1930 500-Mile International Sweepstakes


1930 Indianapolis 500

FP SP Car Driver Car Name
Chassis/Engine
Running or Reason Out
Laps
Comp
Prize
Money
Qual.
Speed
1 1 4 Arnold, Billy Miller-Hartz
Summers/Miller
Running
200 $36,800 113.268
2 3 16 Cantlon, Shorty(R) Miller Schofield/White
Stevens/Miller
Running
200 $10,000 109.810
3 4 23 Schneider, Louis Bowes Seal Fast/Schneider
Stevens/Miller
Running
200 $5,000 106.107
4 2 1 Meyer, Lou Alden Sampson, II
Stevens/Miller
Running
200 $3,700 111.290
5 22 6 Cummings, Bill(R) Duesenberg/Peter DePaolo
Stevens/Duesenberg
Running
200 $3,000 106.173
6 33 24 Evans, Dave Jones & Maley/David Evans
Stevens/Miller
Running
200 $2,200 97.342
7 8 15 Shafer, Phil Coleman Front Drive
Coleman/Miller
Running
200 $1,800 102.279
8 7 22 Snowberger, Russ Russell Snowberger
Snowberger/Studebaker
Running
200 $1,600 104.577
9 9 25 Allen, Leslie(R) Allen Miller Products
Miller/Miller
Running
200 $1,500 101.919
10 17 27 Corum, L.L. Stutz/Milton Jones
Stutz/Stutz
Running
200 $1,400 94.130
11 16 38 Burton, Claude(R) V8/Ira Vail
Oakland/Oakland
Flagged
196 $550 95.087
12 30 42 Cucinotta, Letterio(R Maserati/Letterio Cucinotta
Maserati/Maserati
Flagged
185 $510 91.584
13 15 41 Miller, Chet(R) Fronty/Thomas Mulligan
Ford T/Fronty-Ford
Flagged
161 $480 97.360
14 38 46 Butcher, Harry(R) Butcher Brothers
Buick/Buick
Flagged
127 $450 87.003
15 6 17 Triplett, Ernie Allen Guiberson
Whippet/Miller
Piston
125 $380 105.618
16 34 21 Meyer, Zeke(R) Miller/Zeke Meyer
Miller/Miller
Rod
115 $385 95.357
17 23 10 Keneally, Mel(R) MAVV/J. Talbot
Whippet/Miller
Valve
114 $420 103.327
18 13 35 McDonald, J.C.(R) Romthe/William Richards
Studebaker/Studebaker
Fuel tank leak
112 $375 98.953
19 20 9 Gulotta, Tony MAVV/J. Talbot
Whippet/Miller
Valve
79 $365 100.033
20 37 28 Free, Roland(R) Julius Slade
Chrysler/Chrysler
Clutch
69 $370 89.639
21 11 33 Farmer, Frank Betholine Miller/M.A. Yagle
Miller/Miller
Crash
69 $360 100.615
22 25 3 Shaw, Wilbur Empire State Motors
Smith/Miller
Wrist pin
54 $345 106.132
23 26 34 Huff, Joe(R) Gauss Front Drive
Cooper/Miller
Valve
48 $350 101.178
24 14 29 Caccia, Joe(R) William Alberti
Duesenberg/Duesenberg
Crash (Decker)
43 $340 97.606
25 35 44 Denver, Bill(R) Gabriel Nardi
Duesenberg/Duesenberg
Rod
41 $355 90.650
26 10 36 Marshall, Cy(R) Duesenberg/George Henry
Duesenberg/Duesenberg
Crash 3 *
29 $335 100.846
27 19 32 Moran, Charles(R) DuPont Motors
DuPont/DuPont
Crash 3
22 $330 89.733
28 24 7 Gleason, Jimmy Waverly Oil/Mulligan
Miller/Miller
Timing gears
22 $326 93.709
29 12 14 Moore, Lou Coleman Motors
Coleman/Miller
Crash 3
23 $320 99.867
30 31 12 Litz, Deacon Duesenberg/Henry Maley
Duesenberg/Duesenberg
Crash 3
22 $315 105.755
31 32 8 Stapp, Babe A.S. Duesenberg
Duesenberg/Duesenberg
Crash 3
18 $310 104.950
32 18 39 Seymour, Johnny Herman Gauss
Cooper/Miller
Crash 3
21 $305 93.376
33 21 5 DePaolo, Peter Duesenberg/Peter DePaolo
Stevens/Duesenberg
Crash 3 (R.R.)
19 $300 99.956
34 29 45 Trexler, Marion(R) Trexler/M.M. Lain
Auburn/Lycoming
Crash 3
19 $295 92.978
35 27 19 Gardner, Speed Miller Front Drive/Gardner
Miller/Miller
Main bearing
14 $290 95.585
36 36 48 Decker, Rick Hoosier Pete/Clemons Motors
Mercedes/Clemons
Oil tank
8 $280 92.293
37 28 26 Borzachini, Baconi(R) Alfieri Maserati
Maserati/Maserati
Magneto
7 $285 95.213
38 5 18 Gardner, Chet(R) Buckeye/James Booth
Duesenberg/Duesenberg
Spun 1
1 $275 105.811

Total Purse: $96,250 Field Average: 98.989
Cars Entered: 42 Cars Started: 38
Number Rookies: 19 Former Winners: 2


Starting Lineup

SP  # Driver                  Chassis/Engine         Speed
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 1  4 Billy Arnold            Summers/Miller         113.26
 2  1 Lou Meyer               Stevens/Miller         111.29
 3 16 Shorty Cantlon (R)      Stevens/Miller         109.81

 4 23 Louis Schneider         Stevens/Miller         106.10
 5 18 Chet Gardner (R)        Duesenberg/Duesenberg  105.81
 6 17 Ernie Triplett          Whippet/Miller         105.61

 7 22 Russ Snowberger         Snowberger/Studebaker  104.57
 8 15 Phil Shafer             Coleman/Miller         102.27
 9 25 Leslie Allen (R)        Miller/Miller          101.91

10 36 Cy Marshall (R)         Duesenberg/Duesenberg  100.84
11 33 Frank Farmer            Miller/Miller          100.61
12 14 Lou Moore               Coleman/Miller          99.86

13 35 J.C. McDonald (R)       Studebaker/Studebaker   98.95
14 29 Joe Caccia (R)          Duesenberg/Duesenberg   97.60
15 41 Chet Miller (R)         Ford T/Fronty-Ford      97.36

16 38 Claude Burton (R)       Oakland/Oakland         95.08
17 27 L.L. Corum              Stutz/Stutz             94.13
18 39 Johnny Seymour          Cooper/Miller           93.37

19 32 Charles Moran (R)       DuPont/DuPont           89.73
20  9 Tony Gulotta            Whippet/Miller         100.03
21  5 Peter DePaolo           Stevens/Duesenberg      99.95

22  6 Bill Cummings (R)       Stevens/Duesenberg     106.17
23 10 Mel Keneally (R)        Whippet/Miller         103.32
24  7 Jimmy Gleason           Miller/Miller           93.70

25  3 Wilbur Shaw             Smith/Miller           106.13
26 34 Joe Huff (R)            Cooper/Miller          101.17
27 19 Speed Gardner           Miller/Miller           95.58

28 26 Baconi Borzachini (R)   Maserati/Maserati       95.21
29 45 Marion Trexler (R)      Auburn/Lycoming         92.97
30 42 Letterio Cucinotta (R)  Maserati/Maserati       91.58

31 12 Deacon Litz             Duesenberg/Duesenberg  105.75
32  8 Babe Stapp              Duesenberg/Duesenberg  104.95
33 24 Dave Evans              Stevens/Miller          97.34

34 21 Zeke Meyer (R)          Miller/Miller           95.35
35 44 Bill Denver (R)         Duesenberg/Duesenberg   90.65
36 48 Rick Decker             Mercedes/Clemons        92.29

37 28 Roland Free (R)         Chrysler/Chrysler       89.63
38 46 Harry Butcher (R)       Buick/Buick             87.00