1947 Indianapolis 500
30 May - Indianapolis: 200 laps x 4.023 km = 804.500 km
Fastest Lap: N/A
Pole Position: Ted Horn Maserati 126.564 mph
Results:
1 27 3 Mauri Rose Deidt FD Offy 4:17:52.17
2 16 8 Bill Holland Deidt FD Offy 4:18:24.29
3 1 1 Ted Horn Maserati Sc 4:20:52.55
4 + 54 4 Cliff Bergere Kurtis FD NoviSc 4:24:32.52 (131)
5 7 10 Jimmy Jackson Miller FD Offy 4:25:52.65
6 9 20 Rex Mays Bowes Kurtis WinfSc 4:30:84.50
7 33 14 Walt Brown Alfa Romeo A-R Sc 4:54:51.47
8 34 28 Cy Marshall A-R/Weil A-R Sc 197 Flagged
9 41 23 Fred Agabashian Kurtis DurySc 191 Flagged
10+ 10 27 Duke Dinsmore Wetteroth Offy 167 Flagged (127)
11 58 7 Les Anderson Maserati Offy 131 Flagged
Did Not Finish:
59 17 Pete Romcevich Miller FD FordV8 168 Mechanical
+ 3 30 Emil Andres Lencki 150 Magneto (69)
+ 31 15 Frank Wearne Miller Offy 128 Spun NE turn (53)
47 9 Ken Fowler Alfa Romeo Sc 121 Broken axle
46 18 Duke Nalon Mercedes Merc Sc 119 Piston
28 12 Roland Free Wetteroth Miller 87 Spun out, SW turn
29 25 Tony Bettenhausen Stevens Offy 79 Broken timing gear
25 6 Russ Snowberger Maserati Sc 74 Oil pump
52 16 Hal Robson Adams Offy 67 Transmission
18 2 Cliff Bergere Kurtis FD NoviSc 62 Piston
8 22 Joie Chitwood Wetteroth Offy 51 Gear trouble
24 5 Shorty Cantlon SnowbergFD Miller 40 Wrecked SW - fatal
43 26 Henry Banks Miller FD Offy 36 Broken oil line
66 19 Al Miller II Miller4DRE Miller 33 Magneto
14 13 George Connor Kurtis Offy 32 Fuel tank leak
38 29 Mel Hansen Adams SprkSc 32 Disqualified, pushed
15 21 Paul Russo Shaw Offy 24 Wrecked mainstretch
44 24 Charles VanAcker Stevens Lencki 24 Wrecked mainstretch
53 11 Milt Fankhouser Stevens Offy 16 Stalled SE turn
Relief Drivers
4 + 54 Herb Ardinger Kurtis FD NoviSc Rel Ardinger 1-69 (69)
10+ 10 Billy DeVore Wetteroth Offy Rel Dinsmore 79-118 (40)
+ 3 George Connor Lencki Rel Andres 70-150 (81)
+ 31 Louis Tomei Miller Offy Rel Wearne 54-103 (50)