Duke Nalon, who had suffered serious burns in a crash in 1949, and who missed the 1950 race, made a comeback at Indy by winning the pole position in a Novi.
Duke Nalon, que sufrira queimaduras graves nun accidente en 1949, e que se perdera a carreira de 1950, fixo a súa reaparición na Indy, e gañou a pole position cun Novi.