The 1950 Indianapolis 500 was Round 3 of the 1950 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, United States on Sunday, 30 May 1950. Walt Faulkner started on pole position in a Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser and Johnnie Parsons won in a Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser.
1950 Indianapolis 500 Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Car | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Johnnie Parsons | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 138 | 2:46:55.970 | - | - | 1:09.770 | 9 |
| 2 | 3 | Bill Holland | United States | Deidt Offenhauser | Firestone | 137 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 6 | ||
| 3 | 31 | Mauri Rose | United States | Deidt Offenhauser | Firestone | 137 | 1 lap | 4 | |||
| 4 | 54 | Cecil Green | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 137 | 1 lap | 3 | |||
| 5 | 17 | Tony Bettenhausen | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 136 | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1 | ||
| Joie Chitwood | United States | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | 8 | Lee Wallard | United States | Moore Offenhauser | Firestone | 136 | 2 laps | ||||
| 7 | 98 | Walt Faulkner | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 135 | 3 laps | 1 lap | |||
| 8 | 5 | George Connor | United States | Lesovsky Offenhauser | Firestone | 135 | 3 laps | ||||
| 9 | 7 | Paul Russo | United States | Nichels Offenhauser | Firestone | 135 | 3 laps | ||||
| 10 | 59 | Pat Flaherty | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 135 | 3 laps | ||||
| 11 | 2 | Myron Fohr | United States | Marchese Offenhauser | Firestone | 133 | 5 laps | 2 laps | |||
| 12 | 18 | Duane Carter | United States | Stevens Offenhauser | Firestone | 133 | 5 laps | ||||
| 13 | 15 | Mack Hellings | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 132 | 6 laps | 1 lap | |||
| 14 | 49 | Jack McGrath | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 131 | 7 laps | 1 lap | |||
| 15 | 55 | Troy Ruttman | United States | Lesovsky Offenhauser | Firestone | 130 | 8 laps | 1 lap | |||
| 16 | 75 | Gene Hartley | United States | Langley Offenhauser | Firestone | 128 | 10 laps | 2 laps | |||
| 17 | 22 | Jimmy Davies | United States | Ewing Offenhauser | Firestone | 128 | 10 laps | ||||
| 18 | 62 | Johnny McDowell | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 128 | 10 laps | ||||
| 19 | 4 | Walt Brown | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 127 | 11 laps | 1 lap | |||
| 20 | 21 | Spider Webb | United States | Maserati | Firestone | 126 | 12 laps | 1 lap | |||
| 21 | 81 | Jerry Hoyt | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 125 | 13 laps | 1 lap | |||
| 22 | 27 | Walt Ader | United States | Rae Offenhauser | Firestone | 123 | 15 laps | 2 laps | |||
| 23 | 77 | Jackie John Holmes | United States | Olson Offenhauser | Firestone | 123 | 15 laps | ||||
| 24 | 76 | Jim Rathmann | United States | Wetteroth Offenhauser | Firestone | 122 | 16 laps | 1 lap | |||
| DNF | 12 | Henry Banks | United States | Maserati Offenhauser | Firestone | 112 | 26 laps | 10 laps | |||
| Fred Agabashian | United States | ||||||||||
| DNF | 24 | Bayliss Levrett | United States | Adams Offenhauser | Firestone | 108 | 30 laps | 3 laps | |||
| Bill Cantrell | United States | ||||||||||
| DNF | 45 | Dick Rathmann | United States | Watson Offenhauser | Firestone | 25 | 113 laps | 5 laps | |||
| DNF | 67 | Bill Schindler | United States | Snowberger Offenhauser | Firestone | 111 | |||||
| DNF | 28 | Fred Agabashian | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 64 | |||||
| DNF | 61 | James Jimmy Jackson | United States | Kurtis Kraft Cummins | Firestone | 52 | |||||
| DNF | 23 | Sam Hanks | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 42 | |||||
| DNF | 14 | Tony Bettenhausen | United States | Deidt Offenhauser | Firestone | 30 | |||||
| DNF | 69 | Duke Dinsmore | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 10 |