International 500 Mile
Sweepstakes
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
May 30, 1939
Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
1 | 3 | Wilbur Shaw | 2 | Boyle | Maserati | Maserati SC | 200 | 4:20:47.49 115.035 | 1,000 |
2 | 1 | Jimmy Snyder | 10 | Thorne Engineering | Adams | Sparks SC | 200 | 4:22:35.61 114.245 | 825 |
3 | 10 | Cliff Bergere | 54 | Offenhauser | Miller FD | Offy | 200 | 4:23:51.40 113.698 | 675 |
4 | 4 | Ted Horn | 4 | Boyle | Miller FD | Miller | 200 | 4:28:08.82 111.879 | 550 |
5 | 16 | Babe Stapp | 31 | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo SC | 200 | 4:29:42.68 111.230 | 450 |
6 | 15 | George Barringer | 41 | Bill White | Weil | Offy | 200 | 4:30:12.60 111.025 | 375 |
7 | 20 | Joel Thorne | 8 | Thorne Engineering | Adams | Sparks | 200 | 4:31:42.04 110.416 | 325 |
8 | 8 | Mauri Rose | 16 | Wheeler's | Shaw | Offy | 200 | 4:33:51.80 109.544 | 275 |
9 | 17 | Frank Wearne | 14 | Burd Piston Ring | Wetteroth | Offy | 200 | 4:38:16.65 107.806 | 225 |
10 | 33 | Billy DeVore | 26 | Duray-Barbasol | Weil | Duray SC | 200 | 4:47:43.37 104.267 | 136.5 |
11 | 27 | Tony Gulotta | 62 | Burd Piston Ring | Stevens | Offy | 200 | 4:48:38.01 103.938 | 114.5 |
12 | 2 | Louis Meyer | 45 | Bowes Seal Fast | Stevens | Winfield SC | 197 | Wrecked backstretch | 75 |
13 | 12 | George Connor | 18 | Marks | Adams | Offy | 195 | Stalled | |
14 | 26 | Tony Willman | 51 | Burd Piston Ring | Lencki | Lencki | 188 | Broken fuel pump | |
15 | 30 | Louis Tomei | 58 | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo SC | 186 | Flagged | |
16 | 19 | Rex Mays | 15 | Thorne Engineering | Adams | Sparks SC | 145 | Stuck piston rings | |
17 | 9 | Herb Ardinger | 9 | Miller-Hartz | Wetteroth | Miller SC | 141 | Rear axle | |
18 | 24 | Kelly Petillo | 35 | Kay Jewelers | Wetteroth | Offy | 141 | Broken pistons | |
19 | 14 | Mel Hansen | 49 | Joel Thorne | Shaw FD | Offy | 113 | Hit pit wall | |
20 | 5 | Chet Miller | 3 | Boyle | Summers FD | Miller | 109 | Wrecked backstretch | |
21 | 32 | Harry McQuinn | 38 | Elgin Piston Pin | Blume | Brisko | 110 | Ignition trouble | |
22 | 13 | Ralph Hepburn | 25 | Hamilton-Harris | Stevens | Offy | 106 | Wrecked backstretch | |
23 | 23 | Floyd Roberts | 1 | Burd Piston Ring | Wetteroth | Offy | 106 | Wrecked BS - fatal | |
24 | 18 | Ira Hall | 37 | Greenfield Service | Nowiak | Studebaker | 89 | Blown head gasket | |
25 | 25 | Russ Snowberger | 21 | D-X | Snowberger FD | Miller | 50 | Leaking radiator | |
26 | 6 | George Bailey | 17 | Miller | Miller RE4D | Miller SC | 47 | Broken valve | |
27 | 29 | Floyd Davis | 56 | W R W | Miller | Offy | 43 | Broken shock absorber | |
28 | 28 | Al Miller | 42 | Kennedy Tank | Adams | Offy | 41 | Broken throttle pedal | |
29 | 11 | Frank Brisko | 29 | National Seal | Stevens FD | Brisko | 38 | Broken air pump | |
30 | 21 | Emil Andres | 44 | Chicago Flash | Stevens | Offy | 22 | Stripped plug treads | |
31 | 22 | Bob Swanson | 32 | SMI | Stevens | Sampson SC | 19 | Rear axle | |
32 | 7 | Shorty Cantlon | 47 | Auto Service | Stevens | Offy | 15 | Burned main bearing | |
33 | 31 | Deacon Litz | 53 | Maserati | Maserati | Maserati SC | 7 | Valve trouble | |
-- | -- | Frank Brisko | 9 | Miller-Hartz | Wetteroth | Miller SC | 19 | Relieved Ardinger 76-94 | |
-- | -- | Frank Brisko | 38 | Elgin Piston Pin | Blume | Brisko | 6 | Relieved McQuinn 37-42 | |
-- | -- | Mel Hansen | 9 | Miller-Hartz | Wetteroth | Miller SC | 5 | Relieved Ardinger 137-141 | |
-- | -- | Mel Hansen | 58 | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo SC | 26 | Relieved Tomei 161-186 | |
-- | -- | Harry McQuinn | 62 | Burd Piston Ring | Stevens | Offy | 17 | Relieved Gulotta 111-127 | |
-- | -- | Bob Swanson | 25 | Hamilton-Harris | Stevens | Offy | 3 | Relieved Hepburn 104-107 | |
-- | -- | Henry Banks | 26 | Duray-Barbasol | Weil | Duray SC | 44 | Relieved B. DeVore 146-189 | 38.5 |
-- | -- | Al Putnam | 38 | Elgin Piston Pin | Blume | Brisko | 59 | Relieved McQuinn 12-36, 43-76 | |
-- | -- | George Robson | 38 | Elgin Piston Pin | Blume | Brisko | 34 | Relieved McQuinn 77-110 | |
-- | -- | Henry Banks | 39 | Cheesman Maserati | Maserati | Maserati SC | -- | Broken crankshaft | |
-- | -- | Louis Tomei | 55 | Indiana Fur | X | Buick | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | George Robson | 28 | Deacon Litz | Maserati | Maserati | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | George Robson | 23 | W. A. Rotary Valve | X | Wehr SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Tommy Hinnershitz | 33 | Kimmel | Miller | Voelker | -- | DNQ, broken connecting rod | |
-- | -- | Zeke Meyer | 27 | Miller | Miller RE4D | Miller | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Duke Nalon | 7 | Belanger | X | Miller | -- | Broken cam, crankshaft | |
-- | -- | Doc Williams | 36 | Quillen Brothers Refrig | Miller FD | Miller | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Lou Webb | 59 | Woestman-McDowell | X | McDowell | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Johnny Seymour | 61 | Miller | Miller RE4D | Miller | -- | Wrecked practice | |
-- | -- | Sam Hanks | 42 | Kennedy Tank | Adams | Offy | -- | Entry declined, lack of experience | |
-- | -- | Ronney Householder | 26 | Duray-Barbasol | Weil | Duray SC | -- | Driven by B. Devore | |
-- | -- | Frank McGurk | 41 | Bill White | Weil | Offy | -- | Did not qualify |
Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
Louis Meyer | 79 | 70-73, 104-130, 135-182 |
Jimmy Snyder | 65 | 1-36, 75-103 |
Wilbur Shaw | 51 | 37-69, 183-200 |
Ted Horn | 4 | 131-134 |
Rex Mays | 1 | 74 |