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1946 INDIANAPOLIS 500 RACE RESULTS

FinishStartCar Num.DriverCar NameEntrantMake/ModelStatusLapsLedWinnings
11516George RobsonThorne EngineeringThorne Engineering Corp.Adams/Sparks114.82200138$42,350
2561Jimmy JacksonJacksonJimmy JacksonMiller/Offy114.4982005$13,838
3729Ted HornBoyle MaseratiBoyle Racing HeadquartersMaserati/Maserati109.7592000$7,988
41118Emil AndresElgin Piston PinFrank BriskoMaserati/Maserati108.9022000$5,425
51224Joie ChitwoodNoc-Out Hose ClampFred A. PetersWetteroth/Offy108.3992000$4,375
6633Lewis DurantMarion EngineeringMilt MarionAlfa Romeo/Alfa Romeo105.0732000$3,238
72852Luigi VilloresiMaseratiCorvorado FilippiniMaserati/Maserati100.7832000$2,375
8297Frank WearneWolfe Motors Co., TulsaErvin WolfeShaw/OffyRunning1970$2,438
92539Bill ShefflerJack MaurerBill ShefflerBromme/OffyRunning1390$2,114
103117Billy DeVoreSchoofWilliam SchoofWetteroth/OffyThrottle1670$1,888
11274Mel HansenRoss PageRoss PageKurtis/DurayCrankshaft1430$1,700
121025Russ SnowbergerJim Hussey's Sportsman's ClubR.A. CottMaserati/MaseratiDifferential1340$1,675
131814Harry McQuinnMobilgasRobert J. FlavellAdams/SparksOut of oil1240$1,600
14192Ralph HepburnNovi GovernorW.C. WinfieldKurtis/NoviStalled12144$7,025
151312Al PutnamL.G.S. Spring ClutchGeorge L. KuehnStevens/OffyMagneto1200$1,250
1613Cliff BergereNoc-Out ClampShirley BergereWetteroth/OffyOut of oil822$1,625
17845Duke DinsmoreJohnstonFred W. JohnstonAdams/OffyRod820$1,075
18175Chet MillerMillerChet MillerCooper/OffyOil line640$1,000
191663Jimmy WilburnMobiloilBill WhiteA.R.-Weil/Alfa RomeoBlock520$1,000
202642Tony BettenhausenBristow-McManusRobert J. McManusWetteroth/MillerRod470$925
213359Danny KladisGrancor V8GrancorMiller-Ford/Ford V8Towed-Disq.460$875
223254Duke NalonMaseratiCorvorado FilippiniMaserati/MaseratiUniversal joint450$825
2398Mauri RoseBlue Crown Spark PlugJoe LenckiLencki/LenckiAccident408$1,675
243038George ConnorWalshEd WalshKurtis/OffyPiston380$800
252348Hal RobsonPhillips MillerOverton PhillipsBugatti/MillerRod370$775
262215Louis TomeiBoxar ToolJoseph HossoStevens/BriskoOil line340$750
272131Henry BanksAutomobile ShippersLouis RasseySnowberger/OffyPinion shaft320$725
282064Shorty CantlonH-3Charles J. HughesMiller-Ford/OffyClutch280$725
292426George BarringerTucker TorpedoGeorge BarringerMiller/MillerGears270$675
30141Rex MaysBowes Seal FastBowes Racing, IncStevens/WinfieldManifold263$1,025
31332Sam HanksSpike JonesGordon SchroederStevens/SampsonOil line180$675
32447Hal ColeDon LeeDon Lee, Inc.Alfa Romeo/Alfa RomeoFuel leak160$600
33210Paul RussoFageol Twin CoachLou FageolFageol/Twin OffysAccident160$650