Official Box Score
12th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Friday, May 30, 1924

FP SP Car No.   Driver Car Name Cassis/Engine Laps Status Prize Money
1 21 15 L.L. Corum*  / Joe Boyer Duesenberg Duesenberg/Duesenberg 200 98.234 $20,000.00
2 6 8 Earl Cooper Studebaker Miller/Miller 200 97.788 $13,700.00
3 1 2 W Jimmy Murphy Miller Miller/Miller 200 97.269 $7,800.00
4 2 4 Harry Hartz Durant Miller/Miller 200 96.544 $3,500.00
5 5 3 Bennett Hill Miller Miller/Miller 200 96.463 $3,000.00
6 13 12 Pete DePaolo Duesenberg Duesenberg/Duesenberg 200 94.297 $2,200.00
7 16 14 R Fred Comer* Durant Miller/Miller 200 93.424 $1,800.00
8 15 6 Ira Vail* Vail Miller/Miller 200 92.450 $1,600.00
9 9 32 R Antoine Mourre Mourre Miller/Miller 200 91.764 $1,500.00
10 18 19 R Bob McDonogh Miller Miller/Miller 200 90.513 $1,400.00
11 7 18 Jules Ellingboe Miller Miller/Miller 200 90.570 $1,049.00
12 11 7 Jerry Wonderlich* Durant Miller/Miller 200 85.480 $1,049.00
13 8 16 Cliff Durant* Durant Miller/Miller 198 Out of fuel $1,038.00
14 19 26 R Bill Hunt Barber-Warnock Ford Ford T/Fronty-Ford 190 Running $996.00
15 17 31 Ora Haibe* Schmidt Mercedes/Mercedes 181 Running $949.00
16 20 28 R A.E. Moss Barber-Warnock Ford Ford T/Fronty-Ford 176 Running $923.00
17 22 27 R Fred Harder Barber-Warnock Ford Ford T/Fronty-Ford 175 Running $917.00
18 4 9 Joe Boyer* Duesenberg Duesenberg/Duesenberg 176 Accident $973.00
19 14 1 Eddie Hearne* Durant Miller/Miller 150 Fuel tank $787.00
20 12 21 Frank Elliott Miller Miller/Miller 150 Fuel tank $787.00
21 3 5 W Tommy Milton Miller Miller/Miller 110 Fuel tank $577.00
22 10 10 R Ernie Ansterburg Duesenberg Duesenberg/Duesenberg 1 Accident $5.00
Total Purse $66,550.00


Time of Race: 5:05:23.51 Average Speed: 98.234 mph Margin of Victory: 1:23.57
Poll: #2 Jimmy Murphy (108.037, 5:33.22) Fastest Race Lap: N/A
Winning Car Owner: Duesenberg Bros. Winning Chief Mechanic: John Starost Winning Tire: Firestone
Legend: R=Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Rookie; W=Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Former Winner; *=Had Relief Help
Race Notes: Joe Boyer replaced L.L. Corum in the winning car on Lap 111.

Lap Leaders: Boyer 1, Murphy 2-41, Cooper 42, Murphy 43, Cooper 44-105, Murphy 106-120, Cooper 121-176, Boyer (for Corum) 177-200.
Lap Leader Summary: Cooper 3 times for 119 laps, Murphy 3-56, Boyer (for Corum) 1-24, Boyer 1-1
Lead Changes: 7 among 4 drivers.