1924 Indianapolis 500

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

12th Indianapolis 500

Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolis 500
Sanctioning body	AAA
Date	May 30, 1924
Winner	Lora Lawrence Corum & Joe Boyer (co-winners)
Winning Entrant	Duesenberg
Average speed	98.234 mph (158.092 km/h)
Pole position	Jimmy Murphy
Pole speed	108.037 mph (173.869 km/h)
Most laps led	Earl Cooper (119)
Pre-race
Pace car	Cole V8
Pace car driver	Lew Pettijohn
Starter	W.S. Gilbreath[1]
Honorary referee	Henry Ford[1]
Estimated attendance	135,000-140,000[2]
Chronology
Previous Next 1923 1925

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 Ansterburg, 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

Co-winners L.L. Corum and Joe Boyer

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	24	Running
2	6	8	Earl Cooper	103.900	6	200	119	Running
3	1	2	Jimmy Murphy  W	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  R	92.880	17	200	0	Running
8	15	6	Ira Vail	96.400	15	200	0	Running
9	9	32	Antoine Mourre  R	99.490	9	200	0	Running
10	18	19	Bob McDonogh  R	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  R	85.040	21	191	0	Flagged
15	17	31	Ora Haibe	92.810	18	182	0	Flagged
16	20	28	Alfred Moss  R	85.270	20	177	0	Flagged
17	22	27	Fred Harder  R	82.770	22	177	0	Flagged
18	5	9	Joe Boyer	104.840	5	176	1	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  W	105.200	3	110	0	Gas tank
22	10	10	Ernie Ansterburg  R	99.400	10	2	0	Crash T2
[3]

Race details

• For 1924, riding mechanics were optional,[4] however, no teams utilized them.
• First alternate: none[5]

• Eddie Hearne was the lone entry in the race who competed in the inaugural Indy 500

References

1. Fox, Jack C. (1994). The Illustrated History of the Indianapolis 500 1911-1994 (4th ed.). Carl Hungness Publishing. p. 22. ISBN 0-915088-05-3.
2. Patton, W. Blaine (May 31, 1924). "Boyer Relieves 'Duesie' Pilot In 106th, Finishing; Corum Officially Wins". The Indianapolis Star. p. 1. Retrieved June 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Indianapolis 500 1924". Ultimate Racing History. Archived from the original on 16 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
4. Blazier, John E.; Rollings, Tom (1994). Forgotten Heroes of the Speedways: The Riding Mechanics.
5. The Talk of Gasoline Alley - 1070-AM WIBC, May 14, 2004