1920 Indianapolis 500
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Results of the 1920 Indianapolis 500 held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race and the Brickyard 400....

 on Monday, May 31, 1920.
Finish Start No Name Qual Rank Laps Led Status
1 6 4  France Gaston Chevrolet
Gaston Chevrolet
Gaston Chevrolet was a French-born American racecar champion driver and automobile manufacturer.-Early life:...

91.550 8 200 14 Running
2 18 25  France René Thomas 93.950 5 200 12 Running
3 11 10  United States Tommy Milton
Tommy Milton
Tommy Milton was an American race car driver best known as the first two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. He was notable for having only one functional eye -- a disability that would have disqualified him from competing in modern motorsports.Born in St...

90.200 11 200 0 Running
4 15 12  United States Jimmy Murphy
James Anthony Murphy
James Anthony Murphy was a race car driver who was the American Racing Champion in 1922 and 1924.-Background:...

88.700 13 200 0 Running
5 1 2  Italy Ralph DePalma
Ralph DePalma
Ralph De Palma was an Italian-American racecar driving champion, most notably winner of the 1915 Indianapolis 500. His entry at the International Motorsports Hall of Fame estimates that he won about 2000 races...

99.150 1 200 79 Running
6 9 31  United States Eddie Hearne
Eddie Hearne
Eddie Hearne Eddie Hearne Eddie Hearne (March 1, 1887 - February 9, 1955 was an American racecar driver from Kansas City, Kansas who was active in the formative years of auto racing. He participated in the inaugural Indianapolis 500. He later was a long-time Duesenberg factory-backed driver...

88.050 15 200 0 Running
7 4 26  France Jean Chassagne
Jean Chassagne
Jean Chassagne was a French racecar driver active in the years surrounding World War I. Chassagne finished third in the 1913 French Grand Prix on a Sunbeam...

95.450 4 200 1 Running
8 19 28  United States Joe Thomas
Joe Thomas (driver)
Joe Thomas was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...

92.800 6 200 0 Running
9 23 33  United States Ralph Mulford
Ralph Mulford
Ralph Mulford was an American racecar driver active during the formative years of the auto racing....

200 0 Running
10 17 15  Canada Pete Henderson
Pete Henderson
Pete Henderson was a Canadian racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:-See also:List of Canadians in Champ Car...

81.150 21 200 0 Running
11 14 32  United States John Boling
John Boling
John Boling was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...

81.850 20 199 0 Flagged
12 2 6  United States Joe Boyer
Joe Boyer
Joe Boyer was a co-winner of the 1924 Indianapolis 500. Boyer was born in Detroit, Michigan.At the 1924 Indianapolis 500, Boyer participated in two different cars during the race. In his original entry , he qualified 4th. On the 109th lap he was relieved. His relief driver went on to race until...

96.900 2 192 93 Crash T3
13 10 9  United States Ray Howard
Ray Howard
Ray Howard was an American racecar driver from New York City. Howard made three Championship Car starts in 1919 - the 1919 Indianapolis 500 and two races on the Sheepshead Bay Race Track board oval in June of that year driving a Peugeot. He then drove a Peugeot in the 1920 Indianapolis 500...

84.600 18 150 0 Camshaft
14 12 29  United States Eddie O'Donnell
Eddie O'Donnell
Eddie O'Donnell was an American racecar driver. O'Donnell died of injuries sustained in a crash during a BAA race.-Death:...

88.200 14 149 0 Oil line
15 21 16  France Jules Goux
Jules Goux
Jules Goux, born Valentigney 6 April 1885 - died Valentigney 6 March 1965, was a Grand Prix motor racing champion and the first Frenchman, and the first European, to win the Indianapolis 500.-Biography:...

84.300 19 148 0 Engine trouble
16 13 34  United States Willie Haupt
Willie Haupt
Willie Haupt was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...

85.480 16 146 0 Rod
17 8 7  United States Bennett Hill
Bennett Hill
John Bennett Hill was an American racecar driver active in the 1920s and 1930s. He made 66 AAA Championship Car starts capturing 5 wins and 7 poles. He was particularly a specialist at board track racing where all his wins and poles came...

90.550 10 115 0 Crash T4
18 3 3  Switzerland Louis Chevrolet
Louis Chevrolet
Louis-Joseph Chevrolet was a Swiss-born American race car driver of French descent, co-founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in 1911 and later, the Frontenac Motor Corporation in 1916 which made racing parts for Ford's Model T.-Early life:Born in 1878 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, a center of...

96.300 3 94 0 Steering
19 20 18  United States Howdy Wilcox
Howdy Wilcox
Howard Samuel Wilcox was an American racecar driver active in formative years of auto racing.Born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, Howdy Wilcox led the last 98 laps of the 1919 Indianapolis 500 after starting in the 2nd position. He died in a wreck in 1923 at the Altoona Speedway board track in Tyrone,...

88.820 12 65 0 Engine trouble
20 7 5  United States Roscoe Sarles
Roscoe Sarles
Roscoe Sarles was an American racecar driver active in the formative years of auto racing. Sarles was killed in an Indy car event, when his steering broke.-Indy 500 results:...

90.750 9 58 0 Crash T4
21 5 8  United States Art Klein
Art Klein
Art Klein was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...

92.700 7 40 1 Crash
22 22 19  Italy Jean Porporato
Jean Porporato
Jean Porporato was a French automobile mechanic from Lyon, Rhône.He is mentioned in automobile press articles from 28 January 1906, where he is listed as a mechanic of the racing driver Paul Bablot on the occasion of the endurance record in a Berliet car on the route from Salon to Arles.Paul...

79.980 22 23 0 Ruled off
23 16 17  France André Boillot
André Boillot
André Boillot was a French auto racing driver. Born in Valentigney, Doubs, he was the younger brother of race car driver, Georges Boillot. Following in his brother's footsteps, André Boillot began racing cars at a young age...

85.400 17 16 0 Engine trouble
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