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Results of the 1948 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Monday, May 31, 1948.

Finish	Start	No	Name	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Status
1	3	3	Mauri Rose	129.129	4	200	81	Running
2	2	2	Bill Holland	129.515	3	200	0	Running
3	11	54	Duke Nalon	131.603	1	200	9	Running
4	5	1	Ted Horn	126.565	9	200	74	Running
5	21	35	Mack Hellings	127.968	6	200	0	Running
6	14	63	Hal Cole	124.391	18	200	0	Running
7	28	91	Lee Wallard	128.420	5	200	0	Running
8	27	33	Johnny Mauro	121.790	33	198	0	Flagged
9	23	7	Tommy Hinnershitz	125.122	14	198	0	Flagged
10	4	61	Jimmy Jackson	127.510	7	193	0	Spindle
11	12	4	Charles Van Acker	125.440	13	192	0	Flagged
12	20	19	Billy Devore	123.967	21	190	0	Flagged
13	8	98	Johnny Mantz	122.791	27	185	0	Flagged
14	22	6	Tony Bettenhausen	126.396	10	167	0	Clutch
15	18	64	Hal Robson	122.796	26	164	0	Valve
16	7	36	Bill Cantrell	123.733	22	161	0	Steering
17	10	55	Joie Chitwood	124.619	15	138	0	Fuel leak
18	24	53	Bill Sheffler	124.529	17	132	0	Spark plugs
19	1	5	Rex Mays	130.577	2	129	36	Fuel leak
20	19	31	Chet Miller	127.249	8	108	0	Oil trouble
21	13	52	Jack McGrath	124.580	16	70	0	Stalled
22	29	16	Duane Carter	126.015	11	59	0	Lost wheel
23	32	26	Fred Agabashian	122.737	28	58	0	Oil line
24	9	34	Les Anderson	122.337	30	58	0	Gears
25	33	17	Mel Hansen	122.117	32	42	0	Too slow
26	15	76	Sam Hanks	124.266	19	34	0	Clutch
27	30	51	Spider Webb	125.545	12	27	0	Oil line
28	17	9	George Connor	123.018	25	24	0	Drive shaft
29	6	74	Doc Williams	124.151	20	19	0	Clutch
30	31	86	Mike Salay	123.393	24	3	0	Stalled
31	16	8	Emil Andres	123.550	23	11	0	Steering
32	25	25	Paul Russo	122.595	29	7	0	Oil leak
33	26	65	Harry McQuinn	122.154	31	1	0	Supercharger

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Chief Stewards	C. W. Sedwick (1909–1916) • W. D. Edenburn (1919–1934) • Charles Merz (1935–1939) • Ted Doescher (1940–1941) • J. H. Mehan (1946–1948) Tommy Milton (1949–1952) • Harry McQuinn (1953–1957) • Harlen Fengler (1958–1973) • Tom Binford (1974–1995) • Keith Ward (1996–1997) Brian Barnhart (1998–present)

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