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Kurtis Kraft var en amerikansk sport- och racerbiltillverkare under 1950-talet och början av 1960-talet.
Företaget, som grundades av Frank Kurtis, designade och tillverkade diverse olika typer av tävlingsbilar, bland annat Indy 500-bilar som användes av ett antal team i Indy 500-loppen i formel 1 i Indianapolis Grand Prix. Kurtis Kraft-bilar vann fem av elva lopp.
Flertalet av Kurtis Krafts Indy 500-bilar hade Offenhauser-motorer men några hade Cummins- eller Novi-motorer. Däcken tillverkades av Firestone.
Indy 500-team som tävlat i formel 1 i Kurtis Kraft-bilar
| Team | Säsonger |
|---|---|
| 3-L Racing Team | 1953 |
| Ansted Rotary Corp | 1956, 1957 |
| Bessie Lee Paoli | 1952, 1953 |
| Bignotti-Bowes Racing | 1959, 1960 |
| Brown Motor Co | 1951, 1954 |
| C O Prather | 1960 |
| Carl L Anderson | 1955, 1956 |
| Cars Inc | 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 |
| Chapman S Root | 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 |
| Charles Pritchard | 1950 |
| Cummins Engine Co | 1950, 1952 |
| Ed Walsh | 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956 |
| Ernest L Ruiz | 1953, 1956, 1957 |
| Ervin Wolfe | 1950 |
| Eugene A Casaroll | 1953, 1954 |
| Federal Engineering Association | 1951 |
| Federal Auto Associates | 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960 |
| Francis Bardazon | 1954 |
| Fred & Richard Sommer | 1957 |
| Fred Gerhardt | 1958, 1959 |
| Fred Sclavi | 1957 |
| Fred Somers | 1956 |
| George Bignotti | 1956, 1957 |
| George Walther Jr | 1957, 1958 |
| Grancor Auto Specialists | 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 |
| H A Chapman | 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 |
| H H Johnson | 1956, 1957 |
| Harry Dunn | 1955, 1956 |
| Hart Fullerton | 1952, 1953 |
| Henry Yunik | 1958 |
| Hoosier Racing Team | 1954 |
| Howard Keck Co | 1952, 1953, 1954 |
| J C Agajanian | 1950, 1951 |
| J S Belond | 1953 |
| J S Donaldson | 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 |
| Jack B Hinkle | 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 |
| Jean Marcenac | 1951, 1953 |
| Jim Robbins | 1951, 1952, 1958, 1959 |
| John Zink | 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 |
| Joseph Massaglia Jr | 1955 |
| Kalamazoo Sports Inc | 1956, 1957, 1958 |
| Karl Hall | 1959 |
| Kurtis Kraft Inc | 1950 |
| Leader Cards Inc | 1959 |
| Lee Elkins | 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 |
| LeRoy E Foutch Jr | 1959 |
| Lewis W Welch | 1952 |
| Lindsey Hopkins | 1955, 1956 |
| Louis Rassey | 1950, 1951 |
| Ludson D Morris | 1950, 1951, 1952 |
| M A Walker | 1950, 1951, 1953 |
| M Pete Wales | 1950, 1955 |
| Mel B Wiggers | 1952, 1954 |
| Merz Engineering Inc | 1955 |
| Miklos Sperling | 1954 |
| Milt Marion | 1950 |
| Motor Racers Inc | 1954 |
| Murrell Belanger | 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 |
| Novi Racing Corp | 1956, 1957, 1958 |
| Pat Clancy | 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 |
| Peter Schmidt | 1951, 1952, 1953 |
| Racing Associates | 1955, 1958, 1960 |
| Ray Crawford | 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 |
| Ray T Brady | 1952, 1959 |
| Robert M Bowes II | 1958 |
| Roger Wolcott | 1952 |
| Rotary Engineering Corp | 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955 |
| Roy McKay | 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 |
| Samuel W Traylor III | 1955, 1956 |
| Shannon Bros | 1956 |
| South California Muffler Co | 1954 |
| T W & W T Martin | 1954, 1955 |
| Tom Sarafoff | 1952 |
| Verlin Brown | 1950 |
| Yunick Glover & Lathrop | 1959 |
