Firestone

Active years:

1950 – 1960, 1966 – 1974 (20)

Statistics

Racing stats	All time	1953
Races entered:	120	1
Cars entered:	1979	91
Cars started:	1451	47
Pole positions:	60	1
Front row starts:	143	3
Victories:	49	1
Podia:	145	4
Fastest laps:	56	1
Points:	1213	24
Laps raced:	97662	4614
Kms raced:	433194.219	18562.122
Races led:	73	1
Laps led:	4800	200
Kms led:	21188.865	804.600

Partners	All time	1953
Car numbers:	93	77
Drivers:	299	68
Teams:	259	67
Entrants:	286	67
Constructors:	111	26
Car manufacturers:	82	22
Cars:	157	28
Engine manufacturers:	28	7
Engines:	44	7
Lubricants:	15	1

1953 race data

Rd	Date	Grand Prix	Driver	Constructor	Car	Grid	Race	Pts
1	18 Jan	Argentina
2	30 May	Indy 500	Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500B	25	7	0
			Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500B		7	0
			Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	4000	9	3	2
			Duane Carter	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	4000		3	2
			Duane Carter	Lesovsky-Offenhauser		27	Ret	0
			Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	4000	3	5	2
			Jim Rathmann	Moore-Offenhauser			DNQ	0
			Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	3000	17	Ret	0
			Jimmy Bryan	Schroeder-Offenhauser		31	14	0
			Duke Nalon	Kurtis Kraft-Novi		26	11	0
			Henry Banks	Lesovsky-Offenhauser			DNQ	0
			Ernie McCoy	Stevens-Offenhauser		20	8	0
			Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500A	1	1	9
			Chet Miller	Kurtis Kraft-Novi			DNQ	0
			Art Cross	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	4000	12	2	6
			Joe Sostilio	Kurtis Kraft-Chrysler	500A		DNQ	0
			Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500B	8	Ret	0
			Marshall Teague	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	4000	22	Ret	0
			Walt Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500A	14	17	0
			Johnny Mantz	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500A		17	0
			Cliff Griffith	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500B		DNQ	0
			George Connor	Kurtis Kraft-Chrysler	500A		DNQ	0
			Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	4000		DNQ	0
			Pat O'Connor	Deidt-Offenhauser	Tuffanelli Derrico		DNQ	0
			Bob Scott	Bromme-Offenhauser		11	Ret	0
			Len Duncan	Schroeder-Offenhauser			DNQ	0
			Andy Linden	Stevens-Offenhauser		5	Ret	0
			Art Cross	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	4000		DNQ	0
			Eddie Sachs	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	2000		DNQ	0
			Buzz Barton	Pawl-Offenhauser			DNQ	0
			Potsy Goacher	Pankratz-Offenhauser			DNQ	0
			Don Freeland	Watson-Offenhauser	Indy Roadster	15	Ret	0
			Bill Taylor	Lesovsky-Offenhauser			DNQ	0
			Gene Hartley	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	4000	13	Ret	0
			Willard Cantrell	Pankratz-Offenhauser			DNQ	0
			Roy Neuman	Maserati	8CTF		DNQ	0
			Leroy Warriner	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	1000		DNQ	0
			Johnny Fedricks	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500B		DNQ	0
			Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	3000	21	6	0
			Bill Holland	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500B	28	15	0
			Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500B		15	0
			Bob Sweikert	Kuzma-Offenhauser		29	Ret	0
			Duke Dinsmore	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	2000		DNQ	0
			Jimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500B	32	10	0
			Jerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	4000	7	Ret	0
			Chuck Stevenson	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	4000		Ret	0
			Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	4000		Ret	0
			Johnny Thomson	DelRoy-Offenhauser		33	Ret	0
			Hal Robson	Voelker			DNQ	0
			Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500B	2	4	1.5
			Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	500B		4	1.5
			Bill Holland	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	3000		DNQ	0
			Spider Webb	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	3000	18	Ret	0
			Johnny Thomson	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	3000		Ret	0
			Jackie Holmes	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	3000		Ret	0
			Danny Oakes	Moore-Offenhauser			DNQ	0
			Pat O'Connor	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	4000		DNQ	0
			Allen Heath	Ewing-Offenhauser	D		DNQ	0
			Johnnie Tolan	Kurtis Kraft-Chrysler	500A		DNQ	0
			Johnny Kay	Clemons-Offenhauser			DNQ	0
			Joe Barzda	Maserati	8CTF		DNQ	0
			Jackie Holmes	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser			DNQ	0
			Carl Scarborough	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	2000	19	12	0
			Bob Scott	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	2000		12	0
Pat O'Connor	Schroeder-Offenhauser			DNQ	0
Wayne Selser	Christy-Offenhauser			DNQ	0
George Fonder	Silnes-Offenhauser			DNQ	0
Pat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	3000	24	Ret	0
Cal Niday	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	4000		DNQ	0
Frank Armi	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	4000		DNQ	0
Len Duncan	Trevis-Offenhauser	Indycar		DNQ	0
Johnny Roberts	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	2000		DNQ	0
Mike Nazaruk	Turner-Offenhauser		23	Ret	0
Bill Homeier	Lesovsky-Offenhauser			DNQ	0
Johnnie Tolan	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	4000		DNQ	0
Bill Boyd	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	2000		DNQ	0
Bill Homeier	Kurtis Kraft-Cadillac	500B		DNQ	0
Manny Ayulo	Kuzma-Offenhauser		4	13	0
Spider Webb	Maserati-Offenhauser	8CTF		DNQ	0
Red Hamilton	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	4000		DNQ	0
Rodger Ward	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	4000	10	16	0
Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	4000		16	0
Duke Dinsmore	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	4000		16	0
Al Herman	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	2000		DNQ	0
Jorge Daponte	Johnson-Wayne			DNQ	0
Jud Larson	Snowberger-Offenhauser			DNQ	0
Chuck Stevenson	Kuzma-Offenhauser		16	Ret	0
Tony Bettenhausen	Kuzma-Offenhauser		6	9	0
Chuck Stevenson	Kuzma-Offenhauser			9	0
Gene Hartley	Kuzma-Offenhauser			9	0
Cal Niday	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	4000	30	Ret	0
3	07 Jun	Netherlands
4	21 Jun	Belgium
5	05 Jul	France
6	18 Jul	Great Britain
7	02 Aug	Germany
8	23 Aug	Switzerland
9	13 Sep	Italy

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