1915 Indianapolis 500
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Results of the 1915 Indianapolis 500 held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race and the Brickyard 400....

 on Monday, May 31, 1915.
Finish Start No Name Qual Rank Laps Led Status
1 2 2   Ralph DePalma
Ralph DePalma
Ralph De Palma was an Italian-American racecar driving champion, most notably winner of the 1915 Indianapolis 500. His entry at the International Motorsports Hall of Fame estimates that he won about 2000 races...

98.580 2 200 132 Running
2 3 3   Dario Resta
Dario Resta
Dario Resta , nicknamed "Dolly", was an Italian Briton race car driver. Raised in England from the age of two, he began racing there starting in 1907. He took part in the Montagu Cup the very first race of the now historic Brooklands track. He set a record of in a half-mile run a few years later...

98.470 3 200 37 Running
3 5 5   Gil Andersen
Gil Andersen
Gil Andersen was an Norwegian-American racecar driver active during the formative years of auto racing....

95.140 5 200 26 Running
4 4 4   Earl Cooper
Earl Cooper
Earl Cooper was an American racecar driver.-Racing career:...

96.770 4 200 0 Running
5 11 15   Harry Grant
Harry Grant
Harry Grant was an American auto racing driver. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, driving an ALCO, Grant won the 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup on Long Island. He then competed in the Indianapolis 500 four times between 1911 and 1915. He had his best showing in 1915, finishing in 5th place...

89.290 11 200 0 Running
6 7 8   Bob Burman
Bob Burman
Bob Burman was an American racecar driver active in the formative years of auto racing.-Biography:He was born on April 23, 1884 in Imlay City, Michigan. He was the winner of the Prest-O-Lite Trophy Race in 1909. He competed at the inaugural Indianapolis 500 in 1911...

92.400 7 200 0 Running
7 1 1   Howdy Wilcox
Howdy Wilcox
Howard Samuel Wilcox was an American racecar driver active in formative years of auto racing.Born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, Howdy Wilcox led the last 98 laps of the 1919 Indianapolis 500 after starting in the 2nd position. He died in a wreck in 1923 at the Altoona Speedway board track in Tyrone,...

98.900 1 200 5 Running
8 9 10   Tom Alley
Tom Alley
Tom Alley was an American racecar driver. Alley was also a riding mechanic, most notably winning the 1914 Vanderbilt Cup with Ralph de Palma.-Indianapolis 500 results:...

90.000 9 200 0 Running
9 16 19   Billy Carlson
Billy Carlson
Billy Carlson was an American racecar driver. He was killed in an AAA National Championship race.-Indy 500 results:...

84.110 16 200 0 Running
10 14 7   Noel Van Raalte
Noel Van Raalte
Noel Van Raalte was a British racecar driver. A wealthy playboy whose peerage family owned Brownsea Island, he raced in the 1915 Indianapolis 500 in a Sunbeam, finishing in 10th place. He later owned the first Bentley automobile.-Indy 500 results:-References:...

86.870 14 200 0 Running
11 24 28   Willie Haupt
Willie Haupt
Willie Haupt was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...

80.360 24 200 0 Running
12 10 14   George C. Babcock
George C. Babcock
George C. Babcock was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...

89.460 10 184 0 Loose mud apron
13 17 21   Tom Orr
Tom Orr
Tom Orr was an American racecar driver from Chicago, Illinois. He competed in the AAA Championship Car series in 1914 and 1915 making five starts including the 1915 Indianapolis 500. All of his race starts were behind the wheel of a Maxwell for whom he was an engineer...

83.550 17 168 0 Axle bearing
14 6 6   Jean Porporato
Jean Porporato
Jean Porporato was a French automobile mechanic from Lyon, Rhône.He is mentioned in automobile press articles from 28 January 1906, where he is listed as a mechanic of the racing driver Paul Bablot on the occasion of the endurance record in a Berliet car on the route from Salon to Arles.Paul...

94.740 6 164 0 Piston
15 15 18   Joe Cooper 85.550 15 154 0 Crash SC
16 18 22   Ralph Mulford
Ralph Mulford
Ralph Mulford was an American racecar driver active during the formative years of the auto racing....

82.720 18 124 0 Rod
17 12 12   Eddie O'Donnell
Eddie O'Donnell
Eddie O'Donnell was an American racecar driver. O'Donnell died of injuries sustained in a crash during a BAA race.-Death:...

88.930 12 117 0 Cylinder
18 8 9   Art Klein
Art Klein
Art Klein was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...

90.450 8 0 0 Smoking
19 20 23   Eddie Rickenbacker
Eddie Rickenbacker
Edward Vernon Rickenbacker was an American fighter ace in World War I and Medal of Honor recipient. He was also a race car driver and automotive designer, a government consultant in military matters and a pioneer in air transportation, particularly as the longtime head of Eastern Air Lines.-Early...

81.970 20 103 0 Rod
20 23 27   Louis Chevrolet
Louis Chevrolet
Louis-Joseph Chevrolet was a Swiss-born American race car driver of French descent, co-founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in 1911 and later, the Frontenac Motor Corporation in 1916 which made racing parts for Ford's Model T.-Early life:Born in 1878 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, a center of...

81.010 23 76 0 Valve
21 13 17   John DePalma
John DePalma
John DePalma was an Italian-born American racecar driver.A native of Biccari in Apulia, southern Italy, he was the brother of 1915 Indy winner Ralph DePalma and the uncle of 1925 Indy winner Pete DePaolo....

87.040 13 41 0 Loose flywheel
22 19 24   John A. Mais
John A. Mais
John Mais was a German racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...

81.970 19 23 0 Left course
23 22 26   George Hill
George Hill (driver)
George Hill was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...

81.520 22 20 0 Water pump gear
24 21 25   G. C. Cox
G. C. Cox
G. C. Cox was an American race car driver. He was killed in a crash during a race.- Indy 500 results :...

81.520 21 12 0 Timing gears
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