | George Connor | 22 | Blue Crown Spark Plug | Lesovsky | Offy | 29 | Broken universal joint | |
| 31 | 23 | Mack Hellings | 19 | Tuffanelli & Derrico | Deidt | Offy | 18 | Broken piston | |
| 32 | 26 | Johnny McDowell | 12 | W & J | Maserati | Offy | 15 | Broken fuel tank | |
| 33 | 30 | Joe James | 26 | Lincoln-Mercury | Watson | Offy | 8 | Broken drive shaft | |
| -- | -- | Manny Ayulo | 9 | Hinkle | Kurtis 3000 | Offy | 100 | Relieved McGrath 101-200 | 350 |
| -- | -- | Bill Cantrell | 79 | Hart Fullerton | Kurtis 4000 | Offy SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Frank Armi | 35 | Hancock Dome | Bardazon | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Frank Armi | 58 | Scopa | Scopa | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Jimmy Daywalt | 47 | Merkler Machine Works | X | Offy SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Manny Ayulo | 31 | Coast Grain | Lesovsky | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | George Fonder | 29 | Ray Brady | X | Sparks SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | George Fonder | 63 | Ray Brady | Schroeder | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Jackie Holmes | 45 | Cincinnati Race Cars | Adams | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Bill Boyd | 42 | Gdula | Gdula | Offy | -- | Wrecked practice, SW | |
| -- | -- | Bill Cantrell | 62 | Motor Trends | Koehnle | Wayne | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Frank Armi | 64 | Bardahl/Page | Kurtis | Duray | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Jimmy Bryan | 72 | Viking Trailer | Lesovsky | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Jimmy Daywalt | 33 | Iddings | Meyer | Offy | -- | Wrecked practice, NW | |
| -- | -- | Joe Barzda | 49 | Barzda | Maserati | Offy | -- | Spun qualifying | |
| -- | -- | Kenny Eaton | 66 | Jeanie-Lee/Glessner | Stevens | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | George Fonder | 53 | Lutes | Schroeder | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Myron Fohr | 56 | Shaheen | Hill | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Jackie Holmes | 24 | Palmer | Adams | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Jerry Hoyt | 14 | Pat Clancy | Ewing | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Norm Houser | 61 | Sarafoff | Miller | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Danny Kladis | 89 | Trainor Chicago | Miller 4RE | Miller | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Ray Knepper | 78 | Bardahl/Tomshe | Silnes | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Bayliss Levrett | 46 | Safety Seal | Silnes | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | George Lynch | 36 | Rassey | Rassey | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Dick Page | 64 | Bardahl/Page | Kurtis | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Joel Thorne | 88 | Thorne Engineering | Adams | Sparks | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Johnnie Tolan | 34 | Peter Wales Trucking | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Leroy Warriner | 75 | Heller | Kurtis | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Gordon Reid | 67 | Johnson/Herbert | Silnes | Chevy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Paul Russo | 7 | Kennedy Tank | Russo/Nichels | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Roscoe Rann | 14 | Pat Clancy | Ewing | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Bob Scott | 82 | Bob Estes Mercury | Weidel | Mercury | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Bob Sweikert | 37 | Marion Engineering | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Bud Sennett | 51 | Auto Accessories/Barzda | Maserati | Maserati | -- | Wrecked qualifying, SW | |
| -- | -- | Doc Shanebrook | 77 | Elgin Piston Pin | Stevens | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Mike Salay | 41 | Szalai | Salay D | Offy | -- | Wrecked practice, SW | |
| -- | -- | Roy Sherman | 57 | Leitenberger | Silnes/Sherman | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Mark Light | 33 | Iddings | Meyer | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Potsy Goacher | 45 | Cincinnati Race Cars | Adams | Offy | -- | Did not qualify |
| Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
| Lee Wallard | 159 | 1-2, 5-6, 16-26, 28-51, 81-200 |
| Jimmy Davies | 25 | 52-76 |
| Jack McGrath | 11 | 3-4, 7-15 |
| Cecil Green | 5 | 27, 77-80 |