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The 28th running of the Indianapolis 500

Indianapolis 500

The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, also known as the Indianapolis 500, the 500 Miles at Indianapolis, the Indy 500 or The 500, is an American automobile race, held annually, typically on the last weekend in May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana...

took place on May 30, 1940. The winner was 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...

in the number one car Maserati

Maserati

Maserati is an Italian luxury car manufacturer established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna. The company's headquarters is now in Modena, and its emblem is a trident. It has been owned by the Italian car giant Fiat S.p.A. since 1993...

8 CTF, the same car Shaw had driven to victory in 1939. Shaw became the first driver in the history of the race to win in consecutive years. It also marked Shaw's third win in four years, making him the second three-time winner of the race. Shaw's average speed was 114.277 miles per hour, slowed by rain which caused the last 50 laps to be run under caution.http://www.indy500.com/stats/view/boxscore/year/1940 Shaw took home $31,875 in prize winnings, plus additional prizes that included a car and a refrigerator.

Results

Results of the 1940 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis

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, 1940.

Finish	Start	No	Name	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Status
1	2	1	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...	127.065	2	200	136	Running
2	1	33	Rex Mays Rex Mays Rex Mays is a former AAA Championship Car race driver from Riverside, California. He made his Indianapolis 500 debut in 1934 and won the pole in 1935, 1936, and again in 1940 and finished second, he returned the next year and finished second again. Mays won the AAA National Championship in 1940...	127.850	1	200	59	Running
3	3	7	Mauri Rose 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....	125.624	3	200	5	Running
4	4	3	Ted Horn Ted Horn Ted Horn , born Eylard Theodore Von Horn, was an American race car driver. He won the AAA National Championship in 1946, 1947 and 1948 and collected 24 wins, 12 second-place finishes and 13 third-place finishes in 71 major American open-wheel races prior to his death at the DuQuoin State...	125.545	4	199	0	Flagged
5	10	8	Joel Thorne Joel Thorne Joel Thorne was an American racecar driver, engineer, and playboy. He died when he crashed his private plane, after what witnesses described as "stunting", into an apartment building, killing eight residents including a two month old baby...	122.434	20	197	0	Flagged
6	20	32	Bob Swanson Bob Swanson (driver) Bob Swanson was an American racecar driver.Swanson won the first Turkey Night Grand Prix midget-car race in 1934. At the 1939 Indianapolis 500, he was involved in the accident that killed defending champion Floyd Roberts...	124.882	6	196	0	Flagged
7	7	9	Frank Wearne Frank Wearne Frank Wearne was an American racecar driver. An Indianapolis 500 specialist, he participated in the race 7 times, with a best finish of 7th in 1940. He only made two Championship Car starts in races other than the Indy 500. -Indy 500 results:...	123.216	12	195	0	Flagged
8	5	31	Mel Hansen Mel Hansen Mel Hansen was an American racecar driver. Hansen was nicknamed the “Firecracker Kid” because he loved to throw the explosive devices under chairs and behind people who were gathered in groups...	124.753	7	194	0	Flagged
9	8	16	Frank Brisko Frank Brisko Frank Brisko was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...	122.716	16	193	0	Flagged
10	31	49	Rene Le Begue René Le Bègue ----René Le Bègue was a Parisian-born French race car driver in Rally and Grand Prix motor racing. In his first year of top level racing, his best showing came at the 1936 Spa 24 Hours endurance race when he drove a Delahaye to a 2nd place finish. In 1937 he and his co-pilot Julio Quinlin won the...	118.981	33	192	0	Flagged
11	15	41	Harry McQuinn Harry McQuinn Harry McQuinn was an American racecar driver active in the 1930s and 1940s....	122.486	19	192	0	Flagged
12	22	25	Emil Andres Emil Andres Emil Andres was an American racecar driver active during the 1930's and 1940's....	122.963	15	192	0	Flagged
13	14	28	Sam Hanks Sam Hanks Sam Hanks was an American racecar driver who won the 1957 Indianapolis 500. He was a barnstormer, and raced midget and Champ cars.-Racing career:...	123.064	13	192	0	Flagged
14	16	6	George Barringer George Barringer George Barringer was an American racecar driver from Wichita Falls, Texas active during the 1930's and 1940's. Barringer made 17 Championship Car starts with a best finish of second at Springfield in August 1935 and Milwaukee in August 1939...	121.889	22	191	0	Flagged
15	26	42	Joie Chitwood Joie Chitwood George Rice "Joie" Chitwood was an American racecar driver and businessman. He is best known as a daredevil in the Joie Chitwood Thrill Show....	121.757	25	190	0	Flagged
16	18	26	Louis Tomei Louis Tomei Luigi Gilbert "Louis" Tomei was an American racecar driver active during the 1930's and 1940's.-Indy 500 results:-Stunt performer:...	119.980	32	190	0	Exhaust pipe
17	27	34	Chet Miller 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"...	121.392	27	189	0	Flagged
18	32	14	Billy Devore	122.197	21	181	0	Flagged
19	28	44	Al Putnam Al Putnam Al Putnam was an American racecar driver. Putnam was killed during qualifying for the first dirt-car race to be held at the Indiana State Fair.-Indy 500 results:...	120.818	28	179	0	Flagged
20	33	61	Floyd Davis Floyd Davis Floyd Eldon Davis was the co-winner of the 1941 Indianapolis 500....	120.797	30	157	0	Flagged
21	13	35	Kelly Petillo Kelly Petillo Cavino Michele "Kelly" Petillo, was an American race car driver....	125.331	5	128	0	Bearing
22	25	21	Duke Nalon Duke Nalon Dennis "Duke" Nalon was a midget car, sprint car, and Indy 500 driver from Chicago, Illinois, United States.-Racing career:...	121.790	24	120	0	Rod
23	23	17	George Robson George Robson George Robson was a Canadian racecar driver active in the 1940s. Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, Robson later moved to Ontario and finally to the U.S. in 1924. Robson died with George Barringer in an accident at Lakewood Speedway in Atlanta, Georgia. Robson's brother Hal also competed in the...	122.562	18	67	0	Shock absorber
24	12	24	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....	123.367	11	64	0	Oil line
25	19	36	Doc Williams Doc Williams (driver) Merrill "Doc" Williams was an American racecar driver.Williams attempted to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 every year from 1933 to 1941 but only succeeded in qualifying in 1936, 1940, and 1941. When the race returned in 1946 after World War II, Williams again failed to qualify...	122.963	14	61	0	Oil line
26	17	10	George Connor George Connor (driver) George Connor was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:* In 14 Indianapolis starts, Connor drove without leading a lap. This ranks 5th on the all-time list....	124.585	8	52	0	Rod
27	6	5	Cliff Bergere Cliff Bergere Cliff Bergere was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...	123.673	10	51	0	Oil line
28	29	38	Paul Russo Paul Russo Paul Russo was an American racecar driver.-Midget car career:...	120.809	29	48	0	Oil leak
29	21	54	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...	123.860	9	47	0	Steering
30	30	58	Al Miller Al Miller Al Miller II , was an American race car driver.Born Albert Krulac in Detroit, Michigan, Miller died in Mount Clemens, Michigan...	120.288	31	41	0	Clutch
31	11	19	Russ Snowberger Russ Snowberger Russ Snowberger was an American racecar driver and owner active from the 1920s through the 1950s....	121.564	26	38	0	Water pump
32	9	27	Tommy Hinnershitz Tommy Hinnershitz Thomas Paul Hinnershitz was an American race car driver.Hinnershitz was active through the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s on dirt, asphalt and boards, driving Sprint Cars, at that time slightly smaller versions of Indianapolis cars that could be raced on half mile dirt race tracks.-Career...	122.614	17	32	0	Crash FS
33	24	29	Raúl Riganti Raúl Riganti Raoul Riganti was an Argentine racecar driver. Riganti was briefly an adviser of driver Juan Manuel Fangio.-Indy 500 results:...	121.827	23	24	0	Crash T2

Note: Race run under caution from lap 150 to 200 due to rain.

Results

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