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1917 Sharonville Sweepstakes Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post AAA Champ Car Series race number 3 of 21 Wednesday, May 30, 1917 at Cincinnati Motor Speedway, Sharonville, OH 125 laps on a 2.000 mile board track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 2:26:48 Average speed: 102.181 mph Pole speed: 109 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 69.54 sec Attendance: 40000 Lead changes: n/a Glossary    1917 AAA Champ Car Series results   /   1917 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 6 1   Louis Chevrolet Frontenac Motors   (Chevrolet Brothers) Frontenac / Frontenac 125   running –   2 9 14   Ira Vail Hudson Motor Car Hudson / Hudson 125   running –   3 8 24   Gaston Chevrolet Frontenac Motors   (Chevrolet Brothers) Frontenac / Frontenac 125   running –   4 12 7   Tommy Milton Duesenberg Duesenberg / Duesenberg 125   running –   5 3 51   Eddie Hearne Duesenberg Duesenberg / Duesenberg 125   running –   6 10 5   Earl Cooper Stutz Stutz / Stutz 125   running –   7 – 17   A.H. Patterson Hudson Motor Car Hudson / Hudson 125   running –   8 – 22   Otto Henning Ogren / Duesenberg Duesenberg / Duesenberg 125   running –   9 4 9   Ralph Mulford Peugeot Auto Racing Peugeot / Peugeot 125   running –   10 5 29   Omar Toft Miller   (Omar Toft) Miller / Miller 125   running –   11 11 27   Barney Oldfield Delage Delage / Delage 125   running –   16 1 4   Ralph DePalma Packard Motor Car Packard / Packard 73   radiator –   28 28     M.C. Britt Crawford Crawford 0   did not start –   12 –     Andy Burt Peugeot Auto Racing   (Erbes) Peugeot / Peugeot –   running –   13 2     Joe Thomas Mercer Motors Mercer / Mercer –   running –   14 – 19   George Buzane Detroit – –   running –   15 –     Charles Ewan Crawford Crawford –   running –   17 –     Louis Fontaine Mercedes Mercedes / Mercedes –   connecting rod –   18 –     Pete Henderson Mercer Motors Mercer / Mercer –   bearings –   19 –     Charles Kirkpatrick Frontenac Motors   (Chevrolet Brothers) Frontenac / Frontenac –   valve –   20 7     Dave Lewis Duesenberg   (J.C. Hoskins) Duesenberg / Duesenberg –   carburetor –   21 – 21   Jules Devigne Delage Delage / Delage –   cylinder –   22 –     William Taylor Stutz   (Newman) Stutz / Wisconsin –   dnf –   23 –     Walter Haines Mercer Motors Mercer / Mercer –   oil line –   24 – 22   Jack LeCain Delage Delage / Delage –   valve plunger –   25 –     Swan Ostewig Swan Ostewig – –   fire –   26 –     Mel Stringer M. E. L. – –   steering –   27 –     Wilmer Monahon Johnson – –   oil leak –

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car E.O. Barger Cino Joe Boyer Frontenac Motors Chevrolet Bros. Frontenac / Frontenac Billy Chandler Hudson Hudson / Hudson Milton McBride Olson H.E. McCord Crawford Crawford / Crawford R.L. McNay R. L. McNay Jim Meyer Pugh Eddie Rickenbacker Detroit