1940 INDIANAPOLIS 500

The 28th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 30, 1940. The winner was Wilbur Shaw in the same Maserati 8CTF he 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 win in four years, making him the second three-time winner of the race. Shaw's average speed was 114.277 miles per hour, slowed by rain which caused the last 50 laps to be run under caution.^[1] Shaw took home $31,875 in prize winnings, plus additional prizes that included a car and a refrigerator.^[2]
Fourth place finisher Ted Horn was flagged due to the rain shower after completing only 199 laps - one lap short of the full distance. This marked the only blemish on his noteworthy record of nine consecutive races completing every lap. He would eventually complete 1,799 out of a possible 1,800 laps from 1936 to 1948.
The top 4 starting positions finished in the top four places, albeit in shuffled order. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Indianapolis_500

Note: The Backstretch was paved with asphalt for the 1940 race.

Starting Lineup:

Row 1	Rex Mays	Wilbur Shaw	Mauri Rose
Row 2	Ted Horn	Mel Hansen	Cliff Bergere
Row 3	Frank Wearne	Frank Brisko	Tommy Hinnershitz
Row 4	Joel Thorne	Russ Snowberger	Babe Stapp
Row 5	Kelly Petillo	Sam Hanks	Harry McQuinn
Row 6	George Barringer	George Connor	Louis Tomei
Row 7	Doc Williams	Bob Swanson	Ralph Hepburn
Row 8	Emil Andres	George Robson	Raul Riganti
Row 9	Duke Nalon	Joie Chitwood	Chet Miller
Row 10	Al Putnam	Paul Russo	Al Miller
Row 11	Rene LeBegue	Billy DeVore	Floyd Davis
Other drivers on entry list:
Bill Lipscomb
Fred Winnai
George Bailey
Henry Banks
Ira Hall
Lou Webb
Louis Durant
Louis Unser
Overton Phillips
Port DeFraties
René Dreyfus
Shorty Cantlon
Tony Willman
Wesley Crawford
Race Results:
Finish	Driver	Laps	Status	Prize Money
1	Wilbur Shaw	200	114.277	$30,725
2	Rex Mays	200	113.742	$15,950
3	Mauri Rose	200	113.572	$6,688
4	Ted Horn	199	Running	$4,575
5	Joel Thorne	197	Running	$3,850
6	Bob Swanson	196	Running	$2,463
7	Frank Wearne	195	Running	$2,038
8	Mel Hansen	194	Running	$1,813
9	Frank Brisko	193	Running	$1,863
10	Rene LeBegue	192	Running	$1,488
11	Harry McQuinn	192	Running	$938
12	Emil Andres	192	Running	$788
13	Sam Hanks	192	Running	$650
14	George Barringer	191	Running	$620
15	Joie Chitwood	190	Running	$615
16	Louis Tomei	190	Exhaust	$610
17	Chet Miller	189	Running	$605
18	Billy DeVore	181	Running	$600
19	Al Putnam	179	Running	$595
20	Floyd Davis	157	Running	$590
21	Kelly Petillo	128	Bearing	$660
22	Duke Nalon	120	Rod	$580
23	George Robson	67	Shock absorber	$575
24	Babe Stapp	64	Oil line	$595
25	Doc Williams	61	Oil line	$590
26	George Connor	52	Rod	$610
27	Cliff Bergere	51	Oil line	$605
28	Paul Russo	48	Oil leak	$550
29	Ralph Hepburn	47	Steering	$595
30	Al Miller	41	Clutch	$540
31	Russ Snowberger	38	Water pump	$535
32	Tommy Hinnershitz	32	Accident	$530
33	Raul Riganti	24	Accident	$500
Lap Leaders:
1 33	Rex Mays
34-73	Wilbur Shaw
74-99	Rex Mays
100-104	Mauri Rose
105-200	Wilbur Shaw