Babe Stapp
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Elbert "Babe" Stapp was an American
United States
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 racecar driver active in the 1920's and 1930's.

Career award

  • He was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame
    National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum
    The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum is a Hall of Fame and museum for sprint car drivers, owners, mechanics, builders, manufacturers, promoters, sanctioning officials and media members....

     in 1994.

Indy 500 results

EWLINE
Year Car Start Qual Rank Finish Laps Led Retired
1927
1927 Indianapolis 500
Results of the 1927 Indianapolis 500 held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday, May 30, 1927....

38 24 109.555 18 31 24 0 Universal joint
1928
1928 Indianapolis 500
Results of the 1928 Indianapolis 500 held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Wednesday, May 30, 1928....

7 5 116.887 5 6 200 17 Running
1929
1929 Indianapolis 500
Results of the 1929 Indianapolis 500 held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Thursday, May 30, 1929.*Ray Keech reigned as champion for only 17 days; he was killed at Altoona Speedway June 15, 1929....

32 4 115.618 4 28 40 0 Universal joint
1930
1930 Indianapolis 500
Results of the 1930 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Friday, May 30, 1930.Note: Cars not finishing were awarded positions in the order in which they left the track, regardless of lap count...

8 32 104.950 10 31 18 0 Crash T3
1931
1931 Indianapolis 500
Results of the 1931 Indianapolis 500 held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 30, 1931....

39 6 110.125 12 35 9 0 Oil leak/clutch
1933
1933 Indianapolis 500
Results of the 1933 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Tuesday, May 30, 1933. Louis Meyer defeated Wilbur Shaw by a time of 401.89 seconds . The average speed of the race was while Bill Cummings achieved the pole position with a speed of ....

45 29 116.626 9 23 156 60 Out of gas
1935
1935 Indianapolis 500
The 1935 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Thursday, May 30, 1935. Despite attempts to improve participant safety by requiring crash helmets and installing green and yellow lights around the track, the event that year would prove to be one of the worst in terms of fatalities.-Pre-race and...

17 12 116.736 8 25 70 4 Radiator
1936
1936 Indianapolis 500
Results of the 1936 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Saturday, May 30, 1936....

21 2 118.945 2 24 89 25 Crankshaft
1937
1937 Indianapolis 500
The 25th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday, May 31, 1937.Late in the race, Wilbur Shaw held a comfortable lead, and had lapped second place Ralph Hepburn. With about 20 laps to go, however, Shaw's car had been leaking oil, and had nearly lost...

15 31 117.226 29 31 36 0 Clutch
1938
1938 Indianapolis 500
The 26th running of the Indianapolis 500 took place on Monday, May 30, 1938. The race was won by the number 23 car driven by Floyd Roberts. Roberts' car started in the pole position, and was the first car to win from that start since 1930. Roberts led 92 laps, posted an average speed of 117.200...

34 8 120.595 15 26 54 0 Valve
1939
1939 Indianapolis 500
The 27th Indianapolis 500 took place May 30, 1939. The race was won by the number two car of Wilbur Shaw, who started in the third position. The race was notable for a three car accident on lap 109, when Floyd Roberts the reigning champion, was killed when his car went through the wooden outer wall...

31 16 125.000 12 5 200 0 Running
1940
1940 Indianapolis 500
The 28th running of the Indianapolis 500 took place on May 30, 1940. The winner was Wilbur Shaw in the number one car Maserati 8 CTF, the same car Shaw had driven to victory in 1939. Shaw became the first driver in the history of the race to win in consecutive years. It also marked Shaw's third...

24 12 123.367 11 24 64 0 Oil line
Totals 960 106
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Starts 12
Poles 0
Front Row 1
Wins 0
Top 5 1
Top 10 2
Retired 10

  • Stapp's finishes from 1927 – 1938 rank as the worst ten-race finishing streak in Indy 500 history.
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