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Race #1 — Indianapolis Motor Speedway

May 30, 1928 • Winner: Louis Meyer

Full-field race results and preserved archive material from the 1928 AAA Champ Car Series event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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#1Season Race

60Feature Starters

200Winner Laps

Louis MeyerFeature Winner

14Winning Car

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Feature Results

FinStartNo.DriverMakeLapsStatus

11314Louis MeyerMiller / Miller SC2005:01:33.75 99.482

2828Lou MooreMiller / Miller SC2005:02:17.64 99.241

3123George SoudersMiller / Miller SC2005:06:01.04 98.034

41015Ray KeechMiller / Miller SC2005:21:28.48 93.320

51522Norman BattenMiller / Miller SC2005:21:28.48 93.228

657Babe StappMiller FD / Miller SC2005:23:50.41 92.638

72043Billy ArnoldMiller / Miller SC2005:29:16.09 91.111

81427Fred FrameDuesenberg / Duesenberg SC2005:33:02.38 90.079

9925Fred ComerMiller FD / Miller SC2005:35:42.12 88.889

1048Tony GulottaMiller / Miller SC2005:37:30.11 88.888

11724Louis SchneiderMiller / Miller SC2005:41:02.83 87.954

122312Dave EvansMiller / Miller SC2005:43:14.81 87.401

132829Henry KohlertMiller / Miller SC180Flagged

141723Deacon LitzMiller / Miller SC161Flagged

152139Jimmy GleasonDuesenberg / Duesenberg SC195Magneto

16185Cliff DurantDetroit FD / Miller SC175Supercharger

171133Johnny SeymourCooper FD / Miller SC171Supercharger

18246Earl DeVoreMiller / Miller SC163Wrecked SW turn

1914Leon DurayMiller FD / Miller SC133Overheating

201638Sam RossMiller FD / Miller SC132Timing gears

212726Ira HallDuesenberg / Duesenberg SC115Wrecked SW turn

221932Peter KreisCooper FD / Miller SC73Rod bearing

23210Cliff WoodburyMiller / Miller SC56Timing gears

24616Ralph HepburnMiller FD / Miller SC48Timing gears

25291Wilbur ShawMiller FD / Miller SC43Timing gears

262618Ben ShoaffDuesenberg / Duesenberg SC35Wrecked SW turn

272541Clarence BeltGreen / Green SC32Broken valve

28321Cliff BergereMiller FD / Miller SC7Broken supercharger

292234Russ SnowbergerCooper FD / Miller SC4Broken supercharger

——4Cliff BergereMiller / Miller SC42Relieved L. Duray 92-133

——7Ralph HepburnMiller FD / Miller SC24Relieved Stapp 122-145

——27Ralph HepburnDuesenberg / Duesenberg SC8Relieved Frame 178-185

——25Cliff WoodburyMiller / Miller SC107Relieved Comer 93-200

——27Ben ShoaffMiller / Miller SC15Relieved Frame 186-200

——28Louis SchneiderMiller / Miller SC68Relieved L. Moore 133-200

——39Russ SnowbergerDuesenberg / Duesenberg SC12Relieved Gleason 136-147

——15Wilbur ShawMiller / Miller SC30Relieved Keech 87-116

——8Dutch BaumannMiller / Miller SC64Relieved Gulotta 68-117, 184-197

——29Shorty CantlonMiller / Miller SC118Relieved Kohlert 6-58, 116-180

——23Wesley CrawfordMiller / Miller SC88Relieved Litz 67-154

——5Bob McDonoghDetroit FD / Miller SC71Relieved C. Durant 105-175

——6Cy MarshallMiller / Miller SC58Relieved E. DeVore 91-148

——22Zeke MeyerMiller / Miller SC120Relieved Batten 81-200

——26Jack PetticordDuesenberg / Duesenberg SC12Relieved I. Hall 104-115

——43Bill SpenceMiller / Miller SC87Relieved B. Arnold 36-103, 151-169

——29William ShattucMiller / Miller SC57Relieved Kohlert 59-115

——24Lou WilsonMiller / Miller SC106Relieved Schneider 91-101, 106-200

——19Dutch BaumannDuesenberg / Duesenberg SC—Wrecked after qualifying

——36Shorty CantlonBugatti / Bugatti—Did not arrive

——14Wilbur ShawMiller / Miller SC—Sold to L. Meyer before practice

——17L. L. CorumDuesenberg / Duesenberg SC—Wrecked after qualifying

——42Prince Ghica Cantacuzino——Did not arrive

——1Peter DePaoloMiller FD / Miller SC—Wrecked practice

——31Jim HillMiller / Miller SC—Did not qualify

——35Buddy MarrMiller / Miller SC—Wrecked by C. Miller after qualifying

——35Chet MillerMiller / Miller SC—Wrecked practice

——37Herman SchurchSievers—Did not qualify

——29Kelly PetilloMiller / Miller SC—Wrecked practice

——XBill Spence——Did not appear

——XPhil Shafer——Did not appear

Source Attribution

Series framework and final standings: The Third Turn. Supplemental full-field race-result detail: ChampCarStats.com where individual The Third Turn race pages were login-gated.

Source: The Third Turn event page

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