The 22nd running of the Indianapolis 500 took place on May 30, 1934. The winner was the number seven car driven by 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...

, an Indianapolis

Indianapolis

Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...

 native, at an average speed of 104.863 miles per hour. Cummings led for 57 laps total, including the last 26. Of the 33 cars that began the race, only 12 were running at the finish, although there were no crashes resulting in serious injuries. One serious incident involved George Bailey

George Bailey (driver)

George Bailey was an American racecar driver active in the 1930s. He was killed in a crash during practice for the 1940 Indianapolis 500.-Indy 500 results:...

, whose car went over the outside wall, but resulted in only a broken wrist to the driver. The finish was the closest in the history of the race to that point, with second-place finisher 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....

 within 100 yards of Cummings at the finish (officially 27.25 seconds behind). Rose would also file a protest that Cummings had illegally gained ground during a "slow-down" period following a crash.

Results

Results of the 1934 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 Wednesday, May 30, 1934.

Finish	Start	No	Name	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Status
1	10	7	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...	116.116	6	200	57	Running
2	4	9	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....	116.044	7	200	68	Running
3	20	2	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...	113.442	16	200	0	Running
4	19	12	Deacon Litz Deacon Litz Artha Benson "Deacon" Litz was an American racecar driver active primarily during the 1920s and 1930s.-Indy 500 results:...	113.731	14	200	0	Running
5	24	16	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....	113.115	18	200	0	Running
6	8	36	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...	113.307	17	200	0	Running
7	18	22	Cliff Bergere Cliff Bergere Cliff Bergere was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...	115.243	8	200	0	Running
8	9	10	Russ Snowberger Russ Snowberger Russ Snowberger was an American racecar driver and owner active from the 1920s through the 1950s....	111.428	23	200	0	Running
9	3	32	Frank Brisko Frank Brisko Frank Brisko was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...	116.894	4	200	69	Running
10	14	24	Herb Ardinger Herb Ardinger Herb Ardinger was an American racecar driver.Ardinger competed in eight AAA Championship Car races from 1934 to 1939, including the 1934, 1936, 1937, and 1938 Indianapolis 500 races...	111.722	22	200	0	Running
11	1	17	Kelly Petillo Kelly Petillo Cavino Michele "Kelly" Petillo, was an American race car driver....	119.329	1	200	6	Running
12	29	5	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:...	105.921	32	200	0	Running
13	28	49	Charles Crawford	108.784	30	110	0	In pits
14	11	31	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...	114.321	10	164	0	Connecting rod
15	12	18	George Barringer George Barringer George Barringer was an American racecar driver from Wichita Falls, Texas active during the 1930's and 1940's. Barringer made 17 Championship Car starts with a best finish of second at Springfield in August 1935 and Milwaukee in August 1939...	113.859	11	161	0	Bent front axle
16	6	26	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...	113.816	12	130	0	Camshaft drive
17	7	8	Tony Gulotta Tony Gulotta Tony Gulotta was an American racecar driver active throughout the 1920s and 1930s....	113.733	13	94	0	Rod
18	13	1	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....	112.332	20	92	0	Oil tank
19	22	6	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....	102.414	33	81	0	Transmission
20	15	15	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...	117.875	2	76	0	Crankshaft
21	5	4	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"....	114.786	9	72	0	Rod
22	17	51	Al Gordon Al Gordon (driver) Al Gordon was an American racecar driver. He was killed in a racing accident.-Indy 500 results:...	116.273	5	66	0	Crash T1
23	23	35	Rex Mays Rex Mays Rex Mays is a former AAA Championship Car race driver from Riverside, California. He made his Indianapolis 500 debut in 1934 and won the pole in 1935, 1936, and again in 1940 and finished second, he returned the next year and finished second again. Mays won the AAA National Championship in 1940...	113.639	15	53	0	Front axle
24	25	42	Dusty Fahrnow Dusty Fahrnow Dusty Fahrnow was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...	113.070	19	28	0	Rod
25	21	41	Johnny Sawyer Johnny Sawyer Johnny Sawyer was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...	109.808	27	27	0	Rod
26	33	33	Johnny Seymour Johnny Seymour Johnny Seymour was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...	108.591	31	22	0	Pinion gear
27	27	45	Rick Decker	110.895	26	17	0	Clutch
28	2	3	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...	117.647	3	15	0	Lost oil
29	26	73	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 ....	111.933	21	15	0	Crash NC
30	31	29	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...	109.426	28	13	0	Crash T4
31	30	63	Harry McQuinn Harry McQuinn Harry McQuinn was an American racecar driver active in the 1930s and 1940s....	111.067	24	13	0	Rod
32	16	58	George Bailey George Bailey (driver) George Bailey was an American racecar driver active in the 1930s. He was killed in a crash during practice for the 1940 Indianapolis 500.-Indy 500 results:...	111.063	25	12	0	Crash T3
33	32	46	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"...	109.252	29	11	0	Crash T1

External links

• Photo Gallery of the 1937 race at Indy500.com

• http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com