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Results of the 1915 Indianapolis 500 held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race and the Brickyard 400....

on Monday, May 31, 1915.

Finish	Start	No	Name	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Status
1	2	2	Ralph DePalma Ralph DePalma Ralph De Palma was an Italian-American racecar driving champion, most notably winner of the 1915 Indianapolis 500. His entry at the International Motorsports Hall of Fame estimates that he won about 2000 races...	98.580	2	200	132	Running
2	3	3	Dario Resta Dario Resta Dario Resta , nicknamed "Dolly", was an Italian Briton race car driver. Raised in England from the age of two, he began racing there starting in 1907. He took part in the Montagu Cup the very first race of the now historic Brooklands track. He set a record of in a half-mile run a few years later...	98.470	3	200	37	Running
3	5	5	Gil Andersen Gil Andersen Gil Andersen was an Norwegian-American racecar driver active during the formative years of auto racing....	95.140	5	200	26	Running
4	4	4	Earl Cooper Earl Cooper Earl Cooper was an American racecar driver.-Racing career:...	96.770	4	200	0	Running
5	11	15	Harry Grant Harry Grant Harry Grant was an American auto racing driver. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, driving an ALCO, Grant won the 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup on Long Island. He then competed in the Indianapolis 500 four times between 1911 and 1915. He had his best showing in 1915, finishing in 5th place...	89.290	11	200	0	Running
6	7	8	Bob Burman Bob Burman Bob Burman was an American racecar driver active in the formative years of auto racing.-Biography:He was born on April 23, 1884 in Imlay City, Michigan. He was the winner of the Prest-O-Lite Trophy Race in 1909. He competed at the inaugural Indianapolis 500 in 1911...	92.400	7	200	0	Running
7	1	1	Howdy Wilcox Howdy Wilcox Howard Samuel Wilcox was an American racecar driver active in formative years of auto racing.Born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, Howdy Wilcox led the last 98 laps of the 1919 Indianapolis 500 after starting in the 2nd position. He died in a wreck in 1923 at the Altoona Speedway board track in Tyrone,...	98.900	1	200	5	Running
8	9	10	Tom Alley Tom Alley Tom Alley was an American racecar driver. Alley was also a riding mechanic, most notably winning the 1914 Vanderbilt Cup with Ralph de Palma.-Indianapolis 500 results:...	90.000	9	200	0	Running
9	16	19	Billy Carlson Billy Carlson Billy Carlson was an American racecar driver. He was killed in an AAA National Championship race.-Indy 500 results:...	84.110	16	200	0	Running
10	14	7	Noel Van Raalte Noel Van Raalte Noel Van Raalte was a British racecar driver. A wealthy playboy whose peerage family owned Brownsea Island, he raced in the 1915 Indianapolis 500 in a Sunbeam, finishing in 10th place. He later owned the first Bentley automobile.-Indy 500 results:-References:...	86.870	14	200	0	Running
11	24	28	Willie Haupt Willie Haupt Willie Haupt was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...	80.360	24	200	0	Running
12	10	14	George C. Babcock George C. Babcock George C. Babcock was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...	89.460	10	184	0	Loose mud apron
13	17	21	Tom Orr Tom Orr Tom Orr was an American racecar driver from Chicago, Illinois. He competed in the AAA Championship Car series in 1914 and 1915 making five starts including the 1915 Indianapolis 500. All of his race starts were behind the wheel of a Maxwell for whom he was an engineer...	83.550	17	168	0	Axle bearing
14	6	6	Jean Porporato Jean Porporato Jean Porporato was a French automobile mechanic from Lyon, Rhône.He is mentioned in automobile press articles from 28 January 1906, where he is listed as a mechanic of the racing driver Paul Bablot on the occasion of the endurance record in a Berliet car on the route from Salon to Arles.Paul...	94.740	6	164	0	Piston
15	15	18	Joe Cooper	85.550	15	154	0	Crash SC
16	18	22	Ralph Mulford Ralph Mulford Ralph Mulford was an American racecar driver active during the formative years of the auto racing....	82.720	18	124	0	Rod
17	12	12	Eddie O'Donnell Eddie O'Donnell Eddie O'Donnell was an American racecar driver. O'Donnell died of injuries sustained in a crash during a BAA race.-Death:...	88.930	12	117	0	Cylinder
18	8	9	Art Klein Art Klein Art Klein was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...	90.450	8	0	0	Smoking
19	20	23	Eddie Rickenbacker Eddie Rickenbacker Edward Vernon Rickenbacker was an American fighter ace in World War I and Medal of Honor recipient. He was also a race car driver and automotive designer, a government consultant in military matters and a pioneer in air transportation, particularly as the longtime head of Eastern Air Lines.-Early...	81.970	20	103	0	Rod
20	23	27	Louis Chevrolet Louis Chevrolet Louis-Joseph Chevrolet was a Swiss-born American race car driver of French descent, co-founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in 1911 and later, the Frontenac Motor Corporation in 1916 which made racing parts for Ford's Model T.-Early life:Born in 1878 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, a center of...	81.010	23	76	0	Valve
21	13	17	John DePalma John DePalma John DePalma was an Italian-born American racecar driver.A native of Biccari in Apulia, southern Italy, he was the brother of 1915 Indy winner Ralph DePalma and the uncle of 1925 Indy winner Pete DePaolo....	87.040	13	41	0	Loose flywheel
22	19	24	John A. Mais John A. Mais John Mais was a German racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...	81.970	19	23	0	Left course
23	22	26	George Hill George Hill (driver) George Hill was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...	81.520	22	20	0	Water pump gear
24	21	25	G. C. Cox G. C. Cox G. C. Cox was an American race car driver. He was killed in a crash during a race.- Indy 500 results :...	81.520	21	12	0	Timing gears

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