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1948 Running of the Indianapolis 500

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1948 Indianapolis 500
Held on May 31, 1948 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	3	3	Mauri Rose	Blue Crown Spark Plug	Deidt FD / Offenhauser	200	81	running	1000
2	2	2	Bill Holland	Blue Crown Spark Plug	Deidt FD / Offenhauser	200	0	running	800
3	11	54	Duke Nalon	Novi Grooved Piston	Kurtis FD / Novi SC	200	9	running	700
4	5	1	Ted Horn	Bennett Brothers	Maserati 8CTF 3032 / Maserati SC	200	74	running	600
5	21	35	Mack Hellings	Don Lee Division	Kurtis 2000 319 / Offenhauser	200	0	running	500
6	14	63	Hal Cole	City of Tacoma	Kurtis 2000 317 / Offenhauser	200	0	running	400
7	28	91	Lee Wallard	Iddings	Meyers / Offenhauser	200	0	running	300
8	27	33	Johnny Mauro	Mauro	Alfa Romeo / Alfa Romeo SC	198	0	running	215
9	23	7	Tommy Hinnershitz	Kurtis-Kraft Inc.	Kurtis 1000 316 / Offenhauser	198	0	running	200
10	4	61	Jimmy Jackson	Howard Keck	Deidt FD / Offenhauser	193	0	spindle	150
11	12	4	Charles Van Acker	South Bend	Stevens / Offenhauser	192	0	running	100
12	20	19	Billy DeVore	Pat Clancy	Kurtis 6 Wheel / Offenhauser	190	0	running	50
13	8	98	Johnny Mantz	Agajanian	Kurtis 2000 318 / Offenhauser	185	0	running	0
14	22	6	Tony Bettenhausen	Belanger Motors	Stevens / Offenhauser	167	0	clutch	0
15	18	64	Hal Robson	Palmer Construction Racing	Adams / Offenhauser	164	0	valve	0
16	7	36	Bill Cantrell	Fageol Twin Coach	Stevens / Fageol	161	0	steering	0
17	10	55	Joie Chitwood	Nyquist	Shaw / Offenhauser	138	0	fuel leak	0
18	24	53	Bill Sheffler	Sheffler	Bromme / Offenhauser	132	0	spark plug	0
19	1	5	Rex Mays	Bowes Seal Fast Racing	Kurtis / Winfield SC	129	36	fuel leak	0
20	19	31	Chet Miller	Don Lee	Mercedes / Mercedes SC	108	0	oil	0
21	13	52	Jack McGrath	Sheffler	Bromme / Offenhauser	70	0	stalled	0
22	29	16	Duane Carter	Belanger Motors	Wetteroth / Offenhauser	59	0	accident	0
23	32	26	Freddie Agabashian	Ross Page	Kurtis / Duray SC	58	0	oil line	0
24	9	34	Les Anderson	Kennedy Tank	Kurtis / Offenhauser	58	0	gears	0
25	33	17	Mel Hansen	Schafer Gear	Adams / Sparks	42	0	disqualified	0
26	15	76	Sam Hanks	Flavell	Adams / Sparks SC	34	0	clutch	0
27	30	51	Spider Webb	Fowler Brothers	Bromme / Offenhauser	27	0	oil line	0
28	17	9	George Connor	Bennett Brothers	Sampson / Miller	24	0	drive shaft	0
29	6	74	Doc Williams	Clarke Motors	Cooper FD / Offenhauser	19	0	ignition	0
30	31	86	Mike Salay	Terman Marine Supply	Wetteroth / Offenhauser	13	0	stalled	0
31	16	8	Emil Andres	Tuffy's Offy	Kurtis 2000 320 / Offenhauser	11	0	steering	0
32	25	25	Paul Russo	Federal Engineering	Maserati 8CTF 3031 / Maserati SC	7	0	oil leak	0
33	26	65	Harry McQuinn	Frank Lynch Motors	Maserati 8CTF 3030 / Maserati SC	1	0	supercharger	0
DID NOT QUALIFY
		48	Johnny Shackleford	Johnston	X/Offy			DNQ
		29	Louis Durant	Auto Shippers	X/Miller			DNQ
		72	Spider Webb	Anderson Offy	X/Offy			DNQ
		32	Myron Fohr	Marchese	Marchese/Offy			DNQ
		41	Ken Fowler	Don Lee	Alfa Romeo/Alfa Romeo SC			DNQ
		10	Louis Tomei	Tom Sarafoff	X/Offy			DNQ
		12	Cliff Bergere	Novi Grooved Piston	Kurtis 2000/Novi SC			DNQ
		12	Ralph Hepburn	Novi Grooved Piston	Kurtis 2000/Novi SC			DNQ
		14	Jim Brubaker	Maserati	Maserati			DNQ
		15	Walt Ader	Peters	Wetteroth/Offy			DNQ
		21	Eddie Zalucki	Auto Shippers	X/Offy			DNQ
		23	Milt Fankhauser	Fankhauser	Adams/Offy			DNQ
		24	Jackie Holmes	Indiana Plywood	X/Offy			DNQ
		27	Art Hartsfield	Corley	X/Offy			DNQ
		28	Mel Hansen	Brady	X/Sparks SC			DNQ
		37	Johnny Mauro	Miller	X/Miller SC			DNQ
		38	Henry Banks	Federal Engineering	X/Offy			DNQ
		39	Andy Granatelli	Grancor V8	Kurtis 2000/Mercury			DNQ
		39	Johnnie Parsons	Grancor-Werner	X/Ford V8			DNQ
		43	Red Byron	Parks-Vogt	X/Ford V8			DNQ
		44	Bob Droeger	Baldwin	X/Duesenberg			DNQ
		45	Cowboy O'Rourke	Speedway Cocktail	Lencki			DNQ
		45	Walt Ader	Speedway Cocktail	Lencki			DNQ
		47	George Metzler	Glessner Motors	X/Clemons			DNQ
		49	Pete Romcevich	Norm Olson	Olson/Offy			DNQ
		54	Chet Miller	Novi Grooved Piston	Kurtis FD/Novi SC			DNQ
		56	George Lynch	Lisher & Lynch				DNQ
		57	Joel Thorne	Thorne Engineering	X/Sparks			DNQ
		58	Mack Hellings	Blue Crown Spark Plugs	X/Offy			DNQ
		58	Mike Salay	Blue Crown Spark Plugs	X/Offy			DNQ
		59	Andy Granatelli	Grancor-Werner	Kurtis 2000/Mercury			DNQ
		62	Joe Perkins	Kurtis Kraft	X/Offy			DNQ
		66	Al Miller	Preston Tucker	Miller RE4D/Miller SC			DNQ
		67	Lee Wallard	G&M	X/Duesenberg			DNQ
		68	Ronney Householder	Speedway Cocktail	Lencki			DNQ
		69	Walt Brown	Werner-Grancor	Maserati/Maserati SC			DNQ
		71	Loral Tansy	Tansy	X/Offy			DNQ
		73	Roland Free	Gustafson K. F. Motors	X/Miller SC			DNQ
		78	Duke Dinsmore					DNQ
		85	Cliff Bergere	Grancor-Werner	Kurtis 2000/Offy			DNQ
		87	Ralph Pratt	Lutes, Gdula, Pratt	X/Offy			DNQ
		88	Manny Ayulo	Weidel	Kurtis/Mercury			DNQ
		89	Charlie Rogers	Jewell	X/Voelker			DNQ
		93	Jackie Holmes	Jimmy Chai	X/Offy			DNQ
		95	Mike Salay	Kuehl-Osborne				DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 4h:10:23
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials (Four-Lap Average)
Fast Qualifier: Rex Mays - 275.7 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: 84.07 seconds
Average Speed: 119.814 mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: 6 among 4 drivers - Rex Mays (1-17); Ted Horn (18-72); Rex Mays (73-91); Duke Nalon (92-100); Mauri Rose (101-123); Ted Horn (124-142); Mauri Rose (143-200)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Relief Drivers: Car #33: Louis Durant (29 laps, 35 points) Car #55: Paul Russo (21 laps); Johnny Shackleford (32 laps) Car #31: Ken Fowler (21 laps); Louis Tomei (58 laps)