1941 500-Mile International Sweepstakes


1941 Indianapolis 500

FP SP Car Driver Car Name
Chassis/Engine
Running or Reason Out
Laps
Comp
Prize
Money
Qual.
Speed
1 17 16 Davis, Floyd/Rose, Mauri
Co-Winners
Noc-Out Hose Clamp/Moore
Wetteroth/Offy
Running
200 $29,200 121.106
2 2 1 Mays, Rex Bowes Seal Fast
Stevens/Winfield
Running
200 $14,850 128.301
3 28 4 Horn, Ted T.E.C./Art Sparks
Adams/Sparks
Running
200 $6,863 124.297
4 10 54 Hepburn, Ralph Bowes Seal Fast
Miller-Ford/Novi
Running
200 $4,575 120.653
5 7 34 Bergere, Cliff Noc-Out Hose Clamp/Bergere
Wetteroth/Offy
Running
200 $4,375 123.890
6 9 41 Miller, Chet Boyle Racing Headquarters
Miller/Miller
Running
200 $2,438 121.540
7 4 15 McQuinn, Harry Ziffrin/Bill White
A.R.-Weil/Alfa Romeo
Running
200 $2,063 125.449
8 6 7 Wearne, Frank Bill Holabird/Arthur M. Sims
Shaw/Offy
Running
200 $1,788 123.890
9 18 45 Russo, Paul Leader Card/Carl Marchese
Marchese/Miller
Running
200 $1,738 125.217
10 20 27 Hinnershitz, Tommy Joe Marks
Adams/Offy
Running
200 $1,538 121.021
11 24 53 Tomei, Louis H-3/Hughes Brothers
Miller-Ford/Offy
Running
200 $938 121.074
12 31 55 Putnam, Al Schoof/Val Johnson
Wetteroth/Offy
Running
200 $763 121.951
13 26 26 Phillips, Overton(R) Overton A. Phillips
Bugatti/Miller
Flagged
187 $625 116.298
14 27 25 Chitwood, Joie Blue Crown/Joe Lencki
Lencki/Lencki
Flagged
177 $620 120.329
15 30 17 Nalon, Duke Elgin Piston Pin
Maserati/Maserati
Flagged
173 $640 122.951
16 13 14 Connor, George Boyle Racing Headquarters
Stevens/Offy
Transmission
167 $660 123.984
17 12 47 Saylor, Everett(R) Mark E. Bowles
Weil/Offy
Crash 4
155 $605 119.860
18 3 2 Shaw, Wilbur Boyle Racing Headquarters
Maserati/Maserati
Crash 1
151 $5,875 127.836
19 8 23 DeVore, Billy Hollywood Candy/Fred Surber
Stevens/Offy
Rod
121 $595 121.770
20 25 62 Willman, Tony George Lyons
Stevens/Offy
Rod
117 $615 123.920
21 11 42 Snowberger, Russ Hussey's Sportsman/Snowberger
Snowberger/Offy
Water pump
107 $585 120.104
22 29 32 Litz, Deacon Sampson Motors
Stevens/Sampson
Oil trouble
89 $555 123.440
23 22 8 Brisko, Frank Zollner Piston/Frank Brisko
Stevens/Brisko
Valve
70 $600 123.381
24 5 36 Williams, Doc Indiana Fur/Aero Marine
Cooper/Offy
Radiator
68 $620 124.014
25 16 10 Robson, George Gilmore Red Lion/Leon Duray
Weil/Duray
Oil leak
66 $565 121.576
26 1 3 Rose, Mauri Elgin Piston Pin/Lou Moore
Maserati/Maserati
Spark plugs
60 $1,035 128.691
27 19 22 Petillo, Kelly Air Lines Sandwich Shop/Petillo
Wetteroth/Offy
Rod
48 $605 124.417
28 14 12 Miller, Al Miller/Eddie Offutt
Miller/Miller
Transmission
22 $575 123.478
29 21 9 Hansen, Mel Lou Fageol
Miller-Ford/Offy
Rod
11 $595 124.599
30 15 19 Andres, Emil Kennedy Tank/Joe Lencki
Lencki/Lencki
Crash 1
5 $540 122.266
31 23 5 Thorne, Joel Thorne Engineering/Joel Thorne
Adams/Sparks
Crash 1
5 $535 121.163
32 32 35 Barringer, George Miller/Eddie Offutt
Miller/Miller
Garage Fire/DNS
0 $530 122.299
33 33 28 Hanks, Sam Tom Joyce 7-Up/Ed Walsh
Kurtis/Offy
Crash/DNS *
0 $525 118.211

Total Purse: $90,925 Field Average: 122.739
Cars Entered: 42 Cars Started: 31
Number Rookies: 2 Former Winners: 2


Starting Lineup

SP  # Driver                Chassis/Engine        Speed 
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 1  3 Mauri Rose            Maserati/Maserati     128.69
 2  1 Rex Mays              Stevens/Winfield      128.30
 3  2 Wilbur Shaw           Maserati/Maserati     127.83

 4 15 Harry McQuinn         A.R.-Weil/Alfa Romeo  125.44
 5 36 Doc Williams          Cooper/Offy           124.01
 6  7 Frank Wearne          Shaw/Offy             123.89

 7 34 Cliff Bergere         Wetteroth/Offy        123.89
 8 23 Billy DeVore          Stevens/Offy          121.77
 9 41 Chet Miller           Miller/Miller         121.54

10 54 Ralph Hepburn         Miller-Ford/Novi      120.65
11 42 Russ Snowberger       Snowberger/Offy       120.10
12 47 Everett Saylor (R)    Weil/Offy             119.86

13 14 George Connor         Stevens/Offy          123.98
14 12 Al Miller             Miller/Miller         123.47
15 19 Emil Andres           Lencki/Lencki         122.26

16 10 George Robson         Weil/Duray            121.57
17 16 Floyd Davis           Wetteroth/Offy        121.10
18 45 Paul Russo            Marchese/Miller       125.21

19 22 Kelly Petillo         Wetteroth/Offy        124.41
20 27 Tommy Hinnershitz     Adams/Offy            121.02
21  9 Mel Hansen            Miller-Ford/Offy      124.59

22  8 Frank Brisko          Stevens/Brisko        123.38
23  5 Joel Thorne           Adams/Sparks          121.16
24 53 Louis Tomei           Miller-Ford/Offy      121.07

25 62 Tony Willman          Stevens/Offy          123.92
26 26 Overton Phillips (R)  Bugatti/Miller        116.29
27 25 Joie Chitwood         Lencki/Lencki         120.32

28  4 Ted Horn              Adams/Sparks          124.29
29 32 Deacon Litz           Stevens/Sampson       123.44
30 17 Duke Nalon            Maserati/Maserati     122.95

31 55 Al Putnam             Wetteroth/Offy        121.95
32 35 George Barringer      Miller/Miller         122.29
33 28 Sam Hanks             Kurtis/Offy           118.21