1926 Indianapolis 500: Information from Answers.com

Results of the 1926 Indianapolis 500 held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday, May 31, 1926.

Finish	Start	No	Name	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Status
1	20	15	Frank Lockhart	95.780	19	160	95	Running
2	2	3	Harry Hartz	109.542	2	158	6	Flagged
3	14	36	Cliff Woodbury	105.109	10	158	0	Flagged
4	13	8	Fred Comer	100.612	16	155	0	Flagged
5	27	12	Peter DePaolo	96.709	18	153	0	Flagged
6	8	6	Frank Elliott	105.873	8	152	0	Flagged
7	16	14	Norman Batten	101.428	15	151	0	Flagged
8	15	19	Ralph Hepburn	102.517	14	151	0	Flagged
9	28	18	John Duff	95.549	20	147	0	Flagged
10	5	4	Phil Shafer	106.647	5	146	16	Flagged
11	12	31	Tony Gulotta	102.789	13	142	0	Flagged
12	7	16	Bennett Hill	105.876	7	136	0	Flagged
13	21	33	Thane Houser	93.672	22	102	0	Flagged
14	17	27	W. Douglas Hawkes	94.977	21	91	0	Camshaft
15	4	1	Dave Lewis	107.009	4	91	43	Valve
16	1	5	Earl Cooper	111.735	1	73	0	Transmission
17	11	9	Cliff Durant	104.855	12	60	0	Fuel tank leak
18	18	29	Ben Jones	92.142	24	54	0	Crash
19	23	26	E. A. D. Eldridge	89.777	25	45	0	Tie rod
20	24	23	L. L. Corum	88.849	26	44	0	Shock absorbers
21	22	24	Steve Nemesh	92.937	23	41	0	Transmission
22	6	7	Jules Ellingboe	106.376	6	39	0	Supercharger
23	3	10	Leon Duray	109.186	3	33	0	Broken axle
24	26	17	Fred Lecklider	100.398	17	24	0	Rod
25	25	28	Jack McCarver	86.418	28	23	0	Rod
26	9	34	Bon McDougall	105.180	9	19	0	Valve
27	10	22	W. E. Shattuc	104.977	11	15	0	Valve
28	19	39	Albert Guyot	88.580	27	8	0	Piston

1925 Indianapolis 500 Peter DePaolo	1926 Indianapolis 500 Frank Lockhart	1927 Indianapolis 500 George Souders

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Previous race: 1925 Italian Grand Prix	1926 Grand Prix season Grandes Épreuves	Next race: 1926 French Grand Prix
Previous race: 1925 Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis 500	Next race: 1927 Indianapolis 500

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Speedway Presidents	Carl Fisher (1909–1927) • Eddie Rickenbacker (1928–1945) • Wilbur Shaw (1946–1954) • Tony Hulman (1955–1977) • Joe Cloutier (1978–1979) John Cooper (1980–1981) • Joe Cloutier (1982–1989) • Tony George (1990–2004) • Joie Chitwood (2005–present)
Chief Stewards	C. W. Sedwick (1909–1916) • W. D. Edenburn (1919–1934) • Charles Merz (1935–1939) • Ted Doescher (1940–1941) • J. H. Mehan (1946–1948) Tommy Milton (1949–1952) • Harry McQuinn (1953–1957) • Harlen Fengler (1958–1973) • Tom Binford (1974–1995) • Keith Ward (1996–1997) Brian Barnhart (1998–present)

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