World Championship Indy 500 Summary
Season | Cars Entered | Winning Driver | Second Driver | Third Driver | Polesitter | Race Report |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | 31 | Johnnie Parsons | Bill Holland | Mauri Rose | Walt Faulkner | Report |
1951 | 32 | Lee Wallard | Mike Nazaruk | Manny Ayulo | Report | |
1952 | 30 | Troy Ruttman | Jim Rathmann | Sam Hanks | Fred Agabashian | Report |
1953 | 32 | Bill Vukovich | Art Cross | Sam Hanks | Bill Vukovich | Report |
1954 | 34 | Bill Vukovich | Jimmy Bryan | Jack McGrath | Jack McGrath | Report |
1955 | 35 | Bob Sweikert | Tony Bettenhausen | Jimmy Davies | Jerry Hoyt | Report |
1956 | 32 | Pat Flaherty | Sam Hanks | Don Freeland | Pat Flaherty | Report |
1957 | 31 | Sam Hanks | Jim Rathmann | Jimmy Bryan | Pat O'Connor | Report |
1958 | 31 | Jimmy Bryan | George Amick | Johnny Boyd | Dick Rathmann | Report |
1959 | 33 | Rodger Ward | Jim Rathmann | Johnny Thomson | Johnny Thomson | Report |
1960 | 33 | Jim Rathmann | Rodger Ward | Paul Goldsmith | Eddie Sachs | Report |
In their 11 World Championship years, The Meyer-Drake Offenhauser engine partnered for at least one race with the following 35 constructors:
- Adams
- Bromme
- Christensen
- Deidt
- Del Roy
- Dunn
- Eagle
- Elder
- Epperly
- Ewing
- Hall
- Kurtis Kraft
- Kuzma
- Langley
- Lesovsky
- Marchese
- Maserati
- McLaren
- Meskowski
- Moore
- Nichels
- Olson
- Pankratz
- Pawl
- Phillips
- Rae
- Schroeder
- Sherman
- Snowberger
- Stevens
- Sutton
- Trevis
- Turner
- Watson
- Wetteroth
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