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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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Green, Myron R. (May 31, 1913). "Mighty Throng Hails Goux As New Speed King". The Indianapolis Star. p. 1. Retrieved June 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
