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1938 Running of the Indianapolis 500

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1938 International 500
Held on May 30, 1938 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, IN
200 L, 500 M, 804.6 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	23	Floyd Roberts	Burd Piston Ring	Wetteroth / Miller	200	92	running	1000
2	7	1	Wilbur Shaw	Shaw	Shaw / Offy	200	0	running	825
3	5	3	Chet Miller	IBEW	Summers FD / Offy	200	0	running	675
4	6	2	Ted Horn	Miller-Hartz	Wetteroth / Miller SC	200	0	running	550
5	18	38	Chet Gardner	Burd Piston Ring	Rigling / Offy	200	0	running	450
6	14	54	Herb Ardinger	Offenhauser	Miller FD / Offy	199	0	running	213
7	25	45	Harry McQuinn	Carl Marchese	Marchese / Miller	197	0	running	188.1
8	30	58	Billy DeVore	PR & W	Stevens / Offy	185	0	running	275
9	13	22	Joel Thorne	Thorne Engineering	Shaw FD / Offy	185	0	running	225
10	17	29	Frank Wearne	Indiana Fur	Adams / Offy	181	0	running	175
11	33	43	Duke Nalon	Kohler-Miller	Fengler / Miller	178	0	running	125
12	29	12	George Bailey	Barbasol	Weil / Duray SC	166	0	clutch	75
13	9	27	Mauri Rose	IBEW	Maserati / Maserati SC	165	0	supercharger	0
14	10	16	Ronney Householder	Thorne-Sparks	Adams / Sparks SC	154	0	supercharger	0
15	15	6	Jimmy Snyder	Sparks-Thorne	Adams / Sparks SC	150	92	supercharger	0
16	12	5	Louis Meyer	Bowes Seal Fast	Stevens / Winfield SC	149	0	oil pump	0
17	4	17	Tony Gulotta	Hamilton-Harris	Stevens / Offy	130	0	connecting rod	0
18	22	55	Al Miller	Dumont Pepsi	Miller / Miller	125	0	clutch	0
19	19	15	George Connor	Marks-Miller	Adams / Miller	119	0	engine	0
20	32	9	Cliff Bergere	Kraft Real Rye	Stevens / Miller SC	111	0	piston	0
21	31	33	Henry Banks	Louis Kimmel	Miller / Volker	109	0	rod bearing	0
22	21	35	Kelly Petillo	Petillo	Wetteroth / Offy	100	0	camshaft	0
23	24	21	Louis Tomei	POB Perfect Seal	Miller / Miller	88	0	connecting rod	0
24	16	7	Bill Cummings	IBEW	Miller FD / Miller	72	0	radiator	0
25	2	14	Russ Snowberger	D-X	Snowberger FD / Miller	56	0	connecting rod	0
26	8	34	Babe Stapp	McCoy Auto Service	Weil / Miller	54	0	valve	0
27	26	10	Tony Willman	Murrell Belanger	Stevens / Miller	47	0	valve	0
28	3	8	Rex Mays	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo / Alfa Romeo SC	45	16	supercharger	0
29	28	42	Emil Andres	Elgin Piston Pin	Adams / Brisko	45	0	accident	0
30	27	37	Ira Hall	Greenfield Service	Nowiak / Studebaker	44	0	accident	0
31	11	26	Frank Brisko	Shur-Stop Brakes	Stevens FD / Brisko	39	0	oil line	0
32	23	36	Al Putnam	Troy Tydol	Stevens / Miller	15	0	crankshaft	0
33	20	47	Shorty Cantlon	Kamm's	Stevens / Miller SC	13	0	supercharger	0
DID NOT QUALIFY
		31	Charles Crawford	Shafer 8	Rigling/Buick			DNQ
		51	Charles Crawford	Stewart	Stewart/Mort			DNQ
		4	Ralph Hepburn	Harry A. Miller	Miller RE4/Miller			DNQ
		18	Billy Winn	Harry A. Miller	Miller			DNQ
		24	Billy Winn	Harry A. Miller	Miller			DNQ
		25	George Bailey	Harry A. Miller	Miller RE4/Miller			DNQ
		32	Fred Frame	Hulbert Duesenberg	Duesenberg			DNQ
		45	Frankie Beeder	Marchese	Marchese/Miller			DNQ
		46	Doc Williams	Ben Been	Miller FD/Miller			DNQ
		52	Deacon Litz	Sampson-Litz	X/Offy			DNQ
		53	Johnny Sawyer	Uhl	Duesenberg			DNQ
		54	Tazio Nuvolari	Offenhauser	Miller FD/Offy			DNQ
		56	Johnny Seymour	Clemons Independent Suspension	X/Clemons			DNQ
		57	Jack Petticord	Miller-Duesenberg	Miller/Duesenberg			DNQ
		59	Floyd Davis	Woestman	X/McDowell			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 4h:15:38
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials (Four-Lap Average)
Fast Qualifier: Floyd Roberts - 716.1 sec.
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory: 235.27 seconds
Average Speed: 117.2 mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: 7 among 3 drivers - Rex Mays (1-14); Jimmy Snyder (15-31); Rex Mays (32-33); Jimmy Snyder (34-74); Floyd Roberts (75-110); Jimmy Snyder (111-144); Floyd Roberts (145-200)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Relief Drivers: Car #54: Cliff Bergere (78 laps); Russ Snowberger (9 laps) Car #45: Tony Willman (83 laps) Car #16: Billy Winn (16 laps)