1926 500-Mile International Sweepstakes


1926 Indianapolis 500

FP SP Car Driver Car Name
Chassis/Engine
Running or Reason Out
Laps
Comp
Prize
Money
Qual.
Speed
1 20 15 Lockhart, Frank(R) Miller/Peter Kreis
Miller/Miller
Running/Rain
160 $35,600 95.783
2 2 3 Hartz, Harry Miller/Harry Hartz
Miller/Miller
Flagged
158 $13,900 109.542
3 14 36 Woodbury, Cliff(R) Boyle/Cliff R. Woodbury
Miller/Miller
Flagged
158 $6,700 105.109
4 13 8 Comer, Fred Miller/Harry Hartz
Miller/Miller
Flagged
155 $4,000 100.612
5 27 12 DePaolo, Peter Duesenberg
Duesenberg/Duesenberg
Flagged
153 $3,500 96.709
6 8 6 Elliott, Frank Miller/Frank Elliott
Miller/Miller
Flagged
152 $2,200 105.873
7 16 14 Batten, Norman(R) Miller/Norman Batten
Miller/Miller
Flagged
151 $1,800 101.428
8 15 19 Hepburn, Ralph Miller/Ralph Hepburn
Miller/Miller
Flagged
151 $1,600 102.517
9 28 18 Duff, John(R) Elcar/Al Cotey
Miller/Miller
Flagged
147 $1,500 95.546
10 5 4 Shafer, Phil Miller/Phil Shafer
Miller/Miller
Flagged
146 $3,000 106.647
11 12 31 Gulotta, Tony(R) Miller/Harry Hartz
Miller/Miller
Flagged
142 $615 102.789
12 7 16 Hill, Bennett Harry A. Miller
Miller/Miller
Flagged
136 $607 105.876
13 21 33 Houser, Thane(R) George G. Abell
Miller/Miller
Flagged
102 $600 93.671
14 17 27 Hawkes, W. Douglas E.A.D. Eldridge
Eldridge/Anzani
Camshaft
91 $593 94.976
15 4 1 Lewis, Dave Front Drive Miller
Miller/Miller
Valve
91 $4,886 107.009
16 1 5 Cooper, Earl Front Drive Miller
Miller/Miller
Transmission
73 $579 111.735
17 11 9 Durant, Cliff Locomobile Junior 8/Durant
Fengler/Locomobile
Fuel tank leak
60 $572 104.855
18 18 29 Jones, Ben(R) Duesenberg Two-Cycle
Duesenberg/Duesenberg
Crash
54 $565 92.142
19 23 26 Eldridge, E.A.D.(R) E.A.D. Eldridge
Eldridge/Anzani
Tie rod
45 $558 89.777
20 24 23 Corum, L.L. Albert Schmidt
Schmidt/Argyle
Shock absorbers
44 $551 88.849
21 22 24 Nemesh, Steve(R) Albert Schmidt
Schmidt/Argyle
Transmission
41 $544 92.937
22 6 7 Ellingboe, Jules Miller/F.P. Cramer
Miller/Miller
Supercharger
39 $538 106.376
23 3 10 Duray, Leon Locomobile Junior 8/Durant
Fengler/Locomobile
Broken axle
33 $531 109.186
24 26 17 Lecklider, Fred(R) Nickel Plate/Earl DeVore
Miller/Miller
Rod
24 $525 100.398
25 25 28 McCarver, Jack(R) Hamlin Front Drive/Chevrolet
Ford T/Fronty-Ford
Rod
23 $519 86.417
26 9 34 McDougall, Bon(R) Miller/R.G. McDougall
Miller/Miller
Valve
19 $512 105.180
27 10 22 Shattuc, Dr. W.E. Miller/Dr. W.E. Shattuc
Miller/Miller
Valve
15 $506 104.977
28 19 39 Guyot, Albert Albert Guyot
Schmidt/Argyle
Piston
8 $500 88.580

Total Purse: $88,100 Field Average: N/A
Cars Entered: 39 Cars Started: 28
Number Rookies: 12 Former Winners: 2


Starting Lineup

SP  # Driver               Chassis/Engine         Speed
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 1  5 Earl Cooper          Miller/Miller          111.73
 2  3 Harry Hartz          Miller/Miller          109.54
 3 10 Leon Duray           Fengler/Locomobile     109.18

 4  1 Dave Lewis           Miller/Miller          107.00
 5  4 Phil Shafer          Miller/Miller          106.64
 6  7 Jules Ellingboe      Miller/Miller          106.37

 7 16 Bennett Hill         Miller/Miller          105.87
 8  6 Frank Elliott        Miller/Miller          105.87
 9 34 Bon McDougall (R)    Miller/Miller          105.18

10 22 Dr. W.E. Shattuc     Miller/Miller          104.97
11  9 Cliff Durant         Fengler/Locomobile     104.85
12 31 Tony Gulotta (R)     Miller/Miller          102.78

13  8 Fred Comer           Miller/Miller          100.61
14 36 Cliff Woodbury (R)   Miller/Miller          105.10
15 19 Ralph Hepburn        Miller/Miller          102.51

16 14 Norman Batten (R)    Miller/Miller          101.42
17 27 W. Douglas Hawkes    Eldridge/Anzani         94.97
18 29 Ben Jones (R)        Duesenberg/Duesenberg   92.14

19 39 Albert Guyot         Schmidt/Argyle          88.58
20 15 Frank Lockhart (R)   Miller/Miller           95.78
21 33 Thane Houser (R)     Miller/Miller           93.67

22 24 Steve Nemesh (R)     Schmidt/Argyle          92.93
23 26 E.A.D. Eldridge (R)  Eldridge/Anzani         89.77
24 23 L.L. Corum           Schmidt/Argyle          88.84

25 28 Jack McCarver (R)    Ford T/Fronty-Ford      86.41
26 17 Fred Lecklider (R)   Miller/Miller          100.39
27 12 Peter DePaolo        Duesenberg/Duesenberg   96.70

28 18 John Duff (R)        Miller/Miller           95.54