1913 Indianapolis 500

The 1913 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, or International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race, the third such race in history, was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday, May 30, 1913.

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Official results

Qualification results

Entries required to complete one lap in excess of 75 mph (120.7 km/h) to qualify, but starting grid determined by blind draw from a hat the night preceding the race.
Driver Far Inside Inside Center Outside Center Far Outside
Time (mph) (km/h)
Row 1 Caleb Bragg Albert Guyot Billy Liesaw Robert Evans
0:01:43.05 87.34 140.56 0:01:51.46 80.75 129.95 0:01:55.36 78.02 125.56 0:01:49.74 82.01 131.98
Row 2 Don Herr Harry Grant Jules Goux Teddy Tetzlaff
0:01:48.64 82.84 133.32 0:01:58.48 75.96 122.25 0:01:44.62 86.03 138.45 0:01:52.14 80.26 129.17
Row 3 Bill Endicott Harry Endicott Billy Knipper † Ralph DePalma
0:01:45.02 85.70 137.92 0:01:57.88 76.35 122.87 0:01:52.14 80.26 129.17 0:01:57.96 76.30 122.79
Row 4 Theodore Pilette Gil Andersen Willie Haupt Charlie Merz
0:01:59.17 75.52 121.54 0:01:48.92 82.63 132.98 0:01:51.49 80.72 129.91 0:01:46.56 84.46 135.93
Row 5 Johnny Jenkins Vincenzo Trucco Spencer Wishart Howdy Wilcox
0:01:48.643 82.84 133.32 0:01:49.84 81.94 131.87 0:01:49.77 81.99 131.95 0:01:50.48 81.46 131.10
Row 6 Bob Burman Ralph Mulford Louis Disbrow Joe Nikrent
0:01:46.93 84.17 135.46 0:01:51.40 80.79 130.02 0:01:48.75 82.76 133.19 0:01:54.08 78.89 126.96
Row 7 Jack Tower Paul Zuccarelli George Clark  
0:01:41.93 88.23 141.99 0:01:44.86 85.83 138.13 0:01:58.56 75.91 122.17

Race results

Race finishing times recorded down to one-twentieth-second intervals.
All entries still running at conclusion scored ahead of non-finishing entries, regardless of race completion percentage.
Position colors reflect the American formula motorsports standard for finishing positions.
Pos No Driver Car Entrant Chassis Engine Cyl Displ
(in³)
(L)		 Color Qual
Speed
(mph)
(km/h)		 Rank Start
Pos		 Laps
Led		 Laps
Run		 Time Speed
(mph)
(km/h)		 Status Prize
Money
($)
1 16 Jules Goux Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 4 448
7.34		 blue / white 86.03
138.45		 3 7 138 200 6:35:05.00 75.933
122.202		 finished 21,165
2 22 Spencer Wishart Mercer Mercer Motors Company Mercer Mercer 4 300
4.92		 yellow 81.99
131.95		 13 19 0 200 6:48:13.40
+0:13:08.40		 73.489
118.269		 finished 10,165
3 2 Charlie Merz Stutz Ideal Motor Car Company Stutz Wisconsin 4 400
6.55		 white / red 84.46
135.93		 6 16 0 200 6:48:49.25
+0:13:44.25		 73.382
118.097		 finished 5,165
4 9 Albert Guyot Sunbeam Sunbeam Motor Car Company Sunbeam Sunbeam 6 368
6.03		 gray 80.75
129.95		 18 2 0 200 7:02:58.95
+0:27:53.95		 70.925
114.143		 finished 3,500
5 23 Theodore Pilette Mercedes-Knight E.C. Patterson Mercedes Knight 4 251
4.11		 gray / white 75.52
129.66		 27 13 0 200 7:20:13.00
+0:45:08.00		 68.148
109.674		 finished 3,000
6 12 Howdy Wilcox Gray Fox Frank Fox Pope-Hartford Pope-Hartford 4 390
6.39		 gray 81.46
131.10		 15 20 0 200 7:23:26.55
+0:48:21.55		 67.653
108.877		 finished 2,200
7 29 Ralph Mulford Mercedes E. J. Schroeder Mercedes Mercedes 4 449
7.36		 gray 80.79
130.02		 17 22 0 200 7:28:05.50
+0:53:00.50		 66.951
107.747		 finished 1,800
8 31 Louis Disbrow Case J. I. Case T. M. Company Case Case 4 449
7.36		 gray / red 82.76
133.19		 10 23 0 200 7:29:09.00
+0:54:04.00		 66.793
107.493		 finished 1,600
9 35 Willie Haupt Mason Mason Motor Company Duesenberg Duesenberg 4 350
5.74		 dark tan 80.72
129.91		 19 15 0 200 7:52:35.10
+1:17:30.10		 63.481
102.163		 finished 1,500
10 25 George Clark Tulsa Tulsa Auto Manufacturing Company Tulsa Wisconsin 4 340
5.57		 red / black 75.91
122.17		 26 27 0 200 7:56:14.25
+1:21:09.25		 62.994
101.299		 finished 1,400
11 4 Bob Burman Keeton Keeton Motor Company Keeton Wisconsin 4 449
7.36		 green / white 84.17
135.46		 7 21 41 flagged flagged flagged,
still running		 0
12 3 Gil Andersen Stutz Ideal Motor Car Company Stutz Wisconsin 4 400
6.55		 white / red 82.63
132.98		 11 14 18 187 did not finish camshaft gears 0
13 5 Robert Evans Mason Mason Motor Company Duesenberg Duesenberg 4 350
5.74		 dark tan 82.01
131.98		 12 4 2 158 did not finish clutch 0
14 17 Billy Liesaw Anel Will Tompson Buick Buick 4 318
5.21		 orange / black 78.02
125.56		 22 3 0 148 did not finish loose rods 0
15 19 Caleb Bragg Mercer Mercer Motors Company Mercer Mercer 4 424
6.95		 yellow 87.34
140.56		 2 1 1 128 did not finish pump shaft 0
16 10 Billy Knipper Henderson Henderson Motor Car Company Knipper Duesenberg 4 350
5.74		 azure blue 80.26
129.17		 20 11 0 125 did not finish clutch 0
17 27 Teddy Tetzlaff Isotta Isotta Isotta Isotta 4 444
7.28		 red / green 81.30
130.84		 16 8 0 118 did not finish drive train 0
18 32 Joe Nikrent Case J. I. Case T. M. Company Case Case 4 449
7.36		 gray / red 78.89
126.96		 21 24 0 67 did not finish burned bearing 0
19 6 Jack Tower Mason Mason Motor Company Duesenberg Duesenberg 4 350
5.74		 dark tan 88.23
141.99		 1 25 0 51 did not finish accident,
first turn		 0
20 28 Vincenzo Trucco Isotta Isotta Isotta Isotta 4 444
4.28		 red / green 81.94
131.87		 14 18 0 39 did not finish loose gas tank 0
21 1 Harry Endicott Nyberg Nyberg Auto Company Nyberg Nyberg 6 377
6.18		 red 76.35
122.87		 23 10 0 23 did not finish transmission 0
22 45* Paul Zuccarelli Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 4 448
7.34		 blue / white 85.83
138.13		 4 26 0 18 did not finish main bearing 0
23 21 † Ralph DePalma Mercer Mercer Motors Company Mercer Mercer 4 340
5.57		 yellow 76.30
122.79		 24 12 0 15 did not finish burned bearing 0
24 26 Harry Grant Isotta Isotta Isotta Isotta 4 444
4.28		 red / green 75.96
122.25		 25 6 0 14 did not finish gas tank 0
25 18 Johnny Jenkins Schacht Schacht Motor Car Company Schacht Schacht 4 299
4.90		 red / white 82.84
133.32		 9 17 0 13 did not finish crankshaft 0
26 8 Don Herr Stutz Ideal Motor Car Company Stutz Wisconsin 4 400
6.55		 white / red 82.84
133.32		 8 5 0 7 did not finish clutch shaft 0
27 33 Bill Endicott Case J. I. Case T. M. Co. Case Case 6 448
7.34		 gray / red 85.70
137.92		 5 9 0 1 did not finish drive shaft 0
* Several sources claim Zuccarelli's entry to have carried the numerical designation #15. Photographs taken of entries qualified for the 1913 race, however, exhibit #45 prominently displayed on the Peugeot's front-facing engine grill.
† De Palma is usually shown as American, but his application for a US passport (available at [1]) reveals that he did not become a US citizen until 1920

References

Indianapolis 500 Chronicle, 1999, Rick Pope
2006 Indianapolis 500 Official Program

1912 Indianapolis 500
Joe Dawson		 1913 Indianapolis 500
Jules Goux		 1914 Indianapolis 500
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