1928 Indianapolis 500
30 May - Indianapolis: 200 laps x 4.02335 km = 804.670 km


Pole position: Leon Duray (Miller FD)   4:54.14
Fastest lap: N/A

Results:

1   14 13 Louis Meyer       Miller      5:01.33.75
2+  28  8 Lou Moore         Miller      5:02:17.64 (132)
3    3 12 George Souders    Miller      5:06:01.04
4*  15	10 Ray Keech         Miller      5:21:28.45 (170)
5+  22	15 Norman Batten     Miller      5:21:47.51 (80)
6*   7  5 Babe Stapp        Miller FD   5:23:50.41 (176)
7*  43 20 Billy Arnold      Miller      5:29:16.09 (113)
8+  27  4 Fred Frame        Duesenberg  5:33:02.38 (177)
9+  25  9 Fred Comer        Miller FD   5:35:42.12 (93)
10*  8  4 Tony Gulotta      Miller      5:37:30.11 (136)
11+ 24  7 Louis Schneider   Miller      5:41:02.83 (94)
12  12 23 Dave Evans        Miller      5:43:14.81
13+ 29  5 Henry Kohlert     Miller      180 Flagged (5)
14* 23 17 Deacon Litz       Miller      161 Flagged (73)

Did Not Finish:

  * 39 21 Jimmy Gleason     Duesenberg  195 Magneto (183)
  +  5 18 Cliff Durant      Miller      175 Supercharger (104)
    33 11 Johnny Seymour    Miller      171 Supercharger
  *  6 24 Earl DeVore       Miller      163 Wrecked SW turn (105)
  +  4  1 Leon Duray        Miller FD   133 Overheating (91)
    38	16 Sam Ross          Miller FD   132 Timing gears
  + 26	27 Ira Hall          Duesenberg  115 Wrecked SW turn (103)
    32 19 Peter Kreis       Miller       73 Rod bearing
    10  2 Cliff Woodbury    Miller       56 Timing gears
    16  6 Ralph Hepburn     Miller FD    48 Timing gears
     1 29 Wilbur Shaw       Miller FD    43 Timing gears
    18 26 Ben Shoaff        Duesenberg   35 Wrecked SW turn
    41 25 Clarence Belt     Green        32 Broken valve
    21  3 Cliff Bergere     Miller FD     7 Broken supercharger
    34 22 Russ Snowberger   Miller        4 Broken supercharger

* relieved drivers, + relieved drivers not running as last driver, 
 
 RELIEF DRIVERS

     4    Cliff Bergere     Miller       42 Rel Duray 92-133
  *  5    Bob McDonogh      Miller       71 Rel Durant 105-175	
     6    Cy Marshall       Miller       58 Rel DeVore 91-148
6    7    Ralph Hepburn     Miller FD    24 Rel Stapp 122-145
10   8    Dutch Baumann     Miller       64 Rel Gulotta 68-117, 184-197
4   15    Wilbur Shaw       Miller       30 Rel Keech 87-116
5*  22    Zeke Meyer        Miller      120 Rel Batten 81-200
14  23    Wesley Crawford   Miller       88 Rel Litz 67-154
11* 24    Lou Wilson        Miller      106 Rel Schneider 91-101, 106-200	
9*  25    Cliff Woodbury    Miller      107 Rel Comer 93-200
  * 26    Jack Petticord    Duesenberg   12 Rel Hall 104-115
8   27    Ralph Hepburn     Duesenberg    8 Rel Frame 178-185
*   27    Ben Shoaff        Duesenberg   15 Rel Frame 186-200
 2* 28    Louis Schneider   Miller       68 Rel Moore 133-200
13* 29    Shorty Cantlon    Miller       118 Rel Kohlert 6-58, 16-180
    29    William Shattuc   Miller        57 Rel Kohlert 59-115
    39    Russ Snowberger   Duesenberg    12 Rel Gleason 136-147
 7  43    Bill Spence       Miller        87 Rel Arnold 36-103, 151-169	

* relief drivers finishing the race.

Non Qualifiers

    35 Buddy Marr           Miller
    19 Dutch Baumann        Duesenberg
    17 Lora Corum           Duesenberg
     1 Peter DePaolo        Miller FD
    31 Jim Hill             Miller
    35 Chet Miller          Miller

Pos Car # Driver Make/Model Speed
1 4 Leon Duray Miller/Miller 122.391
2 10 Cliff Woodbury Miller/Miller 120.417
3 21 Cliff Bergere Miller/Miller 119.956
4 8 Tony Gulotta Miller/Miller 117.031
5 7 Babe Stapp Miller/Miller 116.887
6 16 Ralph Hepburn Miller/Miller 116.354
7 24 Louis Schneider Miller/Miller 114.036
8 28 Lou Moore Miller/Miller 113.826
9 25 Fred Comer Miller/Miller 113.690
10 15 Ray Keech Miller/Miller 113.421
11 33 Johnny Seymour Cooper/Miller 111.673
12 3 George Souders Miller/Miller 111.444
13 14 Lou Meyer II",Miller/Miller 111.352
14 27 Fred Frame Duesenberg/Duesenberg 107.501
15 22 Norman Batten Fengler/Miller 106.585
16 38 Sam Ross Miller/Miller 106.572
17 23 Deacon Litz Miller/Miller 106.213
18 5 Cliff Durant Detroit/Miller 99.990
19 32 Peter Kreis Cooper/Miller 112.906
20 43 Billy Arnold Miller/Miller 111.926
21 39 Jimmy Gleason Duesenberg/Duesenberg 111.708
22 34 Russ Snowberger Cooper/Miller 111.618
23 12 Dave Evans Miller/Miller 108.264
24 6 Earl DeVore Miller/Miller 109.810
25 41 C.W. Belt Green/Green 96.026
26 18 Benny Shoaff Duesenberg/Duesenberg 102.409
27 26 Ira Hall Duesenberg/Duesenberg 96.886
28 29 Henry Kohlert Miller/Miller 93.545
29 1 Wilbur Shaw Miller/Miller 100.956


RACE NOTES
 1) 91,5 cubic inch displacement limit.
 2) 90 mph minimum qualifying for 4 lap average, 33 fastest cars.
 3) Corum and Bauman wrecked in practice morning of race.
 4) Winning car originally entered by Phil Shafer and Wilbur Shaw as driver. Sold 
    to Aldon Sampson and driven by Louis Meyer. 
 5) Lap prizes (paid until lap 150): Duray $5900, Stapp $1700, Souders $1600, 
    Gleason $5600 and Gulotta $200
 6) Brick oval , Average qualifying speed 109.838 mph, total Purse: $90,250,
    AAA Sanction No. 1950.