1924 Indianapolis 500
The 12th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday, May 30, 1924.
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | |||||
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| Indianapolis 500 | |||||
| Sanctioning body | AAA | ||||
| Date | May 30, 1924 | ||||
| Winner | L. L. Corum and Joe Boyer (co-winners) | ||||
| Winning Entrant | Duesenberg | ||||
| Average speed | 98.234 mph (158.092 km/h) | ||||
| Pole position | Jimmy Murphy | ||||
| Pole speed | 108.037 mph (173.869 km/h) | ||||
| Most laps led | Earl Cooper (119) | ||||
| Pre-race | |||||
| Pace car | Cole V8 | ||||
| Pace car driver | Lew Pettijohn | ||||
| Starter | W. S. Gilbreath | ||||
| Honorary referee | Henry Ford | ||||
| Estimated attendance | 135,000-140,000 | ||||
| Chronology | |||||
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L. L. Corum started the race in the #15 entry, and was relieved during the race by Joe Boyer. Boyer proceeded to drive the car to victory, and both drivers were credited as "co-winners" for the 1924 race.
Boyer led the first lap of the race in his original #9 entry. After Boyer got out of the car and took over the #15, the #9 entry continued in the race, taken over by Ernie Ansterburg, Corum, and later Thane Houser. Houser crashed the car after 176 laps, and Boyer's original car was credited with 18th place.
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