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1940 International 500

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AAA Champ Car Series race number 1 of 3
Thursday, May 30, 1940 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 4:22:31
Average speed: 114.277 mph
Pole speed: 127.85 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 74.14 sec
Attendance: 140000
Lead changes: 4

Glossary 1940 AAA Champ Car Series results / 1940 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	1	Wilbur Shaw	Boyle Racing Headquarters	Maserati / Maserati SC	200	30725	running	136	1000
2	1	33	Rex Mays	Bowes Seal Fast	Stevens / Winfield SC	200	15950	running	59	825
3	3	7	Mauri Rose	Elgin Piston Pin (Lou Moore)	Wetteroth / Offy	200	6688	running	5	675
4	4	3	Ted Horn	Boyle Racing Headquarters	Miller FD / Miller	199	4575	running	0	550
5	10	8	Joel Thorne	Thorne Engineering (Joel Thorne)	Adams / Sparks SC	197	3850	running	0	450
6	20	32	Bob Swanson	Sampson Motors (Alden Sampson)	Stevens / Sampson	196	2463	running	0	375
7	7	9	Frank Wearne	Boyle Racing Headquarters (Mike Boyle)	Stevens / Offy	195	2038	running	0	325
8	5	31	Mel Hansen	Harry Hartz	Wetteroth / Miller SC	194	1813	running	0	275
9	8	16	Frank Brisko	Elgin Piston Pin (Frank Brisko)	Stevens FD / Brisko	193	1863	running	0	225
10	31	49	Rene LeBegue	Lucy O'Reilly Schell	Maserati / Maserati SC	192	1488	running	0	91
11	15	41	Harry McQuinn	Hollywood Payday (Bill White)	Weil / Alfa Romeo SC	192	938	running	0	125
12	22	25	Emil Andres	Belanger-Folz (Murrell Belanger)	Stevens / Offy	192	758	running	0	75
13	14	28	Sam Hanks	Leon Duray	Weil / Duray SC	192	650	running	0
14	16	6	George Barringer	Hollywood Payday (Bill White)	Weil / Offy	191	620	running	0
15	26	42	Joie Chitwood	Kennedy Tank (Paul Weirick)	Adams / Offy	190	615	running	0
16	18	26	Louis Tomei	Falstaff (Ed Walsh)	Miller / Offy	190	610	exhaust pipe	0
17	27	34	Chet Miller	Alfa Romeo (Wharton-Dewart)	Alfa Romeo / Alfa Romeo SC	189	605	running	0
18	32	14	Billy DeVore	Bill Holabird (Alden Sampson)	Shaw / Offy	181	600	running	0
19	28	44	Al Putnam	Refinoil (Tony Gulotta)	Adams / Offy	179	595	running	0
20	33	61	Floyd Davis	Joe Lencki	Lencki / Lencki	157	590	running	0
21	13	35	Kelly Petillo	Indiana Fur (Kelly Petillo)	Wetteroth / Offy	128	660	rear bearing	0
22	25	21	Duke Nalon	Joe Marks	Silnes / Offy	120	580	connecting rod	0
23	23	17	George Robson	Marty Keller	Miller FD / Offy	67	595	shocks	0
24	12	24	Babe Stapp	Frederick Surber	Stevens / Offy	64	595	oil line	0
25	19	36	Doc Williams	Quilen Brothers (Doc Williams)	Cooper FD / Miller	61	590	oil line	0
26	17	10	George Connor	Joe Lencki	Lencki / Lencki	52	610	connecting rod	0
27	6	5	Cliff Bergere	Noc-Out Hose Clamp (Lou Moore)	Wetteroth / Offy	51	605	oil line	0
28	29	38	Paul Russo	Elgin Piston Pin	Blume / Brisko	48	525	oil leak	0
29	21	54	Ralph Hepburn	Bowes Seal Fast (W.C. Winfield)	Miller FD / Offy	47	595	steering	0
30	30	58	Al Miller	Alfa Romeo (Frank Griswold)	Alfa Romeo / Alfa Romeo SC	41	540	clutch	0
31	11	19	Russ Snowberger	Russ Snowberger	Snowberger FD / Miller	38	535	water pump	0
32	9	27	Tommy Hinnershitz	Marks Offenhauser (Joe Marks)	Adams / Offy	32	530	crash	0
33	24	29	Raul Riganti	Maserati (Raul Riganti)	Maserati / Maserati SC	24	500	crash	0

Relief Drivers:

Car #49: Rene Dreyfus (94 laps), 84 points)
Car #34: Henry Banks (42 laps)
Car #14: George Connor (75 laps)
Car #61: Lou Webb (129 laps); George Connor (2 laps)
Car #24: Doc Williams (52 laps); Tony Willman

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Louis Unser
	Babe Stapp	4		Wheeler	Miller
	Louis Durant	12		William Schoof	Offy
	Rene Dreyfus	22		Lucy O'Reilly Schell	Maserati / Maserati
	Shorty Cantlon	24		Fred Surber	Stevens / Offy
	Lou Webb	37		Louis Kimmel	Volker
	Henry Banks	39	Cheesman Maserati	Bill Cheesman	Maserati / Maserati
	Harry McQuinn	45	Leader Card	Carl Marchese	Miller
	Tony Willman	45	Leader Card		Miller
	Overton Phillips	46		Overton Phillips	Miller
	Ira Hall	47		Magnee & Nowiak
	Port DeFraties	51		W & A	Wehr
	George Bailey	56		Miller	Miller RE4D
	Bill Lipscomb	57		Watson	Miller
	Fred Winnai	59		Walt Woestman	McDowell
	Wesley Crawford	62	Miller	Bill Corley	Miller