International 500 Mile
Sweepstakes
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
May 30, 1938
Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
1 | 1 | Floyd Roberts | 23 | Burd Piston Ring | Wetteroth | Miller | 200 | 4:15:38.40 117.200 | 1,000 |
2 | 7 | Wilbur Shaw | 1 | Shaw | Shaw | Offy | 200 | 4:19:33.67 115.580 | 825 |
3 | 5 | Chet Miller | 3 | IBEW | Summers FD | Offy | 200 | 4:20:59.51 114.946 | 675 |
4 | 6 | Ted Horn | 2 | Miller-Hartz | Wetteroth | Miller SC | 200 | 4:27:22.39 112.203 | 550 |
5 | 18 | Chet Gardner | 38 | Burd Piston Ring | Rigling | Offy | 200 | 4:31:57.48 110.311 | 450 |
6 | 14 | Herb Ardinger | 54 | Offenhauser | Miller FD | Offy | 199 | Flagged 109.843 | 213 |
7 | 25 | Harry McQuinn | 45 | Marchese | Marchese | Miller | 197 | Flagged 108.694 | 188.1 |
8 | 30 | Billy DeVore | 58 | PR & W | Stevens | Offy | 185 | Flagged 102.080 | 275 |
9 | 13 | Joel Thorne | 22 | Thorne Engineering | Shaw FD | Offy | 185 | Flagged 102.009 | 225 |
10 | 17 | Frank Wearne | 29 | Indiana Fur | Adams | Offy | 181 | Flagged 99.543 | 175 |
11 | 33 | Duke Nalon | 43 | Kohler-Miller | Fengler | Miller | 178 | Flagged - rain | 125 |
12 | 29 | George Bailey | 12 | Barbasol | Weil | Duray SC | 166 | Clutch | 75 |
13 | 9 | Mauri Rose | 27 | IBEW | Maserati | Maserati SC | 165 | Broken supercharger | |
14 | 10 | Ronney Householder | 16 | Thorne-Sparks | Adams | Sparks SC | 154 | Supercharger hose | |
15 | 15 | Jimmy Snyder | 6 | Sparks-Thorne | Adams | Sparks SC | 150 | Supercharger | |
16 | 12 | Louis Meyer | 5 | Bowes Seal Fast | Stevens | Winfield SC | 149 | Oil pump | |
17 | 4 | Tony Gulotta | 17 | Hamilton-Harris | Stevens | Offy | 130 | Broken connecting rod | |
18 | 22 | Al Miller | 55 | Dumont Pepsi | Miller | Miller | 125 | Clutch | |
19 | 19 | George Connor | 15 | Marks-Miller | Adams | Miller | 119 | Engine trouble | |
20 | 32 | Cliff Bergere | 9 | Karft Real Rye | Stevens | Miller SC | 111 | Piston | |
21 | 31 | Henry Banks | 33 | Kimmel | Miller | Voelker | 109 | Rod bearing | |
22 | 21 | Kelly Petillo | 35 | Petillo | Wetteroth | Offy | 100 | Broken camshaft | |
23 | 24 | Louis Tomei | 21 | POB Perfect Seal | Miller | Miller | 88 | Broken connecting rod | |
24 | 16 | Bill Cummings | 7 | IBEW | Miller FD | Miller | 72 | Radiator leak | |
25 | 2 | Russ Snowberger | 14 | D-X | Snowberger FD | Miller | 56 | Broken connecting rod | |
26 | 8 | Babe Stapp | 34 | McCoy Auto Service | Weil | Miller | 54 | Valve | |
27 | 26 | Tony Willman | 10 | Belanger | Stevens | Miller | 47 | Valve | |
28 | 3 | Rex Mays | 8 | Alfa-Romeo | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo SC | 45 | Supercharger | |
29 | 28 | Emil Andres | 42 | Elgin Piston Pin | Adams | Brisko | 45 | Wrecked SE turn | |
30 | 27 | Ira Hall | 37 | Greenfield Service | Nowiak | Studebaker | 44 | Wrecked NE turn | |
31 | 11 | Frank Brisko | 26 | Shur-Stop | Stevens FD | Brisko | 39 | Broken oil line | |
32 | 23 | Al Putnam | 36 | Troy Tydol | Stevens | Miller | 15 | Broken crankshaft | |
33 | 20 | Shorty Cantlon | 47 | Kamm's | Stevens | Miller SC | 13 | Loose supercharger | |
-- | -- | Cliff Bergere | 54 | Offenhauser | Miller FD | Offy | 78 | Relieved Ardinger 122-199 | |
-- | -- | Tony Willman | 45 | Marchese | Marchese | Miller | 83 | Relieved McQuinn 87-169 | |
-- | -- | Russ Snowberger | 54 | Offenhauser | Miller FD | Offy | 9 | Relieved Ardinger 84-92 | |
-- | -- | Billy Winn | 16 | Thorne-Sparks | Adams | Sparks SC | 16 | Relieved Householder 139-154 | |
-- | -- | Charles Crawford | 51 | Stewart | Stewart | Mort | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | George Bailey | 25 | Harry A. Miller | Miller RE4 | Miller | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Billy Winn | 18 | Harry A. Miller | Miller | Miller | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Billy Winn | 24 | Harry A. Miller | Miller | Miller | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Charles Crawford | 31 | Shafer 8 | Rigling | Buick | -- | DNS, too slow | |
-- | -- | Floyd Davis | 59 | Woestman | X | McDowell | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Fred Frame | 32 | Hulbert Duesenberg | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Ralph Hepburn | 4 | Harry A. Miller | Miller RE4 | Miller | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Deacon Litz | 52 | Sampson-Litz | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Tazio Nuvolari | 48 | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo SC | -- | Withdrew | |
-- | -- | Jack Petticord | 57 | Miller-Duesenberg | Miller | Duesenberg | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Doc Williams | 46 | Ben Been | Miller FD | Miller | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Johnny Sawyer | 53 | Uhl | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Johnny Seymour | 56 | Clemons Independent Suspension | X | Clemons | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Tazio Nuvolari | 54 | Offenhauser | Miller FD | Offy | -- | Broken gearbox practice | |
-- | -- | Frankie Beeder | 45 | Marchese | Marchese | Miller | -- | Wrecked qualifying |
Known riding mechanics in this race:
Finish | Start | Driver | Mechanic | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
-- | -- | Doc Williams | Ray Short | 46 | Ben Been | Miller FD | Miller | -- | Did not qualify |
Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
Jimmy Snyder | 92 | 15-31, 34-74, 111-144 |
Floyd Roberts | 92 | 75-110, 145-200 |
Rex Mays | 16 | 1-14, 32-33 |