1929 Indianapolis 500

17th Indianapolis 500

Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolis 500
Sanctioning body	AAA
Date	May 30, 1929
Winner	Ray Keech
Winning Entrant	Maude A. Yagle
Average speed	97.585 mph (157.048 km/h)
Pole position	Cliff Woodbury
Pole speed	120.599 mph (194.085 km/h)
Most laps led	Louis Meyer (65)
Pre-race
Pace car	Studebaker President Roadster
Pace car driver	George Hunt
Chronology
Previous	Next
1928	1930

The 17th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Thursday, May 30, 1929.[1]

Maude A. Yagle was the winning owner, the first female-owned winner of the Indianapolis 500.

Defending race winner Louis Meyer was leading late in the race, but lost nearly seven minutes when his car stalled in the pits due to low oil pressure on lap 157.

Two weeks after winning the race, Ray Keech was killed at Altoona Speedway on June 15, 1929.

The facility was expanded in 1929 to include a golf course. Dubbed the "Speedway Golf Course," it featured nine hold outside the track, and nine holes inside the track.

Time trials

Four-lap (10 mile) qualifying runs were utilized.

Box score

Finish	Start	No	Name	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Status
1	6	2	Ray Keech	114.905	6	200	46	Running
2	8	1	Lou Meyer	114.709	9	200	65	Running
3	23	53	Jimmy Gleason	110.345	21	200	0	Running
4	25	43	Carl Marchese	108.440	23	200	0	Running
5	21	42	Freddy Winnai	113.892	12	200	0	Running
6	28	48	Speed Gardner	105.985	27	200	0	Running
7	14	6	Louis Chiron	107.351	26	200	0	Running
8	7	9	Billy Arnold	114.752	8	200	0	Running
9	32	25	Cliff Bergere	103.687	32	200	0	Running
10	22	34	Fred Frame	111.328	19	193	11	Flagged
11	29	28	Frank Brisko	105.857	28	180	0	Flagged
12	18	17	Phil Shafer	111.628	17	150	0	Flagged
13	13	3	Lou Moore	110.677	20	198	22	Rod
14	26	36	Frank Farmer	107.972	24	140	0	Supercharger
15	24	49	Wesley Crawford	108.607	22	127	0	Carburetor
16	17	4	Peter Kreis	112.528	14	91	0	Engine seized
17	11	23	Tony Gulotta	112.146	15	91	0	Supercharger
18	19	5	Bob McDonogh	111.614	18	74	0	Oil tank
19	33	46	Bill Lindau	102.509	33	70	0	Valve
20	27	31	Herman Schurch	107.477	25	70	0	Gas tank split
21	16	38	Johnny Seymour	114.307	11	65	0	Rear axle
22	2	21	Leon Duray	119.087	2	65	7	Carburetor
23	30	29	Rick Decker	105.288	30	61	0	Supercharger
24	9	26	Deacon Litz	114.526	10	56	49	Rod
25	31	27	Albert Karnatz	104.749	31	50	0	Gas leak
26	20	47	Ernie Triplett	114.789	7	48	0	Rod
27	10	12	Russ Snowberger	113.622	13	45	0	Supercharger
28	4	32	Babe Stapp	115.618	4	40	0	Universal joint
29	15	35	Jules Moriceau	105.609	29	30	0	Crash T4
30	5	37	Peter DePaolo	115.093	5	25	0	Steering
31	3	18	Ralph Hepburn	116.543	3	14	0	Transmission
32	12	10	Bill Spence ✝	111.649	16	9	0	Died in crash at T2
33	1	8	Cliff Woodbury	120.599	1	3	0	Crash T3

Race details

• For 1929, riding mechanics were optional, however, no teams utilized them.
• Phil Pardee qualified but withdrew after a crash. First alternate Bill Lindau was added to the field on race day in 33rd starting position. Frank Sweigert was elevated to first alternate.

References

1928 Indianapolis 500 Lou Meyer

1929 Indianapolis 500 Ray Keech

1930 Indianapolis 500 Billy Arnold