1922 Indianapolis 500
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| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | |||||
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| Indianapolis 500 | |||||
| Sanctioning body | AAA | ||||
| Date | May 30, 1922 | ||||
| Winner | Jimmy Murphy | ||||
| Winning Entrant | Jimmy Murphy | ||||
| Average speed | 94.484 mph (152.057 km/h) | ||||
| Pole position | Jimmy Murphy | ||||
| Pole speed | 100.500 mph (161.739 km/h) | ||||
| Most laps led | Jimmy Murphy (153) | ||||
| Pre-race | |||||
| Pace car | National Sextet | ||||
| Pace car driver | Barney Oldfield | ||||
| Chronology | |||||
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The 10th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Tuesday, May 30, 1922.
Jimmy Murphy is the first driver to win the race from the pole position. He was accompanied by riding mechanic Ernie Olson.
Contents
Time trials
Four-lap (10 mile) qualifying runs were utilized.
Results
| Finish | Start | No | Name | Qual | Rank | Laps | Led | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 35 |  Jimmy Murphy |
100.500 | 1 | 200 | 153 | Running |
| 2 | 2 | 12 | Harry Hartz (R) |
99.970 | 2 | 200 | 42 | Running |
| 3 | 23 | 15 | Eddie Hearne |
95.600 | 13 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 4 | 3 | 17 | Ralph DePalma (W) |
99.550 | 3 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 5 | 14 | 31 | Ora Haibe |
92.900 | 18 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 6 | 7 | 24 | Jerry Wonderlich (R) |
97.760 | 7 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 7 | 13 | 21 | I. P. Fetterman (R) |
93.280 | 17 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 8 | 9 | 1 |  Ira Vail |
96.750 | 10 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 9 | 12 | 26 | Tom Alley |
94.050 | 16 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 10 | 17 | 10 | Joe Thomas |
88.800 | 21 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 11 | 16 | 3 | Cannonball Baker (R) |
89.600 | 20 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 12 | 11 | 34 | Cliff Durant |
95.850 | 12 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 13 | 19 | 22 |  Douglas Hawkes (R) |
81.900 | 26 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 14 | 21 | 18 | Jack Curtner (R) |
— | — | 160 | 0 | Flagged |
| 15 | 18 | 25 | Wilbur D'Alene |
87.800 | 22 | 160 | 0 | Flagged |
| 16 | 8 | 9 | Frank Elliott (R) |
97.750 | 8 | 195 | 0 | Rear axle |
| 17 | 15 | 27 | L. L. Corum (R) |
89.650 | 19 | 169 | 0 | Engine trouble |
| 18 | 27 | 19 | C. Glenn Howard (R) |
83.90 | 27 | 165 | 0 | Engine trouble |
| 19 | 5 | 5 | Ralph Mulford |
99.200 | 5 | 161 | 0 | Rod |
| 20 | 10 | 7 | Peter DePaolo (R) |
96.200 | 11 | 110 | 3 | Crash T3 |
| 21 | 25 | 6 | Art Klein |
87.150 | 23 | 105 | 0 | Rod |
| 22 | 4 | 4 | Leon Duray (R) |
99.250 | 4 | 94 | 2 | Axle |
| 23 | 6 | 2 | Roscoe Sarles |
98.000 | 6 | 88 | 0 | Rod |
| 24 | 24 | 8 | Tommy Milton (W) |
94.400 | 15 | 44 | 0 | Gas tank |
| 25 | 22 | 14 |  Jules Goux (W) |
96.950 | 9 | 25 | 0 | Axle |
| 26 | 20 | 23 | Jules Ellingboe |
95.500 | 14 | 25 | 0 | Crash T4 |
| 27 | 26 | 16 | Howdy Wilcox (W) |
86.100 | 24 | 7 | 0 | Valve spring |
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Race details
- For 1922, riding mechanics were required.[2]
- First alternate: none[3]
References
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| Preceded by
89.840 mph
(1915 Indianapolis 500) |
Record for the fastest average speed 94.484 mph |
Succeeded by 98.234 mph (1924 Indianapolis 500) |
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- ↑ The Talk of Gasoline Alley - 1070-AM WIBC, May 14, 2004
