International 500 Mile Sweepstakes
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
May 30, 1939

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status

Points
1 3 Wilbur Shaw 2 Boyle Maserati Maserati SC 200 4:20:47.49 115.035 1,000
2 1 Jimmy Snyder 10 Thorne Engineering Adams Sparks SC 200 4:22:35.61 114.245 825
3 10 Cliff Bergere 54 Offenhauser Miller FD Offy 200 4:23:51.40 113.698 675
4 4 Ted Horn 4 Boyle Miller FD Miller 200 4:28:08.82 111.879 550
5 16 Babe Stapp 31 Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo SC 200 4:29:42.68 111.230 450
6 15 George Barringer 41 Bill White Weil Offy 200 4:30:12.60 111.025 375
7 20 Joel Thorne 8 Thorne Engineering Adams Sparks 200 4:31:42.04 110.416 325
8 8 Mauri Rose 16 Wheeler's Shaw Offy 200 4:33:51.80 109.544 275
9 17 Frank Wearne 14 Burd Piston Ring Wetteroth Offy 200 4:38:16.65 107.806 225
10 33 Billy Devore 26 Duray-Barbasol Weil Duray SC 200 4:47:43.37 104.267 136.5
11 27 Tony Gulotta 62 Burd Piston Ring Stevens Offy 200 4:48:38.01 103.938 114.5
12 2 Louis Meyer 45 Bowes Seal Fast Stevens Winfield SC 197 Wrecked backstretch 75
13 12 George Connor 18 Marks Adams Offy 195 Stalled
14 26 Tony Willman 51 Burd Piston Ring Lencki Lencki 188 Broken fuel pump
15 30 Louis Tomei 58 Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo SC 186 Flagged
16 19 Rex Mays 15 Thorne Engineering Adams Sparks SC 145 Stuck piston rings
17 9 Herb Ardinger 9 Miller-Hartz Wetteroth Miller SC 141 Rear axle
18 24 Kelly Petillo 35 Kay Jewelers Wetteroth Offy 141 Broken pistons
19 14 Mel Hansen 49 Joel Thorne Shaw FD Offy 113 Hit pit wall
20 5 Chet Miller 3 Boyle Summers FD Miller 109 Wrecked backstretch
21 32 Harry McQuinn 38 Elgin Piston Pin Blume Brisko 110 Ignition trouble
22 13 Ralph Hepburn 25 Hamilton-Harris Stevens Offy 106 Wrecked backstretch
23 23 Floyd Roberts 1 Burd Piston Ring Wetteroth Offy 106 Wrecked BS - fatal
24 18 Ira Hall 37 Greenfield Service Nowiak Studebaker 89 Blown head gasket
25 25 Russ Snowberger 21 D-X Snowberger FD Miller 50 Leaking radiator
26 6 George Bailey 17 Miller Miller RE4D Miller SC 47 Broken valve
27 29 Floyd Davis 56 W R W Miller Offy 43 Broken shock absorber
28 28 Al Miller 42 Kennedy Tank Adams Offy 41 Broken throttle pedal
29 11 Frank Brisko 29 National Seal Stevens FD Brisko 38 Broken air pump
30 21 Emil Andres 44 Chicago Flash Stevens Offy 22 Stripped plug treads
31 22 Bob Swanson 32 SMI Stevens Sampson SC 19 Rear axle
32 7 Shorty Cantlon 47 Auto Service Stevens Offy 15 Burned main bearing
33 31 Deacon Litz 53 Maserati Maserati Maserati SC 7 Valve trouble
-- -- Frank Brisko 9 Miller-Hartz Wetteroth Miller SC 19 Relieved Ardinger 76-94
-- -- Frank Brisko 38 Elgin Piston Pin Blume Brisko 6 Relieved McQuinn 37-42
-- -- Mel Hansen 9 Miller-Hartz Wetteroth Miller SC 5 Relieved Ardinger 137-141
-- -- Mel Hansen 58 Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo SC 26 Relieved Tomei 161-186
-- -- Harry McQuinn 62 Burd Piston Ring Stevens Offy 17 Relieved Gulotta 111-127
-- -- Bob Swanson 25 Hamilton-Harris Stevens Offy 3 Relieved Hepburn 104-107
-- -- Henry Banks 26 Duray-Barbasol Weil Duray SC 44 Relieved B. DeVore 146-189 38.5
-- -- Al Putnam 38 Elgin Piston Pin Blume Brisko 59 Relieved McQuinn 12-36, 43-76
-- -- George Robson 38 Elgin Piston Pin Blume Brisko 34 Relieved McQuinn 77-110
-- -- Henry Banks 39 Cheesman Maserati Maserati Maserati SC -- Broken crankshaft
-- -- Louis Tomei 55 Indiana Fur X Buick -- Did not qualify
-- -- George Robson 28 Deacon Litz Maserati Maserati -- Did not qualify
-- -- George Robson 23 W. A. Rotary Valve X Wehr SC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Tommy Hinnershitz 33 Kimmel Miller Voelker -- DNQ, broken connecting rod
-- -- Zeke Meyer 27 Miller Miller RE4D Miller -- Did not qualify
-- -- Duke Nalon 7 Belanger X Miller -- Broken cam, crankshaft
-- -- Doc Williams 36 Quillen Brothers Refrig Miller FD Miller -- Did not qualify
-- -- Lou Webb 59 Woestman-McDowell X McDowell -- Did not qualify
-- -- Johnny Seymour 61 Miller Miller RE4D Miller -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Sam Hanks 42 Kennedy Tank Adams Offy -- Entry declined, lack of experience  
-- -- Ronney Householder 26 Duray-Barbasol Weil Duray SC -- Driven by B. Devore
-- -- Frank McGurk 41 Bill White Weil Offy -- Did not qualify

 

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