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Results of the 1933 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis

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 Tuesday, May 30, 1933. Louis Meyer defeated Wilbur Shaw by a time of 401.89 seconds (6.69 minutes). The average speed of the race was 104.162 miles per hour (167.6 km/h) while Bill Cummings achieved the pole position

Pole position

The term "pole position", as used in motorsports, comes from the horse racing term where the number one starter starts on the inside next to the inside pole. The term made its way, along with several other customs, to auto racing. In circuit motorsports, a driver has pole position when he or she...

with a speed of 118.521 miles per hour (190.7 km/h).

Finish	Start	No	Name	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Status
1	6	36	United States Louis Meyer Louis Meyer Louis Meyer was an American Hall of Fame race car driver best known as the first three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500....	116.977	7	200	71	Running
2	23	17	United States Wilbur Shaw Wilbur Shaw Warren Wilbur Shaw was a noted American racing driver and president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from 1945 until his death. Shaw was the automotive test evaluator for Popular Science magazine...	115.497	12	200	0	Running
3	4	37	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...	117.843	4	200	0	Running
4	15	21	United States Chet Gardner Chet Gardner Chet Gardner, Born "Chester Leroy Gardner" was an American racecar driver, named by promoters as "The Grand Old Man of Auto Racing"....	112.319	22	200	0	Running
5	10	8	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:...	114.784	13	200	0	Running
6	36	38	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....	109.448	36	200	0	Running
7	12	34	United States Tony Gulotta Tony Gulotta Tony Gulotta was an American racecar driver active throughout the 1920s and 1930s....	113.578	15	200	0	Running
8	17	4	United States Russ Snowberger Russ Snowberger Russ Snowberger was an American racecar driver and owner active from the 1920s through the 1950s....	110.769	27	200	0	Running
9	16	9	United States Zeke Meyer Zeke Meyer Herbert Ernest "Zeke" Meyer was an American racecar driver.He was not related to fellow driver Louis Meyer.- From Zeke Meyer's business card...	111.099	25	200	0	Running
10	20	46	United States Luther Johnson Luther Johnson (driver) Luther Johnson was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...	110.097	31	200	0	Running
11	9	6	United States Cliff Bergere Cliff Bergere Cliff Bergere was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...	115.643	11	200	0	Running
12	18	47	United States L. L. Corum	110.465	29	200	0	Running
13	40	49	United States Willard Prentiss Willard Prentiss Willard Cable Prentiss was an American racecar driver. He was born in Denver, Colorado.As well as two appearances in the Indianapolis 500, Prentiss competed in various races across the United States in the 1920s, including races at Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Sterling, Illinois.In 1927, Prentiss...	107.776	41	200	0	Running
14	27	14	Argentina Raúl Riganti Raúl Riganti Raoul Riganti was an Argentine racecar driver. Riganti was briefly an adviser of driver Juan Manuel Fangio.-Indy 500 results:...	108.081	39	200	0	Running
15	28	29	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...	107.603	42	197	0	Flagged
16	14	26	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:...	113.138	17	197	0	Flagged
17	31	18	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....	112.531	20	192	0	Flagged
18	39	51	United States Doc MacKenzie Doc MacKenzie George "Doc" MacKenzie was an American racecar driver. After being involved in and surviving a five car accident in Indy 36, he was killed in a sprint car accident in the same year ....	108.073	40	192	0	Rear axle
19	25	27	United States Kelly Petillo Kelly Petillo Cavino Michele "Kelly" Petillo, was an American race car driver....	113.037	18	168	0	Spun & stalled
20	32	28	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"...	112.025	23	163	0	Rod
21	24	19	United States Al Miller Al Miller Al Miller II , was an American race car driver.Born Albert Krulac in Detroit, Michigan, Miller died in Mount Clemens, Michigan...	109.799	35	161	0	Rod
22	19	68	United States Bennett Hill Bennett Hill John Bennett Hill was an American racecar driver active in the 1920s and 1930s. He made 66 AAA Championship Car starts capturing 5 wins and 7 poles. He was particularly a specialist at board track racing where all his wins and poles came...	110.264	30	158	0	Rod
23	29	45	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....	116.626	9	156	60	Out of gas
24	26	32	United States Wesley Crawford Wesley Crawford Wesley Crawford was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...	109.862	33	147	0	Crash T1
25	1	5	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...	118.521	1	136	32	Radiator
26	7	15	United States Lester Spangler Lester Spangler Lester Spangler was an American racecar driver. He and his riding mechanic Monk Jordan were killed while competing in the 1933 Indy 500. With Spangler on the 132nd lap, the car driven by Malcolm Fox spun coming out of turn one, and was rolling slowly towards the top the track...	116.903	8	132	0	Crash T1
27	35	65	United States Freddy Winnai Freddy Winnai Freddy Winnai was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...	111.018	26	125	0	Engine trouble
28	30	57	United States Malcolm Fox Malcolm Fox Malcolm Fox was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...	112.922	19	121	0	Crash T1
29	3	12	United States Fred Frame Fred Frame Fredrick William Frame won the 1932 Indianapolis 500.-Indy 500 results:...	117.864	3	85	37	Valve
30	22	64	United States Mark Billman Mark Billman Mark Billman was an American racecar driver. He was killed 79 laps into the 1933 Indianapolis 500, his only Championship Car start.- Fatal accident :...	112.410	21	0	0	Crash T2
31	34	53	United States Johnny Sawyer Johnny Sawyer Johnny Sawyer was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...	110.590	28	77	0	Clutch
32	11	2	United States Peter Kreis Peter Kreis A. J. "Peter" Kreis was an American racecar driver. He and riding mechanic Robert Hahn were killed in a turn one accident while practicing for the 1934 Indianapolis 500. As he was entering the turn, a car in front of him spun, followed by Kreis' car spining, possibly due to trying to avoid a...	114.370	14	63	0	Universal joint
33	5	16	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....	117.685	5	61	0	Piston
34	13	25	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...	113.384	16	50	0	Rod
35	42	3	United States Mauri Rose Mauri Rose Mauri Rose was an American racecar driver.He started from the pole position driving a Maserati in the 1941 Indianapolis 500, but spark plug problems put him out of the race after sixty laps. He then took over the Wetteroth/Offenhauser car being driven by Floyd Davis that had started in 17th place....	117.649	6	48	0	Timing gears
36	2	58	United States Frank Brisko Frank Brisko Frank Brisko was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...	118.388	2	47	0	Oil too hot
37	8	10	United States Ira Hall Ira Hall Ira Hall was an American racecar driver. Hall was later elected sheriff of Vigo County, Indiana.-Career award:...	115.739	10	37	0	Piston
38	41	23	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...	110.001	32	33	0	Rod bearing
39	37	59	United States Ray Campbell Ray Campbell Ray Campbell is the commissioner of 22 collegiate ice hockey teams in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.-References:...	108.650	37	24	0	Oil leak
40	33	24	United States Paul Bost Paul Bost Paul Bost ) was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...	111.330	24	13	0	Oil line
41	38	61	United States Rick Decker	108.280	38	13	0	Manifold
42	21	22	United States Louis Schneider Louis Schneider Louis F. Schneider won the 1931 Indianapolis 500.-Indy 500 results:-External links:...	109.850	34	1	0	Stalled