1951 Indianapolis 500

Monday, January 01, 1951

Lee Wallard with actress Loretta Young and Mrs. Wallard in Victory Lane following the 1951 Indianapolis 500. -- Photo by: No Photographer Lee Wallard, #99, Belanger, Kurtis, Offy passes Duane Carter, #27, Mobilgas, Deidt, Offy during the 1951 Indianapolis 500. -- Photo by: No Photographer Lee Wallard, #99, Belanger, Kurtis, Offy -- Photo by: No Photographer -- Photo by: No Photographer -- Photo by: No Photographer -- Photo by: No Photographer -- Photo by: No Photographer -- Photo by: No Photographer Bill Vukovich in the #81 Central Excavating Special (Trevis/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer George Connor in the #22 Blue Crown Spark Plug Special (Lesovsky/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Mack Hellings in the #19 Tuffanelli-Derrico Special (Deidt/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Gene Force in the #69 Brown Motor Co. Special (KK2000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Carl Forberg in the #68 Automobile Shippers Special (KK3000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Johnny McDowell in the #12 W. J. Special (Maserati/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Rodger Ward in the #48 Deck Mfg. Special (Bromme/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Jimmie Davies in the #76 Parks Offenhauser Special (Pawl/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Chet Miller in the #32 Novi Purelube Special (Kurtis/Novi) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Bob Ball in the #52 Blakely Special (Schroeder/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Duke Dinsmore in the #6 Brown Motor Co. Special (Schroeder/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Andy Linden in the #57 Leitenberger Special (Sherman/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Bill Mackey in the #71 Karl Hall Special ( - /Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Tony Hulman, Actress Loretta Young and Wilbur Shaw -- Photo by: No Photographer Lee Wallard, #99, Belanger, Kurtis, Offy -- Photo by: No Photographer The front row for the 1951 Indianapolis 500 - Jack McGrath, #9, Hinkle, KK3000, Offy; Lee Wallard, #99, Belanger, Kurtis, Offy; Duke Nalon, #18, Novi Purelube, Kurtis, Novi -- Photo by: No Photographer The Chrysler New Yorker V-8 Pace Car leads the 1951 Indianapolis 500 field. The front row, lead by polesitter Duke Nalon in the #18 Novi Purelube with the Kurtis chassis, begins to form up. Lee Wallard, who would win the race, starts second in the No. 99 Belanger Motors Kurtis/Offy. -- Photo by: No Photographer -- Photo by: No Photographer -- Photo by: No Photographer Duke Nalon in the #18 Novi Purelube Special (Kurtis/Novi) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Lee Wallard in the #99 Belanger Special (Kurtis/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Jack McGrath in the #9 Hinkle Special (KK3000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Mauri Rose in the #16 Pennzoil Special (Deidt/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Duane Carter in the #27 Mobilgas Special (Deidt/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Troy Ruttman in the #98 Agajanian Special (KK2000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Mike Nazaruk in the #83 Jim Robbins Special (Kurtis/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Johnnie Parsons in the #3 Wynn's Friction Proofing Oil Special (KK3000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Tony Bettenhausen in the #5 Mobiloil Special (Deidt/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Sam Hanks in the #25 Schmidt Special (KK3000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Fred Agabashian in the #59 Granatelli-Bardahl Special (KK3000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Walt Faulkner in the #2 Agajanian/Grant Piston Ring Special (Kuzma/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Walt Brown in the #44 Federal Engineering Special (KK3000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Carl Scarborough in the #73 McNamara Special KK2000/Offy at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Bill Schindler in the #10 Chapman Special (KK2000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Henry Banks in the #1 Blue Crown Spark Plug Special (Moore/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Cliff Griffith in the #23 Morris Special (KK2000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Chuck Stevenson in the #8 Bardahl Special (Marchese/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1951 -- Photo by: No Photographer Cecil Green, #4, John Zink, KK3000, Offy -- Photo by: No Photographer