1929 500-Mile International Sweepstakes


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


Starting Lineup

SP  # Driver               Chassis/Engine         Speed
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 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