1941 Indianapolis 500
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Results of the 1941 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 Friday, May 30, 1941.
Finish Start No Name Qual Rank Laps Led Status
1 17 16  United States Floyd Davis
Floyd Davis
Floyd Eldon Davis was the co-winner of the 1941 Indianapolis 500....


 United States 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....

121.106 25 200 39 Running
2 2 1  United States 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...

128.301 2 200 38 Running
3 28 4  United States 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...

124.297 8 200 0 Running
4 10 54  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...

120.653 28 200 0 Running
5 7 34  United States Cliff Bergere
Cliff Bergere
Cliff Bergere was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...

123.890 13 200 10 Running
6 9 41  United States 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"...

121.540 23 200 0 Running
7 4 15  United States Harry McQuinn
Harry McQuinn
Harry McQuinn was an American racecar driver active in the 1930s and 1940s....

125.449 4 200 0 Running
8 6 7  United States 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:...

123.890 12 200 0 Running
9 18 45  United States Paul Russo
Paul Russo
Paul Russo was an American racecar driver.-Midget car career:...

125.217 5 200 0 Running
10 20 27  United States 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...

121.021 27 200 0 Running
11 24 53  United States 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:...

121.070 26 200 0 Running
12 31 55  United States 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:...

121.951 20 200 0 Running
13 26 26  United States Overton Phillips
Overton Phillips
Overton Phillips was an American racecar driver. His nickname was Bunny. He was an authority on Bugatti cars.-Indy 500 results:...

116.298 33 187 0 Flagged
14 27 25  United States 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....

120.329 29 177 0 Flagged
15 30 17  United States Duke Nalon
Duke Nalon
Dennis "Duke" Nalon was a midget car, sprint car, and Indy 500 driver from Chicago, Illinois, United States.-Racing career:...

122.951 17 173 0 Flagged
16 13 14  United States 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....

123.984 10 167 0 Transmission
17 12 47  United States Everett Saylor
Everett Saylor
Everett Saylor was an American racecar driver. A dirt track racing specialist, he competed in the 1941 Indianapolis 500. It was his only Championship Car race start. He was killed in a racing accident on the dirt track at Cape Girardeau.-Indy 500 results:-External links:...

119.860 31 155 0 Crash T4
18 3 2  United States 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...

127.836 3 151 107 Crash T1
19 8 23  United States Billy Devore 121.770 21 121 0 Rod
20 25 62  United States Tony Willman
Tony Willman
Tony Willman was an American racecar driver. He was killed in a midget car accident.-Career awards:*He was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1992....

123.920 11 117 0 Rod
21 11 42  United States Russ Snowberger
Russ Snowberger
Russ Snowberger was an American racecar driver and owner active from the 1920s through the 1950s....

120.104 30 107 0 Water pump
22 29 32  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:...

123.440 15 89 0 Oil trouble
23 22 8  United States Frank Brisko
Frank Brisko
Frank Brisko was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...

123.381 16 70 0 Valve
24 5 36  United States 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...

124.014 9 68 0 Radiator
25 16 10  United States 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...

121.576 22 66 0 Oil leak
26 1 3  United States 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....

128.691 1 60 6 Spark plugs
27 19 22  United States Kelly Petillo
Kelly Petillo
Cavino Michele "Kelly" Petillo, was an American race car driver....

124.417 7 48 0 Rod
28 14 12  United States 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...

123.478 14 22 0 Transmission
29 21 9  United States 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...

124.599 6 11 0 Rod
30 15 19  United States Emil Andres
Emil Andres
Emil Andres was an American racecar driver active during the 1930's and 1940's....

122.266 19 5 0 Crash T1
31 23 5  United States 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...

121.163 24 5 0 Crash T1
32 32 35  United States 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...

122.299 18 0 0 DNS
33 33 28  United States 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:...

118.211 32 0 0 DNS


Notes
  • Floyd Davis
    Floyd Davis
    Floyd Eldon Davis was the co-winner of the 1941 Indianapolis 500....

     was the starting driver for the #16 car. On lap 72, Davis came in for a pit stop, and was relieved by 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....

    . Rose had started the race in another car and dropped out earlier. Rose went on to stay in the #16 car, and went on to win. Both drivers were credited as "co-winners," similar to what occurred in the 1924 race
    1924 Indianapolis 500
    Results of the 1924 Indianapolis 500 held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday, May 30, 1924....

    .
  • 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:...

     crashed his car in practice the day before the race, and withdrew. His position was not filled with an alternate, and he was credited with 33rd place.
  • On the morning of the race a fire broke out in the garage area. 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...

    's revolutionary rear-engined car was destroyed. His car was withdrawn, and he was credited with 32nd finishing position.

See also

  • 1941 AAA Championship Car season
    1941 AAA Championship Car season
    The 1941 AAA Championship Car season consisted of three races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 1. There was also one non-championship event in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The AAA National Champion was Rex Mays and the Indianapolis 500...

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