International 500 Mile
Sweepstakes
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
May 30, 1940
Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
1 | 2 | Wilbur Shaw | 1 | Boyle | Maserati | Maserati SC | 200 | 4:22:31.17 114.277 | 1,000 |
2 | 1 | Rex Mays | 33 | Bowes Seal Fast | Stevens | Winfield SC | 200 | 4:23:45.31 113.742 | 825 |
3 | 3 | Mauri Rose | 7 | Elgin Piston Pin | Wetteroth | Offy | 200 | 4:24:08.96 113.572 | 675 |
4 | 4 | Ted Horn | 3 | Boyle | Miller FD | Miller | 199 | Flagged -rain | 550 |
5 | 10 | Joel Thorne | 8 | Thorne Engineering | Adams | Sparks SC | 197 | Flagged - rain | 450 |
6 | 20 | Bob Swanson | 32 | Sampson | Stevens | Sampson | 196 | Flagged - rain | 375 |
7 | 7 | Frank Wearne | 9 | Boyle | Stevens | Offy | 195 | Flagged -rain | 325 |
8 | 5 | Mel Hansen | 31 | Hartz | Wetteroth | Miller SC | 194 | Flagged -rain | 275 |
9 | 8 | Frank Brisko | 16 | Elgin Piston Pin | Stevens FD | Brisko | 193 | Flagged -rain | 225 |
10 | 31 | René Le Bègue | 49 | Lucy O'Reilly | Maserati | Maserati SC | 192 | Flagged -rain | 91 |
11 | 15 | Harry McQuinn | 41 | Hollywood Payday | Weil | Alfa Romeo SC | 192 | Flagged -rain | 125 |
12 | 22 | Emil Andres | 25 | Belanger | Stevens | Offy | 192 | Flagged -rain | 75 |
13 | 14 | Sam Hanks | 28 | Duray | Weil | Duray SC | 192 | Flagged -rain | |
14 | 16 | George Barringer | 6 | Hollywood Payday | Weil | Offy | 191 | Flagged -rain | |
15 | 26 | Joie Chitwood | 42 | Kennedy Tank | Adams | Offy | 190 | Flagged -rain | |
16 | 18 | Louis Tomei | 26 | Falstaff | Miller | Offy | 190 | Broken exhaust pipe | |
17 | 27 | Chet Miller | 34 | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo SC | 189 | Flagged - rain | |
18 | 32 | Billy DeVore | 14 | Holabird | Shaw | Offy | 181 | Flagged - rain | |
19 | 28 | Al Putnam | 44 | Refinoil | Adams | Offy | 179 | Flagged - rain | |
20 | 33 | Floyd Davis | 61 | Lencki | Lencki | Lencki | 157 | Flagged - rain | |
21 | 13 | Kelly Petillo | 35 | Indiana Fur | Wetteroth | Offy | 128 | Rear main bearing | |
22 | 25 | Duke Nalon | 21 | Marks | Silnes | Offy | 120 | Broken connecting rod | |
23 | 23 | George Robson | 17 | Keller | Miller FD | Offy | 67 | Broken shock absorber | |
24 | 12 | Babe Stapp | 24 | Surber | Stevens | Offy | 64 | Broken oil line | |
25 | 19 | Doc Williams | 36 | Quilen Brothers | Cooper FD | Miller | 61 | Broken oil line | |
26 | 17 | George Connor | 10 | Lencki | Lencki | Lencki | 52 | Broken connecting rod | |
27 | 6 | Cliff Bergere | 5 | Noc-Out Hose Clamp | Wetteroth | Offy | 51 | Broken oil line | |
28 | 29 | Paul Russo | 38 | Elgin Piston Pin | Blume | Brisko | 48 | Oil leak | |
29 | 21 | Ralph Hepburn | 54 | Bowes Seal Fast | Miller FD | Offy | 47 | Steering froze, spun | |
30 | 30 | Al Miller | 58 | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo SC | 41 | Clutch | |
31 | 11 | Russ Snowberger | 19 | Snowberger | Snowberger FD | Miller | 38 | Water pump | |
32 | 9 | Tommy Hinnershitz | 27 | Marks | Adams | Offy | 32 | Broken crank, hit MS | |
33 | 24 | Raúl Riganti | 29 | Maserati | Maserati | Maserati SC | 24 | Wrecked SE turn | |
-- | -- | George Connor | 14 | Holabird | Shaw | Offy SC | 75 | Relieved B. DeVore 107-181 | |
-- | -- | George Connor | 61 | Lencki | Lencki | Lencki | 2 | Relieved F. Davis 58-59 | |
-- | -- | Doc Williams | 24 | Surber | Stevens | Offy | 52 | Relieved Stapp 13-64 | |
-- | -- | Henry Banks | 34 | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo SC | 42 | Relieved C. Miller 148-189 | |
-- | -- | René Dreyfus | 49 | Lucy O'Reilly Schell | Maserati | Maserati SC | 94 | Relieved LeBeque 46-97, 151-192 | 84 |
-- | -- | Lou Webb | 61 | Lencki | Lencki | Lencki | 129 | Relieved F. Davis 27-57, 60-157 | |
-- | -- | Tony Willman | 24 | Surber | Stevens | Offy | X | Relieved Stapp | |
-- | -- | Henry Banks | 39 | Cheesman Maserati | Maserati | Maserati SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | René Dreyfus | 22 | Lucy O'Reilly Schell | Maserati | Maserati SC | -- | DNQ, too slow | |
-- | -- | Harry McQuinn | 45 | Leader Card | X | Miller SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Lou Webb | 37 | Kimmell | X | Voelker | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Babe Stapp | 4 | Wheeler | X | Miller SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | George Bailey | 56 | Miller | Miller RE4D | Miller SC | -- | Wrecked practice - fatal | |
-- | -- | Lewis Durant | 12 | Schoof's | X | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
-- | -- | Port DeFraties | 51 | W & A | X | Wehr SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Shorty Cantlon | 24 | Surber | Stevens | Offy | -- | Driven by Stapp | |
-- | -- | Wesley Crawford | 62 | Corley Miller | X | Miller | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Ira Hall | 47 | Magnes & Nowiak | X | X | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Bill Lipscomb | 57 | Watson | X | Miller | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Louis Unser | X | X | X | X | -- | Passed drivers test | |
-- | -- | Overton Phillips | 46 | Phillips | X | Miller | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Fred Winnai | 59 | Walt Woestman | X | McDowell | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Tony Willman | 45 | Leader Card | X | Miller SC | -- | DNS, too slow |
Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
Wilbur Shaw | 136 | 34-73, 105-200 |
Rex Mays | 59 | 1-33, 74-99 |
Mauri Rose | 5 | 100-104 |