International 500 Mile
Sweepstakes
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
May 30, 1947
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
| 1 | 3 | Mauri Rose | 27 | Blue Crown Spark Plug | Deidt FD | Offy | 200 | 4:17:52.17 116.338 | 1,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Bill Holland | 16 | Blue Crown Spark Plug | Deidt FD | Offy | 200 | 4:18:24.29 116.097 | 800 |
| 3 | 1 | Ted Horn | 1 | Bennett Brothers | Maserati | Maserati SC | 200 | 4:20:52.55 114.997 | 700 |
| 4 | 4 | Herb Ardinger | 54 | Novi Governor | Kurtis FD | Novi SC | 200 | 4:24:32.52 113.404 | 207 |
| 5 | 10 | Jimmy Jackson | 7 | Jim Hussey | Miller FD | Offy | 200 | 4:25:52.65 112.834 | 500 |
| 6 | 20 | Rex Mays | 9 | Bowes Seal Fast | Kurtis | Winfield SC | 200 | 4:30:84.50 111.056 | 400 |
| 7 | 14 | Walt Brown | 33 | Permafuse | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo SC | 200 | 4:54:51.47 101.744 | 300 |
| 8 | 28 | Cy Marshall | 34 | Tattersfield | Alfa Romeo/Weil | Alfa Romeo SC | 197 | Flagged | 250 |
| 9 | 23 | Fred Agabashian | 41 | Ross Page | Kurtis | Duray SC | 191 | Flagged | 200 |
| 10 | 27 | Duke Dinsmore | 10 | Schoof | Wetteroth | Offy | 167 | Flagged | 120 |
| 11 | 7 | Les Anderson | 58 | Kennedy Tank | Maserati | Offy | 131 | Flagged | 100 |
| 12 | 17 | Pete Romcevich | 59 | Camco Motors | Miller FD | Ford V8 | 168 | Mechanical | 50 |
| 13 | 30 | Emil Andres | 3 | Tucker Partners | Lencki | Lencki | 150 | Magneto | |
| 14 | 15 | Frank Wearne | 31 | Superior Industries | Miller | Offy | 128 | Spun NE turn | |
| 15 | 9 | Ken Fowler | 47 | Don Lee | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo SC | 121 | Broken axle | |
| 16 | 18 | Duke Nalon | 46 | Don Lee | Mercedes | Mercedes SC | 119 | Piston | |
| 17 | 12 | Roland Free | 28 | Bristow-McManus | Wetteroth | Miller | 87 | Spun out, SW turn | |
| 18 | 25 | Tony Bettenhausen | 29 | Belanger | Stevens | Offy | 79 | Broken timing gear | |
| 19 | 6 | Russ Snowberger | 25 | Federal Engineering | Maserati | Maserati SC | 74 | Oil pump | |
| 20 | 16 | Hal Robson | 52 | Palmer | Adams | Offy | 67 | Transmission | |
| 21 | 2 | Cliff Bergere | 18 | Novi Governor | Kurtis FD | Novi SC | 62 | Piston | |
| 22 | 22 | Joie Chitwood | 8 | Peters | Wetteroth | Offy | 51 | Gear trouble | |
| 23 | 5 | Shorty Cantlon | 24 | Auto Shippers | Snowberger FD | Miller | 40 | Wrecked SW - fatal | |
| 24 | 26 | Henry Banks | 43 | Federal Engineering | Miller FD | Offy | 36 | Broken oil line | |
| 25 | 19 | Al Miller | 66 | Tucker | Miller RE4D | Miller | 33 | Magneto | |
| 26 | 13 | George Connor | 14 | Walsh | Kurtis | Offy | 32 | Fuel tank leak | |
| 27 | 29 | Mel Hansen | 38 | Flavell-Duffy | Adams | Sparks SC | 32 | Disqualified, pushed | |
| 28 | 21 | Paul Russo | 15 | Wolfe | Shaw | Offy | 24 | Wrecked mainstretch | |
| 29 | 24 | Charles Van Acker | 44 | Tucker Partners | Stevens | Lencki | 24 | Wrecked mainstretch | |
| 30 | 11 | Milt Fankhauser | 53 | Jack Maurer | Stevens | Offy | 16 | Stalled SE turn | |
| -- | -- | Cliff Bergere | 54 | Novi Governor | Kurtis FD | Novi SC | 131 | Relieved Ardinger 70-200 | 393 |
| -- | -- | George Connor | 3 | Tucker Partners | Lencki | Lencki | 81 | Relieved Andres 70-150 | |
| -- | -- | Billy DeVore | 10 | Schoof | Wetteroth | Offy | 40 | Relieved Dinsmore 79-118 | 30 |
| -- | -- | Louis Tomei | 31 | Superior Industries | Miller | Offy | 50 | Relieved F. Wearne 54-103 | |
| -- | -- | Doc Williams | 54 | Novi Governor | Kurtis FD | Novi SC | -- | Raced by Ardinger | |
| -- | -- | Louis Tomei | 44 | Miller | Miller FD | Miller SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Louis Tomei | 57 | Camco Motors Ford | X | Mercury | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Charles Crawford | 67 | Pat Murphy | X | Duesenberg | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Duane Carter | 32 | Kuehl-Osborne | X | Studebaker | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Leslie Brooke | 35 | ERA | X | ERA SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Jim Brubaker | 86 | Jack Maurer | Maserati | Maserati | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Lewis Durant | 23 | Boggs | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Red Byron | 22 | Pauley-Voght | X | Ford V8 | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Tommy Boggs | 23 | Boggs | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Walt Ader | 6 | Olson | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Zora Arkus-Duntov | 49 | Martin | Talbot-Lago | Talbot-Lago | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Norm Houser | 69 | Robert Allison | X | Ford V8 | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Tommy Hinnershitz | 5 | T. H. E. | X | Offy | -- | Did not arrive | |
| -- | -- | George Metzler | 55 | Dixon | X | Clemons | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Johnny Mauro | 64 | Phil Kraft | X | Miller SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | George Weaver | 44 | Miller | Miller FD | Miller SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Sam Hanks | 54 | Novi Governor | Kurtis FD | Novi SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Tony Bettenhausen | X | Thorne Engineering | Adams | Sparks SC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Billy DeVore | 17 | Schoof | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Sam Grecco | 51 | Grecco | X | X | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Steve Truchan | 28 | Moxar Tools and Manufacturing | Wetteroth | Miller | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Harry McQuinn | X | Lynch Motors | Maserati | Maserati | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Hal Stetson | X | X | X | X | -- | Did not appear | |
| -- | -- | Art Scovell | X | Rassey | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Frank Brisko | X | Rassey | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Buddy Rusch | X | Rassey | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Bud Bardowski | X | Bardowski | X | X | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Hal Cole | X | X | X | X | -- | Withdrew due to ASPAR dispute | |
| -- | -- | Danny Kladis | X | X | X | X | -- | Withdrew due to ASPAR dispute | |
| -- | -- | Chet Miller | X | X | X | X | -- | Withdrew due to ASPAR dispute | |
| -- | -- | Wally Mitchell | X | X | X | X | -- | Withdrew due to ASPAR dispute | |
| -- | -- | Overton Phillips | X | X | X | X | -- | Withdrew due to ASPAR dispute | |
| -- | -- | Bill Sheffler | X | X | X | X | -- | Withdrew due to ASPAR dispute | |
| -- | -- | Joel Thorne | X | X | X | X | -- | Withdrew due to ASPAR dispute |
| Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
| Bill Holland | 143 | 24-59, 86-192 |
| Mauri Rose | 34 | 60-85, 193-200 |
| Cliff Bergere | 23 | 1-23 |