1937 Indianapolis 500 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Car Name Chassis/Engine Running or Reason Out | Laps Comp | Prize Money | Qual. Speed |
| 1 | 2 | 6 | Shaw, Wilbur | Shaw-Gilmore
Shaw/Offy Running | 200 | $35,075 | 122.791 |
| 2 | 6 | 8 | Hepburn, Ralph | Hamilton-Harris/Meyer
Stevens/Offy Running | 200 | $15,937 | 118.809 |
| 3 | 32 | 3 | Horn, Ted | Miller-Harry Hartz
Wetteroth/Miller Running | 200 | $7,087 | 118.608 |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | Meyer, Lou | Boyle/H.C. Henning
Miller/Miller Running | 200 | $4,275 | 119.619 |
| 5 | 16 | 45 | Bergere, Cliff | Midwest Red Lion/George Lyons
Stevens/Offy Running | 200 | $3,725 | 117.546 |
| 6 | 1 | 16 | Cummings, Bill | Boyle/H.C. Henning
Miller/Offy Running | 200 | $3,187 | 123.455 |
| 7 | 14 | 28 | DeVore, Billy(R) | Miller/H.E. Winn
Stevens/Miller Running | 200 | $1,962 | 120.192 |
| 8 | 7 | 38 | Gulotta, Tony | Burd Piston Ring/Joe Lencki
Rigling/Offy Running | 200 | $1,787 | 118.788 |
| 9 | 12 | 17 | Connor, George | Joe Marks/Miller
Adams/Miller Running | 200 | $1,862 | 120.240 |
| 10 | 18 | 53 | Tomei, Louis | Sobonite Plastics/S.S. Engineering
Rigling/Studebaker Running | 200 | $1,487 | 116.437 |
| 11 | 9 | 31 | Gardner, Chet | Burd Piston Ring/Chester Gardner
Duesenberg/Offy Flagged | 199 | $912 | 117.342 |
| 12 | 10 | 23 | Householder, Ronney(R | Henry J. Topping
Viglioni/Miller Flagged | 194 | $737 | 116.464 |
| 13 | 17 | 62 | Roberts, Floyd | Joel Thorne
Miller/Miller Flagged | 194 | $600 | 116.996 |
| 14 | 11 | 35 | Litz, Deacon | Motorola/A.B. Litz
Miller/Miller Out of oil | 191 | $535 | 116.372 |
| 15 | 24 | 32 | Davis, Floyd(R) | Joel Thorne
Snowberger/Miller Crash 3 | 190 | $520 | 118.942 |
| 16 | 25 | 34 | Cantlon, Shorty | Bowes Seal Fast/Bill White Cars
Weil/Miller Flagged | 182 | $505 | 118.555 |
| 17 | 26 | 42 | Miller, Al | Joel Thorne
Snowberger/Miller Carburetor | 170 | $490 | 118.518 |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Rose, Mauri | Burd Piston Ring/Lou Moore
Miller/Offy Oil line | 127 | $470 | 118.540 |
| 19 | 29 | 41 | Fowler, Ken(R) | Lucky Teeter
Wetteroth/McDowell Pushed, disq. | 116 | $460 | 117.421 |
| 20 | 20 | 25 | Petillo, Kelly | Kelly Petillo
Wetteroth/Offy Out of oil | 109 | $1,445 | 124.129 |
| 21 | 28 | 43 | Bailey, George | Duray-Sims
Stevens/Miller Clutch | 107 | $430 | 117.497 |
| 22 | 3 | 54 | Ardinger, Herb | Chicago Raw Hide Oil/Welch
Welch/Offy Rod | 106 | $915 | 121.983 |
| 23 | 15 | 24 | Brisko, Frank | Elgin Piston Pin/Frank Brisko
Stevens/Brisko No oil pressure | 105 | $400 | 118.213 |
| 24 | 33 | 44 | Wearne, Frank(R) | Leon Duray
Stevens/Miller Carburetor | 99 | $385 | 118.220 |
| 25 | 27 | 26 | Willman, Tony(R) | F.W.D./Peter DePaolo
Miller/Miller Rod | 95 | $370 | 118.242 |
| 26 | 4 | 10 | Winn, Billy | Miller/James Winn
Miller/Miller Oil line | 85 | $605 | 119.922 |
| 27 | 30 | 12 | Snowberger, Russ | Russ Snowberger
Snowberger/Packard Clutch | 66 | $340 | 117.354 |
| 28 | 21 | 33 | Swanson, Bob(R) | Fink/Paul Weirick
Adams/Sparks Carburetor | 52 | $825 | 121.920 |
| 29 | 22 | 47 | McQuinn, Harry | Sullivan-O'Brien
Stevens/Miller Piston | 47 | $560 | 121.822 |
| 30 | 13 | 7 | Miller, Chet | Boyle/H.C. Henning
Summers/Miller Ignition | 36 | $295 | 119.213 |
| 31 | 31 | 15 | Stapp, Babe | Henry J. Topping
Maserati/Maserati Clutch | 36 | $280 | 117.226 |
| 32 | 19 | 5 | Snyder, Jimmy | Sparks/Joel Thorne
Adams/Sparks Transmission | 27 | $3,165 | 125.287 |
| 33 | 23 | 14 | Mays, Rex | Bowes Seal Fast/Bill White Cars
Alfa Romeo/Alfa Romeo Overheating | 24 | $500 | 119.968 |
| Total Purse: | $92,135 | Field Average: | 119.200 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars Entered: | 54 | Cars Started: | 33 |
| Number Rookies: | 7 | Former Winners: | 3 |
| Qualifying Notes: Total Time for 10 Laps | |||
SP # Driver Chassis/Engine Speed ---------------------------------------------------------- 1 16 Bill Cummings Miller/Offy 123.34 2 6 Wilbur Shaw Shaw/Offy 122.79 3 54 Herb Ardinger Welch/Offy 121.98 4 10 Billy Winn Miller/Miller 119.92 5 2 Lou Meyer Miller/Miller 119.61 6 8 Ralph Hepburn Stevens/Offy 118.80 7 38 Tony Gulotta Rigling/Offy 118.78 8 1 Mauri Rose Miller/Offy 118.54 9 31 Chet Gardner Duesenberg/Offy 117.34 10 23 Ronney Householder (R) Viglioni/Miller 116.46 11 35 Deacon Litz Miller/Miller 116.37 12 17 George Connor Adams/Miller 120.24 13 7 Chet Miller Summers/Miller 119.21 14 28 Billy DeVore (R) Stevens/Miller 120.19 15 24 Frank Brisko Stevens/Brisko 118.21 16 45 Cliff Bergere Stevens/Offy 117.54 17 62 Floyd Roberts Miller/Miller 116.99 18 53 Louis Tomei Rigling/Studebaker 116.43 19 5 Jimmy Snyder Adams/Sparks 125.28 20 25 Kelly Petillo Wetteroth/Offy 124.12 21 33 Bob Swanson (R) Adams/Sparks 121.92 22 47 Harry McQuinn Stevens/Miller 121.82 23 14 Rex Mays Alfa Romeo/Alfa Romeo 119.96 24 32 Floyd Davis (R) Snowberger/Miller 118.94 25 34 Shorty Cantlon Weil/Miller 118.55 26 42 Al Miller Snowberger/Miller 118.51 27 26 Tony Willman (R) Miller/Miller 118.24 28 43 George Bailey Stevens/Miller 117.49 29 41 Ken Fowler (R) Wetteroth/McDowell 117.42 30 12 Russ Snowberger Snowberger/Packard 117.35 31 15 Babe Stapp Maserati/Maserati 117.22 32 3 Ted Horn Wetteroth/Miller 118.60 33 44 Frank Wearne (R) Stevens/Miller 118.22