1949 Indianapolis 500
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The 33rd International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was an automobile race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday, May 30, 1949.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway | |||||
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Indianapolis 500 | |||||
Sanctioning body | AAA | ||||
Date | May 30, 1949 | ||||
Winner | Bill Holland | ||||
Winning Entrant | Lou Moore | ||||
Average speed | 121.327 mph (195.257 km/h) | ||||
Pole position | Duke Nalon | ||||
Pole speed | 132.939 mph (213.945 km/h) | ||||
Most laps led | Bill Holland (146) | ||||
Pre-race | |||||
Pace car | Oldsmobile 88 | ||||
Pace car driver | Wilbur Shaw | ||||
Starter | Seth Klein[1] | ||||
Honorary referee | J. Emmett McManamon[1] | ||||
Estimated attendance | 150,000[2] | ||||
Chronology | |||||
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After two years of failures to his teammate, Bill Holland finally won one for himself. Giving car owner Lou Moore his third consecutive Indy victory. Mauri Rose was fired by the team after the race when he again ignored orders and tried to pass Holland, only to see his car fail with 8 laps to go.[3]
Spider Webb suffered a broken transmission the morning of the race and failed to start. Rather than utilize an alternate starter, officials awarded Webb the 33rd finishing position.
Offenhauser-powered cars locked 28 out of the 33 starting positions, and the top 19 finishing positions.