1922 Indianapolis 500

The 10th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Tuesday, May 30, 1922.

10th Indianapolis 500

Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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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Jimmy Murphy is the first driver to win the race from the pole position. He was accompanied by riding mechanic Ernie Olson.

Time trials

Four-lap (10 mile) qualifying runs were utilized.

Starting grid

Row	Inside		Middle		Outside
1	35	Jimmy Murphy	12	Harry Hartz  R	17	Ralph DePalma  W
2	4	Leon Duray  R	5	Ralph Mulford	2	Roscoe Sarles
3	24	Jerry Wunderlich  R	9	Frank Elliott  R	1	Ira Vail
4	7	Pete DePaolo  R	34	Cliff Durant	26	Tom Alley
5	21	I. P. Fetterman  R	31	Ora Haibe	27	L. L. Corum  R
6	3	Erwin Baker  R	10	Joe Thomas	25	Wilbur D'Alene
7	22	Douglas Hawkes  R	23	Jules Ellingboe	19	C. Glenn Howard  R
8	14	Jules Goux  W	15	Eddie Hearne	8	Tommy Milton  W
9	6	Art Klein	16	Howdy Wilcox  W	18	Jack Curtner  R

R Indianapolis 500 rookie

W Indianapolis 500 winner

Box score

Finish	Start	No	Name	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Qual	Rank	Laps	Status
1	1	35	Jimmy Murphy	Jimmy Murphy	Duesenberg	Miller	100.500	1	200	Running
2	2	12	Harry Hartz  R	Duesenberg Brothers	Duesenberg	Duesenberg	99.970	2	200	Running
3	23	15	Eddie Hearne	Jules Goux	Ballot	Ballot	95.600	13	200	Running
4	3	17	Ralph DePalma  W	Ralph DePalma	Duesenberg	Duesenberg	99.550	3	200	Running
5	14	31	Ora Haibe (Jules Ellingboe Laps 178–200)	Duesenberg Brothers	Duesenberg	Duesenberg	92.900	18	200	Running
6	7	24	Jerry Wunderlich  R  (Jules Ellingboe Laps 101–165)	Duesenberg Brothers	Duesenberg	Duesenberg	97.760	7	200	Running
7	13	21	I. P. Fetterman  R  (Phil Shafer Laps 107–175)	Duesenberg Brothers	Duesenberg	Duesenberg	93.280	17	200	Running
8	9	1	Ira Vail (Dave Koetzla Laps 104–200)	Disteel Flyers, Inc.	Duesenberg	Duesenberg	96.750	10	200	Running
9	12	26	Tom Alley	William Small Company	Frontenac	Frontenac	94.050	16	200	Running
10	17	10	Joe Thomas (Wade Morton Laps 17–112) (Pete DePaolo Laps 113–200)	Duesenberg Brothers	Duesenberg	Duesenberg	88.800	21	200	Running
11	16	3	Erwin Baker  R	Louis Chevrolet	Frontenac	Frontenac	89.600	20	200	Running
12	11	34	Cliff Durant (Dave Lewis)	R. Cliff Durant	Miller	Miller	95.850	12	200	Running
13	19	22	Douglas Hawkes  R	Bentley	Bentley	Bentley	81.900	26	200	Running
14	21	18	Jack Curtner  R  (Homer Ormsby)	Jack Curtner	Ford T	Fronty-Ford	—	—	160	Flagged
15	18	25	Wilbur D'Alene	William Small Company	Frontenac	Frontenac	87.800	22	160	Flagged
16	8	9	Frank Elliott  R  (Art Klein) (Roscoe Sarles)	Ira Vail	Miller	Miller	97.750	8	195	Rear axle
17	15	27	L. L. Corum  R	William Small Company	Frontenac	Frontenac	89.650	19	169	Engine trouble
18	27	19	C. Glenn Howard  R	Chevrolet Brothers Mfg. Co.	Ford T	Fronty-Ford	83.90	27	165	Engine trouble
19	5	5	Ralph Mulford	Louis Chevrolet	Frontenac	Frontenac	99.200	5	161	Rod
20	10	7	Peter DePaolo  R	Louis Chevrolet	Frontenac	Frontenac	96.200	11	110	Crash T3
21	25	6	Art Klein	Louis Chevrolet	Frontenac	Frontenac	87.150	23	105	Rod
22	4	4	Leon Duray  R	Louis Chevrolet	Frontenac	Frontenac	99.250	4	94	Axle
23	6	2	Roscoe Sarles	Louis Chevrolet	Frontenac	Frontenac	98.000	6	88	Rod
24	24	8	Tommy Milton  W	Tommy Milton	Milton	Miller	94.400	15	44	Gas tank
25	22	14	Jules Goux  W	Jules Goux	Ballot	Ballot	96.950	9	25	Axle
26	20	23	Jules Ellingboe	Duesenberg Brothers	Duesenberg	Duesenberg	95.500	14	25	Crash T4
27	26	16	Howdy Wilcox  W	Howdy Wilcox	Peugeot	Peugeot	86.100	24	7	Valve spring
[3][4]

Note: Relief drivers in parentheses^[5]

 W  Former Indianapolis 500 winner

 R  Indianapolis 500 Rookie

Statistics

Lap Leaders Laps Leader 1–74 Jimmy Murphy 75–76 Leon Duray 77–83 Harry Hartz 84–86 Pete DePaolo 87–121 Harry Hartz 122–200 Jimmy Murphy

Total laps led Leader Laps Jimmy Murphy 153 Harry Hartz 42 Pete DePaolo 3 Leon Duray 2

Race details

1922 winning car

• For 1922, riding mechanics were required.^[6]
• First alternate: none^[7]