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Indianapolis 500

AAA Indy Car race
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN
May 30, 1911
200 laps on 2.5 mile brick oval; 50 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	28	Ray Harroun  Cyrus Patschke	32	Nordyke & Marmon Co.	Marmon Wasp/Marmon	200	14,950	running	88
2	29	Ralph Mulford	33	Lozier Motor Co.	Lozier/Lozier	200	5,000	running	10
3	25	David Bruce-Brown	28	David L. Bruce-Brown	Fiat/Fiat	200	3,000	running	81
4	11	Spencer Wishart  Dave Murphy	11	Spencer Wishart	Mercedes/Mercedes	200	2,000	running	5
5	27	Cyrus Patschke  Joe Dawson	31	Nordyke & Marmon Co.	Marmon/Marmon	200	1,500	running	0
6	2	Ralph DePalma	2	Simplex Motor Car Co.	Simplex/Simplex	200	1,000	running	4
7	18	Charlie Merz  Len Zengel	20	National Motor Vehicle Co.	National/National	200	800	running	0
8	12	William Turner  Walter Jones	12	Simplex Motor Car Co.	Amplex/Amplex	200	700	running	0
9	13	Fred Belcher  John Coffey	15	Fred Belcher	Knox/Knox	200	600	running	4
10	22	Harry Cobe  Louis Schwitzer	25	Jackson Auto Co.	Jackson/Jackson	200	500	running	0
11	10	Gil Andersen	10	Stutz Auto Parts Co.	Stutz/Wisconsin	200	0	running	0
12	32	Hughie Hughes	36	Mercer Auto Co.	Mercer/Mercer	200	0	running	0
13	26	Lee Frayer  Eddie Rickenbacker	30	Columbus Buggy Co.	Firestone-Columbus	197	0	running	0
14	19	Howdy Wilcox	21	National Motor Vehicle Co.	National/National	194	0	running	0
15	33	Charles Bigelow  W.H. Frey  E.H. Sherwood	37	Mercer Auto Co.	Mercer/Mercer	194	0	running	0
16	3	Harry Endicott	3	Inter State Auto Co.	Interstate/Interstate	192	0	running	0
17	36	Rupert Jeffkins  Howard Hall	41	Velie Motor Car Co.	Velie/Velie	190	0	running	0
18	40	Billy Knipper	46	E.A. Moross	Benz/Benz	188	0	running	0
19	39	Bob Burman	45	E.A. Moross	Benz/Benz	183	0	running	0
20	34	Frank Goode  Ralph Beardsley	38	Ralph Beardsley	Simplex/Simplex	178	0	running	0
21	16	Edward Parker  Eddie Hearne	18	Eddie Hearne	Fiat/Fiat	175	0	running	0
22	6	Frank Fox  W.F. Clemens	6	Frank Fox	Pope-Hartford/Pope-Hartford	162	0	running	0
23	24	Ernest Delaney	27	Clarke-Carter Auto Co.	Cutting/Cutting	160	0	running	0
24	23	Jack Tower  Robert Evans	26	Jackson Auto Co.	Jackson/Jackson	145	0	running	0
25	20	Mel Marquette	23	McFarlan Motor Car Co.	McFarlan/McFarlan	142	0	running	0
26	37	Johnny Jenkins  Bill Endicott	42	Cole Motor Car Co.	Cole/Cole	104	0	running	0
27	4	Johnny Aitken	4	National Motor Vehicle Co.	National/National	125	0	connecting rod	8
28	9	Will Jones	9	J. I. Case Co.	Case/Case	122	0	steering	0
29	1	Elmer Ray  Lewis Strang	1	J. I. Case Co.	Case/Case	109	0	steering	0
30	7	Harry Knight	7	Westcott Motor Car Co.	Westcott/Westcott	90	0	accident	0
31	8	Joe Jagersberger	8	J. I. Case Co.	Case/Case	87	0	accident	0
32	31	Herbert Lytle	35	Herbert Lytle	Apperson/Apperson	82	0	accident	0
33	17	Harry Grant	19	American Locomotive Co.	Alco/Alco	51	0	bearing	0
34	15	Charles Basle	17	Wadsworth Warren	Buick/Buick	46	0	crankshaft	0
35	5	Louis Disbrow	5	Pope-Hartford Co.	Pope-Hartford/Pope-Hartford	45	0	accident	0
36	14	Arthur Chevrolet	16	Wadsworth Warren	Buick/Buick	30	0	crankshaft	0
37	35	Caleb Bragg	39	Caleb Bragg	Fiat/Fiat	24	0	accident	0
38	21	Fred Ellis	24	Jackson Auto Co.	Jackson/Jackson	22	0	carburetor	0
39	30	Teddy Tetzlaff	34	Teddy Tetzlaff	Lozier/Lozier	20	0	accident	0
40	38	Arthur Grenier	44	Simplex Motor Car Co.	Amplex/Amplex	12	0	accident	0
	20	Bert Adams	23	McFarlan Motor Car Co.	McFarlan/McFarlan	0		qualified car	0
		Jim Hill	22	McFarlan Motor Car Co.	McFarlan/McFarlan	0		practiced car	0
		Louis Chevrolet	16	Wadsworth Warren	Buick/Buick	0		practiced car	0
		Joe Horan	12	Simplex Motor Car Co.	Amplex/Amplex	0		practiced car	0
		Joe Matson	28	David L. Bruce-Brown	Fiat/Fiat	0		practiced car	0
		Walter Jones	44	Simplex Motor Car Co.	Amplex/Amplex	0		practiced car	0
		Rupert Jeffkins	40	Velie Motor Car Co.	Velie/Velie	0	0	did not qualify	0
		Billy Pearce	13	Fal Motor Co.	Falcar/Falcar	0	0	did not qualify	0
		Frank Gelnaw	14	Fal Motor Co.	Falcar/Falcar	0	0	did not qualify	0
		Fred Clemons	22	McFarlan Motor Car Co.	McFarlan/McFarlan	0	0	did not qualify	0
		Louis Edmunds	43	Cole Motor Car Co.	Cole 30/Cole	0	0	did not qualify	0
		Arthur Gibbons	40	Velie Motor Car Co.	Velie/Velie	0		practiced car	0
		Harold Van Gorder	29	W.H. Chambers	Lozier/Lozier	0	0	did not qualify	0
		C.B. Baldwin	3	Inter State Auto Co.	Interstate/Interstate	0		practiced car	0
		Louis Larsonneur	9	J. I. Case Co.	Case/Case	0		practiced car	0
		Gaston Morris	44	Simplex Motor Car Co.	Amplex/Amplex	0		practiced car	0
		Arthur Beck	21	National Motor Vehicle Co.	National/National	0		practiced car	0
		Kid McCoy	1	J. I. Case Co.	Case/Case	0		practiced car	0

Notes: Samuel Dickson, riding mechanic for Arthur Grenier, was killed in an accident during the race.
Starting order determined by order of entry receipt.
Cyrus Patschke relieved Ray Harroun for laps 71-102.
Elmer Ray relieved Lewis Strang.
W.F. Clemens relieved Frank Fox.
Dave Murphy relieved Spencer Wishart.
Walter Jones relieved W.H. Turner.
John Coffey relieved Fred Belcher.
Edward Parker relieved Eddie Hearne.
Len Zengel relieved Charlie Merz.
Louis Schwitzer relieved Harry Cobe.
Robert Evans relieved John Tower.
Eddie Rickenbacker relieved Lee Frayer.
Cyrus Patschke relieved Joe Dawson.
W.H. Frey and E.H. Sherwood relieved Charles Bigelow.
Frank Goode relieved Ralph Beardsley.
Rupert Jeffkins relieved Howard Hall.
Johnny Jenkins relieved Bill Endicott.
Time of race: 06:42:08
Average Speed: 74.602 MPH