International 500 Mile
Sweepstakes
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
May 30, 1946
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
| 1 | 15 | George Robson | 16 | Thorne Engineering | Adams | Sparks SC | 200 | 4:21:26.70 114.820 | 1,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Jimmy Jackson | 61 | Jackson | Miller FD | Offy | 200 | 4:22:00.74 114.498 | 800 |
| 3 | 7 | Ted Horn | 29 | Boyle | Maserati | Maserati SC | 200 | 4:33:19.60 109.819 | 700 |
| 4 | 11 | Emil Andres | 18 | Elgin Piston Pin | Maserati | Maserati SC | 200 | 4:35:28.65 108.902 | 600 |
| 5 | 12 | Joie Chitwood | 24 | Noc-Out Hose Clamp | Wetteroth | Offy | 200 | 4:36:45.30 108.399 | 372 |
| 6 | 6 | Lewis Durant | 33 | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo SC | 200 | 4:45:30.88 105.073 | 400 |
| 7 | 28 | Luigi Villoresi | 52 | Maserati | Maserati | Maserati SC | 200 | 4:57:40.23 100.783 | 300 |
| 8 | 29 | Frank Wearne | 7 | Wolfe Motors | Shaw | Offy | 197 | Flagged | 250 |
| 9 | 25 | Bill Sheffler | 39 | Jack Maurer | Bromme | Offy | 139 | Flagged | |
| 10 | 31 | Billy DeVore | 17 | Schoof | Wetteroth | Offy | 167 | Spun out, SW turn | |
| 11 | 27 | Mel Hansen | 41 | Offenhauser | Kurtis | Duray SC | 143 | Broken crankshaft | |
| 12 | 10 | Russ Snowberger | 25 | Jim Hussey's Sportsman's Club | Maserati 8CTF | Maserati SC | 134 | Differential trouble | |
| 13 | 18 | Harry McQuinn | 14 | Mobilgas | Adams | Sparks SC | 124 | Out of oil | |
| 14 | 19 | Ralph Hepburn | 2 | Novi Governor | Kurtis FD | Novi SC | 121 | Engine, stalled | |
| 15 | 13 | Al Putnam | 12 | LGS Spring | Stevens | Offy | 120 | Magneto | |
| 16 | 1 | Cliff Bergere | 3 | Noc-Out Hose Clamp | Wetteroth | Offy | 82 | Out of oil | |
| 17 | 8 | Duke Dinsmore | 45 | Johnston | Adams | Offy | 82 | Broken connecting rod | |
| 18 | 17 | Chet Miller | 5 | Miller | Cooper FD | Offy | 64 | Broken oil line | |
| 19 | 16 | Jimmy Wilburn | 63 | Mobiloil | Alfa Romeo/Weil | Alfa Romeo SC | 52 | Engine trouble | |
| 20 | 26 | Tony Bettenhausen | 42 | Bristow-McManus | Wetteroth | Miller SC | 47 | Broken connecting rod | |
| 21 | 33 | Danny Kladis | 59 | Grancor V-8 | Miller FD | Ford V8 | 46 | Disqualified, towed | |
| 22 | 32 | Duke Nalon | 54 | Maserati | Maserati | Maserati SC | 45 | Broken universal joint | |
| 23 | 9 | Mauri Rose | 8 | Blue Crown Spark Plug | Lencki | Lencki | 40 | Wrecked NE turn | |
| 24 | 30 | George Connor | 38 | Walsh | Kurtis | Offy | 38 | Piston | |
| 25 | 23 | Hal Robson | 48 | Phillips | Bugatti | Miller | 37 | Broken connecting rod | |
| 26 | 22 | Louis Tomei | 15 | Boxar Tool | Stevens FD | Brisko | 34 | Broken oil line | |
| 27 | 21 | Henry Banks | 31 | Auto Shippers | Snowberger FD | Offy | 32 | Stalled | |
| 28 | 20 | Shorty Cantlon | 64 | H-3 | Miller FD | Offy | 28 | Clutch failure | |
| 29 | 24 | George Barringer | 26 | Tucker Torpedo | Miller 4DRE | Miller SC | 27 | Gear | |
| 30 | 14 | Rex Mays | 1 | Bowes Seal Fast | Stevens | Winfield SC | 26 | Broken manifold | |
| 31 | 3 | Sam Hanks | 32 | Spike Jones | Stevens | Sampson SC | 18 | Broken oil line | |
| 32 | 4 | Hal Cole | 47 | Don Lee | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo SC | 16 | Fuel leak | |
| 33 | 2 | Paul Russo | 10 | Fageol Twin Coach | Fageol 4D | 2 Offys | 16 | Wrecked NE turn | |
| -- | -- | George Connor | 12 | LGS Spring | Stevens | Offy | 21 | Relieved Putnam 100-120 | |
| -- | -- | Sam Hanks | 24 | Noc-Out Hose Clamp | Wetteroth | Offy | 149 | Relieved Chitwood 52-200 | |
| -- | -- | Rex Mays | 3 | Noc-Out Hose Clamp | Wetteroth | Offy | 23 | Relieved Bergere 60-82 | |
| -- | -- | Duke Nalon | 25 | Jim Hussey | Maserati | Maserati SC | 45 | Relieved Snowberger 90-134 | |
| -- | -- | Louis Tomei | 5 | Miller | Cooper FD | Offy | 7 | Relieved C. Miller 58-64 | |
| -- | -- | Jimmy Wilburn | 14 | Mobilgas | Adams | Sparks SC | 35 | Relieved McQuinn 90-124 | |
| -- | -- | Rudolf Caracciola | 72 | Caracciola Mercedes | Mercedes | Mercedes | -- | Did not arrive | |
| -- | -- | Tony Bettenhausen | 27 | Marchese | X | Miller SC | -- | Qualified, withdrew | |
| -- | -- | Louis Gérard | 36 | Maserati Schell | Maserati | Maserati | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Arvol Brunmier | 67 | Offenhauser | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Bruce Denslow | 56 | Greene-Holland | X | Plymouth | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Harold Bailey | 58 | Bee-Gee | X | X | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Jim Brubaker | 68 | Maserati | Maserati | Maserati | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Robert Arbuthnot | 57 | Lagonda | X | Lagonda | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Rudolf Caracciola | 44 | Thorne Engineering | Adams | Sparks | -- | Wrecked practice | |
| -- | -- | Zora Arkus-Duntov | 49 | Talbot-Lago | Talbot-Lago | Talbot-Lago | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Tommy Hinnershitz | 34 | Maserati | Maserati | Maserati SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Joe Langley | 55 | Clemons | X | Clemons | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Al Miller | 9 | Blue Crown Spark Plug | Lencki | Lencki | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Wally Mitchell | 43 | Mitchell Corp. | X | Brisko | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Achille Varzi | 53 | Maserati | Maserati | Maserati SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Charles Van Acker | 62 | Singer | X | Voelker | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Steve Truchan | 28 | Offenhauser | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Fred Winnai | 71 | Jewell | X | HAL | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Bud Rose | 69 | Prudy Offenhauser | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Buddy Rusch | 37 | Enlist in U. S. Army | X | Studebaker | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Harry Schell | 46 | Maserati | Maserati | Maserati | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Bud Bardowski | 37 | Enlist in U. S. Army | X | Studebaker | -- | Driven by Rusch | |
| -- | -- | "Raph" | 35 | Schell Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo 308 | -- | Did not appear | |
| -- | -- | Dioscoride Lanza | 74 | Schell Maserati | Maserati | Maserati 4CL | -- | Did not appear | |
| -- | -- | Joe Silvia | X | X | Miller | X | -- | Did not appear | |
| -- | -- | Bus Wilbert | X | X | X | X | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Frank McGurk | 17 | Schoof | Wetteroth | Offy | -- | Wrecked practice | |
| -- | -- | Joel Thorne | 44 | Thorne Engineering | Adams | Sparks | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Ray Richards | 27 | Marchese | X | Miller SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Gerald Brisko | 18 | Elgin Piston Pin | Maserati | Maserati SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Doc Williams | X | Hughes Brothers | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify |
| Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
| George Robson | 138 | 56-68, 71-87, 93-200 |
| Ralph Hepburn | 44 | 12-55 |
| Mauri Rose | 8 | 1-8 |
| Jimmy Jackson | 5 | 88-92 |
| Rex Mays | 3 | 9-11 |
| Cliff Bergere | 2 | 69-70 |