1925 Indianapolis 500

The 13th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 30, 1925.

Race winner Peter DePaolo became the first driver to complete the 500 miles in under five hours, and have an average over 100 mph. Norman Batten drove 21 laps of relief (laps 106-127) while DePaolo had his hands bandaged due to blisters and bruises.

Time trials[]

Four-lap (10 mile) qualifying runs were utilized. Leon Duray won the pole position with a 4-lap track record of 113.196 mph. Peter DePaolo, who qualified second, set the 1-lap track record at 114.285 mph.

Results[]

Finish	Start	No	Name	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Status
1	2	12	Peter DePaolo	Duesenberg Brothers	Duesenberg	Duesenberg	113.083	2	200	115	Running
2	5	1	Dave Lewis	R. Cliff Durant	Miller	Miller	109.061	5	200	50	Running
3	22	9	Phil Shafer  R	Duesenberg Brothers	Duesenberg	Duesenberg	103.523	16	200	13	Running
4	3	6	Harry Hartz	Harry Hartz	Miller	Miller	112.433	3	200	3	Running
5	11	4	Tommy Milton  W	Tommy Milton	Miller	Miller	104.366	13	200	0	Running
6	1	28	Leon Duray	Harry Hartz	Miller	Miller	113.196	1	200	0	Running
7	18	8	Ralph DePalma  W	Ralph DePalma	Miller	Miller	108.607	6	200	0	Running
8	9	38	Peter Kreis  R	Duesenberg Brothers	Duesenberg	Duesenberg	106.338	10	200	0	Running
9	14	15	W. E. Shattuc  R	Dr. W. E. Shattuc, M.D.	Miller	Miller	102.070	17	200	0	Running
10	8	22	Pietro Bordino  R	Pietro Bordino	Fiat	Fiat	107.661	9	200	0	Running
11	12	5	Fred Comer	Harry Hartz	Miller	Miller	104.296	14	200	0	Running
12	10	27	Frank Elliott	Richard G. Doyle	Miller	Miller	104.910	11	200	0	Running
13	15	24	Earl Devore  R	Bancroft & Pope	Miller	Miller	97.799	19	198	0	Flagged
14	20	14	Bob McDonogh	Tommy Milton	Miller	Miller	101.931	18	188	0	Truss rod
15	16	23	Wade Morton	Duesenberg Brothers	Duesenberg	Duesenberg	95.821	20	156	0	Crash BS
16	6	17	Ralph Hepburn  R	Earl Cooper	Miller	Miller	108.489	7	144	15	Gas tank
17	4	2	Earl Cooper	R. Cliff Durant	Miller	Miller	110.487	4	127	4	Crash T1
18	13	3	Bennett Hill	Harry A. Miller	Miller	Miller	104.167	15	69	0	Rear spring
19	17	29	Herbert Jones  R	Herbert Jones	Miller	Miller	89.401	21	69	0	Crash T1
20	19	19	Ira Vail	R. J. Johnson	Miller	Miller	104.785	12	63	0	Rod
21	21	7	M. C. Jones  R	H. J. Skelly	Ford T	Fronty-Ford	88.478	22	33	0	Transmission
22	7	10	Jules Ellingboe	Jerry Wonderlich	Miller	Miller	107.832	8	24	0	Steering
[3][4]

Race details[]

• For 1925, riding mechanics were optional,^[5] however, no teams utilized them.
• First alternate: none^[6]
• Ralph DePalma would be the only driver in the race who had competed in the first Indy 500 in 1911.

Gallery[]

• 

  1925 Miller

References[]