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1950 Indianapolis 500

34th running of the Indianapolis 500 motor race
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Summary

1950 Indianapolis 500 is a recurring sporting event edition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of recurring sporting event edition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (635 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Winner: Johnnie Parsons[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Followed by: 1951 Indianapolis 500[5]
  • Location: Indianapolis Motor Speedway[6]
  • Part of: 1950 AAA Championship Car season[7], 1950 Formula One season[8]
  • Commons category: 1950 Indianapolis 500[9]
  • Edition number: 34[10]
  • Start time: May 30, 1950[11]
  • End time: May 30, 1950[12]
  • Point in time: May 30, 1950[13]
  • Sport: auto racing[14]
  • Official name: 34th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes[15]
  • Uses: Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval circuit[16]
  • Sports season of league or competition: Indianapolis 500[17]
  • Pole position: Walt Faulkner[18]

Why It Matters

1950 Indianapolis 500 has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

FAQs

What awards did 1950 Indianapolis 500 receive?

Honors received include Johnnie Parsons[3].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · TheaAlvaro · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sports season of league or competition → Indianapolis 500
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'gl', 'hu', 'id', 'i
    Instance of → recurring sporting event edition
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving Instance of to Sports season of league or competition"
  2. 12w ago · JAnDbot bot · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Winner → Johnnie Parsons
    Start time → +1950-05-30T00:00:00Z
    Uses → Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval circuit
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Followed by: 1951 Indianapolis 500"
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