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1947 International 500-Mile Sweepstakes
Race 1 of 1
Indianapolis
200 laps
Time of race: 4:17:52.17
Average speed of winner: 116.338 mph
Margin of victory: 32.12 sec.
Lead changes: 5 among 4 drivers
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Horn pole, Bergere 1-23, Holland 24-59, Rose 60-85, Holland 86-192, Rose 193-200
Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor | Chassis | Engine | Tire | Owner | Qualifying Speed | Laps | X Led | Laps Led | Status | Money | Points |
1 | 3 | Mauri Rose | 27 | Blue Crown Spark Plug | Deidt | Offenhauser | Firestone | Lou Moore | 120.040 | 200 | 2 | 34 | running | 35125 | 0 |
2 | 8 | Bill Holland | 16 | Blue Crown Spark Plug | Deidt | Offenhauser | Lou Moore | 128.755 | 200 | 2 | 143 | running | 31300 | 0 | |
3 | 1 | Ted Horn | 1 | Bennett Brothers | Maserati | Maserati | Henning | 126.564 | 200 | 0 | 0 | running | 10115 | 0 | |
4 | 4 | Herb Ardinger | 54 | Novi Governor Mobil | Kurtis | Novi | Winfield | 120.733 | 200 | 0 | 0 | running | 6825 | 0 | |
5 | 10 | Jimmy Jackson | 7 | Jim Hussey | Miller | Offenhauser | Henning | 122.266 | 200 | 0 | 0 | running | 5675 | 0 | |
6 | 20 | Rex Mays | 9 | Bowes Seal Fast | Kurtis | Winfield | Bowes | 124.412 | 200 | 0 | 0 | running | 4000 | 0 | |
7 | 14 | Walt Brown | 33 | Permafuse | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | Marion | 118.355 | 200 | 0 | 0 | running | 3700 | 0 | |
8 | 28 | Cy Marshall | 34 | Tattersfield | A.R.-Weil | Alfa Romeo | Bill White | 115.644 | 197 | 0 | 0 | running | 2850 | 0 | |
9 | 23 | Fred Agabashian | 41 | Ross Page | Kurtis | Duray | Ross Page | 121.478 | 191 | 0 | 0 | running | 2905 | 0 | |
10 | 27 | Duke Dinsmore | 10 | Schoof | Wetteroth | Offenhauser | Schoof | 119.840 | 167 | 0 | 0 | running | 2310 | 0 | |
11 | 7 | Les Anderson | 58 | Kennedy Tank | Maserati | Offenhauser | Les Anderson | 118.425 | 131 | 0 | 0 | running | 2480 | 0 | |
12 | 17 | Pete Romcevich | 59 | Canco Motors Ford | Miller-Ford | Ford V8 | Granatelli | 117.218 | 167 | 0 | 0 | oil line | 2360 | 0 | |
13 | 30 | Emil Andres | 3 | Preston Tucker Partners | Lencki | Lencki | Lencki | 116.781 | 149 | 0 | 0 | oil line | 1740 | 0 | |
14 | 15 | Frank Wearne | 31 | Superior Industries | Miller | Offenhauser | Rassey | 117.716 | 128 | 0 | 0 | spun out | 2020 | 0 | |
15 | 9 | Ken Fowler | 47 | Don Lee Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | Don Lee | 123.423 | 121 | 0 | 0 | axle | 2050 | 0 | |
16 | 18 | Duke Nalon | 46 | Don Lee Mercedes | Mercedes | Mercedes | Don Lee | 128.082 | 119 | 0 | 0 | piston | 1945 | 0 | |
17 | 12 | Roland Free | 28 | Bristow-McManus | Wetteroth | Miller | Bristow-McManus | 119.526 | 87 | 0 | 0 | rod | 1450 | 0 | |
18 | 25 | Tony Bettenhausen | 29 | Belanger | Stevens | Offenhauser | Belanger | 120.980 | 79 | 0 | 0 | gear train | 1130 | 0 | |
19 | 6 | Russ Snowberger | 25 | Federal Engineering | Maserati | Maserati | Cott | 121.331 | 74 | 0 | 0 | oil pump | 1500 | 0 | |
20 | 16 | Hal Robson | 52 | Palmer | Adams | Offenhauser | Palmer | 122.096 | 67 | 0 | 0 | universal joint | 1595 | 0 | |
21 | 2 | Cliff Bergere | 18 | Novi Governor Mobil | Kurtis | Novi | Winfield | 124.957 | 62 | 1 | 23 | piston | 3815 | 0 | |
22 | 22 | Joie Chitwood | 8 | Peters | Wetteroth | Offenhauser | Fred Peters | 123.157 | 51 | 0 | 0 | gears | 1135 | 0 | |
23 | 5 | Shorty Cantlon | 24 | Automobile Shippers | Snowberger | Miller | Rassey | 121.462 | 40 | 0 | 0 | accident | 1505 | 0 | |
24 | 26 | Henry Banks | 43 | Federal Engineering | Miller-Ford | Offenhauser | Henning | 120.923 | 36 | 0 | 0 | lost oil | 1250 | 0 | |
25 | 19 | Al Miller | 66 | Preston Tucker | Miller | Miller | Ballinger | 124.848 | 33 | 0 | 0 | magneto | 1370 | 0 | |
26 | 13 | George Connor | 14 | Walsh | Kurtis | Offenhauser | Walsh | 124.874 | 32 | 0 | 0 | fuel leak | 1465 | 0 | |
27 | 29 | Mel Hansen | 38 | Flavell-Duffy | Adams | Sparks | Flavell | 117.298 | 32 | 0 | 0 | disqualified | 860 | 0 | |
28 | 21 | Paul Russo | 15 | Wolfe Motors, Tulsa | Shaw | Offenhauser | Wolfe | 123.967 | 24 | 0 | 0 | accident | 1080 | 0 | |
29 | 24 | Charlie Van Acker | 44 | Preston Tucker Partners | Stevens | Lencki | Lencki | 121.049 | 24 | 0 | 0 | accident | 800 | 0 | |
30 | 11 | Milt Fankhouser | 53 | Jack Maurer | Stevens | Offenhauser | Fankhouser | 119.932 | 2 | 0 | 0 | stalled | 1070 | 0 |
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