The 14th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday, May 31, 1926. Louis Chevrolet drove the Chrysler pace car for the start.[1]
Rain halted the race at lap 72, and officials waited for the track to dry out. The race was resumed over an hour later. Rain fell again, and the race was called at the 400 mile mark (160 laps).
Rookie Frank Lockhart moved up from 20th to fifth by lap 5, having had passed 14 cars on that lap alone.[2] He moved up to second on Lap 16.[2] After the rain delay, Lockhart and Dave Lewis battled for the lead for about 20 laps, until Lewis dropped out.[2] Lockhart stretched out a two-lap lead when the race was called, and he was declared the winner. It was the first rain-shortened race in "500" history, and Lockhart was the fourth rookie to win the race. Lockhart may have actually completed as many as 163 laps (407.5 miles), but official scoring results reverted to the completion of lap 160. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926_Indianapolis_500
Starting Lineup:
| Row 1 | Earl Cooper | Harry Hartz | Leon Duray | |
| Row 2 | Dave Lewis | Phil Shafer | Jules Ellingboe | |
| Row 3 | Bennett Hill | Frank Elliott | Bon McDougall | |
| Row 4 | Doc Shattuc | Cliff Durant | Tony Gulotta | |
| Row 5 | Fred Comer | Cliff Woodbury | Ralph Hepburn | |
| Row 6 | Norm Batten | Douglas Hawkes | Ben Jones | |
| Row 7 | Albert Guyot | Frank Lockhart | Thane Houser | |
| Row 8 | Steve Nemesh | E.A.D. Eldridge | L.L. Corum | |
| Row 9 | Jack McCarver | Fred Lecklider | Pete DePaolo | |
| Row 10 | John Duff | |||
| Other Drivers on entry list: | ||||
| A. Dan Cain | ||||
| Bob McDonogh | ||||
| Charles Shambaugh | ||||
| Dan O'Brien | ||||
| Earl Devore | ||||
| Eddie Hearne | ||||
| Harlan Fengler | ||||
| Herbert Jones | ||||
| Herschell McKee | ||||
| Jack Foley | ||||
| Peter Kreis | ||||
| Ralph DePalma | ||||
| Ralph Mulford | ||||
| T. W. Pickard | ||||
| Wade Morton | ||||
| Race Results: | ||||
| Finish | Driver | Laps | Status | Prize Money |
| 1 | Frank Lockhart | 160 | 95.904 | $35,600 |
| 2 | Harry Hartz | 158 | Running | $13,900 |
| 3 | Cliff Woodbury | 158 | Running | $6,700 |
| 4 | Fred Comer | 155 | Running | $4,000 |
| 5 | Pete DePaolo | 153 | Running | $3,500 |
| 6 | Frank Elliott | 152 | Running | $2,200 |
| 7 | Norm Batten | 151 | Running | $1,800 |
| 8 | Ralph Hepburn | 151 | Running | $1,600 |
| 9 | John Duff | 147 | Running | $1,500 |
| 10 | Phil Shafer | 146 | Running | $3,000 |
| 11 | Tony Gulotta | 142 | Running | $615 |
| 12 | Bennett Hill | 136 | Running | $607 |
| 13 | Thane Houser | 102 | Running | $600 |
| 14 | Douglas Hawkes | 92 | Camshaft | $593 |
| 15 | Dave Lewis | 92 | Valve | $4,886 |
| 16 | Earl Cooper | 74 | Transmission | $579 |
| 17 | Cliff Durant | 61 | Fuel leak | $572 |
| 18 | Ben Jones | 54 | Accident | $565 |
| 19 | E.A.D. Eldridge | 46 | Steering | $558 |
| 20 | L.L. Corum | 45 | Cracked block | $551 |
| 21 | Steve Nemesh | 42 | Transmission | $544 |
| 22 | Jules Ellingboe | 39 | Supercharger | $538 |
| 23 | Leon Duray | 33 | Fuel leak | $531 |
| 24 | Fred Lecklider | 25 | Piston | $525 |
| 25 | Jack McCarver | 24 | Rod | $519 |
| 26 | Bon McDougall | 19 | Water leak | $512 |
| 27 | Doc Shattuc | 16 | Valve | $506 |
| 28 | Albert Guyot | 9 | Piston | $500 |
| Lap Leaders: | ||||
| 1 15 | Phil Shafer | |||
| 16-21 | Dave Lewis | |||
| 22 | Phil Shafer | |||
| 23-59 | Dave Lewis | |||
| 60-100 | Frank Lockhart | |||
| 101-106 | Harry Hartz | |||
| 107-160 | Frank Lockhart |
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