International 500 Mile
Sweepstakes
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
May 31, 1948
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
| 1 | 3 | Mauri Rose | 3 | Blue Crown Spark Plug | Deidt FD | Offy | 200 | 4:10:23.33 119.814 | 1,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Bill Holland | 2 | Blue Crown Spark Plug | Deidt FD | Offy | 200 | 4:11:47.40 119.147 | 800 |
| 3 | 11 | Duke Nalon | 54 | Novi Grooved Piston | Kurtis FD | Novi SC | 200 | 4:14:09.78 118.034 | 700 |
| 4 | 5 | Ted Horn | 1 | Bennett Brothers | Maserati | Maserati SC | 200 | 4:14:30.47 117.844 | 600 |
| 5 | 21 | Mack Hellings | 35 | Don Lee | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | 200 | 4:24:38.52 113.361 | 500 |
| 6 | 14 | Hal Cole | 63 | City of Tacoma | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | 200 | 4:28:50.86 111.587 | 400 |
| 7 | 28 | Lee Wallard | 91 | Iddings | Meyer | Offy | 200 | 4:34:47.00 109.177 | 300 |
| 8 | 27 | Johnny Mauro | 33 | Mauro | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo SC | 198 | Flagged | 215 |
| 9 | 23 | Tommy Hinnershitz | 7 | Kurtis Kraft | Kurtis | Offy | 198 | Flagged | 200 |
| 10 | 4 | Jimmy Jackson | 61 | Howard Keck | Deidt FD | Offy | 193 | Broken spindle, spun | 150 |
| 11 | 12 | Charles Van Acker | 4 | South Bend | Stevens | Offy | 192 | Flagged | 100 |
| 12 | 20 | Billy DeVore | 19 | Pat Clancy | Kurtis 6 Wheel | Offy | 190 | Flagged | 50 |
| 13 | 8 | Johnny Mantz | 98 | Agajanian | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | 185 | Flagged | |
| 14 | 22 | Tony Bettenhausen | 6 | Belanger | Stevens | Offy | 167 | Clutch | |
| 15 | 18 | Hal Robson | 64 | Palmer | Adams | Offy | 164 | Broken valve | |
| 16 | 7 | Bill Cantrell | 36 | Fageol Twin Coach | Stevens | Fageol | 161 | Steering | |
| 17 | 10 | Joie Chitwood | 55 | Nyquist | Shaw | Offy | 138 | Fuel tank leak | |
| 18 | 24 | Bill Sheffler | 53 | Sheffler | Bromme | Offy | 132 | Spark plugs | |
| 19 | 1 | Rex Mays | 5 | Bowes Seal Fast | Kurtis | Winfield SC | 129 | Fuel tank leak | |
| 20 | 19 | Chet Miller | 31 | Don Lee | Mercedes | Mercedes SC | 108 | Oil leak | |
| 21 | 13 | Jack McGrath | 52 | Sheffler Offy | Bromme | Offy | 70 | Stalled SE turn | |
| 22 | 29 | Duane Carter | 16 | Belanger | Wetteroth | Offy | 59 | Lost wheel SE turn | |
| 23 | 32 | Fred Agabashian | 26 | Ross Page | Kurtis | Duray SC | 58 | Broken oil line | |
| 24 | 9 | Les Anderson | 34 | Kennedy Tank | Kurtis | Offy | 58 | Broken gear | |
| 25 | 33 | Mel Hansen | 17 | Schafer Gear | Adams | Sparks | 42 | Disqualified, too slow | |
| 26 | 15 | Sam Hanks | 76 | Flavell | Adams | Sparks SC | 34 | Clutch | |
| 27 | 30 | Spider Webb | 51 | Fowler Brothers | Bromme | Offy | 27 | Broken oil line | |
| 28 | 17 | George Connor | 9 | Bennett Brothers | Stevens | Miller | 24 | Broken drive shaft | |
| 29 | 6 | Doc Williams | 74 | Clarke Motors | Cooper FD | Offy | 19 | Clutch | |
| 30 | 31 | Mike Salay | 86 | Terman's Supply | Wetteroth | Offy | 13 | Stalled SE turn | |
| 31 | 16 | Emil Andres | 8 | Tuffy's Offy | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | 11 | Steering | |
| 32 | 25 | Paul Russo | 25 | Federal Engineering | Maserati | Maserati SC | 7 | Oil leak | |
| 33 | 26 | Harry McQuinn | 65 | Lynch Motors | Maserati | Maserati SC | 1 | Supercharger | |
| -- | -- | Paul Russo | 55 | Nyquist | Shaw | Offy | 21 | Relieved Chitwood 54-74 | |
| -- | -- | Lewis Durant | 33 | Mauro | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo SC | 29 | Relieved Mauro 112-140 | 35 |
| -- | -- | Ken Fowler | 31 | Don Lee | Mercedes | Mercedes SC | 21 | Relieved C. Miller 30-50 | |
| -- | -- | Louis Tomei | 31 | Don Lee | Mercedes | Mercedes SC | 58 | Relieved C. Miller 51-108 | |
| -- | -- | Johnny Shackleford | 55 | Nyquist | Shaw | Offy | 32 | Relieved Chitwood 106-137 | |
| -- | -- | Cliff Bergere | 85 | Grancor-Werner | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Lewis Durant | 29 | Auto Shippers | X | Miller | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Walt Ader | 45 | Speedway Cocktail | Lencki | Lencki | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Ken Fowler | 41 | Don Lee | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo SC | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Andy Granatelli | 59 | Grancor-Werner | Kurtis 2000 | Mercury | -- | Wrecked practice | |
| -- | -- | Jackie Holmes | 93 | Jimmy Chai | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Mack Hellings | 58 | Blue Crown Spark Plugs | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Mel Hansen | 28 | Brady | X | Sparks SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Chet Miller | 54 | Novi Grooved Piston | Kurtis FD | Novi SC | -- | Replaced by Nalon | |
| -- | -- | Johnny Mauro | 37 | Miller | X | Miller SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Louis Tomei | 10 | Tom Sarafoff | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Lee Wallard | 67 | G & M | X | Duesenberg | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Spider Webb | 72 | Anderson Offy | X | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Johnny Shackleford | 48 | Johnston | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Mike Salay | 58 | Blue Crown Spark Plugs | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Mike Salay | 95 | Kuehl-Osborne | X | X | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Bob Droeger | 44 | Baldwin | X | Duesenberg | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Cliff Bergere | 12 | Novi Grooved Piston | Kurtis 2000 | Novi SC | -- | Replaced by Hepburn | |
| -- | -- | Henry Banks | 38 | Federal Engineering | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Jim Brubaker | 14 | Maserati | Maserati | Maserati | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Manny Ayulo | 88 | Weidel | Kurtis | Mercury | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Red Byron | 43 | Parks-Vogt | X | Ford V8 | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Walt Ader | 15 | Peters | Wetteroth | Offy | -- | Owner died | |
| -- | -- | Walt Brown | 69 | Werner-Grancor | Maserati | Maserati SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Milt Fankhauser | 23 | Fankhauser | Adams | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Myron Fohr | 32 | Marchese | Marchese | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Roland Free | 73 | Gustafson K. F. Motors | X | Miller SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Andy Granatelli | 39 | Grancor V8 | Kurtis 2000 | Mercury | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Art Hartsfeld | 27 | Corley | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Jackie Holmes | 24 | Indiana Plywood | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Ralph Hepburn | 12 | Novi Grooved Piston | Kurtis 2000 | Novi SC | -- | Wrecked practice - fatal | |
| -- | -- | Ronney Householder | 68 | Speedway Cocktail | Lencki | Lencki | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | George Lynch | 56 | Lisher & Lynch | X | X | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Al Miller | 66 | Preston Tucker | Miller RE4D | Miller SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | George Metzler | 47 | Glessner Motors | X | Clemons | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Cowboy O'Rourke | 45 | Speedway Cocktail | Lencki | Lencki | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Eddie Zalucki | 21 | Auto Shippers | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Joe Perkins | 62 | Kurtis Kraft | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Ralph Pratt | 87 | Lutes/Gdula/Pratt | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Joel Thorne | 57 | Thorne Engineering | X | Sparks | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Loral Tansy | 71 | Tansy | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Charlie Rogers | 89 | Jewell | X | Voelker | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Pete Romcevich | 49 | Norm Olson | Olson | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Johnnie Parsons | X | Grancor-Werner | X | Ford V8 | -- | Did not qualify |
| Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
| Mauri Rose | 81 | 101-123, 143-200 |
| Ted Horn | 74 | 18-72, 124-142 |
| Rex Mays | 36 | 1-17, 73-91 |
| Duke Nalon | 9 | 92-100 |