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1947 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 11 Friday, May 30, 1947 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 4:17:52 Average speed: 116.338 mph Pole speed: 126.564 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 32.12 sec Attendance: 150000 Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1947 AAA Champ Car Series results   /   1947 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 27   Mauri Rose Blue Crown Spark Plug   (Lou Moore) Deidt FD / Offenhauser 200 35125 running 34 1000 2 8 16   Bill Holland Blue Crown Spark Plug   (Lou Moore) Deidt FD / Offenhauser 200 31300 running 143 800 3 1 1   Ted Horn Bennett Brothers   (Cotton Henning) Maserati 8CTF 3032 / Maserati SC 200 10115 running 0 700 4 4 54   Herb Ardinger Novi Governor / Mobil   (Lewis Welch) Kurtis FD / Novi SC 200 6825 running 0 207 5 10 7   Jimmy Jackson Jim Hussey Miller FD / Offenhauser 200 5675 running 0 500 6 20 9   Rex Mays Bowes Seal Fast   (Charles Bowes) Kurtis / Winfield SC 200 4000 running 0 400 7 14 33   Walt Brown Permafuse   (Milt Marion) Alfa Romeo 308 422022 / Alfa Romeo SC 200 3700 running 0 300 8 28 34   Cy Marshall Tattersfield   (Bill White) Alfa Romeo 8C35 50012 / Alfa Romeo SC 197 2850 running 0 250 9 23 41   Freddie Agabashian Ross Page Offenhauser   (Ross Page) Kurtis / Duray SC 191 2905 running 0 200 10 27 10   Duke Dinsmore Bill Schoof Wetteroth / Offenhauser 167 2310 running 0 120 11 7 58   Les Anderson Kennedy Tank   (Les Anderson) Maserati / Offenhauser 131 2480 running 0 100 12 17 59   Pete Romcevich Camco Motors   (Andy Granatelli) Miller FD / Ford V8 167 2360 oil line 0 50 13 30 3   Emil Andres Tucker Partners   (Joe Lenski) Lencki / Lencki 149 1740 oil line 0   14 15 31   Frank Wearne Superior Industries   (Lou Rassey) Miller / Offenhauser 128 2020 spun out 0   15 9 47   Ken Fowler Don Lee Alfa Romeo / Alfa Romeo SC 119 2050 axle 0   16 18 46   Duke Nalon Don Lee Mercedes / Mercedes SC 119 1945 piston 0   17 12 28   Roland Free Bristow-McManus Wetteroth / Miller 86 1450 rod 0   18 25 29   Tony Bettenhausen Murrell Belanger Stevens / Offenhauser 79 1130 gear train 0   19 6 25   Russ Snowberger Federal Engineering   (R.A. Cott) Maserati 8CTF 3031 / Maserati SC 73 1500 oil pump 0   20 16 52   Hal Robson Richard Palmer Adams / Offenhauser 67 1595 universal joint 0   21 2 18   Cliff Bergere Novi Governor / Mobil   (Lewis Welch) Kurtis FD / Novi SC 63 3815 piston 23   22 22 8   Joie Chitwood Fred Peters Wetteroth / Offenhauser 50 1135 gears 0   23 5 24   Shorty Cantlon Automobile Shippers   (Lou Rassey) Snowberger FD / Miller 40 1505 crash 0   24 26 43   Henry Banks Federal Engineering   (H.C. Henning) Miller FD / Offenhauser 36 1250 lost oil 0   25 19 66   Al Miller Preston Tucker Miller RE4D / Miller 33 1370 magneto 0   26 13 14   George Connor Ed Walsh Kurtis FD / Offenhauser 32 1465 fuel leak 0   27 29 38   Mel Hansen Flavell-Duffy Adams / Sparks SC 31 860 disqualified 0   28 21 15   Paul Russo Wolfe Motors, Tulsa   (Ervin Wolfe) Shaw / Offenhauser 25 1080 crash 0   29 24 44   Charles Van Acker Tucker Partners Stevens / Lencki 24 800 crash 0   30 11 53   Milt Fankhauser Jack Maurer's Club   (Milt Fankhauser) Stevens / Offenhauser 15 1070 stalled 0

Relief Drivers: Car #54: Cliff Bergere (131 laps), 393 points) Car #10: Billy Devore (40 laps), 30 points) Car #3: George Connor (81 laps) Car #31: Louis Tomei (50 laps) Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Bud Bardowski Bud Bardowski Tony Bettenhausen Thorne Engineering Adams / Sparks Frank Brisko Lou Rassey Offy Harry McQuinn Lynch Motors Maserati / Maserati Buddy Rusch Lou Rassey Offy Art Scovell Lou Rassey Offy Walt Ader 6 Norm Olson Offy Billy Devore 17 William Schoof Offy Red Byron 22 Pauley-Voght Ford V8 Tommy Boggs 23 Tommy Boggs Offy Louis Durant 23 Tommy Boggs Offy Steve Truchan 28 Moxar Tools and Manufacturing Wetteroth / Miller Duane Carter 32 Kuehl-Osborne Studebaker Leslie Brooke 35 ERA Louis Tomei 44, 57 George Weaver 44 Tucker Partners Miller Zora Arkus-Duntov 49 Martin Talbot-Lago / Talbot-Lago Sam Grecco 51 Sam Grecco Sam Hanks 54 Novi Governor / Mobil W.C. Winfield Kurtis / Novi George Metzler 55 Jack Dixon Clemons Johnny Mauro 64 Phil Kraft Miller SC Charles Crawford 67 Pat Murphy Duesenberg Norm Houser 69 Robert Allison Ford V8 Jim Brubaker 86 Jack Maurer Maserati / Maserati DC Doc Williams 54 Novi Governor Kurtis / Novi WD Hal Cole WD Danny Kladis WD Chet Miller WD Wally Mitchell WD Overton Phillips WD Bill Sheffler WD Joel Thorne Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cliff Bergere 1 23 23   Bill Holland 24 59 36   Mauri Rose 60 85 26   Bill Holland 86 192 107   Mauri Rose 193 200 8