1929 Indianapolis 500 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Car Name Chassis/Engine Running or Reason Out | Laps Comp | Prize Money | Qual. Speed |
| 1 | 6 | 2 | Keech, Ray | Simplex Piston Ring/Yagle
Miller/Miller Running | 200 | $31,950 | 114.905 |
| 2 | 8 | 1 | Meyer, Lou | Miller/Alden Sampson, II
Miller/Miller Running | 200 | $20,400 | 114.704 |
| 3 | 23 | 53 | Gleason, Jimmy | A.S. Duesenberg
Duesenberg/Duesenberg Running | 200 | $7,250 | 110.345 |
| 4 | 25 | 43 | Marchese, Carl(R) | Marchese Brothers
Miller/Miller Running | 200 | $4,350 | 108.440 |
| 5 | 21 | 42 | Winnai, Freddy(R) | A.S. Duesenberg
Duesenberg/Duesenberg Running | 200 | $3,600 | 113.892 |
| 6 | 28 | 48 | Gardner, Speed(R) | Chromolite/F.P. Cramer
Miller/Miller Running | 200 | $2,200 | 105.985 |
| 7 | 14 | 6 | Chiron, Louis(R) | Delage/Louis Chiron
Delage/Delage Running | 200 | $1,800 | 107.351 |
| 8 | 7 | 9 | Arnold, Billy | Boyle Valve/Cliff Woodbury
Miller/Miller Running | 200 | $1,600 | 114.752 |
| 9 | 32 | 25 | Bergere, Cliff | Armacost Miller/Cliff Bergere
Miller/Miller Running | 200 | $1,500 | 103.687 |
| 10 | 22 | 34 | Frame, Fred | Cooper Engineering
Cooper/Miller Flagged | 193 | $2,500 | 111.328 |
| 11 | 29 | 28 | Brisko, Frank(R) | Burbach/Frank Brisko
Miller/Miller Flagged | 180 | $468 | 105.857 |
| 12 | 18 | 17 | Shafer, Phil | Miller/Phil Shafer
Miller/Miller Flagged | 150 | $465 | 111.628 |
| 13 | 13 | 3 | Moore, Lou | Majestic Miller/Charles Haase
Miller/Miller Rod | 198 | $2,662 | 110.677 |
| 14 | 26 | 36 | Farmer, Frank(R) | Miller/William Albertson
Miller/Miller Supercharger | 140 | $459 | 107.972 |
| 15 | 24 | 49 | Crawford, Wesley(R) | Miller/Marian Batten
Fengler/Miller Carburetor | 127 | $456 | 108.607 |
| 16 | 17 | 4 | Kreis, Peter | Detroit/Tommy Milton
Detroit/Miller Engine seized | 91 | $453 | 112.528 |
| 17 | 11 | 23 | Gulotta, Tony | Packard Cable/Leon Duray
Miller/Miller Supercharger | 91 | $450 | 112.146 |
| 18 | 19 | 5 | McDonogh, Bob | Miller Front Drive/M.R. Dodds
Miller/Miller Oil tank | 74 | $447 | 111.614 |
| 19 | 33 | 46 | Lindau, Bill(R) | Miller/Painter & Hufnagle
Miller/Miller Valve | 70 | $444 | 102.509 |
| 20 | 27 | 31 | Schurch, Herman(R) | Armacost Miller/Schneider
Miller/Miller Gas tank split | 70 | $441 | 107.477 |
| 21 | 16 | 38 | Seymour, Johnny | Cooper Engineering
Cooper/Miller Rear axle | 65 | $538 | 114.307 |
| 22 | 2 | 21 | Duray, Leon | Packard Cable/Leon Duray
Miller/Miller Carburetor | 65 | $1,135 | 119.087 |
| 23 | 30 | 29 | Decker, Rick(R) | Miller/Rickliffe Decker
Miller/Miller Supercharger | 61 | $432 | 105.288 |
| 24 | 9 | 26 | Litz, Deacon | Rusco Durac/A.B. Litz
Miller/Miller Rod | 56 | $5,329 | 114.526 |
| 25 | 31 | 27 | Karnatz, Albert(R) | Richards/Reed & Mulligan
Miller/Miller Gas leak | 50 | $426 | 104.749 |
| 26 | 20 | 47 | Triplett, Ernie(R) | Buckeye Duesenberg/Cunard
Duesenberg/Duesenberg Rod | 48 | $423 | 114.789 |
| 27 | 10 | 12 | Snowberger, Russ | Cooper Engineering
Cooper/Miller Supercharger | 45 | $420 | 113.622 |
| 28 | 4 | 32 | Stapp, Babe | Spindler Miller/William White
Duesenberg/Miller Universal joint | 40 | $417 | 115.618 |
| 29 | 15 | 35 | Moriceau, Jules(R) | Thompson Products
Amilcar/Amilcar Crash 4 | 30 | $414 | 105.609 |
| 30 | 5 | 37 | DePaolo, Peter | Boyle Valve/Cliff Woodbury
Miller/Miller Steering | 25 | $411 | 115.093 |
| 31 | 3 | 18 | Hepburn, Ralph | Packard Cable/Leon Duray
Miller/Miller Transmission | 14 | $408 | 116.543 |
| 32 | 12 | 10 | Spence, Bill(R) | A.S. Duesenberg
Duesenberg/Duesenberg Crash 2, died | 14 | $403 | 111.649 |
| 33 | 1 | 8 | Woodbury, Cliff | Boyle Valve/Cliff Woodbury
Miller/Miller Crash 3 | 3 | $400 | 120.599 |
| Total Purse: | $95,150 | Field Average: | 110.954 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars Entered: | 44 | Cars Started: | 33 |
| Number Rookies: | 14 | Former Winners: | 2 |
SP # Driver Chassis/Engine Speed -------------------------------------------------------- 1 8 Cliff Woodbury Miller/Miller 120.59 2 21 Leon Duray Miller/Miller 119.08 3 18 Ralph Hepburn Miller/Miller 116.54 4 32 Babe Stapp Duesenberg/Miller 115.61 5 37 Peter DePaolo Miller/Miller 115.09 6 2 Ray Keech Miller/Miller 114.90 7 9 Billy Arnold Miller/Miller 114.75 8 1 Lou Meyer Miller/Miller 114.70 9 26 Deacon Litz Miller/Miller 114.52 10 12 Russ Snowberger Cooper/Miller 113.62 11 23 Tony Gulotta Miller/Miller 112.14 12 10 Bill Spence (R) Duesenberg/Duesenberg 111.64 13 3 Lou Moore Miller/Miller 110.67 14 6 Louis Chiron (R) Delage/Delage 107.35 15 35 Jules Moriceau (R) Amilcar/Amilcar 105.60 16 38 Johnny Seymour Cooper/Miller 114.30 17 4 Peter Kreis Detroit/Miller 112.52 18 17 Phil Shafer Miller/Miller 111.62 19 5 Bob McDonogh Miller/Miller 111.61 20 47 Ernie Triplett (R) Duesenberg/Duesenberg 114.78 21 42 Freddy Winnai (R) Duesenberg/Duesenberg 113.89 22 34 Fred Frame Cooper/Miller 111.32 23 53 Jimmy Gleason Duesenberg/Duesenberg 110.34 24 49 Wesley Crawford (R) Fengler/Miller 108.60 25 43 Carl Marchese (R) Miller/Miller 108.44 26 36 Frank Farmer (R) Miller/Miller 107.97 27 31 Herman Schurch (R) Miller/Miller 107.47 28 48 Speed Gardner (R) Miller/Miller 105.98 29 28 Frank Brisko (R) Miller/Miller 105.85 30 29 Rick Decker (R) Miller/Miller 105.28 31 27 Albert Karnatz (R) Miller/Miller 104.74 32 25 Cliff Bergere Miller/Miller 103.68 33 46 Bill Lindau (R) Miller/Miller 102.50