| Year |
Car |
Start |
Qual |
Rank |
Finish |
Laps |
Led |
Retired |
| 1929 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....
|
28 |
29 |
105.857 |
28 |
11 |
180 |
0 |
Flagged |
| 1931 Results of the 1931 Indianapolis 500 held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 30, 1931....
|
16 |
27 |
106.286 |
24 |
22 |
138 |
0 |
Steering arm |
| 1932 -Race Summary:Fred Frame won the 1932 after several strong showings in previous Indy 500 events. Frame, with mechanic Jerry Houck riding beside him, won with an average speed of , a speed that broke the seven-year-old record set by Peter DePaolo....
|
32 |
13 |
111.149 |
21 |
29 |
61 |
0 |
Clutch |
| 1933 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 ....
|
58 |
2 |
118.388 |
2 |
36 |
47 |
0 |
Oil too hot |
| 1934 The 22nd running of the Indianapolis 500 took place on May 30, 1934. The winner was the number seven car driven by Bill Cummings, an Indianapolis native, at an average speed of 104.863 miles per hour. Cummings led for 57 laps total, including the last 26. Of the 33 cars that began the race, only 12...
|
32 |
3 |
116.894 |
4 |
9 |
200 |
69 |
Running |
| 1935 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...
|
41 |
24 |
113.307 |
26 |
23 |
79 |
0 |
Universal joint |
| 1936 Results of the 1936 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Saturday, May 30, 1936....
|
14 |
20 |
114.213 |
17 |
20 |
180 |
0 |
Out of gas |
| 1937 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...
|
24 |
15 |
118.213 |
23 |
23 |
105 |
0 |
No oil pressure |
| 1938 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...
|
26 |
11 |
121.921 |
8 |
31 |
39 |
0 |
Oil line |
| 1939 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...
|
29 |
11 |
123.351 |
17 |
29 |
38 |
0 |
Air pump |
| 1940 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...
|
16 |
8 |
122.716 |
16 |
9 |
193 |
0 |
Flagged |
| 1941 Results of the 1941 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Friday, May 30, 1941.Notes*Floyd Davis was the starting driver for the #16 car. On lap 72, Davis came in for a pit stop, and was relieved by Mauri Rose. Rose had started the race in another car and dropped out earlier. Rose went on to...
|
8 |
22 |
123.381 |
16 |
23 |
70 |
0 |
Valve |
| Totals |
1330 |
69 |
|
|
| Starts |
12 |
| Poles |
0 |
| Front Row |
2 |
| Wins |
0 |
| Top 5 |
0 |
| Top 10 |
2 |
| Retired |
9 |
|
