1928 Indianapolis 500
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Results of the 1928 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 Wednesday, May 30, 1928.

Finish Start No Name Qual Rank Laps Led Status
1 13 14  United States Louis Meyer
Louis Meyer
Louis Meyer was an American Hall of Fame race car driver best known as the first three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500....

111.352 17 200 19 Running
2 8 28  United States Lou Moore
Lou Moore
Lewis Henry 'Lou' Moore was an American racecar driver, most known during his career for qualifying for the pole position of the 1932 Indianapolis 500. After his driving career, Moore became a legendary car owner...

113.826 8 200 0 Running
3 12 3  United States George Souders
George Souders
George Souders won the 1927 Indianapolis 500.Born in Lafayette, Indiana, George Souders led the last 51 laps of the 1927 race after starting in 22nd position as a race rookie.-Indy 500 results:-External links:...

111.444 16 200 9 Running
4 10 15  United States Ray Keech
Ray Keech
Ray Keech was a board track and brick track racer in the 1920s. He is best remembered for winning the 1929 Indianapolis 500, and for setting a land speed record.-Land speed record:...

113.421 10 200 0 Running
5 15 22  United States Norman Batten
Norman Batten
Norman Batten was an American racecar driver active in the 1920s. He and fellow driver Earl Devore were lost at sea while sailing aboard the SS Vestris.-Indy 500 results:...

106.585 21 200 0 Running
6 5 7  United States Babe Stapp
Babe Stapp
Elbert "Babe" Stapp was an American racecar driver active in the 1920's and 1930's.-Career award:*He was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1994....

116.887 5 200 7 Running
7 20 43  United States Billy Arnold
Billy Arnold
For the professional baseball player & manager, see Billy Arnold Richard William Arnold won the 1930 Indianapolis 500 after leading all but first two laps of the race, the most ever by a winner of the race. He won by a margin of 7 minutes and 17 seconds. He was 24 years old at the time...

111.926 12 200 0 Running
8 14 27  United States Fred Frame
Fred Frame
Fredrick William Frame won the 1932 Indianapolis 500.-Indy 500 results:...

107.501 20 200 0 Running
9 9 25  United States Fred Comer
Fred Comer
Fred Comer was an American racecar driver. Like many drivers of his era, he was a board track racing specialist and made 43 AAA Championship Car starts on the board ovals with one win in 1926 on the Atlantic City track and one pole...

113.690 9 200 0 Running
10 4 8  United States Tony Gulotta
Tony Gulotta
Tony Gulotta was an American racecar driver active throughout the 1920s and 1930s....

117.031 4 200 35 Running
11 7 24  United States Louis Schneider
Louis Schneider
Louis F. Schneider won the 1931 Indianapolis 500.-Indy 500 results:-External links:...

114.036 7 200 0 Running
12 23 12  United States Dave Evans
Dave Evans (driver)
Dave Evans was an American racecar driver. In 1931, he performed a remarkable feat when his Cummins Diesel Special completed the entire Indy 500 without a pit stop....

108.264 19 200 0 Running
13 28 29  United States Henry Kohlert
Henry Kohlert
Henry 'Cap' Kohlert was an American racecar driver and Aviation pioneer. He served in the United States Army 67th Balloon Corps. in World War 1. After the war he became an Automotive Mechanic, Automotive Dealer and Race car Driver...

93.545 29 180 0 Flagged
14 17 23  United States Deacon Litz
Deacon Litz
Artha Benson "Deacon" Litz was an American racecar driver active primarily during the 1920s and 1930s.-Indy 500 results:...

106.213 23 161 0 Flagged
15 21 39  United States Jimmy Gleason
Jimmy Gleason
Jimmy Gleason was an American racecar driver. He was killed in an AAA National Championship race at Syracuse a week after he captured his first Championship Car victory at Altoona.-Indy 500 results:...

111.708 13 195 55 Magneto
16 18 5  United States Cliff Durant
Cliff Durant
Russell "Cliff" Durant was an American racecar driver. He was the son of William C. Durant, the founder of General Motors. His wife Adelaide Frost was a singing star who later married Eddie Rickenbacker...

99.990 26 175 0 Supercharger
17 11 33  United States Johnny Seymour
Johnny Seymour
Johnny Seymour was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...

111.671 14 170 0 Supercharger
18 24 6  United States Earl Devore
Earl Devore
Earl Devore was an American racecar driver. Devore and fellow driver Norman Batten were aboard the SS Vestris when it sank. He is credited with saving the lives of his wife, his son, and Batten's wife. Both Batten and Devore were lost at sea...

109.810 18 161 0 Crash T1
19 1 4  United States Leon Duray
Leon Duray
Leon Duray was an American racecar driver active in the 1920s...

122.391 1 133 64 Overheating
20 16 38  United States Sam Ross
Sam Ross
Sam Ross was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...

106.572 22 132 0 Timing gears
21 27 26  United States Ira Hall
Ira Hall
Ira Hall was an American racecar driver. Hall was later elected sheriff of Vigo County, Indiana.-Career award:...

96.886 27 115 0 Crash T1
22 19 32  United States Peter Kreis
Peter Kreis
A. J. "Peter" Kreis was an American racecar driver. He and riding mechanic Robert Hahn were killed in a turn one accident while practicing for the 1934 Indianapolis 500. As he was entering the turn, a car in front of him spun, followed by Kreis' car spining, possibly due to trying to avoid a...

112.906 11 73 0 Rod bearing
23 2 10  United States Cliff Woodbury
Cliff Woodbury
Cliff Woodbury was an American racecar driver. After crashing on the third lap of the 1929 Indianapolis 500, Woodbury becomes the first Indy pole-sitter to finish in last place. This feat will not be repeated until Pancho Carter retires with mechanical problems six laps into the 1985 Indianapolis...

120.418 2 55 0 Timing gears
24 6 16  United States Ralph Hepburn
Ralph Hepburn
Ralph Hepburn was a pioneer of American motorcycle racing champion and an Indianapolis 500 racing driver.Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, Hepburn's family moved to Los Angeles, California when he was ten years old...

116.354 6 48 0 Timing gears
25 29 1  United States Wilbur Shaw
Wilbur Shaw
Warren Wilbur Shaw was a noted American racing driver and president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from 1945 until his death. Shaw was the automotive test evaluator for Popular Science magazine...

100.956 25 42 0 Timing gears
26 26 18  United States Benny Shoaff
Benny Shoaff
Benton "Benny" Shoaff was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...

102.409 24 35 0 Crash T1
27 25 41  United States C. W. Belt
C. W. Belt
Clarence W. Belt was an American racecar driver. He failed to qualify for the 1925 Indianapolis 500 but qualified for the 1928 race. In 1927 he attempted two other Championship Car races but failed to qualify for both of them.-Indy 500 results:-External links:* at ChampCarStats.com...

96.026 28 32 0 Valve
28 3 21  United States Cliff Bergere
Cliff Bergere
Cliff Bergere was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...

119.956 3 7 0 Supercharger
29 22 34  United States Russ Snowberger
Russ Snowberger
Russ Snowberger was an American racecar driver and owner active from the 1920s through the 1950s....

111.618 15 4 11 Supercharger
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