1930 Indianapolis 500 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Car Name Chassis/Engine Running or Reason Out | Laps Comp | Prize Money | Qual. Speed |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Arnold, Billy | Miller-Hartz
Summers/Miller Running | 200 | $36,800 | 113.268 |
| 2 | 3 | 16 | Cantlon, Shorty(R) | Miller Schofield/White
Stevens/Miller Running | 200 | $10,000 | 109.810 |
| 3 | 4 | 23 | Schneider, Louis | Bowes Seal Fast/Schneider
Stevens/Miller Running | 200 | $5,000 | 106.107 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Meyer, Lou | Alden Sampson, II
Stevens/Miller Running | 200 | $3,700 | 111.290 |
| 5 | 22 | 6 | Cummings, Bill(R) | Duesenberg/Peter DePaolo
Stevens/Duesenberg Running | 200 | $3,000 | 106.173 |
| 6 | 33 | 24 | Evans, Dave | Jones & Maley/David Evans
Stevens/Miller Running | 200 | $2,200 | 97.342 |
| 7 | 8 | 15 | Shafer, Phil | Coleman Front Drive
Coleman/Miller Running | 200 | $1,800 | 102.279 |
| 8 | 7 | 22 | Snowberger, Russ | Russell Snowberger
Snowberger/Studebaker Running | 200 | $1,600 | 104.577 |
| 9 | 9 | 25 | Allen, Leslie(R) | Allen Miller Products
Miller/Miller Running | 200 | $1,500 | 101.919 |
| 10 | 17 | 27 | Corum, L.L. | Stutz/Milton Jones
Stutz/Stutz Running | 200 | $1,400 | 94.130 |
| 11 | 16 | 38 | Burton, Claude(R) | V8/Ira Vail
Oakland/Oakland Flagged | 196 | $550 | 95.087 |
| 12 | 30 | 42 | Cucinotta, Letterio(R | Maserati/Letterio Cucinotta
Maserati/Maserati Flagged | 185 | $510 | 91.584 |
| 13 | 15 | 41 | Miller, Chet(R) | Fronty/Thomas Mulligan
Ford T/Fronty-Ford Flagged | 161 | $480 | 97.360 |
| 14 | 38 | 46 | Butcher, Harry(R) | Butcher Brothers
Buick/Buick Flagged | 127 | $450 | 87.003 |
| 15 | 6 | 17 | Triplett, Ernie | Allen Guiberson
Whippet/Miller Piston | 125 | $380 | 105.618 |
| 16 | 34 | 21 | Meyer, Zeke(R) | Miller/Zeke Meyer
Miller/Miller Rod | 115 | $385 | 95.357 |
| 17 | 23 | 10 | Keneally, Mel(R) | MAVV/J. Talbot
Whippet/Miller Valve | 114 | $420 | 103.327 |
| 18 | 13 | 35 | McDonald, J.C.(R) | Romthe/William Richards
Studebaker/Studebaker Fuel tank leak | 112 | $375 | 98.953 |
| 19 | 20 | 9 | Gulotta, Tony | MAVV/J. Talbot
Whippet/Miller Valve | 79 | $365 | 100.033 |
| 20 | 37 | 28 | Free, Roland(R) | Julius Slade
Chrysler/Chrysler Clutch | 69 | $370 | 89.639 |
| 21 | 11 | 33 | Farmer, Frank | Betholine Miller/M.A. Yagle
Miller/Miller Crash | 69 | $360 | 100.615 |
| 22 | 25 | 3 | Shaw, Wilbur | Empire State Motors
Smith/Miller Wrist pin | 54 | $345 | 106.132 |
| 23 | 26 | 34 | Huff, Joe(R) | Gauss Front Drive
Cooper/Miller Valve | 48 | $350 | 101.178 |
| 24 | 14 | 29 | Caccia, Joe(R) | William Alberti
Duesenberg/Duesenberg Crash (Decker) | 43 | $340 | 97.606 |
| 25 | 35 | 44 | Denver, Bill(R) | Gabriel Nardi
Duesenberg/Duesenberg Rod | 41 | $355 | 90.650 |
| 26 | 10 | 36 | Marshall, Cy(R) | Duesenberg/George Henry
Duesenberg/Duesenberg Crash 3 * | 29 | $335 | 100.846 |
| 27 | 19 | 32 | Moran, Charles(R) | DuPont Motors
DuPont/DuPont Crash 3 | 22 | $330 | 89.733 |
| 28 | 24 | 7 | Gleason, Jimmy | Waverly Oil/Mulligan
Miller/Miller Timing gears | 22 | $326 | 93.709 |
| 29 | 12 | 14 | Moore, Lou | Coleman Motors
Coleman/Miller Crash 3 | 23 | $320 | 99.867 |
| 30 | 31 | 12 | Litz, Deacon | Duesenberg/Henry Maley
Duesenberg/Duesenberg Crash 3 | 22 | $315 | 105.755 |
| 31 | 32 | 8 | Stapp, Babe | A.S. Duesenberg
Duesenberg/Duesenberg Crash 3 | 18 | $310 | 104.950 |
| 32 | 18 | 39 | Seymour, Johnny | Herman Gauss
Cooper/Miller Crash 3 | 21 | $305 | 93.376 |
| 33 | 21 | 5 | DePaolo, Peter | Duesenberg/Peter DePaolo
Stevens/Duesenberg Crash 3 (R.R.) | 19 | $300 | 99.956 |
| 34 | 29 | 45 | Trexler, Marion(R) | Trexler/M.M. Lain
Auburn/Lycoming Crash 3 | 19 | $295 | 92.978 |
| 35 | 27 | 19 | Gardner, Speed | Miller Front Drive/Gardner
Miller/Miller Main bearing | 14 | $290 | 95.585 |
| 36 | 36 | 48 | Decker, Rick | Hoosier Pete/Clemons Motors
Mercedes/Clemons Oil tank | 8 | $280 | 92.293 |
| 37 | 28 | 26 | Borzachini, Baconi(R) | Alfieri Maserati
Maserati/Maserati Magneto | 7 | $285 | 95.213 |
| 38 | 5 | 18 | Gardner, Chet(R) | Buckeye/James Booth
Duesenberg/Duesenberg Spun 1 | 1 | $275 | 105.811 |
| Total Purse: | $96,250 | Field Average: | 98.989 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars Entered: | 42 | Cars Started: | 38 |
| Number Rookies: | 19 | Former Winners: | 2 |
1931 Indianapolis 500 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Car Name Chassis/Engine Running or Reason Out | Laps Comp | Prize Money | Qual. Speed |
| 1 | 13 | 23 | Schneider, Louis | Bowes Seal Fast/Schneider
Stevens/Miller Running | 200 | $29,500 | 107.210 |
| 2 | 8 | 34 | Frame, Fred | Duesenberg/Harry Hartz
Duesenberg/Duesenberg Running | 200 | $12,650 | 109.273 |
| 3 | 10 | 19 | Hepburn, Ralph | Harry Miller/Ralph Hepburn
Miller/Miller Running | 200 | $6,350 | 107.933 |
| 4 | 35 | 21 | Stevens, Myron(R) | Jadson/Louis Meyer
Stevens/Miller Running | 200 | $4,000 | 107.463 |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Snowberger, Russ | Russell Snowberger
Snowberger/Studebaker Running | 200 | $3,500 | 112.796 |
| 6 | 20 | 33 | Gleason, Jimmy | Denny Duesenberg
Duesenberg/Duesenberg Running | 200 | $2,200 | 111.400 |
| 7 | 5 | 25 | Triplett, Ernie | Buckeye/James Booth
Duesenberg/Duesenberg Running | 200 | $1,800 | 111.034 |
| 8 | 9 | 36 | Stubblefield, Stubby( | Jones-Miller/Milton Jones
Willys-Knight/Miller Running | 200 | $1,950 | 108.797 |
| 9 | 14 | 28 | Bergere, Cliff | Elco Royale/Elco Grease
Reo/Reo Running | 200 | $1,500 | 106.781 |
| 10 | 15 | 27 | Miller, Chet | R.G. "Buddy" Marr
Hudson/Hudson Running | 200 | $1,400 | 106.185 |
| 11 | 30 | 44 | Howie, George(R) | George N. Howie
Dodge/Chrysler Running | 200 | $500 | 102.844 |
| 12 | 23 | 12 | Shafer, Phil | Phil Shafer
Rigling/Buick Running | 200 | $470 | 105.103 |
| 13 | 17 | 8 | Evans, Dave | Cummins Diesel
Duesenberg/Cummins Running | 200 | $450 | 96.871 |
| 14 | 31 | 72 | Aspen, Al(R) | William Alberti
Duesenberg/Duesenberg Running | 200 | $425 | 102.509 |
| 15 | 37 | 59 | Ross, Sam | Miller/William Yahr
Rigling/Miller Running | 200 | $400 | 104.642 |
| 16 | 40 | 69 | Huff, Joe | Goldberg Brothers
Cooper/Miller Flagged | 180 | $375 | 102.386 |
| 17 | 4 | 5 | Litz, Deacon | Henry Maley
Duesenberg/Duesenberg Crash 1 (B.C.) | 177 | $365 | 111.531 |
| 18 | 19 | 37 | Gulotta, Tony | Hunt/D.A. "Ab" Jenkins
Rigling/Studebaker Crash 4 | 167 | $360 | 111.725 |
| 19 | 18 | 1 | Arnold, Billy | Miller-Hartz
Summers/Miller Crash 4 | 162 | $8,905 | 116.080 |
| 20 | 12 | 57 | Johnson, Luther(R) | Bill Richards
Studebaker/Studebaker Crash 4 | 156 | $350 | 107.652 |
| 21 | 36 | 55 | Winn, Billy(R) | Hoosier Pete/F.E. Clemons
Rigling/Clemons Flagged | 138 | $343 | 105.405 |
| 22 | 27 | 16 | Brisko, Frank | Brisko-Atkinson
Stevens/Miller Steering arm | 138 | $343 | 106.286 |
| 23 | 34 | 26 | Haustein, Gene(R) | Fronty-Ford
Ford T/Fronty-Ford Lost wheel | 117 | $335 | 108.395 |
| 24 | 16 | 41 | Russo, Joe(R) | Russo/George Henry
Rigling/Duesenberg Oil leak | 109 | $325 | 104.822 |
| 25 | 7 | 17 | Gardner, Speed | Nutmeg State/C.E. Ricketts
Miller/Miller Frame | 107 | $320 | 109.820 |
| 26 | 38 | 14 | Moore, Lou | Boyle Valve
Miller/Miller Differential | 103 | $320 | 103.725 |
| 27 | 26 | 2 | Cantlon, Shorty | Harry Miller/William White
Miller/Miller Rod | 88 | $315 | 110.372 |
| 28 | 2 | 3 | Cummings, Bill | Empire State Gas Motors
Cooper/Miller Oil line | 70 | $710 | 112.563 |
| 29 | 28 | 24 | Winnai, Freddy | Bowes Seal Fast/Schneider
Stevens/Miller Crash NS | 60 | $303 | 105.899 |
| 30 | 11 | 32 | Pardee, Phil(R) | Duesenberg/Phil Pardee
Duesenberg/Duesenberg Crash 3 (Shaw) | 60 | $303 | 107.772 |
| 31 | 3 | 31 | Bost, Paul(R) | Empire State Gas Motors
Rigling/Miller Crankshaft | 35 | $495 | 112.125 |
| 32 | 22 | 35 | Farmer, Frank | Jones-Miller/Milton Jones
Willys-Knight/Miller Rod bearing | 32 | $290 | 108.303 |
| 33 | 32 | 58 | Wingerter, George(R) | George Wingerter
Duesenberg/Duesenberg Fuel tank | 29 | $285 | 100.139 |
| 34 | 25 | 7 | Meyer, Lou | Alden Sampson
Stevens/Miller Oil leak | 28 | $330 | 113.953 |
| 35 | 6 | 39 | Stapp, Babe | Rigling & Henning
Rigling/Duesenberg Oil leak/clutch | 9 | $275 | 110.125 |
| 36 | 24 | 48 | Boling, John | Morton & Brett/Grapho Metal
M&B/M&B Rod | 7 | $270 | 102.860 |
| 37 | 29 | 54 | Duray, Leon | Leon Duray
Stevens/Duray Overheating | 6 | $263 | 103.134 |
| 38 | 33 | 49 | Butcher, Harry | Harry Butcher
Buick/Buick Crash 4 | 6 | $263 | 99.343 |
| 39 | 39 | 10 | Schurch, Herman | Hoosier Pete/F.E. Clemons
Rigling/Clemons Transmission | 5 | $255 | 102.845 |
| 40 | 21 | 67 | Quinn, Francis(R) | Tucker Tappett/James Wade
Miller/Ford Rear axle | 3 | $250 | 111.321 |
| Total Purse: | $81,800 | Field Average: | 106.673 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars Entered: | 72 | Cars Started: | 40 |
| Number Rookies: | 12 | Former Winners: | 2 |
1932 Indianapolis 500 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Car Name Chassis/Engine Running or Reason Out | Laps Comp | Prize Money | Qual. Speed |
| 1 | 27 | 34 | Frame, Fred | Miller-Harry Hartz
Wetteroth/Miller Running | 200 | $31,050 | 113.856 |
| 2 | 6 | 6 | Wilcox II, Howdy(R) | Lion Head/William Cantlon
Stevens/Miller Running | 200 | $12,650 | 113.468 |
| 3 | 10 | 22 | Bergere, Cliff | Studebaker
Rigling/Studebaker Running | 200 | $7,000 | 111.503 |
| 4 | 14 | 61 | Carey, Bob(R) | Louis Meyer
Stevens/Miller Running | 200 | $6,050 | 111.070 |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Snowberger, Russ | Hupp Comet/Snowberger
Snowberger/Hupmobile Running | 200 | $3,500 | 114.326 |
| 6 | 38 | 37 | Meyer, Zeke | Studebaker
Rigling/Studebaker Running | 200 | $2,500 | 110.745 |
| 7 | 5 | 35 | Hall, Ira | Duesenberg/G.B. Hall
Stevens/Duesenberg Running | 200 | $2,600 | 114.206 |
| 8 | 35 | 65 | Winnai, Freddy | Foreman Axle Shaft/Maley
Duesenberg/Duesenberg Running | 200 | $2,200 | 108.755 |
| 9 | 9 | 2 | Winn, Billy | Duesenberg/Fred Frame
Duesenberg/Duesenberg Running | 200 | $2,100 | 111.801 |
| 10 | 15 | 55 | Huff, Joe | Highway Parts/S.C. Goldberg
Cooper/Cooper Running | 200 | $2,000 | 110.402 |
| 11 | 26 | 33 | Shafer, Phil | Shafer "8"
Rigling/Buick Flagged | 197 | $725 | 110.708 |
| 12 | 40 | 36 | Petillo, Kelly(R) | Jones-Miller
Miller/Miller Flagged | 189 | $700 | 104.465 |
| 13 | 20 | 25 | Gulotta, Tony | Studebaker
Rigling/Studebaker Flagged | 184 | $680 | 108.896 |
| 14 | 25 | 15 | Stubblefield, Stubby | Gilmore/Sparks & Weirick
Adams/Miller Flagged | 178 | $660 | 112.899 |
| 15 | 17 | 18 | Kreis, Peter | Studebaker
Rigling/Studebaker Crash 1 | 178 | $635 | 110.270 |
| 16 | 11 | 46 | Johnson, Luther | Studebaker
Rigling/Studebaker Lost wheel FS | 164 | $620 | 111.218 |
| 17 | 22 | 3 | Shaw, Wilbur | Miller/Ralph Hepburn
Miller/Miller Rear axle | 157 | $615 | 114.326 |
| 18 | 19 | 24 | Litz, Deacon | Bowes Seal Fast/John Rutner
Duesenberg/Duesenberg Rod | 152 | $610 | 109.546 |
| 19 | 12 | 10 | Cummings, Bill | Bowes Seal Fast/Schneider
Stevens/Miller Crankshaft | 151 | $605 | 111.204 |
| 20 | 32 | 57 | Fox, Malcolm(R) | William Richards
Studebaker/Studebaker Spring | 132 | $600 | 111.149 |
| 21 | 29 | 9 | Miller, Chet | Hudson/R.G. "Buddy" Marr
Hudson/Hudson Engine | 125 | $590 | 111.053 |
| 22 | 31 | 7 | Triplett, Ernie | Floating Power/William White
Miller/Miller Clutch | 125 | $590 | 114.935 |
| 23 | 30 | 1 | Schneider, Louis | Bowes Seal Fast/Schneider
Stevens/Miller Frame | 125 | $590 | 110.681 |
| 24 | 21 | 41 | Russo, Joe | Art Rose/George Henry
Rigling/Duesenberg Rod | 107 | $580 | 108.791 |
| 25 | 1 | 8 | Moore, Lou | Boyle Valve
Miller/Miller Timing gear | 79 | $575 | 117.363 |
| 26 | 36 | 14 | Gaudino, Juan(R) | Golden Seal/Juan Gaudino
Chrysler/Chrysler Clutch | 71 | $570 | 107.466 |
| 27 | 18 | 29 | Miller, Al(R) | Hudson/R.G. "Buddy" Marr
Hudson/Hudson Engine | 66 | $565 | 110.129 |
| 28 | 39 | 42 | MacKenzie, Doc(R) | Ray Brady
Studebaker/Studebaker Engine | 65 | $560 | 108.154 |
| 29 | 13 | 32 | Brisko, Frank | Brisko-Atkinson
Stevens/Miller Clutch | 61 | $555 | 111.149 |
| 30 | 34 | 72 | Campbell, Ray(R) | Folly Farm/E.D. Stairs
Graham/Graham Crankshaft | 60 | $550 | 108.969 |
| 31 | 2 | 5 | Arnold, Billy | Miller-Hartz
Summers/Miller Crash 3 | 59 | $545 | 116.290 |
| 32 | 3 | 27 | Saulpaugh, Bryan(R) | Harry Miller/William White
Miller/Miller Oil line | 55 | $540 | 114.369 |
| 33 | 7 | 16 | Meyer, Lou | Alden Sampson II
Stevens/Miller Crankshaft | 50 | $535 | 112.471 |
| 34 | 23 | 21 | Aspen, Al | Brady & Nardi
Duesenberg/Studebaker Rod | 31 | $530 | 108.008 |
| 35 | 33 | 49 | Kreiger, Johnny(R) | Consumers/Duesenberg
Duesenberg/Duesenberg Rod | 30 | $525 | 109.276 |
| 36 | 16 | 48 | Crawford, Wesley | Boyle Valve/M.J. Boyle
Miller/Duesenberg Crankshaft | 28 | $520 | 110.396 |
| 37 | 8 | 17 | Bost, Paul | Empire State/Paul Bost
Cooper/Miller Crankshaft | 18 | $515 | 111.885 |
| 38 | 24 | 58 | McDonogh, Bob | Miller Four Wheel Drive
Miller/Miller Oil line | 17 | $510 | 113.275 |
| 39 | 28 | 45 | Schrader, Gus(R) | Harry Miller/William Burden
Miller/Miller Crash 4 | 7 | $505 | 112.003 |
| 40 | 37 | 26 | Gordon, Al(R) | Lion Tamer/G.D. Harrison
Miller/Miller Crash 4 | 3 | $500 | 111.290 |
| Total Purse: | $93,900 | Field Average: | 111.269 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars Entered: | 72 | Cars Started: | 40 |
| Number Rookies: | 12 | Former Winners: | 3 |
1933 Indianapolis 500 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Car Name Chassis/Engine Running or Reason Out | Laps Comp | Prize Money | Qual. Speed |
| 1 | 6 | 36 | Meyer, Lou | Tydol/Lou Meyer
Miller/Miller Running | 200 | $18,000 | 116.977 |
| 2 | 23 | 17 | Shaw, Wilbur | Mallory/Leon Duray
Stevens/Miller Running | 200 | $9,100 | 115.497 |
| 3 | 4 | 37 | Moore, Lou | Foreman Axle/Maley & Scully
Duesenberg/Miller Running | 200 | $4,100 | 117.843 |
| 4 | 15 | 21 | Gardner, Chet | Sampson Radio
Stevens/Miller Running | 200 | $2,400 | 112.319 |
| 5 | 10 | 8 | Stubblefield, Stubby | Shafer "8"/Phil Shafer
Rigling/Buick Running | 200 | $3,250 | 114.784 |
| 6 | 36 | 38 | Evans, Dave | Arthur Rose
Rigling/Studebaker Running | 200 | $1,450 | 109.448 |
| 7 | 12 | 34 | Gulotta, Tony | Studebaker
Rigling/Studebaker Running | 200 | $1,300 | 113.578 |
| 8 | 17 | 4 | Snowberger, Russ | Russell Snowberger
Snowberger/Studebaker Running | 200 | $1,200 | 110.769 |
| 9 | 16 | 9 | Meyer, Zeke | Studebaker
Rigling/Studebaker Running | 200 | $1,150 | 111.099 |
| 10 | 20 | 46 | Johnson, Luther | Studebaker
Rigling/Studebaker Running | 200 | $1,100 | 110.097 |
| 11 | 9 | 6 | Bergere, Cliff | Studebaker
Rigling/Studebaker Running | 200 | $500 | 115.643 |
| 12 | 18 | 47 | Corum, L.L. | Studebaker
Rigling/Studebaker Running | 200 | $475 | 110.465 |
| 13 | 40 | 49 | Prentiss, Willard(R) | Jack C. Carr/Kleinschmidt
Rigling/Duesenberg Running | 200 | $450 | 107.776 |
| 14 | 27 | 14 | Riganti, Raoul | Golden Seal/Raoul Riganti
Chrysler/Chrysler Running | 200 | $425 | 108.081 |
| 15 | 28 | 29 | Haustein, Gene | Lawrence Martz
Hudson/Hudson Flagged | 197 | $380 | 107.603 |
| 16 | 14 | 26 | Litz, Deacon | Bowes Seal Fast/A.B. Litz
Miller/Miller Flagged | 197 | $370 | 113.138 |
| 17 | 31 | 18 | Russo, Joe | Wonder Bread/Duesenberg
Duesenberg/Duesenberg Flagged | 192 | $340 | 112.531 |
| 18 | 39 | 51 | MacKenzie, Doc | Ray Brady
Duesenberg/Studebaker Rear axle | 192 | $330 | 108.073 |
| 19 | 25 | 27 | Petillo, Kelly | Yahr-Miller
Smith/Miller Spun & stalled | 168 | $320 | 113.037 |
| 20 | 32 | 28 | Miller, Chet | R.G. "Buddy" Marr
Hudson/Hudson Rod | 163 | $305 | 112.025 |
| 21 | 24 | 19 | Miller, Al | R.G. "Buddy" Marr
Hudson/Hudson Rod | 161 | $295 | 109.799 |
| 22 | 19 | 68 | Hill, Bennett | S.C. Goldberg
Cooper/Cooper Rod | 158 | $285 | 110.264 |
| 23 | 29 | 45 | Stapp, Babe | Boyle Products
Miller/Miller Out of gas | 156 | $1,380 | 116.626 |
| 24 | 26 | 32 | Crawford, Wesley | Boyle Products/Frank Brisko
Stevens/Miller Crash 1 (Winn)* | 147 | $275 | 109.862 |
| 25 | 1 | 5 | Cummings, Bill | Boyle Products
Miller/Miller Radiator | 136 | $1,065 | 118.521 |
| 26 | 7 | 15 | Spangler, Lester(R) | Miller/Harry Hartz
Miller/Miller Crash 1, died | 132 | $260 | 116.903 |
| 27 | 35 | 65 | Winnai, Freddy | James Kemp
Duesenberg/Duesenberg Engine trouble | 125 | $255 | 111.018 |
| 28 | 30 | 57 | Fox, Malcolm | Universal Service/Richards
Studebaker/Studebaker Crash 1 | 121 | $250 | 112.922 |
| 29 | 3 | 12 | Frame, Fred | Miller-Hartz
Wetteroth/Miller Valve | 85 | $645 | 117.864 |
| 30 | 22 | 64 | Billman, Mark(R) | Kemp-Mannix
Duesenberg/Duesenberg Crash 2, died | 79 | $240 | 112.410 |
| 31 | 34 | 53 | Sawyer, Johnny(R) | Lencki-Madis/Lencki & Unger
Miller/Miller Clutch | 77 | $235 | 110.590 |
| 32 | 11 | 2 | Kreis, Peter | Frame-Miller
Summers/Miller Universal joint | 63 | $230 | 114.370 |
| 33 | 5 | 16 | Triplett, Ernie | Floating Power/White
Weil/Miller Piston | 61 | $225 | 117.685 |
| 34 | 13 | 25 | Cantlon, Shorty | Sullivan & O'Brien/Cantlon
Stevens/Miller Rod | 50 | $220 | 113.384 |
| 35 | 42 | 3 | Rose, Mauri(R) | Gilmore/Joe Marks
Stevens/Miller Timing gears | 48 | $215 | 117.649 |
| 36 | 2 | 58 | Brisko, Frank | F.W.D. Auto
Miller/Miller Oil too hot | 47 | $210 | 118.388 |
| 37 | 8 | 10 | Hall, Ira | Denny Duesenberg
Stevens/Duesenberg Piston | 37 | $206 | 115.739 |
| 38 | 41 | 23 | Hepburn, Ralph | Highway Truck/Goldberg
Cooper/Cooper Rod bearing | 33 | $205 | 110.001 |
| 39 | 37 | 59 | Campbell, Ray | G&D/Tulio Gulotta
Hudson/Hudson Oil leak | 24 | $204 | 108.650 |
| 40 | 33 | 24 | Bost, Paul | Frame-Miller Duesenberg
Duesenberg/Miller Oil line | 13 | $203 | 111.330 |
| 41 | 38 | 61 | Decker, Rick | Miller/Bessie Decker
Miller/Miller Manifold | 13 | $202 | 108.280 |
| 42 | 21 | 22 | Schneider, Louis | Edelweiss/W.R. Blackburn
Stevens/Miller Stalled | 1 | $200 | 109.850 |
| Total Purse: | $54,450 | Field Average: | 112.426 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars Entered: | 63 | Cars Started: | 42 |
| Number Rookies: | 5 | Former Winners: | 3 |
| Qualifying Notes: Total Time for 10 laps | |||
1934 Indianapolis 500 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Car Name Chassis/Engine Running or Reason Out | Laps Comp | Prize Money | Qual. Speed |
| 1 | 10 | 7 | Cummings, Bill | Boyle Products/Henning
Miller/Miller Running | 200 | $29,725 | 116.116 |
| 2 | 4 | 9 | Rose, Mauri | Leon Duray
Stevens/Miller Running | 200 | $14,350 | 116.044 |
| 3 | 20 | 2 | Moore, Lou | Foreman Axle/CA Racers
Miller/Miller Running | 200 | $6,675 | 113.442 |
| 4 | 19 | 12 | Litz, Deacon | Stokely Foods/A.B. Litz
Miller/Miller Running | 200 | $4,250 | 113.731 |
| 5 | 24 | 16 | Russo, Joe | Duesenberg/Joe Russo
Duesenberg/Duesenberg Running | 200 | $3,600 | 113.115 |
| 6 | 8 | 36 | Miller, Al | Shafer "8" Phil Shafer
Rigling/Buick Running | 200 | $2,200 | 113.307 |
| 7 | 18 | 22 | Bergere, Cliff | Floating Power/White
Weil/Miller Running | 200 | $1,850 | 115.243 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | Snowberger, Russ | Russell Snowberger
Snowberger/Studebaker Running | 200 | $1,650 | 111.428 |
| 9 | 3 | 32 | Brisko, Frank | F.W.D. Auto
Miller/Miller Running | 200 | $2,850 | 116.894 |
| 10 | 14 | 24 | Ardinger, Herb(R) | Angelo Lucenti
Graham/Graham Running | 200 | $1,425 | 111.722 |
| 11 | 1 | 17 | Petillo, Kelly | Red Lion/Joe Marks
Adams/Miller Running | 200 | $900 | 119.329 |
| 12 | 29 | 5 | Stubblefield, Stubby | Cummins Diesel
Duesenberg/Cummins Running | 200 | $880 | 105.921 |
| 13 | 11 | 31 | Hepburn, Ralph | Miller/Ralph Hepburn
Miller/Miller Connecting rod | 164 | $840 | 114.321 |
| 14 | 12 | 18 | Barringer, George(R) | Boyle Products/H.C. Henning
Miller/Miller Bent front axle | 161 | $815 | 113.859 |
| 15 | 6 | 26 | Shafer, Phil | Shafer "8"/Phil Shafer
Rigling/Buick Camshaft drive | 130 | $790 | 113.816 |
| 16 | 28 | 49 | Crawford, Charles(R) | Detroit Gasket
Ford/Ford Head gasket | 110 | $860 | 108.784 |
| 17 | 7 | 8 | Gulotta, Tony | Schroeder/Floyd Smith
Cooper/Studebaker Rod | 94 | $770 | 113.733 |
| 18 | 13 | 1 | Meyer, Lou | Ring Free/Lou Meyer
Stevens/Miller Oil tank | 92 | $745 | 112.332 |
| 19 | 22 | 6 | Evans, Dave | Cummins Diesel
Duesenberg/Cummins Transmission | 81 | $720 | 102.414 |
| 20 | 15 | 15 | Cantlon, Shorty | Sullivan & O'Brien/Cantlon
Stevens/Miller Crankshaft | 76 | $700 | 117.875 |
| 21 | 5 | 4 | Gardner, Chet | Sampson Radio
Stevens/Miller Rod | 72 | $675 | 114.786 |
| 22 | 17 | 51 | Gordon, Al | Abels & Fink/Paul Weirick
Adams/Miller Crash 1 | 66 | $650 | 116.273 |
| 23 | 23 | 35 | Mays, Rex(R) | Frame Miller-Duesenberg
Duesenberg/Miller Front axle | 53 | $630 | 113.639 |
| 24 | 25 | 42 | Fahrnow, Dusty(R) | Superior Trailer/Goldberg
Cooper/Cooper Rod | 28 | $600 | 113.070 |
| 25 | 21 | 41 | Sawyer, Johnny | Burd Piston/Lencki & Unger
Miller/Lencki Rod | 27 | $585 | 109.808 |
| 26 | 33 | 33 | Seymour, Johnny | Streamline Miller/Fred Frame
Adams/Miller Pinion gear | 22 | $560 | 108.591 |
| 27 | 27 | 45 | Decker, Rick | Carter Carburetor/Decker
Miller/Miller Clutch | 17 | $540 | 110.895 |
| 28 | 2 | 3 | Shaw, Wilbur | Lion Head/Joe Marks
Stevens/Miller Lost oil | 15 | $515 | 117.647 |
| 29 | 26 | 73 | MacKenzie, Doc | Cresco/Mikan & Carson
Mikan-Carson/Studebaker Crash NS | 15 | $490 | 111.933 |
| 30 | 31 | 29 | Haustein, Gene | Lawrence Martz
Hudson/Hudson Crash 4 | 13 | $470 | 109.426 |
| 31 | 30 | 63 | McQuinn, Harry(R) | Michel DeBaets
Rigling/Miller Rod | 13 | $445 | 111.067 |
| 32 | 16 | 58 | Bailey, George(R) | Roy Scott
Snowberger/Studebaker Crash 3 | 12 | $420 | 111.063 |
| 33 | 32 | 46 | Miller, Chet | Bohnalite Ford/Bohn Brass
Ford/Ford Crash 1 | 11 | $400 | 109.252 |
| Total Purse: | $83,775 | Field Average: | 112.645 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars Entered: | 54 | Cars Started: | 33 |
| Number Rookies: | 7 | Former Winners: | 1 |
| Qualifying Notes: Total Time for 10 laps | |||
1935 Indianapolis 500 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Car Name Chassis/Engine Running or Reason Out | Laps Comp | Prize Money | Qual. Speed |
| 1 | 22 | 5 | Petillo, Kelly | Gilmore Speedway/Petillo
Wetteroth/Offy Running | 200 | $30,600 | 115.095 |
| 2 | 20 | 14 | Shaw, Wilbur | Gil Pirrung
Shaw/Offy Running | 200 | $13,500 | 116.854 |
| 3 | 5 | 1 | Cummings, Bill | Boyle Products/H.C.Henning
Miller/Miller Running | 200 | $6,650 | 116.901 |
| 4 | 3 | 22 | Roberts, Floyd(R) | Abels & Fink/Earl Haskell
Miller/Miller Running | 200 | $4,000 | 118.671 |
| 5 | 7 | 21 | Hepburn, Ralph | Veedol/Ralph Hepburn
Miller/Miller Running | 200 | $3,500 | 115.156 |
| 6 | 19 | 9 | Cantlon, Shorty | Sullivan & O'Brien/Cantlon
Stevens/Miller Running | 200 | $2,200 | 118.205 |
| 7 | 9 | 18 | Gardner, Chet | Sampson Radio/Sampson
Stevens/Miller Running | 200 | $1,800 | 114.556 |
| 8 | 13 | 16 | Litz, Deacon | Shaler-Rislone/A.B. Litz
Miller/Miller Running | 200 | $1,600 | 114.488 |
| 9 | 15 | 8 | MacKenzie, Doc | Gil Pirrung
Rigling/Miller Running | 200 | $1,500 | 114.294 |
| 10 | 17 | 34 | Miller, Chet | Milac Front Drive/Fred Frame
Summers/Miller Running | 200 | $1,475 | 113.552 |
| 11 | 8 | 19 | Frame, Fred | Miller-Hartz
Wetteroth/Miller Running | 200 | $850 | 114.701 |
| 12 | 4 | 36 | Meyer, Lou | Ring Free/Lou Meyer
Stevens/Miller Running | 200 | $700 | 117.938 |
| 13 | 16 | 15 | Bergere, Cliff | Victor Gasket/Phil Shafer
Rigling/Buick Out of gas | 196 | $600 | 114.162 |
| 14 | 31 | 62 | Insinger, Harris(R) | Cresco/Mikan & Carson
Mikan-Carson/Studebaker Flagged | 185 | $535 | 117.729 |
| 15 | 21 | 4 | Miller, Al | Boyle Products/H.C. Henning
Rigling/Miller Magneto | 178 | $520 | 115.303 |
| 16 | 26 | 43 | Horn, Ted(R) | Ford V-8/Harry Miller
Miller-Ford/Ford Steering | 145 | $505 | 113.213 |
| 17 | 1 | 33 | Mays, Rex | Gilmore/Paul Weirick
Adams/Miller Spring shackle | 123 | $2,490 | 120.736 |
| 18 | 23 | 7 | Moore, Lou | Foreman Axle/Lou Moore
Miller/Miller Rod | 116 | $475 | 114.180 |
| 19 | 14 | 37 | Connor, George(R) | Marks-Miller
Stevens/Miller Transmission | 112 | $460 | 114.321 |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Rose, Mauri | Front Wheel Drive Auto
Miller/Miller Studs | 103 | $445 | 116.470 |
| 21 | 6 | 44 | Gulotta, Tony | Bowes Seal Fast/Leon Duray
Stevens/Miller Magneto | 102 | $430 | 115.459 |
| 22 | 30 | 39 | Snyder, Jimmy(R) | Blue Prelude/Joel Thorne
Snowberger/Studebaker Spring | 97 | $415 | 112.249 |
| 23 | 24 | 41 | Brisko, Frank | Art Rose/Kenneth Schroeder
Rigling/Studebaker Universal joint | 79 | $400 | 113.307 |
| 24 | 27 | 42 | Seymour, Johnny | Ford V-8/Harry Miller
Miller-Ford/Ford Grease leak | 71 | $385 | 112.696 |
| 25 | 12 | 17 | Stapp, Babe | Marks-Miller
Adams/Miller Radiator | 70 | $470 | 116.736 |
| 26 | 29 | 35 | Bailey, George | Ford V-8/Harry Miller
Miller-Ford/Ford Steering | 65 | $355 | 113.432 |
| 27 | 11 | 3 | Snowberger, Russ | Boyle Products/Henning
Miller/Miller Exhaust pipe | 59 | $340 | 114.209 |
| 28 | 32 | 26 | Tomei, Louis(R) | Burd Piston Ring/Joe Lencki
Miller/Lencki Valve | 47 | $325 | 110.794 |
| 29 | 33 | 46 | Sall, Bob(R) | Ford V-8/Harry Miller
Miller-Ford/Ford Steering | 47 | $310 | 110.519 |
| 30 | 2 | 6 | Gordon, Al | Cocktail Hour/White
Weil/Miller Crash 4 | 17 | $295 | 119.481 |
| 31 | 28 | 27 | Winnai, Freddy | Gyro-Duesenberg/Hartz
Duesenberg/Miller Rod | 16 | $280 | 115.138 |
| 32 | 25 | 45 | Weatherly, Clay(R) | Bowes Seal Fast/Leon Duray
Stevens/Miller Crash 4, died | 9 | $265 | 115.902 |
| 33 | 18 | 66 | McQuinn, Harry | Michel DeBaets
Rigling/Miller Rod | 4 | $250 | 111.111 |
| Total Purse: | $78,575 | Field Average: | 114.846 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars Entered: | 59 | Cars Started: | 33 |
| Number Rookies: | 8 | Former Winners: | 3 |
| Qualifying Notes: Total time for 10 laps | |||
1936 Indianapolis 500 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Car Name Chassis/Engine Running or Reason Out | Laps Comp | Prize Money | Qual. Speed |
| 1 | 28 | 8 | Meyer, Lou | Ring Free/Lou Meyer
Stevens/Miller Running | 200 | $34,045 | 114.171 |
| 2 | 11 | 22 | Horn, Ted | Miller-Hartz
Wetteroth/Miller Running | 200 | $13,935 | 116.564 |
| 3 | 4 | 10 | MacKenzie, Doc | Gilmore Speedway/Petillo
Wetteroth/Offy Running | 200 | $6,953 | 116.961 |
| 4 | 30 | 36 | Rose, Mauri | Four Wheel Drive Auto
Miller/Miller Running | 200 | $4,053 | 113.890 |
| 5 | 3 | 18 | Miller, Chet | Boyle Motor Products
Summers/Miller Running | 200 | $3,653 | 117.675 |
| 6 | 25 | 41 | Pixley, Ray(R) | Fink Auto/Clarence Felker
Miller/Miller Running | 200 | $2,328 | 116.703 |
| 7 | 9 | 3 | Shaw, Wilbur | Gilmore/Wilbur Shaw
Shaw/Offy Running | 200 | $3,650 | 117.503 |
| 8 | 14 | 17 | Barringer, George | Kennedy Tank/Phil Shafer
Rigling/Offy Running | 200 | $1,650 | 112.700 |
| 9 | 32 | 53 | Meyer, Zeke | Boyle Motor Products
Cooper/Studebaker Running | 200 | $1,550 | 111.476 |
| 10 | 5 | 38 | Connor, George | Marks Miller/Joe Marks
Adams/Miller Running | 200 | $1,425 | 116.269 |
| 11 | 12 | 35 | Winnai, Freddy | Midwest Red Lion Racing Team
Stevens/Offy Flagged | 199 | $850 | 116.221 |
| 12 | 24 | 9 | Hepburn, Ralph | Art Rose/Ralph Hepburn
Miller/Offy Flagged | 196 | $700 | 112.673 |
| 13 | 27 | 28 | McQuinn, Harry | Sampson Radio
Stevens/Miller Out of gas | 196 | $600 | 114.118 |
| 14 | 10 | 7 | Cantlon, Shorty | Hamilton-Harris/White
Weil/Miller Out of gas | 194 | $535 | 116.912 |
| 15 | 1 | 33 | Mays, Rex | Gilmore/Paul Weirick
Adams/Sparks Out of gas | 192 | $920 | 119.644 |
| 16 | 23 | 54 | Williams, Doc(R) | Superior Trailer/Race Car Corp.
Cooper/Miller Out of gas | 192 | $505 | 112.837 |
| 17 | 29 | 32 | Moore, Lou | Burd Piston Ring/Moore
Miller/Offy Out of gas | 185 | $490 | 113.996 |
| 18 | 33 | 19 | Andres, Emil(R) | J. Stewart Carew
Whippet/Cragar Flagged | 184 | $475 | 111.455 |
| 19 | 15 | 4 | Roberts, Floyd | Burd Piston Ring/Joe Lencki
Stevens/Offy Out of gas | 183 | $460 | 112.403 |
| 20 | 20 | 14 | Brisko, Frank | Elgin-Piston Pin
Miller/Brisko Out of gas | 180 | $445 | 114.213 |
| 21 | 17 | 12 | Miller, Al | Boyle Motor Products
Smith/Miller Crash FS | 119 | $430 | 116.138 |
| 22 | 7 | 42 | Bergere, Cliff | Bowes Seal Fast
Stevens/Miller Engine support | 116 | $415 | 113.377 |
| 23 | 26 | 15 | Litz, Deacon | Deacon Litz/A.B. Litz
Miller/Miller Crankshaft | 108 | $400 | 115.997 |
| 24 | 2 | 21 | Stapp, Babe | Gil Pirrung
Shaw/Offy Crankshaft | 89 | $1,585 | 118.945 |
| 25 | 19 | 5 | Winn, Billy | Harry Miller/James Winn
Miller/Miller Crankshaft | 78 | $370 | 114.648 |
| 26 | 22 | 52 | McGurk, Frank(R) | Abels Auto Ford/Charles Worley
Adams/Cragar Crankshaft | 51 | $355 | 113.102 |
| 27 | 8 | 27 | Tomei, Louis | Wheeler's/Babe Stapp
Wetteroth/Miller Engine support | 44 | $340 | 111.078 |
| 28 | 6 | 44 | Ardinger, Herb | Bowes Seal Fast
Stevens/Miller Transmission | 38 | $325 | 115.082 |
| 29 | 18 | 6 | Gardner, Chet | Chester Gardner
Duesenberg/Offy Clutch | 38 | $310 | 116.000 |
| 30 | 16 | 43 | Snyder, Jimmy | Belanger Miller
Stevens/Miller Oil leak | 21 | $295 | 111.291 |
| 31 | 21 | 47 | Seymour, Johnny | Sullivan & O'Brien/Cantlon
Stevens/Miller Clutch | 13 | $280 | 113.169 |
| 32 | 31 | 46 | Frame, Fred | Burd Piston Ring/Moore & Fengler
Miller/Miller Piston | 4 | $265 | 112.877 |
| 33 | 13 | 2 | Cummings, Bill | Boyle Motor Products
Miller/Offy Clutch | 0 | $250 | 115.939 |
| Total Purse: | $82,525 | Field Average: | 116.685 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars Entered: | 50 | Cars Started: | 32 |
| Number Rookies: | 4 | Former Winners: | 3 |
| Qualifying Notes: Total Time for 10 laps | |||
1937 Indianapolis 500 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Car Name Chassis/Engine Running or Reason Out | Laps Comp | Prize Money | Qual. Speed |
| 1 | 2 | 6 | Shaw, Wilbur | Shaw-Gilmore
Shaw/Offy Running | 200 | $35,075 | 122.791 |
| 2 | 6 | 8 | Hepburn, Ralph | Hamilton-Harris/Meyer
Stevens/Offy Running | 200 | $15,937 | 118.809 |
| 3 | 32 | 3 | Horn, Ted | Miller-Harry Hartz
Wetteroth/Miller Running | 200 | $7,087 | 118.608 |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | Meyer, Lou | Boyle/H.C. Henning
Miller/Miller Running | 200 | $4,275 | 119.619 |
| 5 | 16 | 45 | Bergere, Cliff | Midwest Red Lion/George Lyons
Stevens/Offy Running | 200 | $3,725 | 117.546 |
| 6 | 1 | 16 | Cummings, Bill | Boyle/H.C. Henning
Miller/Offy Running | 200 | $3,187 | 123.455 |
| 7 | 14 | 28 | DeVore, Billy(R) | Miller/H.E. Winn
Stevens/Miller Running | 200 | $1,962 | 120.192 |
| 8 | 7 | 38 | Gulotta, Tony | Burd Piston Ring/Joe Lencki
Rigling/Offy Running | 200 | $1,787 | 118.788 |
| 9 | 12 | 17 | Connor, George | Joe Marks/Miller
Adams/Miller Running | 200 | $1,862 | 120.240 |
| 10 | 18 | 53 | Tomei, Louis | Sobonite Plastics/S.S. Engineering
Rigling/Studebaker Running | 200 | $1,487 | 116.437 |
| 11 | 9 | 31 | Gardner, Chet | Burd Piston Ring/Chester Gardner
Duesenberg/Offy Flagged | 199 | $912 | 117.342 |
| 12 | 10 | 23 | Householder, Ronney(R | Henry J. Topping
Viglioni/Miller Flagged | 194 | $737 | 116.464 |
| 13 | 17 | 62 | Roberts, Floyd | Joel Thorne
Miller/Miller Flagged | 194 | $600 | 116.996 |
| 14 | 11 | 35 | Litz, Deacon | Motorola/A.B. Litz
Miller/Miller Out of oil | 191 | $535 | 116.372 |
| 15 | 24 | 32 | Davis, Floyd(R) | Joel Thorne
Snowberger/Miller Crash 3 | 190 | $520 | 118.942 |
| 16 | 25 | 34 | Cantlon, Shorty | Bowes Seal Fast/Bill White Cars
Weil/Miller Flagged | 182 | $505 | 118.555 |
| 17 | 26 | 42 | Miller, Al | Joel Thorne
Snowberger/Miller Carburetor | 170 | $490 | 118.518 |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Rose, Mauri | Burd Piston Ring/Lou Moore
Miller/Offy Oil line | 127 | $470 | 118.540 |
| 19 | 29 | 41 | Fowler, Ken(R) | Lucky Teeter
Wetteroth/McDowell Pushed, disq. | 116 | $460 | 117.421 |
| 20 | 20 | 25 | Petillo, Kelly | Kelly Petillo
Wetteroth/Offy Out of oil | 109 | $1,445 | 124.129 |
| 21 | 28 | 43 | Bailey, George | Duray-Sims
Stevens/Miller Clutch | 107 | $430 | 117.497 |
| 22 | 3 | 54 | Ardinger, Herb | Chicago Raw Hide Oil/Welch
Welch/Offy Rod | 106 | $915 | 121.983 |
| 23 | 15 | 24 | Brisko, Frank | Elgin Piston Pin/Frank Brisko
Stevens/Brisko No oil pressure | 105 | $400 | 118.213 |
| 24 | 33 | 44 | Wearne, Frank(R) | Leon Duray
Stevens/Miller Carburetor | 99 | $385 | 118.220 |
| 25 | 27 | 26 | Willman, Tony(R) | F.W.D./Peter DePaolo
Miller/Miller Rod | 95 | $370 | 118.242 |
| 26 | 4 | 10 | Winn, Billy | Miller/James Winn
Miller/Miller Oil line | 85 | $605 | 119.922 |
| 27 | 30 | 12 | Snowberger, Russ | Russ Snowberger
Snowberger/Packard Clutch | 66 | $340 | 117.354 |
| 28 | 21 | 33 | Swanson, Bob(R) | Fink/Paul Weirick
Adams/Sparks Carburetor | 52 | $825 | 121.920 |
| 29 | 22 | 47 | McQuinn, Harry | Sullivan-O'Brien
Stevens/Miller Piston | 47 | $560 | 121.822 |
| 30 | 13 | 7 | Miller, Chet | Boyle/H.C. Henning
Summers/Miller Ignition | 36 | $295 | 119.213 |
| 31 | 31 | 15 | Stapp, Babe | Henry J. Topping
Maserati/Maserati Clutch | 36 | $280 | 117.226 |
| 32 | 19 | 5 | Snyder, Jimmy | Sparks/Joel Thorne
Adams/Sparks Transmission | 27 | $3,165 | 125.287 |
| 33 | 23 | 14 | Mays, Rex | Bowes Seal Fast/Bill White Cars
Alfa Romeo/Alfa Romeo Overheating | 24 | $500 | 119.968 |
| Total Purse: | $92,135 | Field Average: | 119.200 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars Entered: | 54 | Cars Started: | 33 |
| Number Rookies: | 7 | Former Winners: | 3 |
| Qualifying Notes: Total Time for 10 Laps | |||
1938 Indianapolis 500 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Car Name Chassis/Engine Running or Reason Out | Laps Comp | Prize Money | Qual. Speed |
| 1 | 1 | 23 | Roberts, Floyd | Burd Piston Ring/Lou Moore
Wetteroth/Miller Running | 200 | $31,075 | 125.681 |
| 2 | 7 | 1 | Shaw, Wilbur | Wilbur Shaw
Shaw/Offy Running | 200 | $14,425 | 120.987 |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | Miller, Chet | I.B.E.W./Boyle Racing
Summers/Offy Running | 200 | $7,350 | 121.898 |
| 4 | 6 | 2 | Horn, Ted | Miller-Hartz
Wetteroth/Miller Running | 200 | $4,600 | 121.327 |
| 5 | 18 | 38 | Gardner, Chet | Burd Piston Ring/Joe Lencki
Rigling/Offy Running | 200 | $4,100 | 120.435 |
| 6 | 14 | 54 | Ardinger, Herb | Offenhauser/Lewis Welch
Miller-Ford/Offy Flagged | 199 | $2,625 | 119.022 |
| 7 | 25 | 45 | McQuinn, Harry | Carl Marchese
Marchese/Miller Flagged | 197 | $2,175 | 119.492 |
| 8 | 30 | 58 | DeVore, Billy | P.R.&W./Joel Thorne
Stevens/Offy Flagged | 185 | $1,925 | 116.339 |
| 9 | 13 | 22 | Thorne, Joel | Thorne Engineering
Shaw/Offy Flagged | 185 | $1,775 | 119.155 |
| 10 | 17 | 29 | Wearne, Frank | Indiana Fur/Paul Weirick
Adams/Offy Flagged | 181 | $1,650 | 121.405 |
| 11 | 33 | 43 | Nalon, Duke | Kohlert-Miller
Fengler/Miller Flagged | 178 | $1,025 | 113.828 |
| 12 | 29 | 12 | Bailey, George | Barbasol/Leon Duray
Weil/Duray Clutch | 166 | $825 | 116.393 |
| 13 | 9 | 27 | Rose, Mauri | I.B.E.W./Boyle Racing
Maserati/Maserati Supercharger | 165 | $650 | 119.796 |
| 14 | 10 | 16 | Householder, Ronney | Thorne-Sparks/Joel Thorne
Adams/Sparks Supercharger | 154 | $695 | 125.769 |
| 15 | 15 | 6 | Snyder, Jimmy | Sparks-Thorne/Joel Thorne
Adams/Sparks Supercharger | 150 | $3,390 | 123.506 |
| 16 | 12 | 5 | Meyer, Lou | Bowes Seal Fast/Bowes Racing
Stevens/Winfield Oil Pump | 149 | $635 | 120.525 |
| 17 | 4 | 17 | Gulotta, Tony | Hamilton-Harris/Tony Gulotta
Stevens/Offy Rod | 130 | $680 | 122.499 |
| 18 | 22 | 55 | Miller, Al | Domont's Pepsi-Cola/Jack Holly
Miller/Miller Clutch | 125 | $625 | 119.420 |
| 19 | 19 | 15 | Connor, George | Marks-Miller
Adams/Miller Engine | 119 | $620 | 120.326 |
| 20 | 32 | 9 | Bergere, Cliff | Kraft's Real Rye/George Lyons
Stevens/Miller Piston | 111 | $615 | 114.464 |
| 21 | 31 | 33 | Banks, Henry | Louis Kimmel
Miller/Voelker Rod bearing | 109 | $610 | 116.279 |
| 22 | 21 | 35 | Petillo, Kelly | Kelly Petillo
Wetteroth/Offy Camshaft | 100 | $955 | 119.827 |
| 23 | 24 | 21 | Tomei, Louis | P.O.B. Perfect Seal/H.E. Winn
Miller/Miller Rod | 88 | $625 | 121.599 |
| 24 | 16 | 7 | Cummings, Bill | I.B.E.W./Boyle Racing
Miller/Miller Radiator | 72 | $620 | 122.393 |
| 25 | 2 | 14 | Snowberger, Russ | D-X/Russell Snowberger
Snowberger/Miller Rod | 56 | $640 | 124.027 |
| 26 | 8 | 34 | Stapp, Babe | McCoy Auto Service/Bill White
Weil/Miller Valve | 54 | $585 | 120.595 |
| 27 | 26 | 10 | Willman, Tony | Murrell Belanger
Stevens/Miller Valve | 47 | $580 | 118.458 |
| 28 | 3 | 8 | Mays, Rex | Alfa-Romeo/Bill White Cars
A.R.-Weil/Alfa-Romeo Supercharger | 45 | $1,125 | 122.845 |
| 29 | 28 | 42 | Andres, Emil | Elgin Piston Pin
Adams/Brisko Crash 2 | 45 | $620 | 117.126 |
| 30 | 27 | 37 | Hall, Ira | Greenfield/Nowiak & Magnee
Nowiak/Studebaker Crash 3 | 44 | $565 | 118.255 |
| 31 | 11 | 26 | Brisko, Frank | Shur-Stop Brake/Frank Brisko
Stevens/Brisko Oil line | 39 | $585 | 121.921 |
| 32 | 23 | 36 | Putnam, Al | Troy Tydol/Arthur M. Sims
Stevens/Miller Crankshaft | 15 | $555 | 116.791 |
| 33 | 20 | 47 | Cantlon, Shorty | Kamm's/Thomas O'Brien
Stevens/Miller Supercharger | 13 | $550 | 120.906 |
| Total Purse: | $91,075 | Field Average: | 120.032 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars Entered: | 49 | Cars Started: | 33 |
| Number Rookies: | 4 | Former Winners: | 4 |
| Qualifying Notes: Total Time for 10 laps | |||
1939 Indianapolis 500 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Car Name Chassis/Engine Running or Reason Out | Laps Comp | Prize Money | Qual. Speed |
| 1 | 3 | 2 | Shaw, Wilbur | Boyle Racing Headquarters
Maserati/Maserati Running | 200 | $27,375 | 128.977 |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | Snyder, Jimmy | Thorne Engineering
Adams/Sparks Running | 200 | $16,100 | 130.138 |
| 3 | 10 | 54 | Bergere, Cliff | Offenhauser/Lewis Welch
Miller-Ford/Offy Running | 200 | $7,400 | 123.835 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Horn, Ted | Boyle Racinq Headquarters
Miller/Miller Running | 200 | $4,750 | 127.723 |
| 5 | 16 | 31 | Stapp, Babe | Alfa Romeo/Bill White Cars
Weil/Alfa Romeo Running | 200 | $4,225 | 125.000 |
| 6 | 15 | 41 | Barringer, George | Bill White Race Cars
Weil/Offy Running | 200 | $2,800 | 120.935 |
| 7 | 20 | 8 | Thorne, Joel | Thorne Engineering
Adams/Sparks Running | 200 | $2,150 | 122.177 |
| 8 | 8 | 16 | Rose, Mauri | Wheeler's/W. Wilbur Shaw
Shaw/Offy Running | 200 | $2,150 | 124.896 |
| 9 | 17 | 14 | Wearne, Frank | Burd Piston/Moore & Roberts
Wetteroth/Offy Running | 200 | $1,800 | 125.074 |
| 10 | 33 | 26 | DeVore, Billy | Leon Duray-Barbasol
Weil/Duray Running | 200 | $1,600 | 116.527 |
| 11 | 27 | 62 | Gulotta, Tony | Burd Piston Ring/George Lyons
Stevens/Offy Running | 200 | $1,000 | 121.749 |
| 12 | 2 | 45 | Meyer, Lou | Bowes Seal Fast/Bowes Racing
Stevens/Winfield Crash BS | 197 | $3,200 | 130.067 |
| 13 | 12 | 18 | Connor, George | Joseph Marks
Adams/Offy Stalled | 195 | $650 | 123.208 |
| 14 | 26 | 51 | Willman, Tony | Burd Piston Ring/Joe Lencki
Lencki/Lencki Fuel pump | 188 | $620 | 122.771 |
| 15 | 30 | 58 | Tomei, Louis | Alfa-Romeo/Frank Griswold
Alfa Romeo/Alfa Romeo Flagged | 186 | $590 | 118.425 |
| 16 | 19 | 15 | Mays, Rex | Thorne Engineering
Adams/Sparks Rings | 145 | $685 | 126.413 |
| 17 | 9 | 9 | Ardinger, Herb | Miller-Hartz
Wetteroth/Miller Clutch | 141 | $680 | 124.125 |
| 18 | 24 | 35 | Petillo, Kelly | Kay Jewelers/Kelly Petillo
Wetteroth/Offy Pistons | 141 | $600 | 123.660 |
| 19 | 14 | 49 | Hansen, Mel | Joel Thorne
Shaw/Offy Hit pit wall | 113 | $595 | 121.683 |
| 20 | 32 | 38 | McQuinn, Harry | Elgin Piston Pin/F. Burren
Blume/Brisko Ignition | 110 | $590 | 117.287 |
| 21 | 5 | 3 | Miller, Chet | Boyle Racing Headquarters
Summers/Miller Crash BS | 109 | $635 | 126.316 |
| 22 | 13 | 25 | Hepburn, Ralph | Hamilton-Harris/Tony Gulotta
Stevens/Offy Crash BS (B.S.) | 107 | $605 | 122.204 |
| 23 | 23 | 1 | Roberts, Floyd | Burd Piston Ring/Lou Moore
Wetteroth/Offy Crash BS, died | 106 | $650 | 128.968 |
| 24 | 18 | 37 | Hall, Ira | Greenfield/Magnee & Nowiak
Nowiak/Studebaker Head gasket | 89 | $570 | 121.188 |
| 25 | 25 | 21 | Snowberger, Russ | D-X/Russell Snowberger
Snowberger/Miller Radiator | 50 | $590 | 123.199 |
| 26 | 6 | 17 | Bailey, George | Harry A. Miller
Miller/Miller Valve | 47 | $610 | 125.821 |
| 27 | 29 | 56 | Davis, Floyd | W.B.W./Ed Walsh
Miller/Offy Shock absorber | 43 | $555 | 119.375 |
| 28 | 28 | 42 | Miller, Al | Kennedy Tank/Paul Weirick
Adams/Offy Accelerator | 41 | $575 | 123.233 |
| 29 | 11 | 29 | Brisko, Frank | National Seal/Frank Brisko
Stevens/Brisko Air pump | 38 | $570 | 123.351 |
| 30 | 21 | 44 | Andres, Emil | Chicago Flash/Jimmy Snyder
Stevens/Offy Spark plugs | 22 | $540 | 121.212 |
| 31 | 22 | 32 | Swanson, Bob | Sampson Motors
Stevens/Sampson Rear axle | 19 | $510 | 129.431 |
| 32 | 7 | 47 | Cantlon, Shorty | Auto Services/Associated
Stevens/Offy Main bearing | 15 | $605 | 125.567 |
| 33 | 31 | 53 | Litz, Deacon | Maserati/Richard T. Wharton
Maserati/Maserati Valve | 7 | $525 | 117.979 |
| Total Purse: | $87,050 | Field Average: | 123.567 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars Entered: | 49 | Cars Started: | 33 |
| Number Rookies: | 1 | Former Winners: | 4 |