International 500 Mile
Sweepstakes
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Brick Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
May 30, 1929
Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
1 | 6 | Ray Keech | 2 | Simplex Piston Ring | Miller | Miller SC | 200 | 5:07:25.42 97.586 | 1,000 |
2 | 8 | Louis Meyer | 1 | Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 200 | 5:13:49.21 95.596 | 520 |
3 | 23 | Jimmy Gleason | 53 | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | Duesenberg SC | 200 | 5:20:10.46 93.699 | 166 |
4 | 25 | Carl Marchese | 43 | Marchese | Miller | Miller SC | 200 | 5:20:42.95 93.541 | |
5 | 21 | Fred Winnai | 42 | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | Duesenberg SC | 200 | 5:37:52.05 88.792 | 53 |
6 | 28 | William Gardner | 48 | Chromolite | Miller | Miller SC | 200 | 5:39:24.27 88.390 | 19 |
7 | 14 | Louis Chiron | 6 | Delage | Delage | Delage SC | 200 | 5:41:57.85 87.728 | |
8 | 7 | Billy Arnold | 9 | Boyle Valve | Miller | Miller SC | 200 | 5:57:31.77 83.909 | 16 |
9 | 32 | Cliff Bergere | 25 | Armacost | Miller FD | Miller SC | 200 | 6:11:44.00 80.821 | 26 |
10 | 22 | Fred Frame | 34 | Cooper | Cooper FD | Miller SC | 193 | Flagged | 21 |
11 | 29 | Frank Brisko | 28 | Burbach | Miller | Miller SC | 180 | Flagged | |
12 | 18 | Phil Shafer | 17 | Miller | Miller FD | Miller SC | 150 | Flagged | |
13 | 13 | Lou Moore | 3 | Majestic Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 198 | Broken connecting rod | |
14 | 26 | Frank Farmer | 36 | Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 140 | Supercharger | |
15 | 24 | Wesley Crawford | 49 | Miller | Fengler | Miller SC | 127 | Supercharger | |
16 | 17 | Peter Kreis | 4 | Detroit | Detroit FD | Miller SC | 91 | Engine seized | |
17 | 11 | Tony Gulotta | 23 | Packard Cable | Miller | Miller SC | 91 | Supercharger | |
18 | 19 | Bob McDonogh | 5 | Miller | Miller FD | Miller SC | 74 | Oil tank | |
19 | 33 | Bill Lindau | 46 | Pittsburgh | Miller | Miller SC | 70 | Broken valve | |
20 | 27 | Herman Schurch | 31 | Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 70 | Fuel tank leak | |
21 | 16 | Johnny Seymour | 38 | Cooper | Cooper FD | Miller SC | 65 | Broken rear axle | |
22 | 2 | Leon Duray | 21 | Packard Cable | Miller FD | Miller SC | 65 | Carburetor | |
23 | 30 | Rick Decker | 29 | Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 61 | Supercharger | |
24 | 9 | Deacon Litz | 26 | Rusco Durac | Miller | Miller SC | 56 | Broken connecting rod | |
25 | 31 | Bert Karnatz | 27 | Richard Brothers | Miller FD | Miller SC | 50 | Fuel leak | |
26 | 20 | Ernie Triplett | 47 | Buckeye | Duesenberg | Duesenberg SC | 48 | Broken connecting rod | |
27 | 10 | Russ Snowberger | 12 | Cooper | Cooper FD | Miller SC | 45 | Supercharger | |
28 | 4 | Babe Stapp | 32 | Spindler | Duesenberg | Miller SC | 40 | Broken universal joint | |
29 | 15 | Jules Moriceau | 35 | Thompson Products | Amilcar | Ambler SC | 30 | Wrecked NW turn | |
30 | 5 | Peter DePaolo | 37 | Boyle Valve | Miller FD | Miller SC | 25 | Broken steering arm | |
31 | 3 | Ralph Hepburn | 18 | Packard Cable | Miller FD | Miller SC | 14 | Lost high gear | |
32 | 12 | Bill Spence | 10 | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | Duesenberg SC | 14 | Wrecked SE turn - fatal | |
33 | 1 | Cliff Woodbury | 8 | Boyle Valve | Miller FD | Miller SC | 3 | Wrecked NW turn | |
-- | -- | Ralph Hepburn | 21 | Packard Cable | Miller FD | Miller SC | 24 | Relieved L. Duray 42-65 | |
-- | -- | Bert Karnatz | 31 | Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 2 | Relieved Schurch 69-70 | |
-- | -- | Peter Kreis | 25 | Armacost | Miller FD | Miller SC | 53 | Relieved Bergere 94-146 | |
-- | -- | Ernie Triplett | 53 | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | Duesenberg SC | 56 | Relieved Gleason 91-146 | |
-- | -- | Cliff Woodbury | 9 | Boyle Valve | Miller | Miller SC | 6 | Relieved B. Arnold 31-36 | |
-- | -- | Cliff Woodbury | 17 | Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 4 | Relieved Shafer 102-105 | |
-- | -- | Johnny Seymour | 34 | Cooper | Cooper FD | Miller SC | 51 | Relieved Frame 143-193 | |
-- | -- | Russ Snowberger | 17 | Miller | Miller FD | Miller SC | 5 | Relieved Shafer 114-118 | |
-- | -- | Bill Albertson | 36 | Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 16 | Relieved Farmer 119-134 | |
-- | -- | Jack Buxton | 31 | Armacost | Miller | Miller SC | 9 | Relieved Schurch 60-68 | |
-- | -- | L. L. Corum | 42 | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | Duesenberg SC | 4 | Relieved Winnai 96-99 | |
-- | -- | Dave Evans | 49 | Miller | Fengler | Miller SC | 1 | Relieved W. Crawford 127 | |
-- | -- | Roscoe Ford | 42 | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | Duesenberg SC | 77 | Relieved Winnai 100-176 | 35 |
-- | -- | Chet Gardner | 48 | Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 155 | Relieved W. Gardner 32-82, 97-200 | 41 |
-- | -- | Thane Houser | 53 | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | Duesenberg SC | 12 | Relieved Gleason 79-90 | 16 |
-- | -- | Barney Kleopfer | 3 | Majestic | Miller | Miller SC | 106 | Relieved L. Moore 93-198 | |
-- | -- | Zeke Meyer | 49 | Miller | Fengler | Miller SC | 54 | Relieved W. Crawford 54-107 | |
-- | -- | Jimmy Rossi | 29 | Miller | Miller | Miller SC | 12 | Relieved Decker 45-56 | |
-- | -- | Fred Roberts | 9 | Boyle Valve | Miller | Miller SC | 110 | Relieved B. Arnold 37-146 | 22 |
-- | -- | Ted Simpson | 49 | Miller | Fengler | Miller SC | 45 | Relieved W. Crawford 28-53, 108-126 | |
-- | -- | Chet Gardner | 19 | Boyle Valve | Miller | Miller SC | -- | DNQ, burned rod | |
-- | -- | Thane Houser | 41 | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | Duesenberg SC | -- | DNQ, broken supercharger | |
-- | -- | Zeke Meyer | 16 | Miller | Miller | Miller SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Gianfranco Comotti | 57 | Talbot | Talbot | Talbot | -- | Withdrew | |
-- | -- | Joe Baker | 51 | Green | Green | Green SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Ralph DePalma | 44 | Miller | Miller | Miller SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Sam Grecco | 45 | Miller | Miller | Miller SC | -- | DNS, too slow | |
-- | -- | Ralph Miller | 55 | Hoefle | X | X | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | John Vance | 51 | Green | Green | Green SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Phil Pardee | 44 | Miller | Miller | Miller SC | -- | Wrecked after qualifying | |
-- | -- | Henry Turgeon | 56 | Miller | Miller FD | Miller SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Bob Robinson | 24 | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | Duesenberg SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Frank Sweigert | 54 | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | Duesenberg SC | -- | DNS, too slow | |
-- | -- | Myron Stevens | 33 | White | Miller | Miller SC | -- | Wrecked practice | |
-- | -- | Steve Smith | 52 | Rausie | X | X | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Ray Smith | X | X | X | X | -- | DNS, too slow | |
-- | -- | Cliff Durant | 4 | Detroit | Detroit FD | Miller SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | C. H. Cunard | 47 | Buckeye | Duesenberg | Duesenberg SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Bill Albertson | X | Miller | Miller | Miller SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Dave Evans | X | X | X | X | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Ira Hall | X | X | X | X | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Jim Hill | X | X | X | X | -- | Did not qualify |
Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
Louis Meyer | 65 | 61, 80-94, 109-157 |
Deacon Litz | 49 | 8-56 |
Ray Keech | 46 | 106-108, 158-200 |
Lou Moore | 22 | 57-60, 62-79 |
Fred Frame | 11 | 95-105 |
Leon Duray | 7 | 1-7 |