1953 Indianapolis 500

The 37th Indianapolis 500 was on May 30 in 1953, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and was the second of nine races of the Formula 1 season 1953.

Background

After 1952 Alberto Ascari for the first time a European driver was taken up in 500 - mile race, they tried in vain Ferrari 1953 for a new start to win.

Training

During the Preschool accident Chet Miller, the fastest in training last year, fatal. The unusual for the European audience qualification rules said that the fastest driver of the first training day got the pole position driver should be faster in other qualifying days, they would still need to start the race from the rear starting positions. This was usually been the case in recent years. With Bill Vukovich had this year really stop the driver the best starting position, who scored the fastest training time.

Race

The race was marked above all by the tremendous heat that forced many drivers, he shall be replaced. Carl Scarborough died in the evening even as a result of heat stroke suffered during the race. Many viewers also had to be treated because of the heat. The race itself was dominated by Bill Vukovich. He used his pole position and took the lead. Except for those five rounds in which he filled the tank to the boxes, he was always a step ahead. Behind it is a race where even the officials lost due by the many drivers and position change something overview developed. Until almost half of the race Agabashian, Cross, Ayulo and Parsons formed the chasing group, but due to dissolved by the driver change. Pat Flaherty came from as a result of heat collapse of the track and drove violently in the boundary wall. It took some time to free him from the car, but he was not seriously injured. Art Cross, which had not be detached, in second place, followed by Russo, who drove Agabashians car. After Cross had stopped in the 187th lap, it was believed that Russo would be in second place, subsequent examinations of all records have shown, however, that cross came in second, while Russo only finished fourth.

Message list

Classification

Line-up

Race results

Standings after the race

In 1953 the scoring according to the following scheme:

• It included only the four best results from nine races. String results are shown in brackets.
• The figures marked with * include the point for the fastest lap.
• Same color fields marked point to shared vehicles.