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 Louis 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 Maserati 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 Brunmeier 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 Talbot Talbot -- 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 X X X X -- Did not qualify
-- -- "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  

 

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