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 | The '''37th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes''' was held at the [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway]] on Saturday, May 30, 1953. The event was part of the [[1953 AAA Championship Car season|1953 AAA National Championship]], and was race 2 of 9 in the [[1953 World Championship of Drivers]]. [[Bill Vukovich]], after falling just short a [[1952 Indianapolis 500|year before]], dominated the race, leading 195 of the 200 laps. Vukovich won the first of two consecutive "500" victories, finishing more than three minutes ahead of second place [[Art Cross]]. |
| With the temperature in the high 90s (°F), and the track temperature exceeding {{convert|130|°F|°C|abbr=on}}, this race is often known as the "Hottest 500". Only twelve cars were running at the finish. Many drivers needed relief drivers, and some relief drivers required their own relief drivers. Vukovich and Cross, however, both ran the full 500 miles solo. Driver [[Carl Scarborough]] dropped out the race, and later died at the infield hospital due to [[Heat illness|heat prostration]].<ref name="OneFatalSeason">{{cite book|title=Against Death and Time: One Fatal Season in Racing's Glory Years|first=Brock |last=Yates|year=2005 |publisher=Da Capo Press |isbn= 978-1-56025-770-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_...h+was+being+brought+in+with+heat+dead&pg=PA28 |access-date=2011-06-23}}</ref> |
| The '''37th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes''' was held at the [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway]] on Saturday, May 30, 1953. The event was part of the [[1953 AAA Championship Car season|1953 AAA National Championship Trail]], and was race 2 of 9 in the [[1953 World Championship of Drivers]]. |
| [[Bill Vukovich]], after falling short a year before, earned the first of two consecutive Indy 500 victories. With the temperature in the high 90s (°F), and the track temperature exceeding {{convert|130|°F|°C|abbr=on}}, this race is often known as the "Hottest 500." Driver [[Carl Scarborough]] dropped out the race, and later died at the infield hospital due to [[Heat illness|heat prostration]].<ref name="OneFatalSeason">{{cite book|title=Against Death and Time: One Fatal Season in Racing's Glory Years|first=Brock |last=Yates|year=2005 |publisher=Da Capo Press |isbn= 978-1-56025-770-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_...h+was+being+brought+in+with+heat+dead&pg=PA28 |access-date=2011-06-23}}</ref> |
| Due to the extreme heat conditions, several drivers in the field required relief drivers, and some relief drivers even required additional relief. Vukovich, however, as well as second-place finisher [[Art Cross]], both ran the full 500 miles solo. | |
| Sixteen-year race veteran [[Chet Miller]] died in an accident in practice on May 15.<ref name="yates">{{cite book |first=Brock |last=Yates |title=The Indianapolis 500: The Story of the Motor Speedway |publisher=Harper |year=1961 |page=67}}</ref> | |
| ==Time trials== | ==Time trials== |
| ===Saturday May 16=== | ===Saturday May 16=== |
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