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| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | |||||
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| Indianapolis 500 | |||||
| Sanctioning body | AAA | ||||
| Date | May 30, 1941 | ||||
| Winner | Floyd Davis and Mauri Rose (co-winners) | ||||
| Winning Entrant | Lou Moore | ||||
| Average speed | 115.117 mph | ||||
| Pole position | Mauri Rose | ||||
| Pole speed | 128.691 mph | ||||
| Most laps led | Wilbur Shaw (107) | ||||
| Pre-race | |||||
| Pace car | Chrysler Newport Phaeton | ||||
| Pace car driver | A. B. Couture | ||||
| Starter | Seth Klein[1] | ||||
| Honorary referee | Guy Vaughn[1] | ||||
| Estimated attendance | 160,000[2] | ||||
| Chronology | |||||
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The 29th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday, May 30, 1941. The start of the race was delayed due to a fire that swept through the garage area on race morning. No persons were injured, but one car in the field was destroyed. The race rolled off with only 31 cars, and ran to its scheduled distance. This would be the final "500" prior to the United States involvement in WWII. It was not known at the time, but it would be the final race organized by Speedway president Eddie Rickenbacker, and due to the war, the race would not be held again until 1946.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Wilkins, Lloyd H. (May 31, 1941). "Nervous, Dusty, Affable Crowd Sees Race—Well, Part of the Time". The Indianapolis Star. p. 1. Retrieved June 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
