Season

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