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| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | |||||
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| Indianapolis 500 | |||||
| Sanctioning body | AAA | ||||
| Date | May 30, 1930 | ||||
| Winner | Billy Arnold | ||||
| Winning Entrant | Harry Hartz | ||||
| Average speed | 100.448 mph (161.655 km/h) | ||||
| Pole position | Billy Arnold | ||||
| Pole speed | 113.268 mph (182.287 km/h) | ||||
| Most laps led | Billy Arnold (198) | ||||
| Pre-race | |||||
| Pace car | Cord L-29 | ||||
| Pace car driver | Wade Morton | ||||
| Starter | Grantland Rice[1] | ||||
| Honorary referee | Vincent Hugo Bendix[1] | ||||
| Estimated attendance | 165,000-170,000[2] | ||||
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The 18th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday, May 30, 1930. The race was part of the 1930 AAA Championship Car season.
Pole position winner Billy Arnold took the lead on lap 3, and led the entire rest of the race. He led a total of 198 laps (all consecutive), which stands as an all-time Indianapolis 500 race record. Arnold was accompanied by riding mechanic Spider Matlock.
Arnold was the first driver to complete the entire 500 miles in under five hours (over 100 mph average speed) without relief help. Pete DePaolo finished the 1925 race in under five hours, but used a relief driver for 21 laps. Arnold would eventually be named the first member of the prestigious 100 mph Club.
The race was marred by the death of Paul Marshall. He was acting as riding mechanic for his brother Cy when their car hit and flipped over the wall. His brother survived with serious injuries.
- ^ a b Fox, Jack C. (1994). The Illustrated History of the Indianapolis 500 1911-1994 (4th ed.). Carl Hungness Publishing. pp. 22, 400. ISBN 0-915088-05-3.
- ^ Patton, W. Blaine (May 31, 1930). "Jump Into Lead On Third Lap And Is Never Headed". The Indianapolis Star. p. 1. Retrieved June 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
