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Indianapolis 500
AAA Indy Car race
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN
May 30, 1921
200 laps on 2.5 mile brick oval; 500 miles
| Fin
| St
| Driver
| #
| Owner
| Car
| Laps
| Money
| Status
| Laps Led
|
| 1
| 20
| Tommy Milton
| 2
| Louis Chevrolet
| Frontenac/Frontenac
| 200
| 26,200
| running
| 90 |
| 2
| 2
| Roscoe Sarles
| 6
|
| Duesenberg/Duesenberg
| 200
| 10,100
| running
| 1 |
| 3
| 8
| Percy Ford
| 23
| Stanley Kandul
| Frontenac/Frontenac
| 200
| 5,000
| running
| 0 |
| 4
| 9
| Eddie Miller
| 5
|
| Duesenberg/Duesenberg
| 200
| 3,500
| running
| 0 |
| 5
| 13
| Ora Haibe
| 16
|
| Sunbeam/Sunbeam
| 200
| 3,000
| running
| 0 |
| 6
| 14
| Albert Guyot
| 9
|
| Duesenberg/Duesenberg
| 200
| 2,000
| running
| 0 |
| 7
| 10
| Ira Vail
| 3
| Ira Vail
| 1921 Miller 183 1/Miller
| 200
| 1,800
| running
| 0 |
| 8
| 15
| Bennett Hill
| 21
| John Thiele
| Duesenberg/Duesenberg
| 200
| 1,600
| running
| 0 |
| 9
| 21
| Ralph Mulford
| 8
| Louis Chevrolet
| Frontenac/Frontenac
| 177
| 1,500
| running
| 0 |
| 10
| 17
| René Thomas
| 15
|
| Sunbeam/Sunbeam
| 144
| 0
| water hose
| 0 |
| 11
| 18
| Tom Alley
| 27
| L.L. Corum
| Frontenac/Frontenac
| 133
| 0
| connecting rod
| 0 |
| 12
| 1
| Ralph DePalma
| 4
| Ralph DePalma
| Ballot/Ballot
| 112
| 10,600
| connecting rod
| 108 |
| 13
| 4
| Eddie Hearne
| 1
| Eddie Hearne
| Duesenberg/Duesenberg
| 111
| 0
| oil line
| 0 |
| 14
| 19
| Jimmy Murphy
| 24
|
| Duesenberg/Duesenberg
| 107
| 0
| accident
| 0 |
| 15
| 16
| Riley Brett
| 17
| George Wade
| Brett/Brett
| 91
| 0
| accident
| 0 |
| 16
| 23
| Cornelius Van Ranst
| 28
| Cornelius Van Ranst
| Frontenac/Frontenac
| 87
| 0
| oil line
| 0 |
| 17
| 3
| Joe Boyer
| 7
|
| Duesenberg/Duesenberg
| 74
| 0
| rear axle
| 1 |
| 18
| 6
| Jean Chassagne
| 19
| Jean Chassagne
| Peugeot/Peugeot
| 65
| 0
| engine hood
| 0 |
| 19
| 5
| Jules Ellingboe
| 22
| Jules Ellingboe
| Frontenac/Frontenac
| 49
| 0
| oil line
| 0 |
| 20
| 11
| André Boillot
| 14
| Coatalen
| Sunbeam/Sunbeam
| 41
| 0
| rod bearing
| 0 |
| 21
| 7
| Louis Fontaine
| 18
| George Wade
| Brett/Brett
| 33
| 0
| accident
| 0 |
| 22
| 22
| Joe Thomas
| 25
|
| Duesenberg/Duesenberg
| 24
| 0
| accident
| 0 |
| 23
| 12
| Howdy Wilcox
| 10
| Jules Goux
| Peugeot/Peugeot
| 22
| 0
| connecting rod
| 0 |
Notes: Jimmy Murphy relieved Eddie Miller.
Eddie Miller and Joe Boyer relieved Albert Guyot.
Harry Thicksten relieved Riley Brett.
Jerry Wonderlich relieved Bennett Hill.
Jules Ellingboe and Andy Burt relieved Percy Ford.
Eddie Pullen relieved Jimmy Murphy.
Time of race: 05:34:44
Average Speed: 89.621 MPH
Pole Speed: 357.34 seconds