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|racecode = 500
  
|racecode = 500
 
|season = 1911
  
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|caption = The [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway]]
  
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|laps = 200
  
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|distance = 804.672
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|distance = 804.500
 
|pole = Lewis Strang
  
|pole = Lewis Strang
 
|polenation = USA-1908
  
|polenation = USA-1908
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|poleteam = {{Case-CON}}
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|poleteam = {{USA-1908}} {{Case-CON}}
 
|poletime = N/A<ref>Grid decided by entry date</ref>
  
|poletime = N/A<ref>Grid decided by entry date</ref>
 
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|winner = Ray Harroun
  
|winner = Ray Harroun
 
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|winnernation = USA-1908
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|winnerteam = {{Marmon-CON}}
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|winnerteam = {{USA-1908}} {{Marmon-CON}}
 
|second = Ralph Mulford
  
|second = Ralph Mulford
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|secondteam = {{Lozier-CON}}
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|secondteam = {{USA-1908}} {{Lozier-CON}}
 
|secondnation = USA-1908
  
|secondnation = USA-1908
 
|third = David Bruce-Brown
  
|third = David Bruce-Brown
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|thirdteam = {{Fiat-CON}}
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|thirdteam = {{USA-1908}} {{Fiat-CON}}
 
|thirdnation = USA-1908
  
|thirdnation = USA-1908
 
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The '''1911 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race''', or the '''International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race''' was the first [[Indianapolis 500]] to be held. Part of the 1911 AAA Championship season, the first is also considered to be a Grand Prix race. The race took place on [[May 30]], 1911, and was won by [[Ray Harroun]], who came out of retirement to compete.
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The '''1911 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race''', or the '''International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race''' was the first [[Indianapolis 500]] to be held. Part of the 1911 AAA Championship season, the first Indy 500 is also considered to be a Grand Prix race. The race took place on [[May 30]], 1911, and was won by [[Ray Harroun]], who came out of retirement to compete.
 
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==Background==
  
==Background==
 
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==Entry list==
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Note: Relief drivers in ''italics'' did not participate in the race.
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{| class=wikitable style="font-size=85%"
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! No. !! Driver !! Sponsor !! Car !! Engine !! Relief Drivers !! {{abbr|Riding Mech.|Riding Mechanic}}
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|-
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| 1 || {{USA-1908}} [[Lewis Strang]] || [[Case]] || Case || Wisconsin || [[Elmer Ray]] || [[W. R. Everett]]
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|-
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| 2 || {{ITA-1861}} [[Ralph DePalma]] || [[Simplex]] || Simplex || Simplex || || [[Charles Bury]]
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|-
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| 3 || {{USA-1908}} [[Harry Endicott]] || [[Interstate]] || Interstate || Interstate || ''[[C. B. Baldwin]]'' || [[Ed Madden]]
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|-
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| 4 || {{USA-1908}} [[John Aitken]] || [[National]] || National || National || || [[Walter Kepner]]
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|-
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| 5 || {{USA-1908}} [[Louis Disbrow]] || [[Pope-Hartford]] || Pope-Hartford || Pope-Hartford || ''[[Neil Whalen]]'' || [[Heinie Ulbricht]]
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|}
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==Practice sessions==
   
 
==Qualifying==
  
==Qualifying==
   
 
===Qualifying Process===
  
===Qualifying Process===
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The cars were to be ordered on the grid by entry date; thus, by entering first, [[Lewis Strang]] secured pole position.
   
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However, to ensure a field of competitive cars, each car was required to complete a 0.25 mile (0.40 km) section of the main straight with a minimum speed of 75 mph (121 km/h), or under 12 seconds. Any car failing this was given two additional attempts before being rejected. These sessions were held on May 27 and 28, and the times were not published.
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Overall, forty cars were able to qualify, with [[Louis Edmunds]] and [[Rupert Jeffkins]] failing.
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{{Clear}}
 
===Grid===
  
===Grid===
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{| cellspacing=2 cellpadding=2 style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center; width: 100%"
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!style="width:15%"|
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!style="width:17%"| Pos
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!style="width:17%"| Pos
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!style="width:17%"| Pos
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!style="width:17%"| Pos
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!style="width:17%"| Pos
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|-
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!
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! Driver
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! Driver
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! Driver
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! Driver
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! Driver
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|-
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|rowspan=5 style="color:green; border-top:1px dotted green"|Row 1
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|rowspan=2 style="border-top:1px solid black"|''Pace car''
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|colspan=4| &nbsp;
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|-
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''1'''
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|colspan=3|
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|-
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|
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|[[Lewis Strang]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''2'''
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|colspan=2|
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|-
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|colspan=2|
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|[[Ralph DePalma]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''3'''
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|
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|-
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|colspan=3|
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|[[Harry Endicott]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''4'''
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|-
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|rowspan=5 style="color:green; border-top:1px dotted green"|Row 2
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''5'''
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|colspan=3|
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|[[Johnny Aitken]]
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|-
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|[[Louis Disbrow]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''6'''
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|colspan=3|
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|-
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|
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|[[Frank Fox]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''7'''
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|colspan=2|
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|-
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|colspan=2|
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|[[Harry Knight]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''8'''
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|
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|-
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|colspan=3|
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|[[Joe Jagerberger]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''9'''
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|-
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|rowspan=5 style="color:green; border-top:1px dotted green"|Row 3
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''10'''
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|colspan=3|
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|[[Will Jones]]
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|-
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|[[Gil Andersen]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''11'''
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|colspan=3|
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|-
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|
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|[[Spencer Wishart]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''12'''
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|colspan=2|
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|-
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|colspan=2|
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|[[W. H. Turner]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''13'''
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|
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|-
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|colspan=3|
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|[[Fred Belcher]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''14'''
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|-
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|rowspan=5 style="color:green; border-top:1px dotted green"|Row 4
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''15'''
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|colspan=3|
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|[[Arthur Chevrolet]]
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|-
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|[[Charles Basle]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''16'''
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|colspan=3|
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|-
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|
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|[[Eddie Hearne]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''17'''
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|colspan=2|
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|-
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|colspan=2|
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|[[Harry Grant]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''18'''
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|
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|-
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|colspan=3|
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|[[Charlie Merz]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''19'''
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|-
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|rowspan=5 style="color:green; border-top:1px dotted green"|Row 5
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''20'''
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|colspan=3|
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|[[Howdy Wilcox]]
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|-
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|[[Bert Adams]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''21'''
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|colspan=3|
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|-
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|
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|[[Fred Ellis]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''22'''
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|colspan=2|
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|-
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|colspan=2|
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|[[Harry Cobe]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''23'''
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|
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|-
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|colspan=3|
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|[[Jack Tower]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''24'''
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|-
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|rowspan=5 style="color:green; border-top:1px dotted green"|Row 6
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''25'''
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|colspan=3|
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|[[Ernest Delaney]]
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|-
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|[[David Bruce-Brown]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''26'''
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|colspan=3|
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|-
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|
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|[[Lee Frayer]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''27'''
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|colspan=2|
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|-
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|colspan=2|
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|[[Joe Dawson]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''28'''
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|
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|-
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|colspan=3|
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|[[Ray Harroun]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''29'''
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|-
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|rowspan=5 style="color:green; border-top:1px dotted green"|Row 7
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''30'''
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|colspan=3|
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|[[Ralph Mulford]]
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|-
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|[[Teddy Telzlaff]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''31'''
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|colspan=3|
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|-
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|
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|[[Herbert Lytle]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''32'''
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|colspan=2|
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|-
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|colspan=2|
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|[[Hughie Hughes]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''33'''
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|
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|-
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|colspan=3|
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|[[Charles Bigalow]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''34'''
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|-
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|rowspan=5 style="color:green; border-top:1px dotted green"|Row 8
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''35'''
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|colspan=3|
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|[[Raph Beardsley]]
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|-
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|[[Caleb Bragg]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''36'''
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|colspan=3|
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|-
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|
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|[[Howard Hall]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''37'''
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|colspan=2|
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|-
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|colspan=2|
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|[[Bill Endicott]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''38'''
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|
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|-
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|colspan=3|
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|[[Arthur Greiner]]
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''39'''
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|-
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|rowspan=2 style="color:green; border-top:1px dotted green; border-bottom:1px dotted green"|Row 9
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|style="border-top:1px solid black"|'''40'''
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|colspan=3|
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|[[Bob Burman]]
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|-
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|[[Billy Knipper]]
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|colspan=4|
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|}
   
 
==Race==
  
==Race==
   
 
===Results===
  
===Results===
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The final results for the {{PAGENAME}} are shown below:
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{| class=wikitable
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|-
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! Pos.
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! No.
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! Driver
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! Constructor
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! Laps
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! Time/Retired
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! Grid
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|-
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! 1
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| 32
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| {{USA}} [[Ray Harroun]]
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| Marmon-Wasp
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| 200
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| 6:42:08
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| 28
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|-
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! 2
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| 33
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| {{USA}} [[Ralph Mulford]]
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| Lozier
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| 200
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| +1:43
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| 29
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|-
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! 3
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| 28
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| {{USA}} [[David Bruce-Brown]]
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| {{Fiat-CON}}
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| 200
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| +10:21
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| 25
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|-
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! 4
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| 11
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| {{USA}} [[Spencer Wishart]]
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| {{Mercedes-CON}}
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| 200
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| +10:49
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| 11
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|-
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! 5
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| 31
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| {{USA}} [[Joe Dawson]]
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| Marmon
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| 200
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| +12:26
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| 27
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|-
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! 6
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| 2
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| {{ITA-1861}} [[Ralph DePalma]]
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| Simplex
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| 200
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| +19:54
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| 2
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|-
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! 7
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| 20
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| {{USA}} [[Charlie Merz]]
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| National
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| 200
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| +24:12
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| 18
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|-
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! 8
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| 12
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| {{USA}} [[W. H. Turner]]
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| Amplex
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| 200
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| +33:48
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| 12
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|-
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! 9
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| 15
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| {{USA}} [[Fred Belcher]]
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| Knox
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| 200
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| +35:01
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| 13
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|-
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! 10
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| 25
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| {{USA}} [[Harry Cobe]]
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| Jackson
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| 200
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| +39:42
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| 22
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|-
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! 11
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| 10
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| {{NOR}} [[Gil Andersen]]
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| Stutz
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| 200
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| +40:47
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| 10
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|-
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! 12
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| 36
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| {{USA}} [[Hughie Hughes]]
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| Mercer
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| 200
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| +41:24
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| 32
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|-
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! 13
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| 30
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| {{USA}} [[Lee Frayer]]
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| Columbus
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| 197
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| Flagged
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| 26
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|-
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! 14
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| 21
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| {{USA}} [[Howdy Wilcox]]
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| National
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| 194
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| Flagged
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| 19
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|}
   
 
==Milestones==
  
==Milestones==
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*First [[Indianapolis 500]]
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*Final race for [[Ray Harroun]]
   
 
==Notes==
  
==Notes==

Revision as of 20:57, 17 March 2019

The 1911 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, or the International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race was the first Indianapolis 500 to be held. Part of the 1911 AAA Championship season, the first Indy 500 is also considered to be a Grand Prix race. The race took place on May 30, 1911, and was won by Ray Harroun, who came out of retirement to compete.

Background

Entry list

Note: Relief drivers in italics did not participate in the race.

No. Driver Sponsor Car Engine Relief Drivers Riding Mech.
1 United States Lewis Strang Case Case Wisconsin Elmer Ray W. R. Everett
2 Italy Ralph DePalma Simplex Simplex Simplex Charles Bury
3 United States Harry Endicott Interstate Interstate Interstate C. B. Baldwin Ed Madden
4 United States John Aitken National National National Walter Kepner
5 United States Louis Disbrow Pope-Hartford Pope-Hartford Pope-Hartford Neil Whalen Heinie Ulbricht

Practice sessions

Qualifying

Qualifying Process

The cars were to be ordered on the grid by entry date; thus, by entering first, Lewis Strang secured pole position.

However, to ensure a field of competitive cars, each car was required to complete a 0.25 mile (0.40 km) section of the main straight with a minimum speed of 75 mph (121 km/h), or under 12 seconds. Any car failing this was given two additional attempts before being rejected. These sessions were held on May 27 and 28, and the times were not published.

Overall, forty cars were able to qualify, with Louis Edmunds and Rupert Jeffkins failing.


Grid

Pos Pos Pos Pos Pos
Driver Driver Driver Driver Driver
Row 1 Pace car  
1
Lewis Strang 2
Ralph DePalma 3
Harry Endicott 4
Row 2 5 Johnny Aitken
Louis Disbrow 6
Frank Fox 7
Harry Knight 8
Joe Jagerberger 9
Row 3 10 Will Jones
Gil Andersen 11
Spencer Wishart 12
W. H. Turner 13
Fred Belcher 14
Row 4 15 Arthur Chevrolet
Charles Basle 16
Eddie Hearne 17
Harry Grant 18
Charlie Merz 19
Row 5 20 Howdy Wilcox
Bert Adams 21
Fred Ellis 22
Harry Cobe 23
Jack Tower 24
Row 6 25 Ernest Delaney
David Bruce-Brown 26
Lee Frayer 27
Joe Dawson 28
Ray Harroun 29
Row 7 30 Ralph Mulford
Teddy Telzlaff 31
Herbert Lytle 32
Hughie Hughes 33
Charles Bigalow 34
Row 8 35 Raph Beardsley
Caleb Bragg 36
Howard Hall 37
Bill Endicott 38
Arthur Greiner 39
Row 9 40 Bob Burman
Billy Knipper

Race

Results

The final results for the 1911 Indianapolis 500 are shown below:

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 32 United States Ray Harroun Marmon-Wasp 200 6:42:08 28
2 33 United States Ralph Mulford Lozier 200 +1:43 29
3 28 United States David Bruce-Brown Fiat 200 +10:21 25
4 11 United States Spencer Wishart Mercedes 200 +10:49 11
5 31 United States Joe Dawson Marmon 200 +12:26 27
6 2 Italy Ralph DePalma Simplex 200 +19:54 2
7 20 United States Charlie Merz National 200 +24:12 18
8 12 United States W. H. Turner Amplex 200 +33:48 12
9 15 United States Fred Belcher Knox 200 +35:01 13
10 25 United States Harry Cobe Jackson 200 +39:42 22
11 10 Norway Gil Andersen Stutz 200 +40:47 10
12 36 United States Hughie Hughes Mercer 200 +41:24 32
13 30 United States Lee Frayer Columbus 197 Flagged 26
14 21 United States Howdy Wilcox National 194 Flagged 19

Milestones

Notes

  1. ↑ Grid decided by entry date

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