
1932 Indianapolis 500
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Race Summary
Fred Frame won the 1932 after several strong showings in previous Indy 500 events. Frame, with mechanic Jerry Houck riding beside him, won with an average speed of 104.144 mi/h, a speed that broke the seven-year-old record set by Peter DePaolo.It was the second Speedway victory for car owner/builder Harry Hartz
Harry Hartz
Harry Hartz was an American auto mechanic and race car driver.-Career:Harry Hartz was born in Pomona, California, and grew up in the Los Angeles area. At age eighteen, he began to drive in support events for the car races of the time...
. For a while, it looked as though Hartz had a shot at finishing 1-2. No. 2 starter Billy Arnold wrested the lead from pole-sitter Lou Moore on the second lap, but Arnold and mechanic Spider Matlock rolled over on lap 60, handing the lead to Bob Carey.
Results of the 1932 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 30, 1932.
Finish | Start | No | Name | Qual | Rank | Laps | Led | Status |
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1 | 27 | 34 | ![]() Fred Frame Fredrick William Frame won the 1932 Indianapolis 500.-Indy 500 results:... |
113.856 | 8 | 200 | 58 | Running |
2 | 6 | 6 | ![]() Howdy Wilcox II Howard Omar Wilcox was an American racecar driver active during the 1930s. He was of no relation to fellow Indy driver and 1919 winner Howdy Wilcox... |
113.468 | 9 | 200 | 1 | Running |
3 | 10 | 22 | ![]() Cliff Bergere Cliff Bergere was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
111.503 | 16 | 200 | 0 | Running |
4 | 14 | 61 | ![]() |
111.070 | 22 | 200 | 36 | Running |
5 | 4 | 4 | ![]() Russ Snowberger Russ Snowberger was an American racecar driver and owner active from the 1920s through the 1950s.... |
114.326 | 6 | 200 | 0 | Running |
6 | 38 | 37 | ![]() Zeke Meyer Herbert Ernest "Zeke" Meyer was an American racecar driver.He was not related to fellow driver Louis Meyer.- From Zeke Meyer's business card... |
110.745 | 24 | 200 | 0 | Running |
7 | 5 | 35 | ![]() Ira Hall Ira Hall was an American racecar driver. Hall was later elected sheriff of Vigo County, Indiana.-Career award:... |
114.206 | 7 | 200 | 6 | Running |
8 | 35 | 65 | ![]() Freddy Winnai Freddy Winnai was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
108.755 | 36 | 200 | 0 | Running |
9 | 9 | 2 | ![]() Billy Winn Billy Winn was an American racecar driver. Primarily a sprint car driver, Winn competed in four Indianapolis 500 races and drove as a relief driver in 1933, 1934, 1935, and 1938... |
111.801 | 15 | 200 | 0 | Running |
10 | 15 | 55 | ![]() Joe Huff Joe Huff was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
110.402 | 27 | 200 | 0 | Running |
11 | 26 | 33 | ![]() 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... |
110.708 | 25 | 197 | 0 | Flagged |
12 | 40 | 36 | ![]() Kelly Petillo Cavino Michele "Kelly" Petillo, was an American race car driver.... |
104.645 | 40 | 189 | 0 | Flagged |
13 | 20 | 25 | ![]() Tony Gulotta Tony Gulotta was an American racecar driver active throughout the 1920s and 1930s.... |
108.896 | 34 | 184 | 0 | Flagged |
14 | 25 | 15 | ![]() Stubby Stubblefield Wilburn Hartwell Stubblefield , nicknamed "Stubby", was an American racecar driver. He was killed in a practice crash for the 1935 Indianapolis 500.-Career award:... |
112.899 | 11 | 178 | 0 | Flagged |
15 | 17 | 18 | ![]() 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... |
110.270 | 29 | 178 | 0 | Crash T1 |
16 | 11 | 46 | ![]() Luther Johnson (driver) Luther Johnson was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
111.218 | 18 | 164 | 0 | Lost wheel FS |
17 | 22 | 3 | ![]() 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... |
114.326 | 5 | 157 | 27 | Rear axle |
18 | 19 | 24 | ![]() Deacon Litz Artha Benson "Deacon" Litz was an American racecar driver active primarily during the 1920s and 1930s.-Indy 500 results:... |
109.546 | 31 | 152 | 0 | Rod |
19 | 12 | 10 | ![]() Bill Cummings Bill Cummings knicknamed "Wild Bill", won the 1934 Indianapolis 500 and set the diesel . Cummings died driving a passenger automobile on State Road 29 in Indianapolis, when he hit a guard rail and plunged into Lick Creek... |
111.204 | 19 | 151 | 0 | Crankshaft |
20 | 32 | 57 | ![]() Malcolm Fox Malcolm Fox was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
111.149 | 20 | 132 | 0 | Spring |
21 | 29 | 9 | ![]() Chet Miller Chet Miller was an American racecar driver. He was killed in a crash in the south turn of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during practice for the 1953 Indianapolis 500. During his long Indy career, Miller earned the nickname "Dean of the Speedway"... |
111.053 | 23 | 125 | 0 | Engine |
22 | 31 | 7 | ![]() 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.... |
114.935 | 3 | 125 | 14 | Clutch |
23 | 30 | 1 | ![]() Louis Schneider Louis F. Schneider won the 1931 Indianapolis 500.-Indy 500 results:-External links:... |
110.681 | 26 | 125 | 0 | Frame |
24 | 21 | 41 | ![]() Joe Russo (driver) Joe Russo was an American racecar driver active in the 1930s. He was killed in a crash at Langhorne Speedway.... |
108.791 | 35 | 107 | 0 | Rod |
25 | 1 | 8 | ![]() 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... |
117.363 | 1 | 79 | 1 | Timing gear |
26 | 36 | 14 | ![]() Juan Gaudino Juan Antonio Gaudino was an Argentine racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
107.466 | 39 | 71 | 0 | Clutch |
27 | 18 | 29 | ![]() Al Miller Al Miller II , was an American race car driver.Born Albert Krulac in Detroit, Michigan, Miller died in Mount Clemens, Michigan... |
110.129 | 30 | 66 | 0 | Engine |
28 | 39 | 42 | ![]() Doc MacKenzie George "Doc" MacKenzie was an American racecar driver. After being involved in and surviving a five car accident in Indy 36, he was killed in a sprint car accident in the same year .... |
108.154 | 37 | 65 | 0 | Engine |
29 | 13 | 32 | ![]() Frank Brisko Frank Brisko was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
111.149 | 21 | 61 | 0 | Clutch |
30 | 34 | 72 | ![]() Ray Campbell Ray Campbell is the commissioner of 22 collegiate ice hockey teams in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.-References:... |
108.969 | 33 | 60 | 0 | Crankshaft |
31 | 2 | 5 | ![]() 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... |
116.290 | 2 | 59 | 57 | Crash T3 |
32 | 3 | 27 | ![]() Bryan Saulpaugh Bryan Saulpaugh was an American racecar driver. Saulpaugh relieved Chet Miller in the 1931 Indianapolis 500 for 49 laps and qualified for the 1932 race in a Miller in the third position but was knocked out after 55 laps by a broken oil line and was credited with 32nd... |
114.369 | 4 | 55 | 0 | Oil line |
33 | 7 | 16 | ![]() |
112.471 | 12 | 50 | 0 | Crankshaft |
34 | 23 | 21 | ![]() Al Aspen Al Aspen was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
108.008 | 38 | 31 | 0 | Rod |
35 | 33 | 49 | ![]() Johnny Kreiger Johnny Kreiger was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
109.276 | 32 | 30 | 0 | Rod |
36 | 16 | 48 | ![]() Wesley Crawford Wesley Crawford was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
110.396 | 28 | 28 | 0 | Crankshaft |
37 | 8 | 17 | ![]() Paul Bost Paul Bost ) was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
111.885 | 14 | 18 | 0 | Crankshaft |
38 | 24 | 58 | ![]() Bob McDonogh Bob McDonogh was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:-References:... |
113.276 | 10 | 17 | 0 | Oil line |
39 | 28 | 45 | ![]() Gus Schrader Gus Schrader was an American racecar driver. He was killed in what was to be his final race prior to retirement.-Career awards:... |
112.003 | 13 | 7 | 0 | Crash T4 |
40 | 37 | 26 | ![]() Al Gordon (driver) Al Gordon was an American racecar driver. He was killed in a racing accident.-Indy 500 results:... |
111.290 | 17 | 3 | 0 | Crash T4 |