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Indianapolis Motor Speedway | |||||
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Indianapolis 500 | |||||
Sanctioning body | AAA | ||||
Date | May 30, 1913 | ||||
Winner | Jules Goux | ||||
Winning Entrant | Peugeot | ||||
Average speed | 75.933 mph (122.202 km/h) | ||||
Pole position | Caleb Bragg | ||||
Pole speed | N/A | ||||
Most laps led | Jules Goux (138) | ||||
Pre-race | |||||
Pace car | Stoddard-Dayton | ||||
Pace car driver | Carl G. Fisher | ||||
Starter | Charles P. Root[1] | ||||
Honorary referee | Laurence Enos[1] | ||||
Estimated attendance | 90,000[2] | ||||
Chronology | |||||
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The Third International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday, May 30, 1913. Frenchman Jules Goux became the first foreign-born, and first European winner of the Indianapolis 500. His margin of victory of 13 minutes, 8 seconds (approximately 7 laps) over second place Spencer Wishart still stands, as of 2024, as the largest margin of victory in Indianapolis 500 history.