1927 500-Mile International Sweepstakes

1927 Indianapolis 500
FP	SP	Car	Driver	Car Name Chassis/Engine Running or Reason Out	Laps Comp	Prize Money	Qual. Speed
1	22	32	Souders, George(R)	Duesenberg/William White Duesenberg/Duesenberg Running	200	$26,100	111.551
2	15	10	DeVore, Earl	Miller/F.P. Cramer Miller/Miller Running	200	$10,000	107.497
3	27	27	Gulotta, Tony	Miller/Anthony Gulotta Miller/Miller Running	200	$5,260	107.765
4	19	29	Shaw, Wilbur(R)	Jynx/Fred Clemons Miller/Miller Running	200	$3,500	104.465
5	28	21	Evans, Dave(R)	Duesenberg/David E. Evans Duesenberg/Duesenberg Running	200	$3,000	107.360
6	7	14	McDonogh, Bob	Cooper Engineering Cooper/Miller Running	200	$5,200	113.175
7	18	16	Hearne, Eddie	Miller/Harry Hartz Miller/Miller Running	200	$1,800	105.115
8	25	6	Milton, Tommy	Detroit/Tommy Milton Detroit/Miller Running	200	$1,600	108.758
9	14	25	Bergere, Cliff(R)	Miller/Muller Brothers Miller/Miller Running	200	$1,500	108.820
10	13	5	Elliott, Frank	Junior 8/Frank Elliott Miller/Miller Running	200	$1,400	109.682
11	33	31	Frame, Fred(R)	Miller/O.B. Dolfinger Miller/Miller Flagged	199	$750	106.859
12	32	42	Hill, Jim(R)	Nickel Plate/Earl DeVore Miller/Miller Flagged	197	$600	107.392
13	31	24	Shoaff, Benny(R)	Perfect Circle Duesenberg Duesenberg/Duesenberg Rear end gears	198	$550	110.152
14	26	41	Morton, Wade	Thompson Valve/Duesenberg Duesenberg/Duesenberg Crash (Winnai)	152	$500	108.075
15	20	44	Melcher, Al(R)	Miller/Charles Haase Miller/Miller Supercharger	144	$490	102.918
16	23	43	Schneider, Louis(R)	Miller/Fred Lecklider Miller/Miller Timing gears	137	$480	109.910
17	12	9	Kreis, Peter	Cooper Engineering Cooper/Miller Front axle	123	$470	109.900
18	1	2	Lockhart, Frank	Perfect Circle Miller/Lockhart Miller/Miller Rod	120	$1,100	120.100
19	6	15	Woodbury, Cliff	Boyle Valve/Cliff Woodbury Miller/Miller Supercharger	108	$450	113.200
20	17	26	Bauman, Dutch(R)	Harry A. Miller Miller/Miller Pinion shaft	90	$440	106.078
21	29	35	Cotey, Al(R)	Elcar/Al Cotey Miller/Miller Universal joint	87	$430	106.295
22	16	17	Shattuc, Dr. W.E.	Miller/Dr. W.E. Shattuc Miller/Miller Valve	83	$420	107.060
23	30	23	Lecklider, Fred	Elgin Piston Pin/Henry Kohlert Miller/Miller Crash 1 (H.K.)	49	$410	105.729
24	5	19	Hepburn, Ralph	Boyle Valve/Cliff Woodbury Miller/Miller Fuel tank leak	39	$400	114.209
25	4	1	Hartz, Harry	Erskine Miller/Harry Hartz Miller/Miller Crankshaft	38	$390	116.739
26	2	3	DePaolo, Peter	Perfect Circle Miller/DePaolo Miller/Miller Supercharger	31	$380	119.510
27	3	12	Duray, Leon	Miller Front Drive/Leon Duray Miller/Miller Fuel tank leak	26	$370	118.788
28	9	4	Hill, Bennett	Cooper Engineering Miller/Miller Shackle bolt	26	$360	112.013
29	21	18	Ellingboe, Jules	Earl Cooper Miller/Miller Crash 4	25	$350	113.239
30	10	8	Batten, Norman	Miller/Norman K. Batten Fengler/Miller Caught fire	24	$340	111.940
31	24	38	Stapp, Babe(R)	Duesenberg Duesenberg/Duesenberg Universal joint	24	$330	109.555
32	11	22	Petticord, Jack(R)	Boyle Valve/Cliff Woodbury Miller/Miller Supercharger	22	$320	109.920
33	8	7	Lewis, Dave	Miller Front Drive/Dave Lewis Miller/Miller Front axle	21	$310	112.275

Total Purse:	$89,850	Field Average:	N/A
Cars Entered:	41	Cars Started:	33
Number Rookies:	13	Former Winners:	3

Starting Lineup

SP  # Driver               Chassis/Engine         Speed
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 1  2 Frank Lockhart       Miller/Miller          120.10
 2  3 Peter DePaolo        Miller/Miller          119.51
 3 12 Leon Duray           Miller/Miller          118.78

 4  1 Harry Hartz          Miller/Miller          116.73
 5 19 Ralph Hepburn        Miller/Miller          114.20
 6 15 Cliff Woodbury       Miller/Miller          113.20

 7 14 Bob McDonogh         Cooper/Miller          113.17
 8  7 Dave Lewis           Miller/Miller          112.27
 9  4 Bennett Hill         Miller/Miller          112.01

10  8 Norman Batten        Fengler/Miller         111.94
11 22 Jack Petticord (R)   Miller/Miller          109.92
12  9 Peter Kreis          Cooper/Miller          109.90

13  5 Frank Elliott        Miller/Miller          109.68
14 25 Cliff Bergere (R)    Miller/Miller          108.82
15 10 Earl DeVore          Miller/Miller          107.49

16 17 Dr. W.E. Shattuc     Miller/Miller          107.06
17 26 Dutch Bauman (R)     Miller/Miller          106.07
18 16 Eddie Hearne         Miller/Miller          105.11

19 29 Wilbur Shaw (R)      Miller/Miller          104.46
20 44 Al Melcher (R)       Miller/Miller          102.91
21 18 Jules Ellingboe      Miller/Miller          113.23

22 32 George Souders (R)   Duesenberg/Duesenberg  111.55
23 43 Louis Schneider (R)  Miller/Miller          109.91
24 38 Babe Stapp (R)       Duesenberg/Duesenberg  109.55

25  6 Tommy Milton         Detroit/Miller         108.75
26 41 Wade Morton          Duesenberg/Duesenberg  108.07
27 27 Tony Gulotta         Miller/Miller          107.76

28 21 Dave Evans (R)       Duesenberg/Duesenberg  107.36
29 35 Al Cotey (R)         Miller/Miller          106.29
30 23 Fred Lecklider       Miller/Miller          105.72

31 24 Benny Shoaff (R)     Duesenberg/Duesenberg  110.15
32 42 Jim Hill (R)         Miller/Miller          107.39
33 31 Fred Frame (R)       Miller/Miller          106.85