
1926 Indianapolis 500
31 May - Indianapolis: 160 laps x 4.02335 km = 643.736 Km
Pole Position: Earl Cooper (Miller FF) Speed: 5.22.10
Fastest lap: N/A
Results:
1 15 20 Frank Lockhart Miller 160 4:10:14.95
2 3 2 Harry Hartz Miller 158 4:10.14.85
3 36 14 Cliff Woodbury Miller 158 4:11:46.55
4* 8 13 Fred Comer Miller 155 4:11:49.99
5 12 27 Peter DePaolo Duesenberg 153 4:10:41.90
6* 6 8 Frank Elliott Miller 152 4:10:46.64
7 14 16 Norman Batten Miller 151 4:10:53.91
8* 19 15 Ralph Hepburn Miller 151 4:11:59.68
9 18 28 John Duff Miller 147 4:11:51.10
10+ 4 5 Phil Shafer Miller 146 4:11:26.66
11 31 12 Tony Gulotta Miller 142 Flagged-rain
12* 16 7 Bennett Hill Miller 134 Flagged-rain
13 33 21 Thane Houser Miller 102 Flagged-rain
Did Not Finish:
* 27 17 W. Douglas Hawkes Eldridge Anzani 91 Camshaft frozen
+ 1 4 Dave Lewis Miller FD 91 Broken valve
5 1 Earl Cooper Miller FD 73 Transmission
+ 9 11 Cliff Durant Fengler Locomobile 60 Fuel tank leak
29 18 Ben Jones Duesenberg 54 Wrecked
* 26 23 Ernest Eldridge Eldridge Anzani 45 Broken tie tod
23 24 Lora Corum Schmidt Argyle 44 Broken shock absorber
24 22 Steve Nemish Schmidt Argyle 41 Transmission
7 6 Jules Ellingboe Miller 39 Broken supercharger gears
10 3 Leon Duray Fengler Locomobile 33 Fuel tank leak
17 26 Fred Lecklider Miller 24 Burned piston
28 25 Jack McCarver Ford T Fronty Ford 23 Broken connecting rod
34 9 Bon McDougall Miller 19 Water leak
22 10 William Shattuc Miller 15 Broken valve
39 19 Albert Guyot Schmidt Argyle 8 Steering
Relief Drivers starting driver
* 1 Earl Cooper Miller FD 2 Dave Lewis
10* 4 Fred Lecklider Miller 37 Phil Shafer
6 6 Leon Duray Miller 29 Frank Elliott
4 8 Wade Morton Miller 68 Fred Comer
* 9 Eddie Hearne Fengler Locomobile 19 Cliff Durant
12 16 Jules Ellingboe Miller 38 Bennett Hill
8 19 Bob McDonogh Miller 41 Ralph Hepburn
26 Herschel McKee Eldridge Anzani 11 Ernest Eldridge
27 Ernest Eldridge Eldridge Anzani 17 W. Douglas Hawkes
* relieved drivers, + relieved drivers not running as last driver,
* relief drivers finishing the race.
Non Qualifiers
Charles Shambaugh Shambaugh Did not qualify
2 Bob McDonogh Duesenberg Did not qualify
32 Jack Foley Duesenberg Did not qualify
37 A. Dan Cain K&M Did not qualify
38 Ralph Mulford Duesenberg Did not qualify
57 T.W. Pickard Sievers, Jr Did not qualify
| Pos |
Car # |
Driver |
Make/Model |
Speed |
| 1 |
5 |
Earl Cooper |
Miller/Miller |
111.735 |
| 2 |
3 |
Harry Hartz |
Miller/Miller |
109.542 |
| 3 |
10 |
Leon Duray |
Fengler/Locomobile |
109.186 |
| 4 |
1 |
Dave Lewis |
Miller/Miller |
107.009 |
| 5 |
4 |
Phil Shafer |
Miller/Miller |
106.647 |
| 6 |
7 |
Jules Ellingboe |
Miller/Miller |
106.376 |
| 7 |
16 |
Bennett Hill |
Miller/Miller |
105.876 |
| 8 |
6 |
Frank Elliott |
Miller/Miller |
105.873 |
| 9 |
34 |
Bon McDougall |
Miller/Miller |
105.180 |
| 10 |
22 |
Dr. W.E. Shattuc |
Miller/Miller |
104.977 |
| 11 |
9 |
Cliff Durant |
Fengler/Locomobile |
104.855 |
| 12 |
31 |
Tony Gulotta |
Miller/Miller |
102.789 |
| 13 |
8 |
Fred Comer |
Miller/Miller |
100.612 |
| 14 |
36 |
Cliff Woodbury |
Miller/Miller |
105.109 |
| 15 |
19 |
Ralph Hepburn |
Miller/Miller |
102.517 |
| 16 |
14 |
Norman Batten |
Miller/Miller |
101.428 |
| 17 |
27 |
W. Douglas Hawkes |
Eldridge/Anzani |
94.976 |
| 18 |
29 |
Ben Jones |
Duesenberg/Duesenberg |
92.142 |
| 19 |
39 |
Albert Guyot |
Schmidt/Argyle |
88.580 |
| 20 |
15 |
Frank Lockhart |
Miller/Miller |
95.783 |
| 21 |
33 |
Thane Houser |
Miller/Miller |
93.671 |
| 22 |
24 |
Steve Nemesh |
Schmidt/Argyle |
92.937 |
| 23 |
26 |
E.A.D. Eldridge |
Eldridge/Anzani |
89.777 |
| 24 |
23 |
L.L. Corum |
Schmidt/Argyle |
88.849 |
| 25 |
28 |
Jack McCarver |
Ford T/Fronty-Ford |
86.417 |
| 26 |
17 |
Fred Lecklider |
Miller/Miller |
100.398 |
| 27 |
12 |
Peter DePaolo |
Duesenberg/Duesenberg |
96.709 |
| 28 |
18 |
John Duff |
Miller/Miller |
95.546 |
RACE NOTES
1) 91,5 cubic inch displacement limit.
2) 90 mph minimum qualifying, 33 fastest cars, 4 qualifying laps.
3) Race flagged at 400 miles due to rain.
4) Race stopped at lap 71 for 1 hr, 5 min, 16 sec - rain
5) Promoter: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, total Purse: $88,091, AAA Sanction No. 1680.
6) Fatal crash of Herbert Jones in qualifying.
