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1939 International 500 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post AAA Champ Car Series race number 1 of 3 Tuesday, May 30, 1939 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 4:20:47 Average speed: 115.035 mph Pole speed: 130.138 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 108.12 sec Attendance: 145000 Lead changes: 8 Glossary    1939 AAA Champ Car Series results   /   1939 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 2   Wilbur Shaw Boyle Racing Headquarters Maserati / Maserati SC 200 27375 running 51 1000 2 1 10   Jimmy Snyder Thorne Engineering Adams / Sparks SC 200 16100 running 65 825 3 10 54   Cliff Bergere Offenhauser   (Lewis Welch) Miller FD / Offy 200 7400 running 0 675 4 4 4   Ted Horn Boyle Racing Headquarters Miller FD / Miller 200 4750 running 4 550 5 16 31   Babe Stapp Alfa Romeo   (Bill White) Alfa Romeo / Alfa Romeo SC 200 4225 running 0 450 6 15 41   George Barringer Bill White Weil / Offy 200 2800 running 0 375 7 20 8   Joel Thorne Thorne Engineering Adams / Sparks 200 2150 running 0 325 8 8 16   Mauri Rose Wheeler's   (Wilbur Shaw) Shaw / Offy 200 2150 running 0 275 9 17 14   Frank Wearne Burd Piston Ring   (Moore & Roberts) Wetteroth / Offy 200 1800 running 0 225 10 33 26   Billy DeVore Barbasol   (Leon Duray) Weil / Duray SC 200 1600 running 0 136.5 11 27 62   Tony Gulotta Burd Piston Ring   (George Lyons) Stevens / Offy 200 1000 running 0 114.5 12 2 45   Louis Meyer Bowes Seal Fast   (Bowes Racing) Stevens / Winfield SC 197 3200 crash 79 75 13 12 18   George Connor Joe Marks Adams / Offy 195 650 stalled 0   14 26 51   Tony Willman Burd Piston Ring   (Joe Lencki) Lencki / Lencki 188 620 fuel pump 0   15 30 58   Louis Tomei Alfa Romeo   (Frank Griswold) Alfa Romeo / Alfa Romeo SC 186 590 running 0   16 19 15   Rex Mays Thorne Engineering Adams / Sparks SC 145 685 piston rings 1   17 9 9   Herb Ardinger Miller-Hartz   (Harry Hartz) Wetteroth / Miller SC 141 680 rear axle 0   18 24 35   Kelly Petillo Kay Jewelers   (Kelly Petillo) Wetteroth / Offy 141 600 pistons 0   19 14 49   Mel Hansen Joel Thorne Shaw FD / Offy 113 595 crash 0   20 32 38   Harry McQuinn Elgin Piston Pin   (F. Burren) Blume / Brisko 110 590 ignition 0   21 5 3   Chet Miller Boyle Racing Headquarters   (Mike Boyle) Summers FD / Miller 109 635 crash 0   22 13 25   Ralph Hepburn Hamilton-Harris   (Tony Gulotta) Stevens / Offy 106 605 crash 0   23 23 1   Floyd Roberts Burd Piston Ring   (Lou Moore) Wetteroth / Offy 106 650 crash 0   24 18 37   Ira Hall Greenfield Service   (Magnee & Nowiak) Nowiak / Studebaker 89 570 head gasket 0   25 25 21   Russ Snowberger D-X   (Russ Snowberger) Snowberger FD / Miller 50 590 radiator 0   26 6 17   George Bailey Harry Miller Miller RE4D / Miller SC 47 610 valve 0   27 29 56   Floyd Davis W R W   (Ed Walsh) Miller / Offy 43 555 shocks 0   28 28 42   Al Miller Kennedy Tank   (Paul Weirick) Adams / Offy 41 575 throttle pedal 0   29 11 29   Frank Brisko National Seal   (Frank Brisko) Stevens FD / Brisko 38 570 air pump 0   30 21 44   Emil Andres Chicago Flash   (Jimmy Snyder) Stevens / Offy 22 540 spark plugs 0   31 22 32   Bob Swanson Sampson Motors Stevens / Sampson SC 19 510 rear axle 0   32 7 47   Shorty Cantlon Auto Services Stevens / Offy 15 605 main bearing 0   33 31 53   Deacon Litz Maserati   (Richard Wharton) Maserati / Maserati SC 7 525 valve 0

Relief Drivers: Car #26: Henry Banks (44 laps), 38.5 points) Car #62: Harry McQuinn (17 laps) Car #58: Mel Hansen (26 laps) Car #9: Frank Brisko (19 laps); Mel Hansen (5 laps) Car #38: Al Putnam (59 laps); Frank Brisko (6 laps); George Robson (34 laps) Car #25: Bob Swanson (3 laps) Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Duke Nalon 7 Murrell Belanger Miller Ronney Householder 26 Barbasol Leon Duray Weil / Duray Zeke Meyer 27 Miller Miller / Miller George Robson 28, 23 W. A. Rotary Valve Deacon Litz, Milt Marion Tommy Hinnershitz 33 Louis Kimmel Miller / Volker Doc Williams 36 Quillen Brothers Refrig Miller / Miller Henry Banks 39 Cheesman Maserati Bill Cheesman Maserati / Maserati Frank McGurk 41 Bill White Weil / Offy Sam Hanks 42 Kennedy Tank Paul Weirick Adams / Offy Louis Tomei 55 Indiana Fur Paul Weirick Buick Lou Webb 59 Walt Woestman McDowell Johnny Seymour 61 Miller Miller / Miller