1931 Indianapolis 500
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Results of the 1931 Indianapolis 500 held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
on Saturday, May 30, 1931.
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 Saturday, May 30, 1931.
| Finish | Start | No | Name | Qual | Rank | Laps | Led | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | 23 |  United States Louis SchneiderLouis Schneider Louis F. Schneider won the 1931 Indianapolis 500.-Indy 500 results:-External links:... |
107.210 | 22 | 200 | 39 | Running |
| 2 | 8 | 34 | United States Fred Frame Fred Frame Fredrick William Frame won the 1932 Indianapolis 500.-Indy 500 results:... |
109.273 | 14 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 3 | 10 | 19 | United States Ralph Hepburn Ralph Hepburn Ralph Hepburn was a pioneer of American motorcycle racing champion and an Indianapolis 500 racing driver.Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, Hepburn's family moved to Los Angeles, California when he was ten years old... |
107.933 | 18 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 4 | 35 | 21 | United States Myron Stevens Myron Stevens Myron Stevens was an American racecar driver.-Career award:*He was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1993.-Indy 500 results:... |
107.463 | 21 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | United States Russ Snowberger Russ Snowberger Russ Snowberger was an American racecar driver and owner active from the 1920s through the 1950s.... |
112.796 | 3 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 6 | 20 | 33 | United States Jimmy Gleason Jimmy Gleason Jimmy Gleason was an American racecar driver. He was killed in an AAA National Championship race at Syracuse a week after he captured his first Championship Car victory at Altoona.-Indy 500 results:... |
111.400 | 8 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 7 | 5 | 25 | United States Ernie Triplett Ernie Triplett Ernie Triplett was an American racecar driver. He was killed from injuries sustained in a dirt-car accident.-Career awards:*Triplett was named to the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1991.... |
111.034 | 10 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 8 | 9 | 36 | United States Stubby Stubblefield Stubby Stubblefield Wilburn Hartwell Stubblefield , nicknamed "Stubby", was an American racecar driver. He was killed in a practice crash for the 1935 Indianapolis 500.-Career award:... |
108.797 | 15 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 9 | 14 | 28 | United States Cliff Bergere Cliff Bergere Cliff Bergere was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
106.781 | 23 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 10 | 15 | 27 | United States Chet Miller Chet Miller Chet Miller was an American racecar driver. He was killed in a crash in the south turn of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during practice for the 1953 Indianapolis 500. During his long Indy career, Miller earned the nickname "Dean of the Speedway"... |
106.185 | 25 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 11 | 30 | 44 | United States George Howie George Howie George Howie was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
102.844 | 35 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 12 | 23 | 12 | United States Phil Shafer Phil Shafer Phil "Red" Shafer was an American racecar driver. He made 30 AAA Championship Car starts from 1923 to 1952. He captured one win in 1924 at the New York State Fairgrounds Raceway in Syracuse, New York. That year he finished a career best 9th in the National Championship... |
105.103 | 28 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 13 | 17 | 8 | United States Dave Evans Dave Evans (driver) Dave Evans was an American racecar driver. In 1931, he performed a remarkable feat when his Cummins Diesel Special completed the entire Indy 500 without a pit stop.... |
96.871 | 40 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 14 | 31 | 72 | United States Al Aspen Al Aspen Al Aspen was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
102.509 | 36 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 15 | 37 | 59 | United States Sam Ross Sam Ross Sam Ross was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
104.642 | 30 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 16 | 40 | 69 | United States Joe Huff Joe Huff Joe Huff was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
102.386 | 37 | 180 | 0 | Flagged |
| 17 | 4 | 5 | United States Deacon Litz Deacon Litz Artha Benson "Deacon" Litz was an American racecar driver active primarily during the 1920s and 1930s.-Indy 500 results:... |
111.531 | 7 | 177 | 0 | Crash T1 |
| 18 | 19 | 37 | United States Tony Gulotta Tony Gulotta Tony Gulotta was an American racecar driver active throughout the 1920s and 1930s.... |
111.725 | 6 | 167 | 0 | Crash T4 |
| 19 | 18 | 1 | United States Billy Arnold Billy Arnold For the professional baseball player & manager, see Billy Arnold Richard William Arnold won the 1930 Indianapolis 500 after leading all but first two laps of the race, the most ever by a winner of the race. He won by a margin of 7 minutes and 17 seconds. He was 24 years old at the time... |
116.080 | 1 | 162 | 155 | Crash T4 |
| 20 | 12 | 57 | United States Luther Johnson Luther Johnson (driver) Luther Johnson was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
107.652 | 20 | 156 | 0 | Crash T4 |
| 21 | 36 | 55 | United States Billy Winn Billy Winn Billy Winn was an American racecar driver. Primarily a sprint car driver, Winn competed in four Indianapolis 500 races and drove as a relief driver in 1933, 1934, 1935, and 1938... |
105.405 | 27 | 138 | 0 | Flagged |
| 22 | 27 | 16 | United States Frank Brisko Frank Brisko Frank Brisko was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
106.286 | 24 | 138 | 0 | Steering arm |
| 23 | 34 | 26 | United States Gene Haustein Gene Haustein Eugene "Gene" Haustein was an American racecar driver.Haustein drove in 16 AAA Championship Car races between 1930 and 1935, including three Indianapolis 500 starts... |
108.395 | 16 | 117 | 0 | Lost wheel |
| 24 | 16 | 41 | United States Joe Russo Joe Russo (driver) Joe Russo was an American racecar driver active in the 1930s. He was killed in a crash at Langhorne Speedway.... |
104.822 | 29 | 109 | 0 | Oil leak |
| 25 | 7 | 17 | United States Speed Gardner Speed Gardner William "Speed" Gardner was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
109.820 | 13 | 107 | 0 | Frame |
| 26 | 38 | 14 | United States Lou Moore Lou Moore Lewis Henry 'Lou' Moore was an American racecar driver, most known during his career for qualifying for the pole position of the 1932 Indianapolis 500. After his driving career, Moore became a legendary car owner... |
103.725 | 31 | 103 | 0 | Differential |
| 27 | 26 | 2 | United States Shorty Cantlon Shorty Cantlon William "Shorty" Cantlon was an American racecar driver. He was killed on May 30, 1947, while racing in the 1947 Indianapolis 500 on lap 40 after swerving into the outside retaining wall to avoid the spinning car of Bill Holland, who recovered from the spin to finish second... |
110.372 | 11 | 88 | 0 | Rod |
| 28 | 2 | 3 | United States Bill Cummings Bill Cummings Bill Cummings knicknamed "Wild Bill", won the 1934 Indianapolis 500 and set the diesel . Cummings died driving a passenger automobile on State Road 29 in Indianapolis, when he hit a guard rail and plunged into Lick Creek... |
112.563 | 4 | 70 | 4 | Oil line |
| 29 | 28 | 24 | United States Freddy Winnai Freddy Winnai Freddy Winnai was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
105.899 | 26 | 60 | 0 | Crash NC |
| 30 | 11 | 32 | United States Phil Pardee Phil Pardee Phil Pardee was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
107.772 | 19 | 60 | 0 | Crash T3 |
| 31 | 3 | 31 | United States Paul Bost Paul Bost Paul Bost ) was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
112.125 | 5 | 35 | 2 | Crankshaft |
| 32 | 22 | 35 | United States Frank Farmer Frank Farmer Frank Farmer was an American racecar driver. Farmer made 10 Championship Car starts in his career with a best finish of 3rd in the June 1930 race at Altoona Speedway. He was killed in a crash at Woodbridge Speedway.-Indy 500 results:... |
108.303 | 17 | 32 | 0 | Rod bearing |
| 33 | 32 | 58 | United States George Wingerter George Wingerter George Wingerter was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
100.139 | 38 | 29 | 0 | Fuel tank |
| 34 | 25 | 7 | United States Lou Meyer |
113.953 | 2 | 28 | 0 | Oil leak |
| 35 | 6 | 39 | United States Babe Stapp Babe Stapp Elbert "Babe" Stapp was an American racecar driver active in the 1920's and 1930's.-Career award:*He was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1994.... |
110.125 | 12 | 9 | 0 | Oil leak/clutch |
| 36 | 24 | 48 | United States John Boling John Boling John Boling was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
102.860 | 33 | 7 | 0 | Rod |
| 37 | 29 | 54 | United States Leon Duray Leon Duray Leon Duray was an American racecar driver active in the 1920s... |
103.134 | 32 | 6 | 0 | Overheating |
| 38 | 33 | 49 | United States Harry Butcher Harry Butcher Harry Butcher was an American racecar driver originally from Wilmington, Illinois.- Indy 500 results :... |
99.343 | 39 | 6 | 0 | Crash T4 |
| 39 | 39 | 10 | United States Herman Schurch Herman Schurch Herman Schurch was a Swiss-American racecar driver. His family had emigrated to the United States when he was a boy. He made five starts in AAA Championship Car from 1929 to 1931. He had previously failed to qualify for the 1928 Indianapolis 500 but made the race in 1929... |
102.845 | 34 | 5 | 0 | Transmission |
| 40 | 21 | 67 | United States Francis Quinn Francis Quinn Francis Anthony Quinn is the Roman Catholic bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Sacramento. He graduated from St. Joseph’s Seminary and was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of San Francisco on June 15, 1946. He earned a MA in education from the Catholic University, Washington, D.C... |
111.321 | 9 | 3 | 0 | Rear axle |