Jack McGrath - Indy 500 Results

Indy 500 Results

Year Car Start Qual Rank Finish Laps Led Retired
1948 52 13 124.580 16 21 70 0 Stalled
1949 33 3 128.884 8 26 39 0 Oil pump
1950 49 6 131.868 10 14 131 0 Spun T2
1951 9 3 134.303 8 3 200 11 Running
1952 4 3 136.664 5 11 200 6 Running
1953 5 3 136.602 13 5 200 0 Running
1954 2 1 141.033 1 3 200 47 Running
1955 3 3 142.580 1 26 54 6 Magneto
Totals 1094 70
Starts 8
Poles 1
Front Row 6
Wins 0
Top 5 3
Top 10 3
Retired 4
  • McGrath's starting positions from 1951 to 1955 represent the best 5-year starting position streak in the Roadster Era.
  • McGrath was the fastest overall qualifier of the Roadster Era.
  • Although McGrath twice posted the fastest qualifying speed, he started from the pole only once when he was the first driver ever to crack the 140-mile-per-hour mark. That was in 1954, with Jimmy Daywalt and 1958 Indy 500 winner Jimmy Bryan to his right. In 1955, he started on the outside of the first row behind pole-day qualifiers Jerry Hoyt and Tony Bettenhausen.

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