International 500 Mile
Sweepstakes
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
May 30, 1949
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
| 1 | 4 | Bill Holland | 7 | Blue Crown Spark Plug | Deidt FD | Offy | 200 | 4:07:15.97 121.327 | 1,000 |
| 2 | 12 | Johnnie Parsons | 12 | Kurtis-Kraft | Kurtis | Offy | 200 | 4:10:26.97 119.785 | 800 |
| 3 | 6 | George Connor | 22 | Blue Crown Spark Plug | Lesovsky | Offy | 200 | 4:10:50.78 119.595 | 700 |
| 4 | 13 | Myron Fohr | 2 | Marchese | Marchese | Offy | 200 | 4:12:32.65 118.791 | 600 |
| 5 | 16 | Joie Chitwood | 77 | Wolfe | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | 200 | 4:12:36.97 118.757 | 500 |
| 6 | 7 | Jimmy Jackson | 61 | Howard Keck | Deidt FD | Offy | 200 | 4:14:31.00 117.870 | 400 |
| 7 | 9 | Johnny Mantz | 98 | Agajanian | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | 200 | 4:16:06.01 117.601 | 300 |
| 8 | 19 | Paul Russo | 19 | Tuffy's Offy | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | 200 | 4:28:11.28 111.862 | 250 |
| 9 | 31 | Emil Andres | 9 | Tuffy's Offy | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | 197 | Flagged | 19 |
| 10 | 24 | Norm Houser | 51 | Troy Oil | Langley | Offy | 181 | Flagged | 150 |
| 11 | 21 | Jim Rathmann | 68 | Pioneer Auto | Wetteroth | Offy | 175 | Flagged | 100 |
| 12 | 18 | Troy Ruttman | 64 | Ray Carter | Wetteroth | Offy | 151 | Flagged | 50 |
| 13 | 10 | Mauri Rose | 3 | Blue Crown Spark Plug | Deidt FD | Offy | 192 | Broken magneto strap | |
| 14 | 5 | Duane Carter | 17 | Belanger | Stevens | Offy | 182 | Spun out | |
| 15 | 15 | Duke Dinsmore | 29 | Norm Olson | Olson | Offy | 174 | Broken radius rod | |
| 16 | 14 | Mack Hellings | 8 | Don Lee | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | 172 | Valve | |
| 17 | 22 | Bill Sheffler | 4 | Sheffler | Bromme | Offy | 160 | Broken connecting rod | |
| 18 | 27 | Johnny McDowell | 32 | Iddings | Meyer | Offy | 142 | Magneto | |
| 19 | 11 | Hal Cole | 14 | Grancor | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | 117 | Broken rod bearing | |
| 20 | 25 | George Fonder | 38 | Ray Brady | Adams | Sparks SC | 116 | Broken valve | |
| 21 | 29 | Bill Cantrell | 74 | Kennedy Tank | Anderson | Offy | 95 | Broken drive shaft | |
| 22 | 17 | Jackie Holmes | 57 | Pat Clancy | Kurtis 6 Wheeler | Offy | 65 | Broken drive shaft | |
| 23 | 20 | Lee Wallard | 6 | IRC | Maserati | Maserati SC | 55 | Gear trouble | |
| 24 | 28 | Bayliss Levrett | 69 | Wynn's Fricting Proofing | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | 52 | Lost drain plug | |
| 25 | 2 | Rex Mays | 5 | Novi Mobil | Kurtis FD | Novi SC | 48 | Magneto | |
| 26 | 3 | Jack McGrath | 33 | City of Tacoma | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | 39 | Broken oil pump | |
| 27 | 30 | Fred Agabashian | 15 | IRC | Maserati | Maserati | 38 | Overheated | |
| 28 | 32 | Manny Ayulo | 52 | Sheffler | Bromme | Offy | 24 | Broken connecting rod | |
| 29 | 1 | Duke Nalon | 54 | Novi Mobil | Kurtis FD | Novi SC | 23 | Wrecked NE, on fire | |
| 30 | 23 | Sam Hanks | 18 | Love Machine & Tool | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | 20 | Oil leak | |
| 31 | 33 | Charles Van Acker | 31 | Redmer | Stevens | Offy | 10 | Wrecked NW | |
| 32 | 8 | George Lynch | 26 | Auto Shippers | Snowberger | Offy | 1 | Wrecked SE | |
| 33 | 26 | Spider Webb | 37 | Grancor | Bromme | Offy | -- | DNS, transmission | |
| -- | -- | Walt Brown | 9 | Tuffy's Offy | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | 179 | Relieved Andres, 19-197 | 181 |
| -- | -- | Mel Hansen | 38 | Ray Brady | Adams | Sparks SC | 49 | Relieved Fonder, 68-116 | |
| -- | -- | Bill Cantrell | 36 | Fageol Twin Coach | Stevens | Fageol | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Henry Banks | 35 | Federal Engineering | X | Maserati SC | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Tony Bettenhausen | 16 | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo SC | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Mel Hansen | 44 | Bowes Seal Fast | X | Offy SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Sam Hanks | 35 | Federal Engineering | X | Maserati SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Jim Rathmann | 63 | Grancor | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Frank Brisko | 48 | Frank Lynch | X | Brisko SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Frank Burany | 24 | Schoof | X | Offy | -- | Wrecked practice | |
| -- | -- | Henry Banks | 21 | Federal Engineering | X | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Jim Brubaker | 79 | Brubaker | Maserati | Maserati | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Jimmy Daywalt | 56 | Bill & Bud Motor Sales | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Lindley Bothwell | 66 | Peugeot | Peugeot | Peugeot | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Randall Beinke | 42 | Worline | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Ted Duncan | 72 | Lutes | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Tony Bettenhausen | 46 | Flavell | X | Sparks SC | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Kenny Eaton | 55 | Bowes Seal Fast | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Dick Fraizer | 59 | Grancor | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Milt Fankhauser | 73 | Karl Hall | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Pat Flaherty | 43 | Grancor V8 | X | Mercury | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Byron Horne | 39 | Grancor V8 | X | Mercury | -- | Wrecked rookie test | |
| -- | -- | Eddie Haddad | 47 | Page | Kurtis | Duray SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Danny Kladis | 58 | Speedway Cocktail | X | Lencki | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | George Metzler | 67 | Glessner | Shaw | Offy | -- | Wrecked practice - fatal | |
| -- | -- | Johnny Mauro | 16 | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Ralph Pratt | 34 | Belanger | X | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Bill Taylor | 51 | Rounds Rocket | Rounds RE | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Joel Thorne | 81 | Thorne Engineering | Mercedes | Sparks | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Louis Tomei | 42 | Worline | X | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Doc Williams | 65 | Sarafoff | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Hal Robson | 23 | Miller | X | Miller | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Mike Salay | 49 | Szalai | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Wally Stokes | 75 | Kupiec | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Chet Miller | 65 | Sarafoff | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Les Anderson | 74 | Kennedy Tank | Anderson | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Fred Agabashian | 47 | Page | Kurtis | Duray SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Walt Brown | 18 | Love Machine & Tool | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Frank Beardsley | X | X | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Tommy Mattson | X | Sheffler | X | Offy | -- | Wrecked practice | |
| -- | -- | Tommy Hinnershitz | 15 | Maserati | Maserati | Maserati | -- | Wrecked practice | |
| -- | -- | Billy DeVore | X | Dayton Coil Spring | X | X | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Tommy Hinnershitz | 18 | Love Machine & Tool | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | -- | Did not qualify |
| Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
| Bill Holland | 146 | 55-200 |
| Duke Nalon | 23 | 1-23 |
| Lee Wallard | 19 | 36-54 |
| Rex Mays | 12 | 24-35 |