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1935 500-Mile International Sweepstakes


1935 Indianapolis 500

FP SP Car Driver Car Name
Chassis/Engine
Running or Reason Out
Laps
Comp
Prize
Money
Qual.
Speed
1 22 5 Petillo, Kelly Gilmore Speedway/Petillo
Wetteroth/Offy
Running
200 $30,600 115.095
2 20 14 Shaw, Wilbur Gil Pirrung
Shaw/Offy
Running
200 $13,500 116.854
3 5 1 Cummings, Bill Boyle Products/H.C.Henning
Miller/Miller
Running
200 $6,650 116.901
4 3 22 Roberts, Floyd(R) Abels & Fink/Earl Haskell
Miller/Miller
Running
200 $4,000 118.671
5 7 21 Hepburn, Ralph Veedol/Ralph Hepburn
Miller/Miller
Running
200 $3,500 115.156
6 19 9 Cantlon, Shorty Sullivan & O'Brien/Cantlon
Stevens/Miller
Running
200 $2,200 118.205
7 9 18 Gardner, Chet Sampson Radio/Sampson
Stevens/Miller
Running
200 $1,800 114.556
8 13 16 Litz, Deacon Shaler-Rislone/A.B. Litz
Miller/Miller
Running
200 $1,600 114.488
9 15 8 MacKenzie, Doc Gil Pirrung
Rigling/Miller
Running
200 $1,500 114.294
10 17 34 Miller, Chet Milac Front Drive/Fred Frame
Summers/Miller
Running
200 $1,475 113.552
11 8 19 Frame, Fred Miller-Hartz
Wetteroth/Miller
Running
200 $850 114.701
12 4 36 Meyer, Lou Ring Free/Lou Meyer
Stevens/Miller
Running
200 $700 117.938
13 16 15 Bergere, Cliff Victor Gasket/Phil Shafer
Rigling/Buick
Out of gas
196 $600 114.162
14 31 62 Insinger, Harris(R) Cresco/Mikan & Carson
Mikan-Carson/Studebaker
Flagged
185 $535 117.729
15 21 4 Miller, Al Boyle Products/H.C. Henning
Rigling/Miller
Magneto
178 $520 115.303
16 26 43 Horn, Ted(R) Ford V-8/Harry Miller
Miller-Ford/Ford
Steering
145 $505 113.213
17 1 33 Mays, Rex Gilmore/Paul Weirick
Adams/Miller
Spring shackle
123 $2,490 120.736
18 23 7 Moore, Lou Foreman Axle/Lou Moore
Miller/Miller
Rod
116 $475 114.180
19 14 37 Connor, George(R) Marks-Miller
Stevens/Miller
Transmission
112 $460 114.321
20 10 2 Rose, Mauri Front Wheel Drive Auto
Miller/Miller
Studs
103 $445 116.470
21 6 44 Gulotta, Tony Bowes Seal Fast/Leon Duray
Stevens/Miller
Magneto
102 $430 115.459
22 30 39 Snyder, Jimmy(R) Blue Prelude/Joel Thorne
Snowberger/Studebaker
Spring
97 $415 112.249
23 24 41 Brisko, Frank Art Rose/Kenneth Schroeder
Rigling/Studebaker
Universal joint
79 $400 113.307
24 27 42 Seymour, Johnny Ford V-8/Harry Miller
Miller-Ford/Ford
Grease leak
71 $385 112.696
25 12 17 Stapp, Babe Marks-Miller
Adams/Miller
Radiator
70 $470 116.736
26 29 35 Bailey, George Ford V-8/Harry Miller
Miller-Ford/Ford
Steering
65 $355 113.432
27 11 3 Snowberger, Russ Boyle Products/Henning
Miller/Miller
Exhaust pipe
59 $340 114.209
28 32 26 Tomei, Louis(R) Burd Piston Ring/Joe Lencki
Miller/Lencki
Valve
47 $325 110.794
29 33 46 Sall, Bob(R) Ford V-8/Harry Miller
Miller-Ford/Ford
Steering
47 $310 110.519
30 2 6 Gordon, Al Cocktail Hour/White
Weil/Miller
Crash 4
17 $295 119.481
31 28 27 Winnai, Freddy Gyro-Duesenberg/Hartz
Duesenberg/Miller
Rod
16 $280 115.138
32 25 45 Weatherly, Clay(R) Bowes Seal Fast/Leon Duray
Stevens/Miller
Crash 4, died
9 $265 115.902
33 18 66 McQuinn, Harry Michel DeBaets
Rigling/Miller
Rod
4 $250 111.111

Total Purse: $78,575 Field Average: 114.846
Cars Entered: 59 Cars Started: 33
Number Rookies: 8 Former Winners: 3
Qualifying Notes: Total time for 10 laps


Starting Lineup

SP  # Driver               Chassis/Engine           Speed
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 1 33 Rex Mays             Adams/Miller             120.73
 2  6 Al Gordon            Weil/Miller              119.48
 3 22 Floyd Roberts (R)    Miller/Miller            118.67

 4 36 Lou Meyer            Stevens/Miller           117.93
 5  1 Bill Cummings        Miller/Miller            116.90
 6 44 Tony Gulotta         Stevens/Miller           115.45

 7 21 Ralph Hepburn        Miller/Miller            115.15
 8 19 Fred Frame           Wetteroth/Miller         114.70
 9 18 Chet Gardner         Stevens/Miller           114.55

10  2 Mauri Rose           Miller/Miller            116.47
11  3 Russ Snowberger      Miller/Miller            114.20
12 17 Babe Stapp           Adams/Miller             116.73

13 16 Deacon Litz          Miller/Miller            114.48
14 37 George Connor (R)    Stevens/Miller           114.32
15  8 Doc MacKenzie        Rigling/Miller           114.29

16 15 Cliff Bergere        Rigling/Buick            114.16
17 34 Chet Miller          Summers/Miller           113.55
18 66 Harry McQuinn        Rigling/Miller           111.11

19  9 Shorty Cantlon       Stevens/Miller           118.20
20 14 Wilbur Shaw          Shaw/Offy                116.85
21  4 Al Miller            Rigling/Miller           115.30

22  5 Kelly Petillo        Wetteroth/Offy           115.09
23  7 Lou Moore            Miller/Miller            114.18
24 41 Frank Brisko         Rigling/Studebaker       113.30

25 45 Clay Weatherly (R)   Stevens/Miller           115.90
26 43 Ted Horn (R)         Miller-Ford/Ford         113.21
27 42 Johnny Seymour       Miller-Ford/Ford         112.69

28 27 Freddy Winnai        Duesenberg/Miller        115.13
29 35 George Bailey        Miller-Ford/Ford         113.43
30 39 Jimmy Snyder (R)     Snowberger/Studebaker    112.24

31 62 Harris Insinger (R)  Mikan-Carson/Studebaker  111.72
32 26 Louis Tomei (R)      Miller/Lencki            110.79
33 46 Bob Sall (R)         Miller-Ford/Ford         110.51

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