1924 Indianapolis 500

The 12th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday, May 30, 1924.

Lora Lawrence Corum started the race in the #15 entry, and was relieved during the race by Joe Boyer. Boyer proceeded to drive the car to victory, and both drivers were credited as "co-winners" for the 1924 race.

Boyer led the first lap of the race in his original #9 entry. After Boyer got out of the car and took over the #15, the #9 entry continued in the race, taken over by Ernie Ansterberg, Corum, and later Thane Houser. Houser crashed the car after 176 laps, and Boyer's original car was credited with 18th place.

Time trials

Four-lap (10 mile) qualifying runs were utilized.

Results

Finish	Start	No	Name	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Status
1	21	15	L. L. Corum (laps 1-111) Joe Boyer (laps 112-200)	93.330	16	200	25	Running
2	6	8	Earl Cooper	103.900	6	200	119	Running
3	1	2	Jimmy Murphy	108.030	1	200	56	Running
4	2	4	Harry Hartz	107.130	2	200	0	Running
5	4	3	Bennett Hill	104.840	4	200	0	Running
6	13	12	Peter DePaolo	99.280	13	200	0	Running
7	16	14	Fred Comer	92.880	17	200	0	Running
8	15	6	Ira Vail	96.400	15	200	0	Running
9	9	32	Antoine Mourre	99.490	9	200	0	Running
10	18	19	Bob McDonogh	91.550	19	200	0	Running
11	7	18	Jules Ellingboe	102.600	7	200	0	Running
12	11	7	Jerry Wonderlich	99.360	11	200	0	Running
13	8	16	Cliff Durant	101.610	8	199	0	Out of gas
14	19	26	Bill Hunt	85.040	21	191	0	Flagged
15	17	31	Ora Haibe	92.810	18	182	0	Flagged
16	20	28	Alfred Moss	85.270	20	177	0	Flagged
17	22	27	Fred Harder	82.770	22	177	0	Flagged
18	5	9	Joe Boyer	104.840	5	176	0	Crash T1
19	14	1	Eddie Hearne	99.230	14	151	0	Fuel line
20	12	21	Frank Elliott	99.310	12	149	0	Gas tank
21	3	5	Tommy Milton	105.200	3	110	0	Gas tank
22	10	10	Ernie Ansterberg	99.400	10	2	0	Crash T2
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Race details

• For 1924, riding mechanics were optional,^[2] however, no teams utilized them.
• First alternate: none^[3]

References