Detroit 100
Michigan State Fairgrounds
1 Mile Dirt Oval
100 Laps/100 Miles
September 10, 1950
Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
1 | 3 | Henry Banks | 8 | Blue Crown Spark Plug | Moore | Offy | 100 | 1:12:25.4 82.846 | 200 |
2 | 6 | Jimmy Davies | 22 | Pat Clancy | Ewing | Offy | 100 | Finished | 160 |
3 | 14 | Cecil Green | 54 | John Zink | Kurtis 3000 | Offy | 100 | Finished | 140 |
4 | 5 | Walt Faulkner | 98 | Grant Piston Ring | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | 100 | Finished | 120 |
5 | 18 | Duke Dinsmore | 69 | Brown Motor | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | 100 | Finished | 100 |
6 | 11 | Chuck Stevenson | 2 | Bardahl/Marchese | Marchese | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 80 |
7 | 10 | Joe James | 45 | Bob Estes | Watson | Offy | 97 | Flagged | 60 |
8 | 15 | Andy Linden | 24 | Palmer | Adams | Offy | 96 | Flagged | 50 |
9 | 16 | George Connor | 62 | Peter Wales Trucking | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | 94 | Finished | 40 |
10 | 2 | Tony Bettenhausen | 99 | Belanger | Kurtis | Offy | 88 | Locked rear end | 30 |
11 | 1 | Troy Ruttman | 55 | Bowes Seal Fast | Lesovsky | Offy | 87 | Carburetor trouble | 20 |
12 | 7 | Neal Carter | 23 | Marion Engineering | Kurtis 2000 | Offy SC | 85 | Out | 10 |
13 | 4 | Duke Nalon | 17 | Chapman | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | 83 | Out of fuel | |
14 | 12 | Mack Hellings | 15 | Tuffy's Offy | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | 74 | Out of gas | |
15 | 8 | Bill Schindler | 11 | Granatelli | Kurtis 3000 | Offy | 23 | Out | |
16 | 9 | Johnnie Parsons | 1 | Jim Robbins | Kurtis | Offy | 21 | Flipped turn 4 | |
17 | 13 | Jack McGrath | 49 | Hinkle | Kurtis 3000 | Offy | 7 | Out | |
18 | 17 | Paul Russo | 7 | Russo-Nichels | Russo/Nichels | Offy | 4 | Out | |
-- | -- | Milt Fankhauser | 41 | Karl Hall | Stevens | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
-- | -- | Fred Agabashian | 36 | Auto Shippers | Snowberger | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
-- | -- | George Connor | 5 | Mohawk Chieftain | Bromme | Offy | -- | Mechanical | |
-- | -- | Walt Brown | 4 | Tuffy's Offy | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
-- | -- | Cliff Griffith | 25 | Dunlop | Dunlop/Trevis | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
-- | -- | Bob Harnar | 78 | Vulcan Tool | Ralph Miller | Ralph Miller | -- | DNS, too slow | |
-- | -- | Ray Knepper | 86 | Bardahl/Schoof | Wetteroth | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
-- | -- | Bill Mackey | 58 | Scopa | Scopa | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
-- | -- | Harry Turner | 34 | Belanger | Wetteroth | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
-- | -- | Lee Wallard | 39 | Shaheen | Hill | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
-- | -- | Spider Webb | 75 | Troy Oil | Langley | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
-- | -- | Carl Scarborough | 74 | Jewell | Miller | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow |
Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
Troy Ruttman | 48 | 1-48 |
Tony Bettenhausen | 40 | 49-88 |
Henry Banks | 12 | 89-100 |