Kurtis Kraft

1950–1960 · American · Wikipedia

Wins

41.7% of races

Titles

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Races

11 seasons

Poles

Podiums

Points

124

scoring systems differ by era

Classified finishes

31%

207 car entries

First and last win

1950–1955

Indianapolis 500

Championship position, season by season

One bar per season entered, taller for a better finish in the constructors’ championship. Accent bars are title-winning seasons, green bars are seasons with at least one win. Gaps in the record are gaps in the bar row, not a line drawn across years the team did not race.

Why these are one team

Kurtis Kraft. An Indianapolis chassis builder. Its five wins came in the Indy 500, which counted for the World Championship from 1950 to 1960.

Getting to the finish

The share of car entries classified as finishers, by decade. This is the statistic that separates the eras of the sport more sharply than lap times do: a 1960s team that finished a fifth of its entries was normal.

1950s

32%

199 entries

1960s

12%

8 entries

Accident 29Engine 14Magneto 13Spun off 8Oil leak 7Clutch 7+4 Laps 6

Teammate against teammate

The same car, the same weekend, the only comparison in the sport with nothing else in it. Qualifying counts the races where both cars set a grid time; the race counts the races where both were classified, because a car that broke on lap two did not lose to anybody. The two denominators are different for that reason, and both are shown.

Pairing	Years	Races	Qualifying	Race
Fred Agabashian v Johnnie Parsons	1950–1957	8	5 – 3	0 – 1
Fred Agabashian v Sam Hanks	1950–1956	7	6 – 1	0 – 2
Johnnie Parsons v Sam Hanks	1950–1956	7	4 – 3	0 – 2
Fred Agabashian v Jack McGrath	1950–1955	6	3 – 3	1 – 1
Jack McGrath v Johnnie Parsons	1950–1955	6	5 – 1	0 – 2
Jack McGrath v Sam Hanks	1950–1955	6	6 – 0	0 – 2
Jimmy Daywalt v Paul Russo	1953–1959	6	2 – 4	0 – 2
Johnnie Parsons v Paul Russo	1953–1958	6	4 – 2	0 – 1
Fred Agabashian v Jimmy Daywalt	1953–1957	5	4 – 1	1 – 0
Fred Agabashian v Paul Russo	1953–1957	5	4 – 1	1 – 0
Jimmy Daywalt v Johnnie Parsons	1953–1957	5	2 – 3	0 – 0
Johnnie Parsons v Pat O'Connor	1954–1958	5	0 – 5	1 – 1
Pat O'Connor v Paul Russo	1954–1958	5	4 – 1	0 – 2

Fred Agabashian v Johnnie Parsons1950–1957

8 races · qualifying 5–3 · race 0–1

Fred Agabashian v Sam Hanks1950–1956

7 races · qualifying 6–1 · race 0–2

Johnnie Parsons v Sam Hanks1950–1956

7 races · qualifying 4–3 · race 0–2

Fred Agabashian v Jack McGrath1950–1955

6 races · qualifying 3–3 · race 1–1

Jack McGrath v Johnnie Parsons1950–1955

6 races · qualifying 5–1 · race 0–2

Jack McGrath v Sam Hanks1950–1955

6 races · qualifying 6–0 · race 0–2

Jimmy Daywalt v Paul Russo1953–1959

6 races · qualifying 2–4 · race 0–2

Johnnie Parsons v Paul Russo1953–1958

6 races · qualifying 4–2 · race 0–1

Fred Agabashian v Jimmy Daywalt1953–1957

5 races · qualifying 4–1 · race 1–0

Fred Agabashian v Paul Russo1953–1957

5 races · qualifying 4–1 · race 1–0

Jimmy Daywalt v Johnnie Parsons1953–1957

5 races · qualifying 2–3 · race 0–0

Johnnie Parsons v Pat O'Connor1954–1958

5 races · qualifying 0–5 · race 1–1

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Pat O'Connor v Paul Russo1954–1958

5 races · qualifying 4–1 · race 0–2

Season by season

Season	Pos	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Points	Avg grid	Avg finish	Drivers
1960	—	1	—	—	—	—	20.8	21.9	Anthony Foyt, Bob Christie, Dempsey Wilson, Don Freeland, Eddie Russo, Gene Force, Gene Hartley, Shorty Templeman
1959	—	2	—	—	—	—	20.1	11.5	Bob Christie, Bobby Grim, Chuck Arnold, Chuck Weyant, Don Freeland, Duane Carter, Eddie Johnson, Jim McWithey, Jimmy Daywalt, Jud Larson, Paul Russo, Red Amick, Rodger Ward
1958	—	1	—	1	—	4	18.2	9	Al Keller, Bill Cheesbourg, Billy Garrett, Bob Christie, Bob Veith, Eddie Johnson, Jerry Unser, Johnnie Parsons, Johnny Boyd, Johnny Thomson, Len Sutton, Mike Magill, Pat O'Connor, Paul Goldsmith, Paul Russo, Shorty Templeman
1957	—	1	—	—	1	5	17.1	10.2	Al Keller, Andy Linden, Bill Cheesbourg, Bob Christie, Don Edmunds, Don Freeland, Ed Elisian, Eddie Johnson, Eddie Russo, Elmer George, Fred Agabashian, Jack Turner, Jimmy Daywalt, Jimmy Reece, Johnnie Parsons, Johnnie Tolan, Johnny Boyd, Marshall Teague, Mike Magill, Pat O'Connor, Paul Russo, Tony Bettenhausen
1956	—	1	—	1	—	12	15.3	10	Al Herman, Al Keller, Andy Linden, Bob Christie, Bob Veith, Dick Rathmann, Duke Dinsmore, Ed Elisian, Eddie Russo, Fred Agabashian, Jack Turner, Jim Rathmann, Jimmy Daywalt, Johnnie Parsons, Johnnie Tolan, Johnny Boyd, Keith Andrews, Pat O'Connor, Paul Russo, Ray Crawford, Rodger Ward, Sam Hanks, Tony Bettenhausen, Troy Ruttman
1955	—	1	1	4	—	21	13.8	5.8	Al Herman, Al Keller, Andy Linden, Art Cross, Bill Homeier, Bill Vukovich, Bob Sweikert, Cal Niday, Chuck Weyant, Ed Elisian, Fred Agabashian, Jack McGrath, Jimmy Davies, Jimmy Daywalt, Johnnie Parsons, Johnny Boyd, Pat Flaherty, Pat O'Connor, Paul Russo, Ray Crawford, Sam Hanks, Tony Bettenhausen, Walt Faulkner
1954	—	1	1	2	1	16.5	17.6	10.6	Art Cross, Bill Homeier, Bill Vukovich, Bob Sweikert, Duane Carter, Ernie McCoy, Frank Armi, Fred Agabashian, Gene Hartley, Jack McGrath, Jerry Hoyt, Jim Rathmann, Jimmy Davies, Jimmy Daywalt, Jimmy Jackson, Johnnie Parsons, Larry Crockett, Marshall Teague, Mike Nazaruk, Pat Flaherty, Pat O'Connor, Paul Russo, Sam Hanks, Tony Bettenhausen, Troy Ruttman
1953	—	1	1	3	1	20.5	16.1	9.8	Art Cross, Bill Holland, Bill Vukovich, Cal Niday, Carl Scarborough, Duke Dinsmore, Duke Nalon, Eddie Johnson, Fred Agabashian, Gene Hartley, Jack McGrath, Jackie Holmes, Jerry Hoyt, Jim Rathmann, Jimmy Davies, Jimmy Daywalt, Johnnie Parsons, Johnny Mantz, Marshall Teague, Paul Russo, Rodger Ward, Sam Hanks, Travis Webb, Walt Faulkner
1952	—	1	—	2	1	13	16	10	Andy Linden, Art Cross, Bill Vukovich, Bob Scott, Bob Sweikert, Chet Miller, Chuck Stevenson, Cliff Griffith, Duke Nalon, Fred Agabashian, Gene Hartley, George Connor, Jack McGrath, Jim Rathmann, Jimmy Bryan, Jimmy Reece, Joe James, Johnnie Parsons, Johnny McDowell, Rodger Ward, Sam Hanks
1951	—	1	1	4	1	19	11.7	3.2	Bill Schindler, Carl Forberg, Carl Scarborough, Cecil Green, Chet Miller, Cliff Griffith, Duke Nalon, Fred Agabashian, Gene Force, Jack McGrath, Johnnie Parsons, Lee Wallard, Manny Ayulo, Mike Nazaruk, Sam Hanks, Troy Ruttman, Walt Brown
1950	—	1	1	1	1	13	14.6	11.2	Cecil Green, Duke Dinsmore, Fred Agabashian, Jack McGrath, Jerry Hoyt, Jimmy Jackson, Johnnie Parsons, Johnny McDowell, Joie Chitwood, Mack Hellings, Pat Flaherty, Sam Hanks, Walt Brown, Walt Faulkner

1960—

1 races · 0 wins · 0 podiums

Anthony Foyt, Bob Christie, Dempsey Wilson, Don Freeland, Eddie Russo, Gene Force, Gene Hartley, Shorty Templeman

1959—

2 races · 0 wins · 0 podiums

Bob Christie, Bobby Grim, Chuck Arnold, Chuck Weyant, Don Freeland, Duane Carter, Eddie Johnson, Jim McWithey, Jimmy Daywalt, Jud Larson, Paul Russo, Red Amick, Rodger Ward

1958—

1 races · 0 wins · 1 podiums

Al Keller, Bill Cheesbourg, Billy Garrett, Bob Christie, Bob Veith, Eddie Johnson, Jerry Unser, Johnnie Parsons, Johnny Boyd, Johnny Thomson, Len Sutton, Mike Magill, Pat O'Connor, Paul Goldsmith, Paul Russo, Shorty Templeman

1957—

1 races · 0 wins · 0 podiums

Al Keller, Andy Linden, Bill Cheesbourg, Bob Christie, Don Edmunds, Don Freeland, Ed Elisian, Eddie Johnson, Eddie Russo, Elmer George, Fred Agabashian, Jack Turner, Jimmy Daywalt, Jimmy Reece, Johnnie Parsons, Johnnie Tolan, Johnny Boyd, Marshall Teague, Mike Magill, Pat O'Connor, Paul Russo, Tony Bettenhausen

1956—

1 races · 0 wins · 1 podiums

Al Herman, Al Keller, Andy Linden, Bob Christie, Bob Veith, Dick Rathmann, Duke Dinsmore, Ed Elisian, Eddie Russo, Fred Agabashian, Jack Turner, Jim Rathmann, Jimmy Daywalt, Johnnie Parsons, Johnnie Tolan, Johnny Boyd, Keith Andrews, Pat O'Connor, Paul Russo, Ray Crawford, Rodger Ward, Sam Hanks, Tony Bettenhausen, Troy Ruttman

1955—

1 races · 1 wins · 4 podiums

Al Herman, Al Keller, Andy Linden, Art Cross, Bill Homeier, Bill Vukovich, Bob Sweikert, Cal Niday, Chuck Weyant, Ed Elisian, Fred Agabashian, Jack McGrath, Jimmy Davies, Jimmy Daywalt, Johnnie Parsons, Johnny Boyd, Pat Flaherty, Pat O'Connor, Paul Russo, Ray Crawford, Sam Hanks, Tony Bettenhausen, Walt Faulkner

1954—

1 races · 1 wins · 2 podiums

Art Cross, Bill Homeier, Bill Vukovich, Bob Sweikert, Duane Carter, Ernie McCoy, Frank Armi, Fred Agabashian, Gene Hartley, Jack McGrath, Jerry Hoyt, Jim Rathmann, Jimmy Davies, Jimmy Daywalt, Jimmy Jackson, Johnnie Parsons, Larry Crockett, Marshall Teague, Mike Nazaruk, Pat Flaherty, Pat O'Connor, Paul Russo, Sam Hanks, Tony Bettenhausen, Troy Ruttman

1953—

1 races · 1 wins · 3 podiums

Art Cross, Bill Holland, Bill Vukovich, Cal Niday, Carl Scarborough, Duke Dinsmore, Duke Nalon, Eddie Johnson, Fred Agabashian, Gene Hartley, Jack McGrath, Jackie Holmes, Jerry Hoyt, Jim Rathmann, Jimmy Davies, Jimmy Daywalt, Johnnie Parsons, Johnny Mantz, Marshall Teague, Paul Russo, Rodger Ward, Sam Hanks, Travis Webb, Walt Faulkner

1952—

1 races · 0 wins · 2 podiums

Andy Linden, Art Cross, Bill Vukovich, Bob Scott, Bob Sweikert, Chet Miller, Chuck Stevenson, Cliff Griffith, Duke Nalon, Fred Agabashian, Gene Hartley, George Connor, Jack McGrath, Jim Rathmann, Jimmy Bryan, Jimmy Reece, Joe James, Johnnie Parsons, Johnny McDowell, Rodger Ward, Sam Hanks

1951—

1 races · 1 wins · 4 podiums

Bill Schindler, Carl Forberg, Carl Scarborough, Cecil Green, Chet Miller, Cliff Griffith, Duke Nalon, Fred Agabashian, Gene Force, Jack McGrath, Johnnie Parsons, Lee Wallard, Manny Ayulo, Mike Nazaruk, Sam Hanks, Troy Ruttman, Walt Brown

1950—

1 races · 1 wins · 1 podiums

Cecil Green, Duke Dinsmore, Fred Agabashian, Jack McGrath, Jerry Hoyt, Jimmy Jackson, Johnnie Parsons, Johnny McDowell, Joie Chitwood, Mack Hellings, Pat Flaherty, Sam Hanks, Walt Brown, Walt Faulkner

Who drove for them

#	Driver	Wins	Podiums	Entries	Years
1	Bill Vukovich	2	2	4	1952–1955
2	Johnnie Parsons	1	1	9	1950–1958
3	Bob Sweikert	1	1	3	1952–1955
4	Lee Wallard	1	1	1	1951
5	Fred Agabashian	—	—	8	1950–1957
6	Sam Hanks	—	3	7	1950–1956
7	Paul Russo	—	1	7	1953–1959
8	Jack McGrath	—	2	6	1950–1955
9	Jimmy Daywalt	—	—	6	1953–1959
10	Pat O'Connor	—	—	5	1954–1958
11	Bob Christie	—	—	5	1956–1960
12	Jim Rathmann	—	1	4	1952–1956
13	Art Cross	—	1	4	1952–1955
14	Rodger Ward	—	—	4	1952–1959
15	Gene Hartley	—	—	4	1952–1960
16	Andy Linden	—	—	4	1952–1957
17	Eddie Johnson	—	—	4	1953–1959
18	Tony Bettenhausen	—	1	4	1954–1957
19	Al Keller	—	—	4	1955–1958
20	Johnny Boyd	—	1	4	1955–1958
21	Walt Faulkner	—	—	3	1950–1955
22	Pat Flaherty	—	—	3	1950–1955
23	Jerry Hoyt	—	—	3	1950–1954
24	Duke Dinsmore	—	—	3	1950–1956
25	Duke Nalon	—	—	3	1951–1953
26	Troy Ruttman	—	—	3	1951–1956
27	Jimmy Davies	—	1	3	1953–1955
28	Marshall Teague	—	—	3	1953–1957
29	Ed Elisian	—	—	3	1955–1957
30	Eddie Russo	—	—	3	1956–1960
31	Don Freeland	—	—	3	1957–1960
32	Cecil Green	—	—	2	1950–1951
33	Johnny McDowell	—	—	2	1950–1952
34	Walt Brown	—	—	2	1950–1951
35	Jimmy Jackson	—	—	2	1950–1954
36	Mike Nazaruk	—	1	2	1951–1954
37	Gene Force	—	—	2	1951–1960
38	Carl Scarborough	—	—	2	1951–1953
39	Chet Miller	—	—	2	1951–1952
40	Cliff Griffith	—	—	2	1951–1952

1Bill Vukovich1952–1955 · 4 entries2 wins

2Johnnie Parsons1950–1958 · 9 entries1 wins

3Bob Sweikert1952–1955 · 3 entries1 wins

4Lee Wallard1951 · 1 entries1 wins

5Fred Agabashian1950–1957 · 8 entries0 wins

6Sam Hanks1950–1956 · 7 entries0 wins

7Paul Russo1953–1959 · 7 entries0 wins

8Jack McGrath1950–1955 · 6 entries0 wins

9Jimmy Daywalt1953–1959 · 6 entries0 wins

10Pat O'Connor1954–1958 · 5 entries0 wins

11Bob Christie1956–1960 · 5 entries0 wins

12Jim Rathmann1952–1956 · 4 entries0 wins

Show all 40 drivers

13Art Cross1952–1955 · 4 entries0 wins

14Rodger Ward1952–1959 · 4 entries0 wins

15Gene Hartley1952–1960 · 4 entries0 wins

16Andy Linden1952–1957 · 4 entries0 wins

17Eddie Johnson1953–1959 · 4 entries0 wins

18Tony Bettenhausen1954–1957 · 4 entries0 wins

19Al Keller1955–1958 · 4 entries0 wins

20Johnny Boyd1955–1958 · 4 entries0 wins

21Walt Faulkner1950–1955 · 3 entries0 wins

22Pat Flaherty1950–1955 · 3 entries0 wins

23Jerry Hoyt1950–1954 · 3 entries0 wins

24Duke Dinsmore1950–1956 · 3 entries0 wins

25Duke Nalon1951–1953 · 3 entries0 wins

26Troy Ruttman1951–1956 · 3 entries0 wins

27Jimmy Davies1953–1955 · 3 entries0 wins

28Marshall Teague1953–1957 · 3 entries0 wins

29Ed Elisian1955–1957 · 3 entries0 wins

30Eddie Russo1956–1960 · 3 entries0 wins

31Don Freeland1957–1960 · 3 entries0 wins

32Cecil Green1950–1951 · 2 entries0 wins

33Johnny McDowell1950–1952 · 2 entries0 wins

34Walt Brown1950–1951 · 2 entries0 wins

35Jimmy Jackson1950–1954 · 2 entries0 wins

36Mike Nazaruk1951–1954 · 2 entries0 wins

37Gene Force1951–1960 · 2 entries0 wins

38Carl Scarborough1951–1953 · 2 entries0 wins

39Chet Miller1951–1952 · 2 entries0 wins

40Cliff Griffith1951–1952 · 2 entries0 wins

Showing 40 of 86 drivers, most wins first.

Where they won

Their best circuits, and the metro each one sits in. This is a metro site before it is a motorsport one, so every venue links back to its city.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway5 / 206

Indianapolis

Sebring International Raceway0 / 1

Sebring

Where these numbers come from

Results are the Ergast archive and its Jolpica successor, 1950 to the current season. That archive identifies a car by chassis and engine rather than by the company entering it, so the teams here are reassembled by hand; the rules and every judgement call are set out on the teams board.

Wins, podiums and poles count car entries, so a one-two counts as two podiums. Points are as awarded at the time and are not comparable across eras: a win was worth 8 points in 1960 and 25 today. Titles count finished seasons only, so leading the current championship does not yet count as one.

Points are points scored, race and sprint together, and every season from 1991 onward is checked against the official constructors’ table at build time. Earlier seasons will not match it, and are not meant to: for much of the sport’s history only a driver’s best few results counted toward the championship. Sprint wins are counted separately from Grand Prix wins, because a Saturday result is not a victory in the record books.