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Indianapolis 500

AAA Indy Car race
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN
May 30, 1923
200 laps on 2.5 mile brick oval; 500 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	1	Tommy Milton  Howdy Wilcox	1		1923 Miller 122 1/Miller	200	28,700	running	128
2	2	Harry Hartz	7	Cliff Durant	1923 Miller 122 4/Miller	200	10,100	running	6
3	9	Jimmy Murphy	5	Cliff Durant	1923 Miller 122 2/Miller	200	7,000	running	11
4	14	Eddie Hearne  Earl Cooper	6	Cliff Durant	1923 Miller 122 3/Miller	200	3,500	running	0
5	7	L.L. Corum	23		Ford T/Fronty-Ford	200	3,000	running	0
6	16	Frank Elliott  Dave Lewis	31	Cliff Durant	1922 Miller 183 4/Miller	200	2,200	running	0
7	10	Eddie Hearne  Cliff Durant	8	Cliff Durant	1923 Miller 122 5/Miller	200	2,200	running	4
8	20	Karl Sailer  Max Sailer	15		Mercedes/Mercedes	200	1,600	running	0
9	22	Bertrand Lucigne	19	Prince de Cystria	Bugatti/Bugatti	200	1,500	running	0
10	24	Wade Morton  Ora Haibe  Jerry Wonderlich  Phil Shafer  Thane Houser	34		Duesenberg/Duesenberg	200	1,400	running	0
11	15	Christian Lautenschlager  Max Sailer  Christian Werner	16		Mercedes/Mercedes	200	0	running	0
12	6	Pierre de Vizcaya	18	Martin de Alzaga	Bugatti/Bugatti	166	0	connecting rod	0
13	21	Lou Wilson  Leon Duray	28	Cliff Durant	1922 Miller 183 6/Miller	136	0	connecting rod	0
14	3	Joe Boyer  Dario Resta  Ernie Ansterburg	3		Packard/Packard	88	0	head gasket	0
15	11	Ralph DePalma  Ernie Ansterburg	2		Packard/Packard	69	0	head gasket	0
16	19	Harlan Fengler  Lou Wilson	26	Cliff Durant	Miller/Miller	69	0	gas tank	0
17	8	Howdy Wilcox	25	Earl Cooper	1923 Miller 122 6/Miller	60	2,000	clutch	51
18	13	Joe Boyer	4		Packard/Packard	59	0	differential	0
19	18	Bennett Hill  Martín de Álzaga	35	Harry Miller	1922 Miller 183 2/Miller	44	0	crankshaft	0
20	5	Louis Zborowski	27	Louis Zborowski	Bugatti/Bugatti	41	0	connecting rod	0
21	12	Earl Cooper  Tom Alley	29	Cliff Durant	1923 Miller 122 7/Miller	21	0	accident	0
22	23	Raúl Riganti	22	Martin de Alzaga	Bugatti/Bugatti	19	0	fuel leak	0
23	17	Christian Lautenschlager	14		Mercedes/Mercedes	14	0	accident	0
24	4	Martín de Álzaga	21	Martin de Alzaga	Bugatti/Bugatti	6	0	connecting rod	0
		Dave Lewis	10		Frontenac/Frontenac	0		did not qualify	0
		L.L. Corum	23		Frontenac/Frontenac	0		did not start	0
		Wade Morton	33		Roland-Pilain	0			0
		Albert Guyot	24		Roland-Pilain/Roland-Pilain	0			0
		Ira Vail	9		Frontenac/Frontenac	0		did not qualify	0
		Jerry Wonderlich	34		Roland-Pilain	0			0
		Jules Goux	16			0			0
		Cornelius Van Ranst	12		Frontenac/Frontenac	0		did not qualify	0
		Charles Shambaugh	38			0			0
		Harry Thicksten	37		Ford T/Fronty-Ford	0			0
		F. Hollis Wells	32		Roland-Pilain	0			0
		Herbert Scheel	13		Frontenac/Frontenac	0		did not qualify	0

Notes: Howdy Wilcox relieved Tommy Milton for laps 103-149.
Ernie Ansterburg relieved Ralph DePalma.
Ernie Ansterburg relieved Dario Resta on lap 71, and was relieved by Joe Boyer on lap 81.
Earl Cooper relieved Eddie Hearne on lap 88.
Eddie Hearne relieved Cliff Durant for laps 98-116 and 149-200.
Karl Sailer relieved Max Sailer on lap 73.
Max Sailer relieved Christian Werner for laps 84-87 and 112-126. Christian Lautenschlager also drove in relief.
Lou Wilson relieved Harlan Fengler on lap 46.
Lou Wilson relieved Leon Duray on lap 133.
Tom Alley relieved Earl Cooper on lap 2.
Dave Lewis relieved Frank Elliott for laps 109-138.
Martin de Alzaga relieved Bennett Hill on lap 30.
Wade Morton was relieved by: Jerry Wonderlich (laps 30-53 and 88-100), Phil Shafer (65-87 and 172-200), Ora Haibe (101-160), and Thane Houser (laps unknown).
Time of race: 05:29:50
Average Speed: 90.954 MPH
Pole Speed: 332.81 seconds