1919 500-Mile Liberty Sweepstakes


1919 Indianapolis 500

FP SP Car Driver Car Name
Chassis/Engine
Running or Reason Out
Laps
Comp
Prize
Money
Qual.
Speed
1 2 3 Wilcox, Howdy Peugeot/Indpls Spdway Team Co.
Peugeot/Peugeot
Running
200 $20,000 100.010
2 8 14 Hearne, Eddie Durant/R. Cliff Durant
Stutz/Stutz
Running
200 $10,000 94.500
3 22 6 Goux, Jules Peugeot/Indpls Speedway Team Co.
Peugeot/Premier
Running
200 $5,000 95.000
4 3 32 Guyot, Albert Ernest Ballot
Ballot/Ballot
Running
200 $3,500 98.300
5 28 26 Alley, Tom Bender/Ahlberg Bearing
Bender/Bender
Running
200 $3,000 92.200
6 4 4 DePalma, Ralph Packard Motor Car
Packard/Packard
Running
200 $2,200 98.200
7 12 7 Chevrolet, Louis Frontenac Motors
Frontenac/Frontenac
Running
200 $1,800 103.100
8 10 27 Vail, Ira(R) Hudson Motor Car
Hudson/Hudson
Running
200 $1,600 94.100
9 27 21 Hickey, Denny(R) A.C. Stickle
Hoskins/Hudson
Running
200 $1,500 92.500
10 16 41 Chevrolet, Gaston(R) Frontenac Motors
Frontenac/Frontenac
Running
200 $1,400 100.400
11 1 31 Thomas, Rene Ernest Ballot
Ballot/Ballot
Running
200 $0 104.700
12 9 8 Cooper, Earl Stutz/Earl Cooper
Stutz/Stutz
Running
200 $0 94.250
13 29 23 Shannon, Elmer T.(R) Mesaba/Elmer T. Shannon
Shannon/Duesenberg
Running
200 $0 91.700
14 26 17 Haibe, Ora Hudson Motor Car
Hudson/Hudson
Running
200 $0 92.800
15 32 37 Boillot, Andre(R) Baby Peugeot/Jules Goux
Peugeot/Peugeot
Crash BS
195 $0 89.500
16 21 48 Howard, Ray(R) Peugeot/A.G. Kaufman
Peugeot/Peugeot
Oil pressure
130 $0 95.000
17 23 22 D'Alene, Wilbur Duesenberg
Duesenberg/Duesenberg
Axle
120 $0 94.200
18 25 15 LeCocq, Louis(R) Roamer/Roscoe Sarles
Duesenberg/Duesenberg
Crash 2, died
96 $0 92.900
19 7 29 Klein, Art Peugeot/Arthur H. Klein
Peugeot/Peugeot
Oil line
70 $0 94.900
20 11 19 Kirkpatrick, Charles( Detroit/Frank P. Book
Mercedes/Mercedes copy
Rod
69 $0 90.000
21 6 33 Bablot, Paul(R) Ernest Ballot
Ballot/Ballot
Crash-Chassagne
63 $0 94.900
22 5 10 O'Donnell, Eddie Duesenberg
Duesenberg/Duesenberg
Piston
60 $0 97.300
23 24 12 Hitke, Kurt(R) Roamer/Roscoe Sarles
Duesenberg/Duesenberg
Rod bearing
56 $0 93.500
24 20 1 Durant, Cliff(R) Chevrolet/R. Cliff Durant
Stutz/Stutz
Steering
54 $0 96.500
25 31 9 Milton, Tommy(R) Duesenberg
Duesenberg/Duesenberg
Rod
50 $0 89.900
26 13 34 Wagner, Louis(R) Ernest Ballot
Ballot/Ballot
Broken wheel
44 $0 101.700
27 18 18 Thurman, Arthur(R) Arthur Thurman
Duesenberg/Duesenberg
Crash 3, died
44 $0 98.000
28 30 43 Toft, Omar(R) Darco/Omar Toft
Miller/Miller
Rod
44 $0 91.500
29 15 2 Mulford, Ralph Frontenac/Ralph Mulford
Frontenac/Frontenac
Driveshaft
37 $0 100.500
30 33 36 McCoy, J.J.(R) J.J. McCoy
McCoy/N/A
Oil line
36 $0 86.500
31 14 39 Boyer, Joe(R) Frontenac Motors
Frontenac/Frontenac
Rear axle
30 $0 100.900
32 17 5 Brown, W.W.(R) C.L. Richards
Brown/Hudson-Brett
Rod
14 $0 99.800
33 19 28 Sarles, Roscoe(R) Barney Oldfield
Miller/Miller
Rocker arm
8 $0 97.700

Total Purse: $55,275 Field Average: N/A
Cars Entered: 42 Cars Started: 33
Number Rookies: 19 Former Winners: 3
Qualifying Notes: One lap qualifying


Starting Lineup

SP  # Driver                   Chassis/Engine         Speed
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 1 31 Rene Thomas              Ballot/Ballot          104.70
 2  3 Howdy Wilcox             Peugeot/Peugeot        100.01
 3 32 Albert Guyot             Ballot/Ballot           98.30
 4  4 Ralph DePalma            Packard/Packard         98.20

 5 10 Eddie ODonnell           Duesenberg/Duesenberg   97.30
 6 33 Paul Bablot (R)          Ballot/Ballot           94.90
 7 29 Art Klein                Peugeot/Peugeot         94.90
 8 14 Eddie Hearne             Stutz/Stutz             94.50

 9  8 Earl Cooper              Stutz/Stutz             94.25
10 27 Ira Vail (R)             Hudson/Hudson           94.10
11 19 Charles Kirkpatrick (R)  Mercedes/Mercedes       90.00
12  7 Louis Chevrolet          Frontenac/Frontenac    103.10

13 34 Louis Wagner (R)         Ballot/Ballot          101.70
14 39 Joe Boyer (R)            Frontenac/Frontenac    100.90
15  2 Ralph Mulford            Frontenac/Frontenac    100.50
16 41 Gaston Chevrolet (R)     Frontenac/Frontenac    100.40

17  5 W.W. Brown (R)           Brown/Hudson-Brett      99.80
18 18 Arthur Thurman (R)       Duesenberg/Duesenberg   98.00
19 28 Roscoe Sarles (R)        Miller/Miller           97.70
20  1 Cliff Durant (R)         Stutz/Stutz             96.50

21 48 Ray Howard (R)           Peugeot/Peugeot         95.00
22  6 Jules Goux               Peugeot/Premier         95.00
23 22 Wilbur D'Alene           Duesenberg/Duesenberg   94.20
24 12 Kurt Hitke (R)           Duesenberg/Duesenberg   93.50

25 15 Louis LeCocq (R)         Duesenberg/Duesenberg   92.90
26 17 Ora Haibe                Hudson/Hudson           92.80
27 21 Denny Hickey (R)         Hoskins/Hudson          92.50
28 26 Tom Alley                Bender/Bender           92.20

29 23 Elmer T. Shannon (R)     Shannon/Duesenberg      91.70
30 43 Omar Toft (R)            Miller/Miller           91.50
31  9 Tommy Milton (R)         Duesenberg/Duesenberg   89.90
32 37 Andre Boillot (R)        Peugeot/Peugeot         89.50

33 36 J.J. McCoy (R)           McCoy/N/A               86.50