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1948 International 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post AAA Champ Car Series race number 2 of 12 Monday, May 31, 1948 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 4:10:23 Average speed: 119.814 mph Pole speed: 130.577 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 84.07 sec Attendance: 150000 Lead changes: 6 Glossary    1948 AAA Champ Car Series results   /   1948 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 3   Mauri Rose Blue Crown Spark Plug   (Lou Moore) Deidt FD / Offenhauser 200 42800 running 81 1000 2 2 2   Bill Holland Blue Crown Spark Plug   (Lou Moore) Deidt FD / Offenhauser 200 19100 running 0 800 3 11 54   Duke Nalon Novi Grooved Piston   (Lewis Welch) Kurtis FD / Novi SC 200 15675 running 9 700 4 5 1   Ted Horn Bennett Brothers   (H.C. Henning) Maserati 8CTF 3032 / Maserati SC 200 16175 running 74 600 5 21 35   Mack Hellings Don Lee Division   (Tommy Lee) Kurtis 2000 319 / Offenhauser 200 7675 running 0 500 6 14 63   Hal Cole City of Tacoma   (Leo Dobry) Kurtis 2000 317 / Offenhauser 200 5425 running 0 400 7 28 91   Lee Wallard John Iddings Meyers / Offenhauser 200 5040 running 0 300 8 27 33   Johnny Mauro Johnny Mauro Alfa Romeo / Alfa Romeo SC 198 4115 running 0 215 9 23 7   Tommy Hinnershitz Kurtis-Kraft   (Kurtis Kraft) Kurtis 1000 316 / Offenhauser 198 4270 running 0 200 10 4 61   Jimmy Jackson Howard Keck Deidt FD / Offenhauser 193 4120 spindle 0 150 11 12 4   Charles Van Acker South Bend   (Walter Redmer) Stevens / Offenhauser 192 3120 running 0 100 12 20 19   Billy DeVore Pat Clancy Kurtis 6 Wheel / Offenhauser 190 2930 running 0 50 13 8 98   Johnny Mantz Smith & Jones   (J.C. Agajanian) Kurtis 2000 318 / Offenhauser 185 2230 running 0   14 22 6   Tony Bettenhausen Belanger Motors   (Murrell Belanger) Stevens / Offenhauser 167 2560 clutch 0   15 18 64   Hal Robson Palmer Construction Racing   (Dick Palmer) Adams / Offenhauser 164 1990 valve 0   16 7 36   Bill Cantrell Fageol Twin Coach Stevens / Fageol 161 1870 steering 0   17 10 55   Joie Chitwood Ted Nyquist Shaw / Offenhauser 138 2375 fuel leak 0   18 24 53   Bill Sheffler Bill Sheffler Bromme / Offenhauser 132 1830 spark plug 0   19 1 5   Rex Mays Bowes Seal Fast Racing   (Charles Bowes) Kurtis / Winfield SC 129 5775 fuel leak 36   20 19 31   Chet Miller Don Lee Mercedes / Mercedes SC 108 2120 oil 0   21 13 52   Jack McGrath Bill Sheffler Bromme / Offenhauser 70 1865 stalled 0   22 29 16   Duane Carter Belanger Motors   (Murrell Belanger) Wetteroth / Offenhauser 59 1960 crash 0   23 32 26   Freddie Agabashian Ross Page Kurtis / Duray SC 58 1580 oil line 0   24 9 34   Les Anderson Kennedy Tank   (Les Anderson) Kurtis / Offenhauser 58 1550 gears 0   25 33 17   Mel Hansen Schafer Gear   (Weirick) Adams / Sparks 42 1420 disqualified 0   26 15 76   Sam Hanks Robert Flavell Adams / Sparks SC 34 1490 clutch 0   27 30 51   Spider Webb Fowler Brothers   (Lou Bromme) Bromme / Offenhauser 27 1685 oil line 0   28 17 9   George Connor Bennett Brothers   (H.C. Henning) Sampson / Miller 24 1330 drive shaft 0   29 6 74   Doc Williams Clarke Motors   (Ford Moyer) Cooper FD / Offenhauser 19 1300 ignition 0   30 31 86   Mike Salay Terman Marine Supply   (John Lorenz) Wetteroth / Offenhauser 13 1470 stalled 0   31 16 8   Emil Andres Tuffy's Offy   (George Tuffanelli) Kurtis 2000 320 / Offenhauser 11 1340 steering 0   32 25 25   Paul Russo Federal Engineering   (R.A. Cott) Maserati 8CTF 3031 / Maserati SC 7 1310 oil leak 0   33 26 65   Harry McQuinn Frank Lynch Motors   (Brisko) Maserati 8CTF 3030 / Maserati SC 1 1180 supercharger 0

Relief Drivers: Car #33: Louis Durant (29 laps), 35 points) Car #55: Johnny Shackleford (32 laps); Paul Russo (21 laps) Car #31: Ken Fowler (21 laps); Louis Tomei (58 laps) Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Louis Tomei 10 Tom Sarafoff Offy Cliff Bergere 12, 85 Lewis Welch, Grancor-Werner Ralph Hepburn 12 Novi Grooved Piston Lewis Welch Kurtis / Novi Jim Brubaker 14 Maserati / Maserati Walt Ader 15, 45 Fred Peters, Joe Lencki Eddie Zalucki 21 Auto Shippers Lou Rassey Offy Milt Fankhauser 23 Milt Fankhauser Offy Jackie Holmes 24, 93 Art Hartsfield 27 Bill Corley Offy Mel Hansen 28 Ray Brady Sparks Louis Durant 29 Auto Shippers Lou Rassey Miller Myron Fohr 32 Carl Marchese Offy Johnny Mauro 37 Miller Henry Banks 38 Federal Engineering Offy Andy Granatelli 39, 59 Johnnie Parsons 39 Grancor-Werner Ford V8 Ken Fowler 41 Don Lee Alfa Romeo Red Byron 43 Raymond Parks / Red Vogt Ford V8 Bob Droeger 44 Baldwin Duesenberg Cowboy O'Rourke 45 Speedway Cocktail Joe Lencki Lencki / Lencki George Metzler 47 Glessner Motors Lee Glessner Clemons Johnny Shackleford 48 Fred Johnstone Offy Pete Romcevich 49 Norm Olson Olson / Offy Chet Miller 54 Novi Grooved Piston Lewis Welch Novi George Lynch 56 Lisher & Lynch Joel Thorne 57 Thorne Engineering Joel Thorne Sparks Mack Hellings 58 Blue Crown Spark Plugs Lou Moore Offy Mike Salay 58, 95 Joe Perkins 62 Kurtis Kraft Offy Al Miller 66 Preston Tucker Miller / Miller Lee Wallard 67 G & M Duesenberg Ronney Householder 68 Speedway Cocktail Lencki / Lencki Walt Brown 69 Andy Granatelli Maserati / Maserati Loral Tansy 71 Loral Tansy Offy Spider Webb 72 Anderson Offy Offy Roland Free 73 Gustafson K. F. Motors Miller SC Duke Dinsmore 78 William Schoof Ralph Pratt 87 Lutes/Gdula/Pratt Offy Manny Ayulo 88 Connie Weidell Kurtis / Mercury Charlie Rogers 89 Larry Jewell Volker WD Luigi Chinetti WD Russ Snowberger Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Rex Mays 1 17 17   Ted Horn 18 72 55   Rex Mays 73 91 19   Duke Nalon 92 100 9   Mauri Rose 101 123 23   Ted Horn 124 142 19   Mauri Rose 143 200 58