Kurtis Kraft

Kurtis Kraft designed cars for oval racing and with the Indianapolis 500 being included as a Formula One World Championship round from 1950 - 1960, the marque jotted up many entries and a handful of wins.
99 of the marques starts were in the Indianapolis event bar one, when Rodger Ward competed his car in the 1959 United States Grand Prix at Sebring.
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==Background==
Kurtis Kraft lightweight fibre-glass cars with a low centre of gravity for the Oval Racing market from 1949 to 1955.
In total, the marque created over 550 ready-to-run midget cars, and 600 kits featuring an Offenhauser motor. Kurtis-Kraft created 120 Indianapolis 500 cars, including five winners. The combination has been described as "virtually unbeatable for over twenty years."
==Formula One World Championship==
Kurtis-Kraft cars were driven to 5 Indy 500 wins, thus they have 5 Formula 1 World Championship wins. 99 of the 100 championship entries were at this event over the 11 years it counted towards the points, the exception being one car entered at the 1959 United States Grand Prix by Rodger Ward.
==F1 Summary==
Year	Entrant	Engine	Tyre	Drivers	Rounds	WCC Pts	WCC Pos	Test drivers	Report
==List of race wins==
WinNumber	Event 	Driver 	Notes
1 	1950 Indianapolis 500	Johnnie Parsons	
2 	1951 Indianapolis 500	Lee Wallard 	
3 	1953 Indianapolis 500	Bill Vukovich 	
4 	1954 Indianapolis 500	Bill Vukovich 	
5 	1955 Indianapolis 500	Bob Sweikert 	
==Statistics==
==Complete Indianapolis 500 Results==
Year	Entrant 	Engine	No.	Driver 	Grid 	Pos. 	Laps 	Retired 	Report
 	Wynn's Friction/Kurtis Kraft 	 	1 	Johnnie Parsons 	5th 	align="center"	138 	Finished 	Report
 	Tuffy's Offy 	 	4 	Walt Brown 	20th 	19th 	127 	Finished 	Report
 	Tuffy's Offy 	 	15 	Mack Hellings 	26th 	13th 	132 	Finished 	Report
 	Tuffy's Offy 	 	16 	Hal Cole 	colspan="2" align="center"	— 	Failed to qualify	 	Report
 	Tuffy's Offy 	 	16 	Ted Duncan 	colspan="2" align="center"	— 	Failed to qualify	 	Report
 	Ervin Wolfe 	 	17 	Joie Chitwood 	9th 	align="center"	136 	Finished 	Report
 	Merz Engineering/Milt Marion 	 	23 	Sam Hanks 	25th 	30th 	42 	Oil pressure 	Report
 	Wynn's Friction/Kurtis Kraft 	 	28 	Fred Agabashian 	align="center" 	28th 	64 	Oil line 	Report
 	Thorne Engineering 	 	33 	Joel Thorne 	colspan="2" align="center"	— 	Failed to qualify	 	Report
 	Novi Mobil 	 	38 	Duke Nalon 	colspan="2" align="center"	— 	Failed to qualify	 	Report
 	Novi Mobil 	 	43 	Chet Miller 	colspan="2" align="center"	— 	Failed to qualify	 	Report
 	Bowes Seal Fast Racing 	 	44 	Bill Cantrell 	colspan="2" align="center"	— 	Failed to qualify	 	Report
 	Jack Hinkle 	 	49 	Jack McGrath 	6th 	14th 	131 	Crash 	Report
 	John Zink/M.A. Walker 	 	54 	Cecil Green 	12th 	align="center"	137 	Finished 	Report
 	Granatelli-Sabourin/Grancor 	 	59 	Pat Flaherty 	11th 	10th 	135 	Finished 	Report
 	Cummins Diesel 	 	61 	Jimmy Jackson 	32nd 	29th 	52 	Supercharger 	Report
 	Peter Wales Trucking 	 	62 	Johnny McDowell 	33rd 	18th 	128 	Finished 	Report
 	Esmeralda/Leo Dorby 	 	63 	Bob Gregg 	colspan="2" align="center"	— 	Failed to qualify	 	Report
 	Esmeralda/Leo Dorby 	 	63 	Joe James 	colspan="2" align="center"	— 	Failed to qualify	 	Report
 	Ross Page 	 	65 	Marvin Burke 	colspan="2" align="center"	— 	Failed to qualify	 	Report
 	Ross Page 	 	65 	Norm Houser 	colspan="2" align="center"	— 	Failed to qualify	 	Report
 	Brown Motor Co. 	 	69 	Duke Dinsmore 	7th 	33rd 	10 	Oil leak 	Report
 	Ludson Morris 	 	81 	Jerry Hoyt 	15th 	21st 	125 	Finished 	Report
 	Grant Piston Ring/Agajanian 	 	98 	Walt Faulkner 	align="center" 	7th 	135 	Finished 	Report
 	Murrell Belanger 	 	99 	Emil Andres 	colspan="2" align="center"	— 	Failed to qualify	 	Report
 	Murrell Belanger 	 	99 	Kenny Eaton 	colspan="2" align="center"	— 	Failed to qualify	 	Report
 	Wynn's Friction Proofing/Walsh	 	3 	Johnnie Parsons 	8th 	21st 	87 	Magneto 	Report
 	John Zink/M.A. Walker 	 	4 	Cecil Green 	10th 	22nd 	80 	Con rod 	Report
 	Jack Hinkle 	 	9 	Jack McGrath 	align="center" 	align="center"	200 	Finished 	Report
 	H.A. Chapman 	 	10 	Bill Schindler 	16th 	13th 	129 	Connecting rod	Report
 	Novi Purelube/Jean Marcenac 	 	18 	Duke Nalon 	align="center" 	10th 	151 	Stalled 	Report
 	Ludson Morris 	 	23 	Cliff Griffith 	18th 	28th 	30 	Rear axle 	Report
 	Peter Schmidt 	 	25 	Sam Hanks 	12th 	12th 	135 	Spin 	Report
 	Novi Purelube/Jean Marcenac 	 	32 	Chet Miller 	28th 	25th 	56 	Ignition 	Report
 	Peter Wales Trucking 	 	34 	Johnnie Tolan 	colspan="2" align="center"	— 	Failed to qualify	 	Report
 	Marion Engineering 	 	37 	Bob Sweikert 	colspan="2" align="center"	— 	Failed to qualify	 	Report
 	Federal Engineering 	 	44 	Walt Brown 	13th 	26th 	55 	Magneto 	Report
 	Granatelli-Sabourin/Grancor 	 	59 	Fred Agabashian 	11th 	17th 	109 	Clutch 	Report
 	Bardahl/Ross Page 	 	64 	Frank Armi 	colspan="2" align="center"	— 	Failed to qualify	 	Report
 	Automobile Shippers/Rassey 	 	68 	Carl Forberg 	24th 	7th 	193 	Finished 	Report
 	Brown Motor Co. 	 	69 	Gene Force 	22nd 	11th 	142 	Oil pressure 	Report
 	McNamara/Lee Elkins 	 	73 	Carl Scarborough	15th 	18th 	100 	Front axle 	Report
 	George Heller 	 	75 	Leroy Warriner 	colspan="2" align="center"	— 	Failed to qualify	 	Report
 	Jim Robbins 	 	83 	Mike Nazaruk 	7th 	align="center"	200 	Finished 	Report
 	Agajanian Featherweight 	 	98 	Troy Ruttman 	6th 	23rd 	56 	Ignition 	Report
 	Murrell Belanger 	 	99 	Lee Wallard 	align="center" 	align="center"	200 	Finished 	Report
==Complete Formula One Results==
==Notes==
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