1940 Indianapolis 500
30 May - Indianapolis: 200 laps x 4.023 km = 804.672 km


 Pole Position: Rex Mays Stevens WinfSc 127.850 mph
 Fastest Lap:   

Results:

1   1  2 Wilbur Shaw       Maserati           4:22:31.17
2  33  1 Rex Mays          Stevens Winf       4:23:45.31
3   7  3 Mauri Rose        Wetteroth Offy     4:24:08.96
4   3  4 Ted Horn          Miller FD          199 Flagged -rain
5   8 10 Joel Thorne       Adams Sprk         197 Flagged -rain
6  32 20 Bob Swanson       Stevens Sampsn     196 Flagged -rain
7   9  7 Frank Wearne      Stevens Offy       195 Flagged -rain
8  31  5 Mel Hansen        Wetteroth Miller   194 Flagged -rain
9  16  8 Frank Brisko      Stevens FD Brisko  193 Flagged -rain
10 49 31 Rene LeBeque      Maserati           192 Flagged -rain
11 41 15 Harry McQuinn     Weil               192 Flagged -rain
12 25 22 Emil Andres       Stevens Offy       192 Flagged -rain
13 28 14 Sam Hanks         Weil DurySc        192 Flagged -rain
14  6 16 George Barringer  Weil Offy          191 Flagged -rain
15 42 26 Joie Chitwood     Adams Offy         190 Flagged -rain
16 26 18 Louis Tomei       Miller Offy        190 Broken exhaust pipe
17 34 27 Chet Miller       Alfa Romeo         189 Flagged - rain
18 14 32 Billy DeVore      Shaw Offy          181 Flagged - rain
19 44 28 Al Putnam         Adams Offy         179 Flagged - rain
20 61 33 Floyd Davis       Lencki             157 Flagged - rain

Did Not Finish

   35 13 Kelly Petillo     Wetteroth Offy     128 Rear main bearing
   21 25 Duke Nalon        Silnes Offy        120 Brkn connecting rod
   17 23 George Robson     Miller FD Offy      67 Brkn shock absorber
   24 12 Babe Stapp        Stevens Offy        64 Brkn oil line
   36 19 Doc Williams      Cooper FD Miller    61 Brkn oil line
   10 17 George Connor     Lencki              52 Brkn connecting rod
    5  6 Cliff Bergere     Wetteroth Offy      51 Broken oil line
   38 29 Paul Russo        Blume Brisko        48 Oil leak
   54 21 Ralph Hepburn     Miller FD Offy      47 Sterring froze, spun
   58 30 Al Miller II      Alfa Romeo          41 Clutch
   19 11 Russ Snowberger   Snowberg FD Miller  38 Water pump
   27  9 Tom Hinnershitz   Adams Offy          32 Brkn crank, hit MS
   29 24 Raul Riganti      Maserati            24 Wrecked SE turn

Relief Drivers

10 49    Rene Dreyfus      Maserati            52 Rel LeBeque 46-97 84
10 49    Rene Dreyfus      Maserati            42 Rel LeBeque 151-192
14 34    Henry Banks       Alfa Romeo          42 Rel C Miller 148-189
18 14    George Connor     Shaw OffySc         75 Rel DeVore 107-181
20 61    Lou Webb          Lencki              31 Rel Davis 27-57
20 61    Lou Webb          Lencki              98 Rel Davis 60-157
20 61    George Connor     Lencki               2 Rel Davis 58-59
   24    Doc Williams      Stevens Offy        52 Rel Stapp 13-64