1940 Indianapolis 500

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The 28th running of the Indianapolis 500 took place on May 30th, 1940. The winner was the number one car driven by Wilbur Shaw, making Shaw the first driver in the history of the race to win in consecutive years. It also marked Shaw's third win in four years, making him the second three time winner of the race. Shaw's average speed was 114.277 miles per hour, which was affected by rain which caused the last 50 laps to be run under caution.[1] Shaw took home $31,875 in prize winnings, plus additional prizes that included a car and a refrigerator.^[1]

[edit] Results

Results of the 1940 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Thursday, May 30, 1940.

Finish	Start	No	Name	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Status
1	2	1	Wilbur Shaw	127.065	2	200	136	Running
2	1	33	Rex Mays	127.850	1	200	59	Running
3	3	7	Mauri Rose	125.624	3	200	5	Running
4	4	3	Ted Horn	125.545	4	199	0	Flagged
5	10	8	Joel Thorne	122.434	20	197	0	Flagged
6	20	32	Bob Swanson	124.882	6	196	0	Flagged
7	7	9	Frank Wearne	123.216	12	195	0	Flagged
8	5	31	Mel Hansen	124.753	7	194	0	Flagged
9	8	16	Frank Brisko	122.716	16	193	0	Flagged
10	31	49	Rene Le Begue	118.981	33	192	0	Flagged
11	15	41	Harry McQuinn	122.486	19	192	0	Flagged
12	22	25	Emil Andres	122.963	15	192	0	Flagged
13	14	28	Sam Hanks	123.064	13	192	0	Flagged
14	16	6	George Barringer	121.889	22	191	0	Flagged
15	26	42	Joie Chitwood	121.757	25	190	0	Flagged
16	18	26	Louis Tomei	119.980	32	190	0	Exhaust pipe
17	27	34	Chet Miller	121.392	27	189	0	Flagged
18	32	14	Billy Devore	122.197	21	181	0	Flagged
19	28	44	Al Putnam	120.818	28	179	0	Flagged
20	33	61	Floyd Davis	120.797	30	157	0	Flagged
21	13	35	Kelly Petillo	125.331	5	128	0	Bearing
22	25	21	Duke Nalon	121.790	24	120	0	Rod
23	23	17	George Robson	122.562	18	67	0	Shock absorber
24	12	24	Babe Stapp	123.367	11	64	0	Oil line
25	19	36	Doc Williams	122.963	14	61	0	Oil line
26	17	10	George Connor	124.585	8	52	0	Rod
27	6	5	Cliff Bergere	123.673	10	51	0	Oil line
28	29	38	Paul Russo	120.809	29	48	0	Oil leak
29	21	54	Ralph Hepburn	123.860	9	47	0	Steering
30	30	58	Al Miller	120.288	31	41	0	Clutch
31	11	19	Russ Snowberger	121.564	26	38	0	Water pump
32	9	27	Tommy Hinnershitz	122.614	17	32	0	Crash FS
33	24	29	Raoul Riganti	121.827	23	24	0	Crash T2

Note: Race run under caution from lap 150 to 200 due to rain.

[edit] References

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