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1931 International 500

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AAA Champ Car Series race number 1 of 7
Saturday, May 30, 1931 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN
200 laps on a 2.500 mile brick track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 5:10:28
Average speed: 96.629 mph
Pole speed: 112.796 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 43.19 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 4

Glossary 1931 AAA Champ Car Series results / 1931 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	13	23	Louis Schneider	Bowes Seal Fast (Louis Schneider)	Stevens / Miller	200	29500	running	39
2	8	34	Fred Frame	Duesenberg (Harry Hartz)	Duesenberg / Duesenberg	200	12650	running	0
3	10	19	Ralph Hepburn	Harry Miller (Ralph Hepburn)	Miller / Miller	200	6350	running	0
4	35	21	Myron Stevens	Jadson Valve (Louis Meyer)	Stevens / Miller	200	4000	running	0
5	1	4	Russ Snowberger	Russell 8 (Russ Snowberger)	Snowberger / Studebaker	200	3500	running	0
6	20	33	Jimmy Gleason	Denny Duesenberg	Duesenberg / Duesenberg	200	2200	running	0
7	5	25	Ernie Triplett	Buckeye Duesenberg (James Booth)	Duesenberg / Duesenberg	200	1800	running	0
8	9	36	Stubby Stubblefield	Jones-Miller (M.C. Jones)	Willys-Knight / Miller	200	1950	running	0
9	14	28	Cliff Bergere	Elco Royale / Elco Grease	Reo	200	1500	running	0
10	15	27	Chet Miller	Buddy Marr	Hudson / Hudson	200	1400	running	0
11	30	44	George Howie	G N H (George Howie)	Dodge / Chrysler	200	500	running	0
12	23	12	Phil Shafer	Shafer 8 (Phil Shafer)	Rigling / Buick	200	470	running	0
13	17	8	Dave Evans	Cummins Diesel	Duesenberg / Cummins	200	450	running	0
14	31	72	Al Aspen	William Alberti	Duesenberg / Duesenberg	200	425	running	0
15	37	59	Sam Ross	Miller (William Yahr)	Rigling / Miller	200	400	running	0
16	40	69	Joe Huff	Goldberg Brothers	Cooper FD / Miller	180	375	running	0
17	4	5	Deacon Litz	Henry Maley	Duesenberg / Duesenberg	177	365	crash	0
18	19	37	Tony Gulotta	Hunt (Ab Jenkins)	Rigling / Studebaker	167	360	crash	0
19	18	1	Billy Arnold	Miller-Hartz	Summers / Miller	162	8905	crash	155
20	12	57	Luther Johnson	Bill Richards	Studebaker / Studebaker	156	350	crash	0
21	36	55	Billy Winn	Hoosier Pete (F.E. Clemons)	Rigling / Clemons	138	343	running	0
22	27	16	Frank Brisko	Brisko-Atkinson	Stevens / Miller	138	343	steering arm	0
23	34	26	Gene Haustein	Mistle Fronty	Ford T / Fronty Ford	117	335	lost wheel	0
24	16	41	Joe Russo	George Henry	Rigling / Duesenberg	109	325	oil leak	0
25	7	17	Speed Gardner	Nutmeg State (C.E. Ricketts)	Miller FD / Miller	107	320	frame	0
26	38	14	Lou Moore	Boyle Valve	Miller / Miller	103	320	differential	0
27	26	2	Shorty Cantlon	Harry Miller / Bill White	Miller / Miller	88	315	connecting rod	0
28	2	3	Bill Cummings	Empire State Gas Motors	Cooper FD / Miller	70	710	oil line	4
29	28	24	Freddie Winnai	Bowes Seal Fast (Louis Schneider)	Stevens / Miller	60	303	crash	0
30	11	32	Phil Pardee	Duesenberg (Phil Pardee)	Duesenberg / Duesenberg	60	303	crash	0
31	3	31	Paul Bost	Empire State Gas Motors	Rigling / Miller	35	495	crankshaft	2
32	22	32	Frank Farmer	Jones-Miller (M.C. Jones)	Willys-Knight / Miller	32	290	connecting rod	0
33	32	58	George Wingerter	George Wingerter	Duesenberg / Duesenberg	29	285	fuel leak	0
34	25	7	Louis Meyer	Alden Sampson II	Stevens / Miller	28	330	oil leak	0
35	6	39	Babe Stapp	Rigling & Henning	Rigling / Duesenberg	14	275	oil leak	0
36	24	48	John Boling	Grapho Metal (Wade Morton & Riley Brett)	Morton-Brett / Morton-Brett	7	270	connecting rod	0
37	29	54	Leon Duray	Leon Duray	Stevens / Duray 2C	6	263	overheating	0
38	33	49	Harry Butcher	Butcher Brothers (Harry Butcher)	Buick	6	263	crash	0
39	39	10	Herman Schurch	Hoosier Pete (F.E. Clemons)	Rigling / Clemons	5	255	transmission	0
40	21	67	Francis Quinn	Tucker Tappet (James Wade)	Miller / Ford A	3	250	rear axle	0

Relief Drivers:

Car #19: Peter Kreis (54 laps)
Car #21: Louis Meyer (128 laps)
Car #33: Wilbur Shaw (52 laps)
Car #27: Bryan Saulpaugh (49 laps)
Car #44: L.L. Corum (27 laps); Herman Schurch (88 laps)
Car #72: Bill Denver (50 laps)
Car #69: Speed Gardner (32 laps)
Car #5: Bill Cummings (84 laps)
Car #55: James Patterson (67 laps)
Car #17: Wesley Crawford (50 laps)
Car #32: Wilbur Shaw (34 laps)

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Jerry Houck
	Wilbur Shaw	6	Duesenberg	A.S. Duesenberg	Duesenberg / Duesenberg
	Gordon Condon	9	Pedrick Piston Ring	E.C. Yagle	Miller / Miller
	Frank Farmer	9	Pedrick Piston Ring		Miller / Miller
	Pete DePaolo	14	Boyle Valve	Mike Boyle	Miller / Miller
	Bert Karnatz	15	All Oil	Bill White	Miller / Miller
	Ralph DePalma	18	Miller-Wehr		Miller / Miller
	Peter Kreis	22	Coleman Motors	Coleman Motors	Miller / Miller
	L.L. Corum	29	Stutz Bearcat		Stutz / Stutz
	M.C. Jones	36	Jones-Miller	M.C. Jones	Willys-Knight / Miller
	Joe Caccia	38		Jones & Maley	Duesenberg / Duesenberg
	Bill Denver	42		Ray Brady & Gabriel Nardi	Duesenberg / Duesenberg
	Milt Marion	43	Duesenberg		Duesenberg / Duesenberg
	C.C. Reeder	45		Cooper	Cooper / Lycoming
	Marion Trexler	45		Cooper	Cooper / Lycoming
	Rick Decker	46		Rick Decker	Miller / Miller
	Floyd Sparks	47		Anna de Biase	X / Curtis
	Charles Moran	51	Model A Ford		Model A / Ford A
	Roy Painter	52		Roy Painter	X / Miller
	Joe Thomas	53		Andrew Finneran	X / Miller
	James Patterson	56		John T. Cacace	X / Miller
	Eddie Burbach	61		B & C	X / Duesenberg
	Wally Zale	62	Midway Motors		X / Lycoming
	Malcolm Fox	63	Duesenberg		Duesenberg / Duesenberg
	Norske Larson	64		Gordon Buehrig	Duesenberg / Duesenberg
	Rollin May	65			Ford A / Ford A
	Ben Brandfon	66	Duesenberg	A.S. Duesenberg	Duesenberg / Duesenberg
	Ted Chamberlain	68	Miller S. L.		Miller / Miller
	Johnny Seymour	71	Highway Truck Parts		Cooper / Cooper
	Carl Smith	73		Carl Smith	X / Mercer
	Dusty Fahrnow	74	United Cabs		X / Duesenberg
	Jimmy Gleason	76	Mercedes Grand Prix		Mercedes / Mercedes
	Zeke Meyer	78		Woods	X / Lycoming
	Leon Duray	79		Leon Duray	X / Miller
WD	Lou Moore	22	Coleman Motors	Coleman Motors	Miller / Miller
WD	Ab Jenkins	37	Hunt	Ab Jenkins	Rigling / Studebaker

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Paul Bost	1	2	2
Bill Cummings	3	6	4
Billy Arnold	7	161	155
Louis Schneider	162	200	39