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1915 500-Mile International Sweepstakes


1915 Indianapolis 500

FP SP Car Driver Car Name
Chassis/Engine
Running or Reason Out
Laps
Comp
Prize
Money
Qual.
Speed
1 2 2 DePalma, Ralph Mercedes/E.C. Patterson
Mercedes/Mercedes
Running
200 $22,600 98.580
2 3 3 Resta, Dario(R) Peugeot Auto Import
Peugeot/Peugeot
Running
200 $10,900 98.470
3 5 5 Anderson, Gil Stutz Motor Car
Stutz/Stutz
Running
200 $5,600 95.140
4 4 4 Cooper, Earl Stutz Motor Car
Stutz/Stutz
Running
200 $3,700 96.770
5 11 15 O'Donnell, Eddie(R) Duesenberg
Duesenberg/Duesenberg
Running
200 $3,000 88.930
6 7 8 Burman, Bob Peugeot/Bob Burman
Peugeot/Peugeot
Running
200 $2,200 92.400
7 1 1 Wilcox, Howdy Stutz Motor Car
Stutz/Stutz
Running
200 $1,800 98.900
8 9 10 Alley, Tom(R) Duesenberg
Duesenberg/Duesenberg
Running
200 $1,600 90.000
9 16 19 Carlson, Billy Maxwell/US Motor
Maxwell/Maxwell
Running
200 $1,500 84.110
10 14 7 Van Raalte, Noel(R) Sunbeam Motor Car
Sunbeam/Sunbeam
Running
200 $1,400 86.870
11 24 28 Haupt, Willie Emden/R.E. Donaldson
Emden/Emden
Running
200 $0 80.360
12 10 14 Grant, Harry Sunbeam/Fortuna Racing
Sunbeam/Sunbeam
Loose mud apron
184 $0 89.290
13 17 21 Orr, Tom(R) Maxwell/US Motor
Maxwell/Maxwell
Axle bearing
168 $0 83.550
14 6 6 Porporato, Jean(R) Sunbeam Motor Car
Sunbeam/Sunbeam
Piston
164 $0 94.740
15 15 18 Cooper, Joe(R) Sebring/Miles & Gwin
Duesenberg/Duesenberg
Crash SS
154 $0 85.550
16 18 22 Mulford, Ralph Duesenberg
Duesenberg/Duesenberg
Rod
124 $0 82.720
17 12 12 Babcock, George C.(R) Peugeot Auto Import
Peugeot/Peugeot
Cylinder
117 $0 89.460
18 8 9 Klein, Art Kleinart/Art Klein
Duesenberg/Duesenberg
Smoking, disq.
111 $0 90.450
19 19 23 Rickenbacker, Eddie Maxwell/US Motors
Maxwell/Maxwell
Rod
103 $0 81.970
20 23 27 Chevrolet, Louis(R) Cornelian/Louis Chevrolet
Cornelian/Sterling
Valve
76 $0 81.010
21 13 17 DePalma, John(R) Delage/James E. Wilson
Delage/Delage
Loose flywheel
41 $0 87.040
22 20 24 Mais, John A.(R) John A. Mais
Mais/Mercer
Left course
23 $0 81.970
23 22 26 Hill, George(R) Bugatti/C.W. Fuller
Bugatti/Bugatti
Water pump gear
20 $0 81.520
24 21 25 Cox, G.C.(R) Cino-Purcell/Edward McNay
Cino/Mercer
Timing gears
12 $0 81.520

Total Purse: $51,200 Field Average: N/A
Cars Entered: 41 Cars Started: 24
Number Rookies: 13 Former Winners: 0
Qualifying Notes: One Lap Qualifying


Starting Lineup

SP  # Driver                 Chassis/Engine         Speed
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 1  1 Howdy Wilcox           Stutz/Stutz            98.90
 2  2 Ralph DePalma          Mercedes/Mercedes      98.58
 3  3 Dario Resta (R)        Peugeot/Peugeot        98.47
 4  4 Earl Cooper            Stutz/Stutz            96.77

 5  5 Gil Anderson           Stutz/Stutz            95.14
 6  6 Jean Porporato (R)     Sunbeam/Sunbeam        94.74
 7  8 Bob Burman             Peugeot/Peugeot        92.40
 8  9 Art Klein              Duesenberg/Duesenberg  90.45

 9 10 Tom Alley (R)          Duesenberg/Duesenberg  90.00
10 14 Harry Grant            Sunbeam/Sunbeam        89.29
11 15 Eddie ODonnell (R)     Duesenberg/Duesenberg  88.93
12 12 George C. Babcock (R)  Peugeot/Peugeot        89.46

13 17 John DePalma (R)       Delage/Delage          87.04
14  7 Noel Van Raalte (R)    Sunbeam/Sunbeam        86.87
15 18 Joe Cooper (R)         Duesenberg/Duesenberg  85.55
16 19 Billy Carlson          Maxwell/Maxwell        84.11

17 21 Tom Orr (R)            Maxwell/Maxwell        83.55
18 22 Ralph Mulford          Duesenberg/Duesenberg  82.72
19 23 Eddie Rickenbacker     Maxwell/Maxwell        81.97
20 24 John A. Mais (R)       Mais/Mercer            81.97

21 25 G.C. Cox (R)           Cino/Mercer            81.52
22 26 George Hill (R)        Bugatti/Bugatti        81.52
23 27 Louis Chevrolet (R)    Cornelian/Sterling     81.01
24 28 Willie Haupt           Emden/Emden            80.36

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