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 X Maserati Maserati Maserati -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Billy Devore X Dayton Coil Spring X X -- Did not qualify

 

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