Milwaukee 100
The Milwaukee Mile
1 Mile Dirt Oval
100 Laps/100 Miles
July 27, 1947
Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
1 | 15 | Charles Van Acker | 44 | Tucker Partners | Stevens | Lencki | 100 | 1:09:47.88 85.963 | 200 |
2 | 3 | Duke Nalon | 27 | Andrews | X | Offy | 100 | Finished | 160 |
3 | 16 | Paul Russo | 15 | Wolfe | Shaw | Offy | 100 | Finished | 140 |
4 | 2 | Mel Hansen | 33 | Tucker Partner | X | Lencki | 100 | Finished | 120 |
5 | 10 | George Connor | 14 | Walsh | Kurtis | Offy | 98 | Flagged | 100 |
6 | 9 | Ted Horn | 1 | Horn | Horn | Offy | 96 | Engine | 80 |
7 | 14 | Charlie Rogers | 71 | Jewell | X | HAL | 93 | Flagged | 60 |
8 | 4 | Steve Truchan | 39 | Truchan | X | Offy | 84 | Flagged | 50 |
9 | 13 | Buddy Rusch | 37 | Mitchell | X | Offy | 63 | Flagged | 40 |
10 | 8 | Rex Mays | 9 | Bowes Seal Fast | Kurtis | Winfield | 62 | Flagged | 30 |
11 | 1 | Tony Bettenhausen | 6 | Olson | X | Offy | 47 | Broken rear radius rod | 20 |
12 | 18 | Walt Ader | 41 | Schoof | Wetteroth | Offy | 42 | Dropped valve | 10 |
13 | 17 | Jackie Holmes | 25 | Dreyer | X | Dreyer | 32 | Cracked oil tank | |
14 | 11 | Walt Brown | 31 | Auto Shippers | X | Offy | 31 | Sheared steer shaft | |
15 | 7 | Duke Dinsmore | 10 | Schoof | Wetteroth | Offy | 27 | Broken connecting rod | |
16 | 12 | Myron Fohr | 42 | Marchese | X | X | 20 | Broken connecting rod | |
17 | 6 | Emil Andres | 3 | Belanger | X | Offy | 5 | Burned piston | |
18 | 5 | Bill Holland | 8 | Peters | Wetteroth | Offy | 0 | Broken rear end | |
-- | -- | Charles Crawford | 59 | Katty Korner | X | Offy | -- | Out in practice | |
-- | -- | Milt Fankhauser | 53 | Fankhauser | Stevens | Offy | -- | Out after qualifying | |
-- | -- | Sam Hanks | 21 | Thorne Engineering | Adams | Sparks | -- | Out in practice | |
-- | -- | Billy DeVore | X | X | X | X | -- | Did not appear |
Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
Ted Horn | 70 | 27-96 |
Duke Dinsmore | 26 | 1-26 |
Charles Van Acker | 4 | 97-100 |