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  1.   Jolly Mean Giant posted:
  01.26.2016 - 3:51 pm
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Info for Frankie Beeder:
Nationality: American
Hometown: East St. Louis, Illinois
Born: September 1908
Died: September 27, 1938


  2.   Jolly Mean Giant posted:
  01.28.2016 - 4:57 pm
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First Indy 500 starts for Joel Thorne, Duke Nalon, Henry Banks, and Al
Putnam.

Last Indy 500 starts for Chet Gardner, Ronney Householder, and Bill
Cummings.


  3.   Jolly Mean Giant posted:
  01.30.2016 - 5:35 pm
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Qualifying results:
1. Ronney Householder-125.769 MPH
2. Floyd Roberts-125.681 MPH
3. Russ Snowberger-124.027 MPH
4. Jimmy Snyder-123.506 MPH
5. Rex Mays-122.845 MPH
6. Tony Gulotta-122.499 MPH
7. Bill Cummings-122.393 MPH
8. Frank Brisko-121.921 MPH
9. Chet Miller-121.898 MPH
10. Louis Tomei-121.599 MPH
11. Frank Wearne-121.405 MPH
12. Ted Horn-121.327 MPH
13. Wilbur Shaw-120.987 MPH
14. Shorty Cantlon-120.906 MPH
15. Babe Stapp-120.595 MPH
16. Louis Meyer-120.525 MPH
17. Chet Gardner-120.435 MPH
18. George Connor-120.326 MPH
19. Kelly Petillo-119.827 MPH
20. Mauri Rose-119.796 MPH
21. Harry McQuinn-119.492 MPH
22. Al Miller-119.420 MPH
23. Joel Thorne-119.155 MPH
24. Herb Ardinger-119.022 MPH
25. Tony Willman-118.458 MPH
26. Ira Hall-118.255 MPH
27. Emil Andres-117.126 MPH
28. Al Putnam-116.791 MPH
29. George Bailey-116.393 MPH
30. Billy DeVore-116.339 MPH
31. Henry Banks-116.279 MPH
32. Cliff Bergere1-114.464 MPH
33. Duke Nalon-113.828 MPH


  4.   Jolly Mean Giant posted:
  08.15.2016 - 8:10 pm
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Emil Andres had a serious crash in turn 2 in this race in which he
suffered a concussion, a broken nose, and injuries to his chest. A wheel
from Andres' car flew over the wall and hit spectator Everett Spence,
who died from his injuries.


  5.   Jolly Mean Giant posted:
  03.21.2017 - 11:13 pm
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First alternate: Charles Crawford


  6.   JollyMeanGiant posted:
  03.03.2021 - 1:55 am
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34 cars completed full qualifying runs. Charles Crawford in the #31 was
34th fastest


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