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1933 Indianapolis 500
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Results of the 1933 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis
on Tuesday, May 30, 1933. Louis Meyer defeated Wilbur Shaw by a time of 401.89 seconds (6.69 minutes). The average speed of the race was 104.162 miles per hour (167.6 km/h) while Bill Cummings achieved the pole position
with a speed of 118.521 miles per hour (190.7 km/h).
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 Tuesday, May 30, 1933. Louis Meyer defeated Wilbur Shaw by a time of 401.89 seconds (6.69 minutes). The average speed of the race was 104.162 miles per hour (167.6 km/h) while Bill Cummings achieved the pole position
Pole position
The term "pole position", as used in motorsports, comes from the horse racing term where the number one starter starts on the inside next to the inside pole. The term made its way, along with several other customs, to auto racing. In circuit motorsports, a driver has pole position when he or she...
with a speed of 118.521 miles per hour (190.7 km/h).
Finish | Start | No | Name | Qual | Rank | Laps | Led | Status |
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1 | 6 | 36 | ![]() 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.... |
116.977 | 7 | 200 | 71 | Running |
2 | 23 | 17 | ![]() 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... |
115.497 | 12 | 200 | 0 | Running |
3 | 4 | 37 | ![]() 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... |
117.843 | 4 | 200 | 0 | Running |
4 | 15 | 21 | ![]() Chet Gardner Chet Gardner, Born "Chester Leroy Gardner" was an American racecar driver, named by promoters as "The Grand Old Man of Auto Racing".... |
112.319 | 22 | 200 | 0 | Running |
5 | 10 | 8 | ![]() 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:... |
114.784 | 13 | 200 | 0 | Running |
6 | 36 | 38 | ![]() 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.... |
109.448 | 36 | 200 | 0 | Running |
7 | 12 | 34 | ![]() Tony Gulotta Tony Gulotta was an American racecar driver active throughout the 1920s and 1930s.... |
113.578 | 15 | 200 | 0 | Running |
8 | 17 | 4 | ![]() Russ Snowberger Russ Snowberger was an American racecar driver and owner active from the 1920s through the 1950s.... |
110.769 | 27 | 200 | 0 | Running |
9 | 16 | 9 | ![]() 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... |
111.099 | 25 | 200 | 0 | Running |
10 | 20 | 46 | ![]() Luther Johnson (driver) Luther Johnson was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
110.097 | 31 | 200 | 0 | Running |
11 | 9 | 6 | ![]() Cliff Bergere Cliff Bergere was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
115.643 | 11 | 200 | 0 | Running |
12 | 18 | 47 | ![]() |
110.465 | 29 | 200 | 0 | Running |
13 | 40 | 49 | ![]() Willard Prentiss Willard Cable Prentiss was an American racecar driver. He was born in Denver, Colorado.As well as two appearances in the Indianapolis 500, Prentiss competed in various races across the United States in the 1920s, including races at Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Sterling, Illinois.In 1927, Prentiss... |
107.776 | 41 | 200 | 0 | Running |
14 | 27 | 14 | ![]() Raúl Riganti Raoul Riganti was an Argentine racecar driver. Riganti was briefly an adviser of driver Juan Manuel Fangio.-Indy 500 results:... |
108.081 | 39 | 200 | 0 | Running |
15 | 28 | 29 | ![]() Gene Haustein Eugene "Gene" Haustein was an American racecar driver.Haustein drove in 16 AAA Championship Car races between 1930 and 1935, including three Indianapolis 500 starts... |
107.603 | 42 | 197 | 0 | Flagged |
16 | 14 | 26 | ![]() Deacon Litz Artha Benson "Deacon" Litz was an American racecar driver active primarily during the 1920s and 1930s.-Indy 500 results:... |
113.138 | 17 | 197 | 0 | Flagged |
17 | 31 | 18 | ![]() Joe Russo (driver) Joe Russo was an American racecar driver active in the 1930s. He was killed in a crash at Langhorne Speedway.... |
112.531 | 20 | 192 | 0 | Flagged |
18 | 39 | 51 | ![]() 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 .... |
108.073 | 40 | 192 | 0 | Rear axle |
19 | 25 | 27 | ![]() Kelly Petillo Cavino Michele "Kelly" Petillo, was an American race car driver.... |
113.037 | 18 | 168 | 0 | Spun & stalled |
20 | 32 | 28 | ![]() 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"... |
112.025 | 23 | 163 | 0 | Rod |
21 | 24 | 19 | ![]() Al Miller Al Miller II , was an American race car driver.Born Albert Krulac in Detroit, Michigan, Miller died in Mount Clemens, Michigan... |
109.799 | 35 | 161 | 0 | Rod |
22 | 19 | 68 | ![]() 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... |
110.264 | 30 | 158 | 0 | Rod |
23 | 29 | 45 | ![]() 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.... |
116.626 | 9 | 156 | 60 | Out of gas |
24 | 26 | 32 | ![]() Wesley Crawford Wesley Crawford was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
109.862 | 33 | 147 | 0 | Crash T1 |
25 | 1 | 5 | ![]() 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... |
118.521 | 1 | 136 | 32 | Radiator |
26 | 7 | 15 | ![]() Lester Spangler Lester Spangler was an American racecar driver. He and his riding mechanic Monk Jordan were killed while competing in the 1933 Indy 500. With Spangler on the 132nd lap, the car driven by Malcolm Fox spun coming out of turn one, and was rolling slowly towards the top the track... |
116.903 | 8 | 132 | 0 | Crash T1 |
27 | 35 | 65 | ![]() Freddy Winnai Freddy Winnai was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
111.018 | 26 | 125 | 0 | Engine trouble |
28 | 30 | 57 | ![]() Malcolm Fox Malcolm Fox was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
112.922 | 19 | 121 | 0 | Crash T1 |
29 | 3 | 12 | ![]() Fred Frame Fredrick William Frame won the 1932 Indianapolis 500.-Indy 500 results:... |
117.864 | 3 | 85 | 37 | Valve |
30 | 22 | 64 | ![]() Mark Billman Mark Billman was an American racecar driver. He was killed 79 laps into the 1933 Indianapolis 500, his only Championship Car start.- Fatal accident :... |
112.410 | 21 | 0 | 0 | Crash T2 |
31 | 34 | 53 | ![]() Johnny Sawyer Johnny Sawyer was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
110.590 | 28 | 77 | 0 | Clutch |
32 | 11 | 2 | ![]() 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... |
114.370 | 14 | 63 | 0 | Universal joint |
33 | 5 | 16 | ![]() 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.... |
117.685 | 5 | 61 | 0 | Piston |
34 | 13 | 25 | ![]() Shorty Cantlon William "Shorty" Cantlon was an American racecar driver. He was killed on May 30, 1947, while racing in the 1947 Indianapolis 500 on lap 40 after swerving into the outside retaining wall to avoid the spinning car of Bill Holland, who recovered from the spin to finish second... |
113.384 | 16 | 50 | 0 | Rod |
35 | 42 | 3 | ![]() Mauri Rose Mauri Rose was an American racecar driver.He started from the pole position driving a Maserati in the 1941 Indianapolis 500, but spark plug problems put him out of the race after sixty laps. He then took over the Wetteroth/Offenhauser car being driven by Floyd Davis that had started in 17th place.... |
117.649 | 6 | 48 | 0 | Timing gears |
36 | 2 | 58 | ![]() Frank Brisko Frank Brisko was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
118.388 | 2 | 47 | 0 | Oil too hot |
37 | 8 | 10 | ![]() Ira Hall Ira Hall was an American racecar driver. Hall was later elected sheriff of Vigo County, Indiana.-Career award:... |
115.739 | 10 | 37 | 0 | Piston |
38 | 41 | 23 | ![]() 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... |
110.001 | 32 | 33 | 0 | Rod bearing |
39 | 37 | 59 | ![]() Ray Campbell Ray Campbell is the commissioner of 22 collegiate ice hockey teams in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.-References:... |
108.650 | 37 | 24 | 0 | Oil leak |
40 | 33 | 24 | ![]() Paul Bost Paul Bost ) was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
111.330 | 24 | 13 | 0 | Oil line |
41 | 38 | 61 | ![]() |
108.280 | 38 | 13 | 0 | Manifold |
42 | 21 | 22 | ![]() Louis Schneider Louis F. Schneider won the 1931 Indianapolis 500.-Indy 500 results:-External links:... |
109.850 | 34 | 1 | 0 | Stalled |