1936 Indianapolis 500
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Results of the 1936 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis
on Saturday, May 30, 1936.
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 Saturday, May 30, 1936.
| Finish | Start | No | Name | Qual | Rank | Laps | Led | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 | 8 |  United States Louis MeyerLouis Meyer Louis Meyer was an American Hall of Fame race car driver best known as the first three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500.... |
114.171 | 18 | 200 | 96 | Running |
| 2 | 11 | 22 | United States Ted Horn Ted Horn Ted Horn , born Eylard Theodore Von Horn, was an American race car driver. He won the AAA National Championship in 1946, 1947 and 1948 and collected 24 wins, 12 second-place finishes and 13 third-place finishes in 71 major American open-wheel races prior to his death at the DuQuoin State... |
116.564 | 8 | 200 | 16 | Running |
| 3 | 4 | 10 | United States Doc MacKenzie Doc MacKenzie George "Doc" MacKenzie was an American racecar driver. After being involved in and surviving a five car accident in Indy 36, he was killed in a sprint car accident in the same year .... |
116.961 | 5 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 4 | 30 | 36 | United States Mauri Rose Mauri Rose Mauri Rose was an American racecar driver.He started from the pole position driving a Maserati in the 1941 Indianapolis 500, but spark plug problems put him out of the race after sixty laps. He then took over the Wetteroth/Offenhauser car being driven by Floyd Davis that had started in 17th place.... |
113.890 | 21 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 5 | 3 | 18 | United States Chet Miller Chet Miller Chet Miller was an American racecar driver. He was killed in a crash in the south turn of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during practice for the 1953 Indianapolis 500. During his long Indy career, Miller earned the nickname "Dean of the Speedway"... |
117.675 | 3 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 6 | 25 | 41 | United States Ray Pixley Ray Pixley William Raymond Pixley was an American racecar driver. Primarily a sprint car driver, he drove in the 1936 Indianapolis 500 for Clarence Felker in a Miller that had once sported a V16 engine but at the time was powered by a Miller four cylinder... |
116.703 | 7 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 7 | 9 | 3 | United States Wilbur Shaw Wilbur Shaw Warren Wilbur Shaw was a noted American racing driver and president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from 1945 until his death. Shaw was the automotive test evaluator for Popular Science magazine... |
117.503 | 4 | 200 | 51 | Running |
| 8 | 14 | 17 | United States George Barringer George Barringer George Barringer was an American racecar driver from Wichita Falls, Texas active during the 1930's and 1940's. Barringer made 17 Championship Car starts with a best finish of second at Springfield in August 1935 and Milwaukee in August 1939... |
112.700 | 27 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 9 | 32 | 53 | United States Zeke Meyer Zeke Meyer Herbert Ernest "Zeke" Meyer was an American racecar driver.He was not related to fellow driver Louis Meyer.- From Zeke Meyer's business card... |
111.476 | 30 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 10 | 5 | 38 | United States George Connor George Connor (driver) George Connor was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:* In 14 Indianapolis starts, Connor drove without leading a lap. This ranks 5th on the all-time list.... |
116.269 | 9 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 11 | 12 | 35 | United States Freddy Winnai Freddy Winnai Freddy Winnai was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
116.221 | 10 | 199 | 0 | Flagged |
| 12 | 24 | 9 | United States Ralph Hepburn Ralph Hepburn Ralph Hepburn was a pioneer of American motorcycle racing champion and an Indianapolis 500 racing driver.Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, Hepburn's family moved to Los Angeles, California when he was ten years old... |
112.673 | 28 | 196 | 0 | Flagged |
| 13 | 27 | 28 | United States Harry McQuinn Harry McQuinn Harry McQuinn was an American racecar driver active in the 1930s and 1940s.... |
114.118 | 19 | 196 | 0 | Out of gas |
| 14 | 10 | 7 | United States Shorty Cantlon Shorty Cantlon William "Shorty" Cantlon was an American racecar driver. He was killed on May 30, 1947, while racing in the 1947 Indianapolis 500 on lap 40 after swerving into the outside retaining wall to avoid the spinning car of Bill Holland, who recovered from the spin to finish second... |
116.912 | 6 | 194 | 0 | Out of gas |
| 15 | 1 | 33 | United States Rex Mays Rex Mays Rex Mays is a former AAA Championship Car race driver from Riverside, California. He made his Indianapolis 500 debut in 1934 and won the pole in 1935, 1936, and again in 1940 and finished second, he returned the next year and finished second again. Mays won the AAA National Championship in 1940... |
119.644 | 1 | 192 | 12 | Out of gas |
| 16 | 23 | 54 | United States Doc Williams Doc Williams (driver) Merrill "Doc" Williams was an American racecar driver.Williams attempted to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 every year from 1933 to 1941 but only succeeded in qualifying in 1936, 1940, and 1941. When the race returned in 1946 after World War II, Williams again failed to qualify... |
112.837 | 26 | 192 | 0 | Out of gas |
| 17 | 29 | 32 | United States Lou Moore Lou Moore Lewis Henry 'Lou' Moore was an American racecar driver, most known during his career for qualifying for the pole position of the 1932 Indianapolis 500. After his driving career, Moore became a legendary car owner... |
113.996 | 20 | 185 | 0 | Out of gas |
| 18 | 33 | 19 | United States Emil Andres Emil Andres Emil Andres was an American racecar driver active during the 1930's and 1940's.... |
111.455 | 31 | 184 | 0 | Flagged |
| 19 | 15 | 4 | United States Floyd Roberts Floyd Roberts Floyd Roberts is a former Championship Car racing driver from Jamestown, North Dakota. He won the Indianapolis 500 in 1938 with a record speed of . He led for 92 laps. The following year, 1939, driving the same car, he was killed in a crash on the backstretch after hitting a wooden fence at near... |
112.403 | 29 | 183 | 0 | Out of gas |
| 20 | 20 | 14 | United States Frank Brisko Frank Brisko Frank Brisko was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
114.213 | 17 | 180 | 0 | Out of gas |
| 21 | 17 | 12 | United States Al Miller Al Miller Al Miller II , was an American race car driver.Born Albert Krulac in Detroit, Michigan, Miller died in Mount Clemens, Michigan... |
116.138 | 11 | 119 | 0 | Crash FS |
| 22 | 7 | 42 | United States Cliff Bergere Cliff Bergere Cliff Bergere was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
113.377 | 22 | 116 | 0 | Engine support |
| 23 | 26 | 15 | United States Deacon Litz Deacon Litz Artha Benson "Deacon" Litz was an American racecar driver active primarily during the 1920s and 1930s.-Indy 500 results:... |
115.997 | 13 | 108 | 0 | Crankshaft |
| 24 | 2 | 21 | United States Babe Stapp Babe Stapp Elbert "Babe" Stapp was an American racecar driver active in the 1920's and 1930's.-Career award:*He was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1994.... |
118.945 | 2 | 89 | 25 | Crankshaft |
| 25 | 19 | 5 | United States Billy Winn Billy Winn Billy Winn was an American racecar driver. Primarily a sprint car driver, Winn competed in four Indianapolis 500 races and drove as a relief driver in 1933, 1934, 1935, and 1938... |
114.648 | 16 | 78 | 0 | Crankshaft |
| 26 | 22 | 52 | United States Frank McGurk Frank McGurk (motorsports) Frank McGurk was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
113.102 | 24 | 51 | 0 | Crankshaft |
| 27 | 8 | 27 | United States Louis Tomei Louis Tomei Luigi Gilbert "Louis" Tomei was an American racecar driver active during the 1930's and 1940's.-Indy 500 results:-Stunt performer:... |
111.078 | 33 | 44 | 0 | Engine support |
| 28 | 6 | 44 | United States Herb Ardinger Herb Ardinger Herb Ardinger was an American racecar driver.Ardinger competed in eight AAA Championship Car races from 1934 to 1939, including the 1934, 1936, 1937, and 1938 Indianapolis 500 races... |
115.082 | 15 | 38 | 0 | Transmission |
| 29 | 18 | 6 | United States Chet Gardner Chet Gardner Chet Gardner, Born "Chester Leroy Gardner" was an American racecar driver, named by promoters as "The Grand Old Man of Auto Racing".... |
116.000 | 12 | 38 | 0 | Clutch |
| 30 | 16 | 43 | United States Jimmy Snyder Jimmy Snyder (driver) Jimmy Snyder was an American racecar driver.Snyder was part of the midget car "Chicago Gang" with Emil Andres, Tony Bettenhausen, Cowboy O'Rourke, Paul Russo, and Wally Zale. They toured tracks in the Midwest and East Coast of the United States.Snyder won the 1937 track championship at the Chicago... |
111.291 | 32 | 21 | 0 | Oil leak |
| 31 | 21 | 47 | United States Johnny Seymour Johnny Seymour Johnny Seymour was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
113.169 | 23 | 13 | 0 | Clutch |
| 32 | 31 | 46 | United States Fred Frame Fred Frame Fredrick William Frame won the 1932 Indianapolis 500.-Indy 500 results:... |
112.877 | 25 | 4 | 0 | Piston |
| 33 | 13 | 2 | United States Bill Cummings Bill Cummings Bill Cummings knicknamed "Wild Bill", won the 1934 Indianapolis 500 and set the diesel . Cummings died driving a passenger automobile on State Road 29 in Indianapolis, when he hit a guard rail and plunged into Lick Creek... |
115.939 | 14 | 0 | 0 | Clutch |