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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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