International 500 Mile
Sweepstakes
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Brick Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
May 30, 1928
Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
1 | 13 | Louis Meyer | 14 | Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 200 | 5:01:33.75 99.482 | 1,000 |
2 | 8 | Lou Moore | 28 | Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 200 | 5:02:17.64 99.241 | 346 |
3 | 12 | George Souders | 3 | State Auto Insurance | Miller | Miller SC | 200 | 5:06:01.04 98.034 | 270 |
4 | 10 | Ray Keech | 15 | Simplex Piston Ring/Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 200 | 5:21:28.48 93.320 | 119 |
5 | 15 | Norman Batten | 22 | Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 200 | 5:21:28.48 93.228 | 36 |
6 | 5 | Babe Stapp | 7 | Miller FD | Miller FD | Miller SC | 200 | 5:23:50.41 92.638 | 53 |
7 | 20 | Billy Arnold | 43 | Boyle Valve/Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 200 | 5:29:16.09 91.111 | 26 |
8 | 14 | Fred Frame | 27 | State Auto Insurance/Duesenberg | Duesenberg | Duesenberg SC | 200 | 5:33:02.38 90.079 | 36 |
9 | 9 | Fred Comer | 25 | Boyle Valve/Miller FD | Miller FD | Miller SC | 200 | 5:35:42.12 88.889 | 19 |
10 | 4 | Tony Gulotta | 8 | Stutz Blackhawk | Miller | Miller SC | 200 | 5:37:30.11 88.888 | 21 |
11 | 7 | Louis Schneider | 24 | Armacost Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 200 | 5:41:02.83 87.954 | |
12 | 23 | Dave Evans | 12 | Boyle Valve/Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 200 | 5:43:14.81 87.401 | |
13 | 28 | Henry Kohlert | 29 | Elgin Piston Pin | Miller | Miller SC | 180 | Flagged | |
14 | 17 | Deacon Litz | 23 | Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 161 | Flagged | |
15 | 21 | Jimmy Gleason | 39 | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | Duesenberg SC | 195 | Magneto | |
16 | 18 | Cliff Durant | 5 | Detroit FD | Detroit FD | Miller SC | 175 | Supercharger | |
17 | 11 | Johnny Seymour | 33 | Marmon | Cooper FD | Miller SC | 171 | Supercharger | |
18 | 24 | Earl DeVore | 6 | Chromolite/Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 163 | Wrecked SW turn | |
19 | 1 | Leon Duray | 4 | Miller FD | Miller FD | Miller SC | 133 | Overheating | |
20 | 16 | Sam Ross | 38 | Aranem | Miller FD | Miller SC | 132 | Timing gears | |
21 | 27 | Ira Hall | 26 | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | Duesenberg SC | 115 | Wrecked SW turn | |
22 | 19 | Peter Kreis | 32 | Marmon | Cooper FD | Miller SC | 73 | Rod bearing | |
23 | 2 | Cliff Woodbury | 10 | Boyle Valve/Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 56 | Timing gears | |
24 | 6 | Ralph Hepburn | 16 | Miller | Miller FD | Miller SC | 48 | Timing gears | |
25 | 29 | Wilbur Shaw | 1 | Flying Cloud | Miller FD | Miller SC | 43 | Timing gears | |
26 | 26 | Ben Shoaff | 18 | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | Duesenberg SC | 35 | Wrecked SW turn | |
27 | 25 | Clarence Belt | 41 | Green | Green | Green SC | 32 | Broken valve | |
28 | 3 | Cliff Bergere | 21 | Miller | Miller FD | Miller SC | 7 | Broken supercharger | |
29 | 22 | Russ Snowberger | 34 | Cooper | Cooper FD | Miller SC | 4 | Broken supercharger | |
-- | -- | Cliff Bergere | 4 | Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 42 | Relieved L. Duray 92-133 | |
-- | -- | Ralph Hepburn | 7 | Miller | Miller FD | Miller SC | 24 | Relieved Stapp 122-145 | |
-- | -- | Ralph Hepburn | 27 | State Auto Insurance | Duesenberg | Duesenberg SC | 8 | Relieved Frame 178-185 | |
-- | -- | Cliff Woodbury | 25 | Boyle Valve/Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 107 | Relieved Comer 93-200 | |
-- | -- | Ben Shoaff | 27 | State Auto Insurance/Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 15 | Relieved Frame 186-200 | |
-- | -- | Louis Schneider | 28 | Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 68 | Relieved L. Moore 133-200 | |
-- | -- | Russ Snowberger | 39 | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | Duesenberg SC | 12 | Relieved Gleason 136-147 | |
-- | -- | Wilbur Shaw | 15 | Simplex Piston Ring | Miller | Miller SC | 30 | Relieved Keech 87-116 | |
-- | -- | Dutch Baumann | 8 | Stutz Blackhawk/Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 64 | Relieved Gulotta 68-117, 184-197 | 9 |
-- | -- | Shorty Cantlon | 29 | Elgin Piston Pin | Miller | Miller SC | 118 | Relieved Kohlert 6-58, 116-180 | |
-- | -- | Wesley Crawford | 23 | Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 88 | Relieved Litz 67-154 | |
-- | -- | Bob McDonogh | 5 | Detroit | Detroit FD | Miller SC | 71 | Relieved C. Durant 105-175 | |
-- | -- | Cy Marshall | 6 | Chromolite | Miller | Miller SC | 58 | Relieved E. DeVore 91-148 | |
-- | -- | Zeke Meyer | 22 | Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 120 | Relieved Batten 81-200 | 54 |
-- | -- | Jack Petticord | 26 | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | Duesenberg SC | 12 | Relieved I. Hall 104-115 | |
-- | -- | Bill Spence | 43 | Boyle Valve | Miller | Miller SC | 87 | Relieved B. Arnold 36-103, 151-169 | 24 |
-- | -- | William Shattuc | 29 | Elgin Piston Pin | Miller | Miller SC | 57 | Relieved Kohlert 59-115 | |
-- | -- | Lou Wilson | 24 | Armacost Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 106 | Relieved Schneider 91-101, 106-200 | |
-- | -- | Dutch Baumann | 19 | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | Duesenberg SC | -- | Wrecked after qualifying | |
-- | -- | Shorty Cantlon | 36 | Bugatti | Bugatti | Bugatti | -- | Did not arrive | |
-- | -- | Wilbur Shaw | 14 | Miller | Miller | Miller SC | -- | Sold to L. Meyer before practice | |
-- | -- | L. L. Corum | 17 | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | Duesenberg SC | -- | Wrecked after qualifying | |
-- | -- | Prince Ghica Cantacuzino | 42 | Cozette M.C.G. | X | X | -- | Did not arrive | |
-- | -- | Peter DePaolo | 1 | Flying Cloud/Miller FD | Miller FD | Miller SC | -- | Wrecked practice | |
-- | -- | Jim Hill | 31 | Marion Chevrolet | Miller | Miller SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Buddy Marr | 35 | B. W. Cooke | Miller | Miller SC | -- | Wrecked by C. Miller after qualifying | |
-- | -- | Chet Miller | 35 | B. W. Cooke/Miller | Miller | Miller SC | -- | Wrecked practice | |
-- | -- | Herman Schurch | 37 | Sievers Jr. | X | Sievers | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Kelly Petillo | 29 | Elgin Piston Pin | Miller | Miller SC | -- | Wrecked practice | |
-- | -- | Bill Spence | X | Henning | X | X | -- | Did not appear | |
-- | -- | Phil Shafer | X | Shafer | X | X | -- | Did not appear |
Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
Leon Duray | 59 | 1-54, 58-62 |
Jimmy Gleason | 43 | 79-82, 97-135 |
Tony Gulotta | 33 | 149-181 |
Louis Meyer | 19 | 182-200 |
Babe Stapp | 17 | 55-57, 83-96 |
George Souders | 16 | 63-78 |
Russ Snowberger | 13 | 136-148 |