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Indianapolis 500

AAA Indy Car race
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN
May 30, 1912
200 laps on 2.5 mile brick oval; 500 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	7	Joe Dawson	8	National Motor Vehicle Co.	National/National	200	25,225	running	2
2	3	Caleb Bragg  Teddy Tetzlaff	3	E.E. Hewlett	Fiat/Fiat	200	10,000	running	2
3	17	Hughie Hughes	21	Mercer Automobile Co.	Mercer/Mercer	200	5,000	running	0
4	22	Charlie Merz  Billy Knipper	28	Ideal Motor Car Co.	Stutz/Wisconsin	200	3,000	running	0
5	15	Bill Endicott  Harry Endicott	18	Schacht Motor Car Co.	Schacht/Schacht	200	2,500	running	0
6	2	Billy Knipper  Len Zengel	2	Ideal Motor Car Co.	Stutz/Wisconsin	200	2,000	running	0
7	11	Johnny Jenkins  Charlie Arnold	14	White Motor Co. of Indianapolis	White/White	200	1,500	running	0
8	18	Joe Horan  George Ainslee	22	W.H. Chambers	Lozier/Lozier	200	1,400	running	0
9	8	Howdy Wilcox  Bill Rader	9	National Motor Vehicle Co.	National/National	200	1,300	running	0
10	16	Ralph Mulford	19	Ralph Mulford	Knox/Knox	200	1,200	running	0
11	4	Ralph DePalma	4	E.J. Schroeder	Mercedes/Mercedes	198	380	piston	196
12	12	Bob Burman	15	Clarke-Carter Auto Co.	Cutting/Cutting	157	300	accident	0
13	10	Bert Dingley	12	Bert Dingley	Simplex/Simplex	116	223	connecting rod	0
14	21	Joe Matson	25	O. Applegate	Lozier/Lozier	110	206	crankshaft	0
15	6	Spencer Wishart	7	Spencer Wishart	Mercedes/Mercedes	82	158	water line	0
16	1	Gil Andersen	1	Ideal Motor Car Co.	Stutz/Wisconsin	80	152	rear wheel	0
17	14	W.H. Farr  Billy Leisaw	17	Will Thompson	1910 Buick Model 16/Buick	72	138	car fire	0
18	24	Neil Whalen  Louis Disbrow	5	J. I. Case T. M. Co.	Case/Case	67	128	diff pin	0
19	19	Mel Marquette	23	Speed Motors Co.	McFarlan/McFarlan	63	121	right wheel	0
20	5	Neil Whalen  Eddie Hearne	6	J. I. Case T. M. Co.	Case/Case	55	104	crankshaft	0
21	13	Lee Frayer  Eddie Rickenbacker	16	Columbus Buggy Co.	Firestone-Columbus	43	85	intake valve	0
22	23	David Bruce-Brown	29	National Motor Vehicle Co.	National/National	25	46	valve	0
23	9	Harry Knight	10	Lexington Motor Car Co.	Lexington/Lexington	6	13	engine	0
24	20	Len Ormsby	24	I.C. Stern / B.C. Noble	Opel/Opel	5	10	connecting rod	0
		Jim Hill	27	F. N. Martindale	Continental/Continental	0	0	did not qualify	0
		Joe Dawson	14	White Motor Co. of Indianapolis	White/White	0		practiced car	0
		Don Herr	8	National Motor Vehicle Co.	National/National	0		practiced car	0
		Joe Jagersberger	6	J. I. Case T. M. Co.	Case/Case	0		practiced car	0
		Lee Oldfield	31	Mason Motor Co.	Mason/Duesenberg	0	0	did not qualify	0
		George Fuller	27	F. N. Martindale	Continental/Continental	0		practiced car	0
		Albert Romine	27	F. N. Martindale	Continental/Continental	0	0	did not qualify	0
		Charles Shambaugh	26	Charles Shambaugh	Buick/Buick	0		practiced car	0
		Harvey Herrick	6	J. I. Case T. M. Co.	Case/Case	0		practiced car	0
		H.J. Kilpatrick	31	Mason Motor Co.	Mason/Duesenberg	0		practiced car	0

Notes: Starting order determined via order of entry receipt.
Ralph Mulford's finishing time was 8 hours, 53 minutes at an average speed of 56.285 MPH.
Billy Knipper relieved Len Zengel.
Caleb Bragg relieved Teddy Tetzlaff.
Neil Whalen relieved Louis Disbrow.
Neil Whalen relieved Eddie Hearne.
Bill Rader relieved Howdy Wilcox.
Charlie Arnold relieved Johnny Jenkins.
Eddie Rickenbacker relieved Lee Frayer.
W.H. Farr relieved Billy Leisaw.
Harry Endicott relieved Bill Endicott.
George Ainslee relieved Joe Horan.
Billy Knipper relieved Charlie Merz.
Time of race: 06:21:06
Average Speed: 78.719 MPH