Saturday, March 12, 2016

1935 INDIANAPOLIS 500

The 23rd International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway 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.[1]
Kelly Petillo won the race, accompanied by riding mechanic Jimmy Dunham. Pete DePaolo, the 1925 winner, was the team principal, becoming the first individual to win the race separately as a driver and an owner.
The race was part of the 1935 AAA Championship Car season. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935_Indianapolis_500

Starting Lineup:

Row 1 Rex Mays Al Gordon Floyd Roberts
Row 2  Louis Meyer Bill Cummings Tony Gulotta
Row 3 Ralph Hepburn Fred Frame Chet Gardner
Row 4 Mauri Rose Russ Snowberger Babe Stapp
Row 5 Deacon Litz George Connor Doc MacKenzie
Row 6 Cliff Bergere Chet Miller Harry McQuinn
Row 7 Shorty Cantlon Wilbur Shaw Al Miller
Row 8 Kelly Petillo Lou Moore Frank Brisko
Row 9 Clay Weatherly Ted Horn Johnny Seymour
Row 10 Freddie Winnai George Bailey Jimmy Snyder
Row 11 Harris Insinger Louis Tomei Bob Sall





Other Drivers on entry list:



Billy Winn



Dave Evans



Doc Williams



Duke Nalon



Dusty Fahrnow



Emil Andres



Floyd O'Neal



Gene Haustein



George Barringer



Harry Hunt



Herb Ardinger



Herschell McKee



Johnny Hannon



Johnny Rae



Johnny Sawyer



L. L. Corum



Overton Snell



Paul Bost



Phil Shafer



Robert Wilson



Roy Painter



Stubby Stubblefield



Wesley Crawford



Zeke Meyer








Race Results:



Finish Driver Laps Status Prize Money
1 Kelly Petillo 200 106.24 $30,600
2 Wilbur Shaw 200 105.99 $13,500
3 Bill Cummings 200 104.758 $6,650
4 Floyd Roberts 200 103.228 $4,000
5 Ralph Hepburn 200 103.177 $3,500
6 Shorty Cantlon 200 101.14 $2,200
7 Chet Gardner 200 101.129 $1,800
8 Deacon Litz 200 100.907 $1,600
9 Doc MacKenzie 200 100.598 $1,500
10 Chet Miller 200 100.474 $1,475
11 Fred Frame 200 100.436 $850
12 Louis Meyer 200 100.256 $700
13 Cliff Bergere 196 Out of fuel $600
14 Harris Insinger 185 Running $535
15 Al Miller 178 Engine $520
16 Ted Horn 145 Steering $505
17 Rex Mays 123 Spring $2,490
18 Lou Moore 116 Rod $475
19 George Connor 112 Transmission $460
20 Mauri Rose 103 Studs $445
21 Tony Gulotta 102 Magneto $430
22 Jimmy Snyder 97 Spring $415
23 Frank Brisko 79 Universal joint $400
24 Johnny Seymour 71 Grease leak $385
25 Babe Stapp 70 Radiator $470
26 George Bailey 65 Steering $355
27 Russ Snowberger 59 Exhaust pipe $340
28 Louis Tomei 47 Valve $325
29 Bob Sall 47 Steering $310
30 Al Gordon 17 Accident $295
31 Freddie Winnai 16 Rod $280
32 Clay Weatherly 9 Accident $265
33 Harry McQuinn 4 Rod $250





Lap Leaders:



1 63 Rex Mays


64-67 Babe Stapp


68-73 Kelly Petillo


74-99 Rex Mays


100-139 Kelly Petillo


140-144 Wilbur Shaw


145-200 Kelly Petillo


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