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
-- -- Louis 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
-- -- Louis 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 Hartsfield 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

 

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