1921 Indianapolis 500
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Results of the 1921 Indianapolis 500 held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
on Monday, May 30, 1921.
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 30, 1921.
Finish | Start | No | Name | Qual | Rank | Laps | Led | Status |
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1 | 20 | 2 | 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... |
93.050 | 11 | 200 | 90 | Running |
2 | 2 | 6 | 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:... |
98.350 | 2 | 200 | 1 | Running |
3 | 8 | 23 | United States Percy Ford Percy Ford Percy Ford was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
87.000 | 19 | 200 | 0 | Running |
4 | 9 | 5 | United States Eddie Miller Eddie Miller (driver) Eddie Miller was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
83.850 | 20 | 200 | 0 | Running |
5 | 13 | 16 | United States Ora Haibe Ora Haibe Ora Haibe was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
93.500 | 10 | 200 | 0 | Running |
6 | 14 | 9 | United States Riley Brett Riley Brett Riley Brett was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
87.800 | 16 | 200 | 0 | Running |
7 | 10 | 3 | Canada Ira Vail Ira Vail Ira Vail was a Canadian-American racecar driver.-Award:*Vail was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in the United States in 1993.-Indy 500 results:... |
82.350 | 22 | 200 | 0 | Running |
8 | 15 | 21 | France Albert Guyot Albert Guyot Albert Guyot was a French racecar driver. He was one of four drivers who entered with Duesenberg the 1921 French Grand Prix, the first in which a US make participated. Jimmy Murphy won with his Duesenberg 183; Guyot finished 6th.-Indy 500 results:... |
87.780 | 17 | 200 | 0 | Running |
9 | 21 | 8 | United States Ralph Mulford Ralph Mulford Ralph Mulford was an American racecar driver active during the formative years of the auto racing.... |
91.700 | 12 | 177 | 0 | Flagged |
10 | 17 | 15 | France René Thomas | 83.750 | 21 | 144 | 0 | Water hose |
11 | 18 | 27 | United States Tom Alley Tom Alley Tom Alley was an American racecar driver. Alley was also a riding mechanic, most notably winning the 1914 Vanderbilt Cup with Ralph de Palma.-Indianapolis 500 results:... |
80.500 | 23 | 133 | 0 | Rod |
12 | 1 | 4 | United States 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... |
100.750 | 1 | 112 | 108 | Rod |
13 | 4 | 1 | 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... |
96.180 | 6 | 111 | 0 | Oil line |
14 | 19 | 24 | 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:... |
93.600 | 9 | 107 | 0 | Crash T4 |
15 | 16 | 17 | 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... |
87.750 | 18 | 91 | 0 | Hit wall |
16 | 23 | 28 | United States C. W. Van Ranst C. W. Van Ranst Cornelius "C. W." Van Ranst was an American racecar driver who competed in the 1921 Indianapolis 500.... |
88.350 | 14 | 87 | 0 | Water hose |
17 | 3 | 7 | 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... |
96.650 | 4 | 74 | 1 | Rear axle |
18 | 6 | 19 | 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... |
91.000 | 13 | 65 | 0 | Lost hood |
19 | 5 | 22 | United States Jules Ellingboe Jules Ellingboe Jules Ellingboe was an American racecar driver. Despite competing in six Indianapolis 500 races, he competed in few other Championship Car events, just a handful of board track events in 1922 and 1923.-Indy 500 results:-References:... |
95.400 | 8 | 49 | 0 | Steering |
20 | 11 | 14 | 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... |
97.600 | 3 | 41 | 0 | Rod bearing |
21 | 7 | 18 | United States Louis Fontaine Louis Fontaine Louis Fontaine was an American racecar driver. Fontaine competed in six early Championship Car races from 1912 to 1921 including the 1912 American Grand Prize and the 1921 Indianapolis 500.... |
88.300 | 15 | 33 | 0 | Crash FS |
22 | 22 | 25 | United States Joe Thomas Joe Thomas (driver) Joe Thomas was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
96.250 | 5 | 25 | 0 | Crash T3 |
23 | 12 | 10 | 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,... |
96.000 | 7 | 22 | 0 | Rod |