Round 3 · 30 May 1950
1950 Indianapolis 500: results
Johnnie Parsons (Kurtis Kraft) won the 1950 Indianapolis 500, round 3 of the championship, held on 30 May 1950 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (USA), starting from position 5. Bill Holland (Deidt) and Mauri Rose (Deidt) completed the podium. Pole position went to Walt Faulkner.
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnnie Parsons | Kurtis Kraft | 5 | 2:46:55.970 | 9 | Finished |
| 2 | Bill Holland | Deidt | 10 | +1 Lap | 6 | +1 Lap |
| 3 | Mauri Rose | Deidt | 3 | +1 Lap | 4 | +1 Lap |
| 4 | Cecil Green | Kurtis Kraft | 12 | +1 Lap | 3 | +1 Lap |
| 5 | Tony Bettenhausen | Kurtis Kraft | 9 | +2 Laps | 1 | +2 Laps |
| 5 | Joie Chitwood | Kurtis Kraft | 9 | +2 Laps | 1 | +2 Laps |
| 6 | Lee Wallard | Moore | 23 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 7 | Walt Faulkner | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | +3 Laps | — | +3 Laps |
| 8 | George Connor | Lesovsky | 4 | +3 Laps | — | +3 Laps |
| 9 | Paul Russo | Nichels | 19 | +3 Laps | — | +3 Laps |
| 10 | Pat Flaherty | Kurtis Kraft | 11 | +3 Laps | — | +3 Laps |
| 11 | Myron Fohr | Marchese | 16 | +5 Laps | — | +5 Laps |
| 12 | Duane Carter | Stevens | 13 | +5 Laps | — | +5 Laps |
| 13 | Mack Hellings | Kurtis Kraft | 26 | +6 Laps | — | +6 Laps |
| 14 | Jack McGrath | Kurtis Kraft | 6 | — | — | Spun off |
| 15 | Troy Ruttman | Lesovsky | 24 | +8 Laps | — | +8 Laps |
| 16 | Gene Hartley | Langley | 31 | +10 Laps | — | +10 Laps |
| 17 | Jimmy Davies | Ewing | 27 | +10 Laps | — | +10 Laps |
| 18 | Johnny McDowell | Kurtis Kraft | 33 | +10 Laps | — | +10 Laps |
| 19 | Walt Brown | Kurtis Kraft | 20 | +11 Laps | — | +11 Laps |
| 20 | Travis Webb | Maserati | 14 | +12 Laps | — | +12 Laps |
| 21 | Jerry Hoyt | Kurtis Kraft | 15 | +13 Laps | — | +13 Laps |
| 22 | Walt Ader | Rae | 29 | +15 Laps | — | +15 Laps |
| 23 | Jackie Holmes | Olson | 30 | — | — | Spun off |
| 24 | Jim Rathmann | Wetteroth | 28 | +16 Laps | — | +16 Laps |
| 25 | Henry Banks | Maserati | 21 | — | — | Oil line |
| 26 | Bill Schindler | Snowberger | 22 | — | — | Transmission |
| 27 | Bill Cantrell | Adams | 17 | — | — | Oil pressure |
| 27 | Bayliss Levrett | Adams | 17 | — | — | Oil pressure |
| 28 | Fred Agabashian | Kurtis Kraft | 2 | — | — | Oil leak |