500 Miglia di Indianapolis 1954

Gran Premio 500 Miglia di Indianapolis 1954
	34º GP del Mondiale di Formula 1; Gara 2 di 9 del Campionato 1954
	Il circuito di Indianapolis
Data	31 maggio 1954
Nome ufficiale	XXXVIII Indianapolis International Motor Sweepstakes
Luogo	Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Percorso	4,023 km
Distanza	200 giri, 804,6 km
Clima	Clima molto caldo
	Risultati
Pole position	Giro più veloce
Jack McGrath	Jack McGrath
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser in 4'15"26 (4 giri)	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser in 1'04"04
	Podio
	1. Bill Vukovich; Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
2. Jimmy Bryan; Kuzma-Offenhauser	3. Jack McGrath; Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser

La 500 Miglia di Indianapolis 1954 fu la seconda gara della stagione 1954 del Campionato mondiale di Formula 1, disputata il 31 maggio all'Indianapolis Motor Speedway. La manifestazione vide la vittoria di Bill Vukovich su Kurtis Kraft, seguito da Jimmy Bryan su Kuzma e da Jack McGrath su Kurtis Kraft.

Risultati

Qualifiche

Pos	N°	Pilota	Auto	Sponsor/Nome Auto	Tempo (su 4 giri)
1	2	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft 500C-Offenhauser	Hinkle	4'15"26
2	19	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft 500C-Offenhauser	Sumar	4'17"53
3	9	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma-Offenhauser	Dean Van Lines	4'17"76
4	43	Johnny Thomson	Nichels-Offenhauser	Chapman	4'19"39
5	98	Chuck Stevenson	Kuzma-Offenhauser	Agajanian	4'19"41
6	7	Don Freeland	Phillips-Offenhauser	Bob Estes	4'20"23
7	25	Jimmy Reece	Pankratz-Offenhauser	Malloy	4'20"28
8	16	Duane Carter	Kurtis Kraft 4000-Offenhauser	Automobile Shippers	4'20"42
9	17	Bob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft 4000-Offenhauser	Lutes	4'20"48
10	1	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft 4000-Offenhauser	Bardahl	4'17"46
11	34	Troy Ruttman	Kurtis Kraft 500A-Offenhauser	Automobile Shippers	4'21"37
12	35	Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft 500C-Offenhauser	Hopkins	4'20"71
13	24	Cal Niday	Stevens-Offenhauser	Jim Robbins	4'17"46
14	73	Mike Nazaruk	Kurtis Kraft 500C-Offenhauser	McNamara	4'17"90
15	15	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft 500C-Offenhauser	Belond Equa-Flow Exhaust	4'17"92
16	12	Rodger Ward	Pawl-Offenhauser	Dr. Sabourin	4'18"44
17	31	Gene Hartley	Kurtis Kraft 4000-Offenhauser	John Zink	4'18"88
18	51	Bill Homeier	Kurtis Kraft 500C-Offenhauser	Jones & Maley	4'19"09
19	14	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft 500A-Offenhauser	Fuel Injection	4'19"97
20	32	Ernie McCoy	Kurtis Kraft 500B-Offenhauser	Crawford	4'20"08
21	10	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft 500C-Offenhauser	Mel Wiggers	4'20"35
22	88	Manny Ayulo	Kuzma-Offenhauser	Schmidt	4'20"56
23	74	Andy Linden	Schroeder-Offenhauser	Brown Motor Co.	4'21"21
24	77	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft 500C-Offenhauser	Merz Engineering	4'21"35
25	28	Larry Crockett	Kurtis Kraft 3000-Offenhauser	Federal Engineering	4'17"96
26	33	Len Duncan	Schroeder-Offenhauser	Ray Brady	4'18"59
27	45	Art Cross	Kurtis Kraft 4000-Offenhauser	Bardahl	4'19"60
28	38	Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft 50C-Offenhauser	Bardahl	4'20"44
29	65	Spider Webb	Bromme-Offenhauser	Advance Muffler	4'20"91
30	99	Jerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	Belanger Motors	4'21"20
31	27	Ed Elisian	Stevens-Offenhauser	Chapman	4'21"26
32	5	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft 500A-Offenhauser	Ansted Rotary	4'21"48
33	71	Frank Armi	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	Martin Brothers	4'21"49
Vetture non qualificate
NQ	83	Eddie Johnson	Turner D-Offenhauser	McNamara
NQ	53	Jimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft 500-Offenhauser	Pat Clancy
NQ	3	Marshall Teague	Kurtis Kraft 4000-Offenhauser	Hart Fullerton
NQ	21	Bob Scott	Kurtis Kraft 500-Offenhauser	Travelon Trailer
NQ	6	Art Cross	Kurtis Kraft 4000-Offenhauser	Springfield Welding
NQ	49	Danny Oakes	Kurtis Kraft 4000-Offenhauser	Micro-Nut
NQ	59	Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft 500-Offenhauser	Elgin Piston Pin
NQ	62	Duke Dinsmore	Ewing D-Offenhauser	Commercial Motor Freight
NQ	44	Walt Faulkner	Kuzma D-Offenhauser	Schmidt
NQ	68	Ed Elisian	Kurtis Kraft 4000-Offenhauser	Peter Wales Trucking
NQ	8	Duke Nalon	Kurtis Kraft FD-Novi	Novi
NQ	18	Bob Scott	Kurtis Kraft 4000-Offenhauser	Ray Brady
NQ	22	Cliff Griffith	Kurtis Kraft 2000-Offenhauser	Tom Sarafoff
NQ	22	George Tichenor	Kurtis Kraft 2000-Offenhauser	Tom Sarafoff
NQ	23	Jerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft 3000-Offenhauser	Sumar
NQ	26	Henry Banks	Lesovsky D-Offenhauser	Hopkins
NQ	36	Al Herman	Kurtis Kraft 3000-Offenhauser	Ed Stone
NQ	36	George Fonder	Kurtis Kraft 3000-Offenhauser	Ed Stone
NQ	37	Eddie Russo	Kurtis Kraft 4000-Offenhauser	Federal Engineering
NQ	38	Bill Holland	Kurtis Kraft 500-Offenhauser	Bardahl
NQ	39	Pat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft 500-Offenhauser	Shouse Motors
NQ	41	Frank Mundy	Schroeder-Offenhauser	McDaniel
NQ	47	Danny Oakes	Ferrari	Ferrari
NQ	52	Chuck Weyant	Silnes D-Offenhauser	Parks Motors
NQ	54	Eddie Sachs	Kurtis Kraft 2000-Offenhauser	Marion Engineering
NQ	66	Bob Christie	Lesovsky D-Offenhauser	Christie
NQ	67	Potsy Goacher	Moore D-Offenhauser	D-A Lubricants
NQ	67	Duke Dinsmore	Moore D-Offenhauser	D-A Lubricants
NQ	69	Johnnie Tolan	Kurtis Kraft 500 -Offenhauser	W.P.T.
NQ	89	Pat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft 500-Offenhauser	Dunn Engineering
NQ	93	Billy Devore	Kurtis Kraft 3000-Offenhauser	Youngstown White Truck
NQ	93	Walt Faulkner	Lesovsky D-Offenhauser	Belanger Motors
NQ	99	Lee Wallard	Kurtis Kraft D-Offenhauser	Belanger Motors

Gara

Pos	N°	Pilota	Auto	Giri	Tempo/Causa ritiro	Griglia	Punti
1	14	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	3h 49'17"27	19	8
2	9	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma-Offenhauser	200	+1'09"95	3	6
3	2	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	+1'19"73	1	5
4	34	Troy Ruttman Duane Carter	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	+2'52"68	11	1,5 1,5
5	73	Mike Nazaruk	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	+3'24"55	14	2
6	77	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	+3'47"55	24
7	7	Don Freeland	Phillips-Offenhauser	200	+4'13"35	6
8	5	Paul Russo Jerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	+5'01"17	32
9	28	Larry Crockett	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	+7'07"24	25
10	24	Cal Niday	Stevens-Offenhauser	200	+7'07"69	13
11	45	Art Cross Johnnie Parsons Sam Hanks Andy Linden Jimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	+8'22"19	27
12	98	Chuck Stevenson Walt Faulkner	Kuzma-Offenhauser	199	+1 giro	5
13	88	Manny Ayulo	Kuzma-Offenhauser	197	+3 giri	22
14	17	Bob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	197	+3 giri	9
15	16	Duane Carter Marshall Teague Jimmy Jackson Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	196	+4 giri	8
16	32	Ernie McCoy	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	194	+6 giri	20
17	25	Jimmy Reece	Pankratz-Offenhauser	194	+6 giri	7
18	27	Ed Elisian Bob Scott	Stevens-Offenhauser	193	+7 giri	31
19	71	Frank Armi George Fonder	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	193	+7 giri	33
20	1	Sam Hanks Jimmy Davies Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	191	Uscita di pista	10
21	35	Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	181	Uscita di pista	12
22	77	Rodger Ward Eddie Johnson	Pawl-Offenhauser	172	Ritiro	16
23	17	Gene Hartley Marshall Teague	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	168	Frizione	31
24	43	Johnny Thomson Andy Linden Jimmy Daywalt	Nichels-Offenhauser	165	Ritiro	4
25	74	Andy Linden Bob Scott	Schroeder-Offenhauser	165	Sospensioni	23
26	99	Jerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	130	Motore	30
27	19	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	111	Incidente	2
28	38	Jim Rathmann Pat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	110	Incidente	28
29	10	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	105	Ruota	21
30	65	Spider Webb Danny Kladis	Bromme-Offenhauser	104	Pompa benzina	29
31	33	Len Duncan George Fonder	Schroeder-Offenhauser	101	Freni	26
32	15	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	79	Motore	15
33	51	Bill Homeier	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	74	Incidente	18

Note

Informazioni sulla gara da allf1.info. URL consultato il 3 ottobre 2008 (archiviato dall'url originale il 12 luglio 2013).
Informazioni aggiuntive gara (PDF) da motorsport.com (PDF)^{[collegamento interrotto]}. URL consultato il 3 ottobre 2008.