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Indianapolis 500

AAA Indy Car race
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN
May 31, 1926
160 laps on 2.5 mile brick oval; 400 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	20	Frank Lockhart	15	Peter Kreis	1926 Miller 91 6/Miller SC	160	35,600	running	95
2	2	Harry Hartz	3	Harry Hartz	1926 Miller 91 1/Miller SC	158	13,900	running	6
3	14	Cliff Woodbury	36	Cliff Woodbury	1923 Miller 122 6/Miller SC	158	6,700	running	0
4	13	Fred Comer  Wade Morton	8	Harry Hartz	1926 Miller 91 3/Miller SC	155	4,000	running	0
5	27	Peter DePaolo	12		Duesenberg/Duesenberg SC	153	3,500	running	0
6	8	Frank Elliott  Leon Duray	6	Frank Elliott	Miller/Miller SC	152	2,200	running	0
7	16	Norman Batten	14	Norman Batten	Miller/Miller SC	151	1,800	running	0
8	15	Ralph Hepburn  Bob McDonogh	19	Ralph Hepburn	Miller/Miller SC	151	1,600	running	0
9	28	John Duff	18	Al Cotey	Miller/Miller SC	147	1,500	running	0
10	5	Phil Shafer  Fred Lecklider	4	Phil Shafer	1926 Miller 91 2/Miller SC	146	3,000	running	16
11	12	Tony Gulotta	31	Harry Hartz	1923 Miller 122 4/Miller SC	142	615	running	0
12	7	Bennett Hill  Jules Ellingboe	16	Harry Miller	1926 Miller 91 7/Miller SC	134	607	running	0
13	21	Thane Houser	33	George Abell	1923 Miller 122 3/Miller SC	102	600	running	0
14	17	E.A. Eldridge  Douglas Hawkes	27	E. A. Eldridge	Eldridge/Anzani	91	593	camshaft	0
15	4	Earl Cooper  Dave Lewis	1		1926 Miller FD 3/Miller SC	91	4,886	valve	43
16	1	Earl Cooper	5		1926 Miller FD 4/Miller SC	73	579	transmission	0
17	11	Eddie Hearne  Cliff Durant	9	Cliff Durant	1926 Miller 91 4/Locomobile SC	60	572	fuel leak	0
18	18	Ben Jones	29		Duesenberg/Duesenberg SC	54	565	accident	0
19	23	Herschell McKee  E.A. Eldridge	26	E. A. Eldridge	Eldridge/Anzani	45	558	tie rod	0
20	24	L.L. Corum	23	Albert Schmidt	Schmidt/Argyle	44	551	shock absorber	0
21	22	Steve Nemesh	24	Albert Schmidt	Schmidt/Argyle	41	544	transmission	0
22	6	Jules Ellingboe	7	F.P. Cramer	1923 Miller 122 10/Miller SC	39	538	supercharger	0
23	3	Leon Duray	10	Cliff Durant	1926 Miller 91 5/Locomobile SC	33	531	fuel leak	0
24	26	Fred Lecklider	17	Earl DeVore	Miller/Miller SC	24	525	burned piston	0
25	25	Jack McCarver	28		Ford T/Fronty Ford	23	519	connecting rod	0
26	9	Bon McDougall	34	R.G. MacDougall	Miller/Miller SC	19	512	water leak	0
27	10	William Shattuc	22	William Shattuc	Miller/Miller SC	15	506	valve	0
28	19	Albert Guyot	39	Albert Guyot	Schmidt/Argyle	8	500	steering	0
	20	Peter Kreis	15	Peter Kreis	1926 Miller 91 6/Miller SC	0		qualified car	0
		Bob McDonogh	2		Duesenberg/Duesenberg SC	0		did not qualify	0
		Herbert Jones	18		Miller/Miller SC	0		did not qualify	0
		Ralph Mulford	38		Duesenberg/Duesenberg SC	0		did not qualify	0
		Charles Shambaugh				0		did not qualify	0
		A. Dan Cain	37		K&M SC	0		did not qualify	0
		Jack Foley	32		Duesenberg/Duesenberg SC	0		did not qualify	0
		T.W. Pickard	57		Sievers/Sievers	0		did not qualify	0
		Louis Chevrolet			Chrysler Imperial 80		0	parade lap

Notes: Car #15 qualified by Peter Kreis.
Earl Cooper relieved Dave Lewis on lap 90.
Fred Lecklider relieved Phil Shafer for laps 52-54 and 113-146.
Leon Duray relieved Frank Elliott for laps 76-104.
Wade Morton relieved Fred Comer for laps 71-139.
Eddie Hearne relieved Cliff Durant on lap 42.
Jules Ellingboe relieved Bennett Hill for laps 39-40 and 78-113.
Bob McDonogh relieved Ralph Hepburn for laps 25-65.
Herschell McKee relieved E.A. Eldridge for laps 22-32.
E.A. Eldridge relieved Douglas Hawkes for laps 57-73.
Time of race: 04:10:14
Average Speed: 95.904 MPH
Pole Speed: 322.19 seconds