1941 Indianapolis 500
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Results of the 1941 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis
on Friday, May 30, 1941.
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on Friday, May 30, 1941.
Finish | Start | No | Name | Qual | Rank | Laps | Led | Status |
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1 | 17 | 16 | United States Floyd Davis Floyd Davis Floyd Eldon Davis was the co-winner of the 1941 Indianapolis 500.... 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.... |
121.106 | 25 | 200 | 39 | Running |
2 | 2 | 1 | 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... |
128.301 | 2 | 200 | 38 | Running |
3 | 28 | 4 | 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... |
124.297 | 8 | 200 | 0 | Running |
4 | 10 | 54 | 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... |
120.653 | 28 | 200 | 0 | Running |
5 | 7 | 34 | United States Cliff Bergere Cliff Bergere Cliff Bergere was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
123.890 | 13 | 200 | 10 | Running |
6 | 9 | 41 | 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"... |
121.540 | 23 | 200 | 0 | Running |
7 | 4 | 15 | United States Harry McQuinn Harry McQuinn Harry McQuinn was an American racecar driver active in the 1930s and 1940s.... |
125.449 | 4 | 200 | 0 | Running |
8 | 6 | 7 | United States Frank Wearne Frank Wearne Frank Wearne was an American racecar driver. An Indianapolis 500 specialist, he participated in the race 7 times, with a best finish of 7th in 1940. He only made two Championship Car starts in races other than the Indy 500. -Indy 500 results:... |
123.890 | 12 | 200 | 0 | Running |
9 | 18 | 45 | United States Paul Russo Paul Russo Paul Russo was an American racecar driver.-Midget car career:... |
125.217 | 5 | 200 | 0 | Running |
10 | 20 | 27 | United States Tommy Hinnershitz Tommy Hinnershitz Thomas Paul Hinnershitz was an American race car driver.Hinnershitz was active through the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s on dirt, asphalt and boards, driving Sprint Cars, at that time slightly smaller versions of Indianapolis cars that could be raced on half mile dirt race tracks.-Career... |
121.021 | 27 | 200 | 0 | Running |
11 | 24 | 53 | 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:... |
121.070 | 26 | 200 | 0 | Running |
12 | 31 | 55 | United States Al Putnam Al Putnam Al Putnam was an American racecar driver. Putnam was killed during qualifying for the first dirt-car race to be held at the Indiana State Fair.-Indy 500 results:... |
121.951 | 20 | 200 | 0 | Running |
13 | 26 | 26 | United States Overton Phillips Overton Phillips Overton Phillips was an American racecar driver. His nickname was Bunny. He was an authority on Bugatti cars.-Indy 500 results:... |
116.298 | 33 | 187 | 0 | Flagged |
14 | 27 | 25 | United States Joie Chitwood Joie Chitwood George Rice "Joie" Chitwood was an American racecar driver and businessman. He is best known as a daredevil in the Joie Chitwood Thrill Show.... |
120.329 | 29 | 177 | 0 | Flagged |
15 | 30 | 17 | United States Duke Nalon Duke Nalon Dennis "Duke" Nalon was a midget car, sprint car, and Indy 500 driver from Chicago, Illinois, United States.-Racing career:... |
122.951 | 17 | 173 | 0 | Flagged |
16 | 13 | 14 | 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.... |
123.984 | 10 | 167 | 0 | Transmission |
17 | 12 | 47 | United States Everett Saylor Everett Saylor Everett Saylor was an American racecar driver. A dirt track racing specialist, he competed in the 1941 Indianapolis 500. It was his only Championship Car race start. He was killed in a racing accident on the dirt track at Cape Girardeau.-Indy 500 results:-External links:... |
119.860 | 31 | 155 | 0 | Crash T4 |
18 | 3 | 2 | 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... |
127.836 | 3 | 151 | 107 | Crash T1 |
19 | 8 | 23 | United States Billy Devore | 121.770 | 21 | 121 | 0 | Rod |
20 | 25 | 62 | United States Tony Willman Tony Willman Tony Willman was an American racecar driver. He was killed in a midget car accident.-Career awards:*He was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1992.... |
123.920 | 11 | 117 | 0 | Rod |
21 | 11 | 42 | United States Russ Snowberger Russ Snowberger Russ Snowberger was an American racecar driver and owner active from the 1920s through the 1950s.... |
120.104 | 30 | 107 | 0 | Water pump |
22 | 29 | 32 | 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:... |
123.440 | 15 | 89 | 0 | Oil trouble |
23 | 22 | 8 | United States Frank Brisko Frank Brisko Frank Brisko was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
123.381 | 16 | 70 | 0 | Valve |
24 | 5 | 36 | 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... |
124.014 | 9 | 68 | 0 | Radiator |
25 | 16 | 10 | United States George Robson George Robson George Robson was a Canadian racecar driver active in the 1940s. Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, Robson later moved to Ontario and finally to the U.S. in 1924. Robson died with George Barringer in an accident at Lakewood Speedway in Atlanta, Georgia. Robson's brother Hal also competed in the... |
121.576 | 22 | 66 | 0 | Oil leak |
26 | 1 | 3 | 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.... |
128.691 | 1 | 60 | 6 | Spark plugs |
27 | 19 | 22 | United States Kelly Petillo Kelly Petillo Cavino Michele "Kelly" Petillo, was an American race car driver.... |
124.417 | 7 | 48 | 0 | Rod |
28 | 14 | 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... |
123.478 | 14 | 22 | 0 | Transmission |
29 | 21 | 9 | United States Mel Hansen Mel Hansen Mel Hansen was an American racecar driver. Hansen was nicknamed the “Firecracker Kid” because he loved to throw the explosive devices under chairs and behind people who were gathered in groups... |
124.599 | 6 | 11 | 0 | Rod |
30 | 15 | 19 | United States Emil Andres Emil Andres Emil Andres was an American racecar driver active during the 1930's and 1940's.... |
122.266 | 19 | 5 | 0 | Crash T1 |
31 | 23 | 5 | United States Joel Thorne Joel Thorne Joel Thorne was an American racecar driver, engineer, and playboy. He died when he crashed his private plane, after what witnesses described as "stunting", into an apartment building, killing eight residents including a two month old baby... |
121.163 | 24 | 5 | 0 | Crash T1 |
32 | 32 | 35 | 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... |
122.299 | 18 | 0 | 0 | DNS |
33 | 33 | 28 | United States Sam Hanks Sam Hanks Sam Hanks was an American racecar driver who won the 1957 Indianapolis 500. He was a barnstormer, and raced midget and Champ cars.-Racing career:... |
118.211 | 32 | 0 | 0 | DNS |
Notes
- Floyd DavisFloyd DavisFloyd Eldon Davis was the co-winner of the 1941 Indianapolis 500....
was the starting driver for the #16 car. On lap 72, Davis came in for a pit stop, and was relieved by Mauri RoseMauri RoseMauri 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....
. Rose had started the race in another car and dropped out earlier. Rose went on to stay in the #16 car, and went on to win. Both drivers were credited as "co-winners," similar to what occurred in the 1924 race1924 Indianapolis 500Results of the 1924 Indianapolis 500 held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday, May 30, 1924....
. - Sam HanksSam HanksSam Hanks was an American racecar driver who won the 1957 Indianapolis 500. He was a barnstormer, and raced midget and Champ cars.-Racing career:...
crashed his car in practice the day before the race, and withdrew. His position was not filled with an alternate, and he was credited with 33rd place. - On the morning of the race a fire broke out in the garage area. George BarringerGeorge BarringerGeorge 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...
's revolutionary rear-engined car was destroyed. His car was withdrawn, and he was credited with 32nd finishing position.
See also
- 1941 AAA Championship Car season1941 AAA Championship Car seasonThe 1941 AAA Championship Car season consisted of three races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 1. There was also one non-championship event in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The AAA National Champion was Rex Mays and the Indianapolis 500...