International 500 Mile Sweepstakes
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
May 30, 1947

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

Points

1 3 Mauri Rose 27 Blue Crown Spark Plug Deidt FD Offy 200 4:17:52.17 116.338 1,000
2 8 Bill Holland 16 Blue Crown Spark Plug Deidt FD Offy 200 4:18:24.29 116.097 800
3 1 Ted Horn 1 Bennett Brothers Maserati Maserati SC 200 4:20:52.55 114.997 700
4 4 Herb Ardinger 54 Novi Governor Kurtis FD Novi SC 200 4:24:32.52 113.404 207
5 10 Jimmy Jackson 7 Jim Hussey Miller FD Offy 200 4:25:52.65 112.834 500
6 20 Rex Mays 9 Bowes Seal Fast Kurtis Winfield SC 200 4:30:84.50 111.056 400
7 14 Walt Brown 33 Permafuse Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo SC 200 4:54:51.47 101.744 300
8 28 Cy Marshall 34 Tattersfield Alfa Romeo/Weil Alfa Romeo SC 197 Flagged 250
9 23 Fred Agabashian 41 Ross Page Kurtis Duray SC 191 Flagged 200
10 27 Duke Dinsmore 10 Schoof Wetteroth Offy 167 Flagged 120
11 7 Les Anderson 58 Kennedy Tank Maserati Offy 131 Flagged 100
12 17 Pete Romcevich 59 Camco Motors Miller FD Ford V8 168 Mechanical 50
13 30 Emil Andres 3 Tucker Partners Lencki Lencki 150 Magneto
14 15 Frank Wearne 31 Superior Industries Miller Offy 128 Spun NE turn
15 9 Ken Fowler 47 Don Lee Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo SC 121 Broken axle
16 18 Duke Nalon 46 Don Lee Mercedes Mercedes SC 119 Piston
17 12 Roland Free 28 Bristow-McManus Wetteroth Miller 87 Spun out, SW turn
18 25 Tony Bettenhausen 29 Belanger Stevens Offy 79 Broken timing gear
19 6 Russ Snowberger 25 Federal Engineering Maserati Maserati SC 74 Oil pump
20 16 Hal Robson 52 Palmer Adams Offy 67 Transmission
21 2 Cliff Bergere 18 Novi Governor Kurtis FD Novi SC 62 Piston
22 22 Joie Chitwood 8 Peters Wetteroth Offy 51 Gear trouble
23 5 Shorty Cantlon 24 Auto Shippers Snowberger FD Miller 40 Wrecked SW - fatal
24 26 Henry Banks 43 Federal Engineering Miller FD Offy 36 Broken oil line
25 19 Al Miller 66 Tucker Miller RE4D Miller 33 Magneto
26 13 George Connor 14 Walsh Kurtis Offy 32 Fuel tank leak
27 29 Mel Hansen 38 Flavell-Duffy Adams Sparks SC 32 Disqualified, pushed
28 21 Paul Russo 15 Wolfe Shaw Offy 24 Wrecked mainstretch
29 24 Charles Van Acker 44 Tucker Partners Stevens Lencki 24 Wrecked mainstretch
30 11 Milt Fankhauser 53 Jack Maurer Stevens Offy 16 Stalled SE turn
-- -- Cliff Bergere 54 Novi Governor Kurtis FD Novi SC 131 Relieved Ardinger 70-200 393
-- -- George Connor 3 Tucker Partners Lencki Lencki 81 Relieved Andres 70-150
-- -- Billy DeVore 10 Schoof Wetteroth Offy 40 Relieved Dinsmore 79-118 30
-- -- Louis Tomei 31 Superior Industries Miller Offy 50 Relieved F. Wearne 54-103
-- -- Doc Williams 54 Novi Governor Kurtis FD Novi SC -- Raced by Ardinger
-- -- Louis Tomei 44 Miller Miller FD Miller SC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Louis Tomei 57 Camco Motors Ford X Mercury -- Did not qualify
-- -- Charles Crawford 67 Pat Murphy X Duesenberg -- Did not qualify
-- -- Duane Carter 32 Kuehl-Osborne X Studebaker -- Did not qualify
-- -- Leslie Brooke 35 ERA X ERA SC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Jim Brubaker 86 Jack Maurer Maserati Maserati -- Did not qualify
-- -- Lewis Durant 23 Boggs X Offy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Red Byron 22 Pauley-Voght X Ford V8 -- Did not qualify
-- -- Tommy Boggs 23 Boggs X Offy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Walt Ader 6 Olson X Offy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Zora Arkus-Duntov 49 Martin Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago -- Did not qualify
-- -- Norm Houser 69 Robert Allison X Ford V8 -- Did not qualify
-- -- Tommy Hinnershitz 5 T. H. E. X Offy -- Did not arrive
-- -- George Metzler 55 Dixon X Clemons -- Did not qualify
-- -- Johnny Mauro 64 Phil Kraft X Miller SC -- Did not qualify
-- -- George Weaver 44 Miller Miller FD Miller SC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Sam Hanks 54 Novi Governor Kurtis FD Novi SC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Tony Bettenhausen X Thorne Engineering Adams Sparks SC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Billy DeVore 17 Schoof X Offy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Sam Grecco 51 Grecco X X -- Did not qualify
-- -- Steve Truchan 28 Moxar Tools and Manufacturing Wetteroth Miller -- Did not qualify
-- -- Harry McQuinn X Lynch Motors Maserati Maserati -- Did not qualify
-- -- Hal Stetson X X X X -- Did not appear
-- -- Art Scovell X Rassey X Offy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Frank Brisko X Rassey X Offy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Buddy Rusch X Rassey X Offy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bud Bardowski X Bardowski X X -- Did not qualify
-- -- Hal Cole X X X X -- Withdrew due to ASPAR dispute
-- -- Danny Kladis X X X X -- Withdrew due to ASPAR dispute
-- -- Chet Miller X X X X -- Withdrew due to ASPAR dispute
-- -- Wally Mitchell X X X X -- Withdrew due to ASPAR dispute
-- -- Overton Phillips X X X X -- Withdrew due to ASPAR dispute
-- -- Bill Sheffler X X X X -- Withdrew due to ASPAR dispute
-- -- Joel Thorne X X X X -- Withdrew due to ASPAR dispute

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Bill Holland 143 24-59, 86-192
Mauri Rose 34 60-85, 193-200
Cliff Bergere 23 1-23