1929 Indianapolis 500
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Results of the 1929 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 Thursday, May 30, 1929.
Finish Start No Name Qual Rank Laps Led Status
1 6 2  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:...

114.905 6 200 46 Running
2 8 1  United States Lou Meyer 114.709 9 200 65 Running
3 23 53  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:...

110.345 21 200 0 Running
4 25 43  United States Carl Marchese
Carl Marchese
Carl Marchese was an American racecar driver who competed in the Indianapolis 500. Carl was the Rookie Of the Year winner for the 1929 Indianapolis 500 race. Marchese was later an Indy 500 car entrant and entered his own Marchese chassis in the 1950 and 1951 races...

108.440 23 200 0 Running
5 21 42  United States Freddy Winnai
Freddy Winnai
Freddy Winnai was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...

113.892 12 200 0 Running
6 28 48  United States Speed Gardner
Speed Gardner
William "Speed" Gardner was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...

105.985 27 200 0 Running
7 14 6  Monaco Louis Chiron
Louis Chiron
Louis Alexandre Chiron was a Grand Prix driver.-Career:As a teenager, Louis Chiron fell in love with cars and racing. He learned to drive at a young age and joined the Grand Prix circuit after World War I where he had been requisitioned from the artillery section to serve as a chauffeur...

107.351 26 200 0 Running
8 7 9  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...

114.752 8 200 0 Running
9 32 25  United States Cliff Bergere
Cliff Bergere
Cliff Bergere was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...

103.687 32 200 0 Running
10 22 34  United States Fred Frame
Fred Frame
Fredrick William Frame won the 1932 Indianapolis 500.-Indy 500 results:...

111.328 19 193 11 Flagged
11 29 28  United States Frank Brisko
Frank Brisko
Frank Brisko was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...

105.857 28 180 0 Flagged
12 18 17  United States Phil Shafer
Phil Shafer
Phil "Red" Shafer was an American racecar driver. He made 30 AAA Championship Car starts from 1923 to 1952. He captured one win in 1924 at the New York State Fairgrounds Raceway in Syracuse, New York. That year he finished a career best 9th in the National Championship...

111.628 17 150 0 Flagged
13 13 3  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...

110.677 20 198 22 Rod
14 26 36  United States Frank Farmer
Frank Farmer
Frank Farmer was an American racecar driver. Farmer made 10 Championship Car starts in his career with a best finish of 3rd in the June 1930 race at Altoona Speedway. He was killed in a crash at Woodbridge Speedway.-Indy 500 results:...

107.972 24 140 0 Supercharger
15 24 49  United States Wesley Crawford
Wesley Crawford
Wesley Crawford was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...

108.607 22 127 0 Carburetor
16 17 4  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...

112.528 14 91 0 Engine seized
17 11 23  United States Tony Gulotta
Tony Gulotta
Tony Gulotta was an American racecar driver active throughout the 1920s and 1930s....

112.146 15 91 0 Supercharger
18 19 5  United States Bob McDonogh
Bob McDonogh
Bob McDonogh was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:-References:...

111.614 18 74 0 Oil tank
19 33 46  United States Bill Lindau
Bill Lindau
Bill Lindau was an American racecar driver. He competed in two AAA Championship Car races, the 1929 Indianapolis 500 and a race the next month on the board oval in Altoona, Pennsylvania. He failed to finish both races.-Indy 500 results:-References:...

102.509 33 70 0 Valve
20 27 31  United States Herman Schurch
Herman Schurch
Herman Schurch was a Swiss-American racecar driver. His family had emigrated to the United States when he was a boy. He made five starts in AAA Championship Car from 1929 to 1931. He had previously failed to qualify for the 1928 Indianapolis 500 but made the race in 1929...

107.477 25 70 0 Gas tank split
21 16 38  United States Johnny Seymour
Johnny Seymour
Johnny Seymour was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...

114.307 11 65 0 Rear axle
22 2 21  United States Leon Duray
Leon Duray
Leon Duray was an American racecar driver active in the 1920s...

119.087 2 65 7 Carburetor
23 30 29  United States Rick Decker 105.288 30 61 0 Supercharger
24 9 26  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:...

114.526 10 56 49 Rod
25 31 27  United States Albert Karnatz
Albert Karnatz
Albert Karnatz was an American racecar driver. A legend at his local track, he was killed there when he blew a tire.-Indy 500 results:...

104.749 31 50 0 Gas leak
26 20 47  United States Ernie Triplett
Ernie Triplett
Ernie Triplett was an American racecar driver. He was killed from injuries sustained in a dirt-car accident.-Career awards:*Triplett was named to the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1991....

114.789 7 48 0 Rod
27 10 12  United States Russ Snowberger
Russ Snowberger
Russ Snowberger was an American racecar driver and owner active from the 1920s through the 1950s....

113.622 13 45 0 Supercharger
28 4 32  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....

115.618 4 40 0 Universal joint
29 15 35  France Jules Moriceau
Jules Moriceau
Jules Moriceau was a French racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...

105.609 29 30 0 Crash T4
30 5 37  United States Peter DePaolo 115.093 5 25 0 Steering
31 3 18  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...

116.543 3 14 0 Transmission
32 12 10  United States Bill Spence
Bill Spence (driver)
Bill Spence was an American racecar driver. He was killed in the 1929 Indianapolis 500 after making contact with the inside wall in turn 2...

111.649 16 0 0 Crash T2
33 1 8  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...

120.599 1 3 0 Crash T3

  • 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:...

     reigned as champion for only 17 days; he was killed at Altoona Speedway June 15, 1929.
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