Race Results for the 1912 Indianapolis 500
| Finish |
Start |
Car Num. |
Driver |
Car Name/Entrant* |
Make/Model |
Status |
Laps |
Led |
Prize Money |
| 1 |
7 |
8 |
Joe Dawson
|
National |
National/National |
78.719 |
200 |
2 |
$20,000 |
| 2 |
3 |
3 |
Teddy Tetzlaff
|
Fiat |
Fiat/Fiat |
76.632 |
200 |
2 |
$10,000 |
| 3 |
17 |
21 |
Hughie Hughes
|
Mercer |
Mercer/Mercer |
76.307 |
200 |
0 |
$5,000 |
| 4 |
22 |
28 |
Charlie Merz
|
Stutz |
Stutz/Wisconsin |
76.014 |
200 |
0 |
$3,000 |
| 5 |
15 |
18 |
Bill Endicott
|
Schacht |
Schacht/Wisconsin |
73.807 |
200 |
0 |
$2,500 |
| 6 |
2 |
2 |
Len Zengel
(R) |
Stutz |
Stutz/Wisconsin |
73.088 |
200 |
0 |
$2,000 |
| 7 |
11 |
14 |
Johnny Jenkins
(R) |
White |
White/White |
72.704 |
200 |
0 |
$1,500 |
| 8 |
18 |
22 |
Joe Horan
(R) |
Lozier |
Lozier/Lozier |
71.491 |
200 |
0 |
$1,400 |
| 9 |
8 |
9 |
Howdy Wilcox
|
National |
National/National |
69.525 |
200 |
0 |
$1,300 |
| 10 |
16 |
19 |
Ralph Mulford
|
Knox |
Knox/Knox |
56.285 |
200 |
0 |
$1,200 |
| 11 |
4 |
4 |
Ralph DePalma
|
Mercedes |
Mercedes/Mercedes |
Piston |
198 |
196 |
$0 |
| 12 |
12 |
15 |
Bob Burman
|
Cutting |
Cutting/Cutting |
Accident |
156 |
0 |
$0 |
| 13 |
10 |
12 |
Bert Dingley
(R) |
Simplex |
Simplex/Simplex |
Rod |
116 |
0 |
$0 |
| 14 |
21 |
25 |
Joe Matson
(R) |
Lozier |
Lozier/Lozier |
Crankshaft |
107 |
0 |
$0 |
| 15 |
6 |
7 |
Spencer Wishart
|
Mercedes |
Mercedes/Mercedes |
Water line |
82 |
0 |
$0 |
| 16 |
1 |
1 |
Gil Anderson
|
Stutz |
Stutz/Wisconsin |
Accident |
79 |
0 |
$0 |
| 17 |
14 |
17 |
Billy Liesaw
(R) |
Marquette-Buick |
Marquette/Buick |
Carb. Fire |
72 |
0 |
$0 |
| 18 |
24 |
5 |
Louis Disbrow
|
Case |
Case/Case |
Differ. pin |
67 |
0 |
$0 |
| 19 |
19 |
23 |
Mel Marquette
|
McFarlan |
McFarlan/McFarlan |
Accident |
63 |
0 |
$0 |
| 20 |
5 |
6 |
Eddie Hearne
|
Case |
Case/Case |
Crankshaft |
54 |
0 |
$0 |
| 21 |
13 |
16 |
Eddie Rickenbacker
(R) |
Firestone-Columbus |
Firestone Col./Firestone Col. |
Bearing |
44 |
0 |
$0 |
| 22 |
23 |
29 |
David Bruce-Brown
|
National |
National/National |
Valves |
24 |
0 |
$0 |
| 23 |
9 |
10 |
Harry Knight
|
Lexington |
Lexington/Lexington |
Engine trouble |
7 |
0 |
$0 |
| 24 |
20 |
24 |
Len Ormsby
(R) |
Opel |
Opel/Opel |
Rod |
5 |
0 |
$0 |
- * complete car name/entrant data not available for all entries
- (R) - Indicates Rookie
- (W) - Indicates Past Winner