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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 | ||||
Starter | Eddie Rickenbacker[1] | ||||
Honorary referee | Richard Kennerdell[1] | ||||
Estimated attendance | 135,000[2] | ||||
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.
Four-lap (10 mile) qualifying runs were utilized.
Row | Inside | Middle | Outside | |||
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1 | 35 | ![]() |
12 | ![]() |
17 | ![]() |
2 | 4 | ![]() |
5 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 24 | ![]() |
9 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
4 | 7 | ![]() |
34 | ![]() |
26 | ![]() |
5 | 21 | ![]() |
31 | ![]() |
27 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | ![]() |
10 | ![]() |
25 | ![]() |
7 | 22 | ![]() |
23 | ![]() |
19 | ![]() |
8 | 14 | ![]() |
15 | ![]() |
8 | ![]() |
9 | 6 | ![]() |
16 | ![]() |
18 | ![]() |
Finish | Start | No | Name | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | Qual | Rank | Laps | Status | |
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1 | 1 | 35 | ![]() |
Jimmy Murphy | Duesenberg | Miller | 100.500 | 1 | 200 | Running | |
2 | 2 | 12 | ![]() |
Duesenberg Brothers | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | 99.970 | 2 | 200 | Running | |
3 | 23 | 15 | ![]() |
Jules Goux | Ballot | Ballot | 95.600 | 13 | 200 | Running | |
4 | 3 | 17 | ![]() |
Ralph DePalma | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | 99.550 | 3 | 200 | Running | |
5 | 14 | 31 | ![]() (Jules Ellingboe Laps 178–200) |
Duesenberg Brothers | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | 92.900 | 18 | 200 | Running | |
6 | 7 | 24 | ![]() (Jules Ellingboe Laps 101–165) |
Duesenberg Brothers | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | 97.760 | 7 | 200 | Running | |
7 | 13 | 21 | ![]() (Phil Shafer Laps 107–175) |
Duesenberg Brothers | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | 93.280 | 17 | 200 | Running | |
8 | 9 | 1 | ![]() (Dave Koetzla Laps 104–200) |
Disteel Flyers, Inc. | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | 96.750 | 10 | 200 | Running | |
9 | 12 | 26 | ![]() |
William Small Company | Frontenac | Frontenac | 94.050 | 16 | 200 | Running | |
10 | 17 | 10 | ![]() (Wade Morton Laps 17–112) (Pete DePaolo Laps 113–200) |
Duesenberg Brothers | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | 88.800 | 21 | 200 | Running | |
11 | 16 | 3 | ![]() |
Louis Chevrolet | Frontenac | Frontenac | 89.600 | 20 | 200 | Running | |
12 | 11 | 34 | ![]() (Dave Lewis) |
R. Cliff Durant | Miller | Miller | 95.850 | 12 | 200 | Running | |
13 | 19 | 22 | ![]() |
Bentley | Bentley | Bentley | 81.900 | 26 | 200 | Running | |
14 | 21 | 18 | ![]() (Homer Ormsby) |
Jack Curtner | Ford T | Fronty-Ford | — | — | 160 | Flagged | |
15 | 18 | 25 | ![]() |
William Small Company | Frontenac | Frontenac | 87.800 | 22 | 160 | Flagged | |
16 | 8 | 9 | ![]() (Art Klein) (Roscoe Sarles) |
Ira Vail | Miller | Miller | 97.750 | 8 | 195 | Rear axle | |
17 | 15 | 27 | ![]() |
William Small Company | Frontenac | Frontenac | 89.650 | 19 | 169 | Engine trouble | |
18 | 27 | 19 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Brothers Mfg. Co. | Ford T | Fronty-Ford | 83.90 | 27 | 165 | Engine trouble | |
19 | 5 | 5 | ![]() |
Louis Chevrolet | Frontenac | Frontenac | 99.200 | 5 | 161 | Rod | |
20 | 10 | 7 | ![]() |
Louis Chevrolet | Frontenac | Frontenac | 96.200 | 11 | 110 | Crash T3 | |
21 | 25 | 6 | ![]() |
Louis Chevrolet | Frontenac | Frontenac | 87.150 | 23 | 105 | Rod | |
22 | 4 | 4 | ![]() |
Louis Chevrolet | Frontenac | Frontenac | 99.250 | 4 | 94 | Axle | |
23 | 6 | 2 | ![]() |
Louis Chevrolet | Frontenac | Frontenac | 98.000 | 6 | 88 | Rod | |
24 | 24 | 8 | ![]() |
Tommy Milton | Milton | Miller | 94.400 | 15 | 44 | Gas tank | |
25 | 22 | 14 | ![]() |
Jules Goux | Ballot | Ballot | 96.950 | 9 | 25 | Axle | |
26 | 20 | 23 | ![]() |
Duesenberg Brothers | Duesenberg | Duesenberg | 95.500 | 14 | 25 | Crash T4 | |
27 | 26 | 16 | ![]() |
Howdy Wilcox | Peugeot | Peugeot | 86.100 | 24 | 7 | Valve spring | |
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Note: Relief drivers in parentheses[5]
W Former Indianapolis 500 winner
R Indianapolis 500 Rookie
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1921 Indianapolis 500 Tommy Milton |
1922 Indianapolis 500 Jimmy Murphy |
1923 Indianapolis 500 Tommy Milton |
Preceded by
89.840 mph |
Record for the fastest average speed 94.484 mph |
Succeeded by
98.234 mph |
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