Wetteroth

Wetteroth

Wetteroth was an American racing car constructor, owned and operated by California-based Texan Louis "Curly" Wetteroth. ^[1] Wetteroth cars won four Indianapolis 500s (1932, 1935, 1938, 1941) and competed in one FIA World Championship race (1950 Indianapolis 500).

Indianapolis 500 results

Season	Driver	Grid	Finish	Points	Note	Report
1932	Fred Frame	27	1	600		Report [2]
1933	Fred Frame	3	29			Report
1935	Kelly Petillo	22	1	600	Gilmore Speedway Special	Report [3]
1936	Ted Horn	11	2			Report
	Doc MacKenzie	4	3
	Louis Tomei	8	27
1937	Ted Horn	32	3			Report
	Ken Fowler	29	19
	Kelly Petillo	20	20
1938	Floyd Roberts	1	1	600	Burd Piston Ring Special	Report [4]
	Ted Horn	6	4
	Kelly Petillo	21	22
1939	Frank Wearne	17	9			Report
	Herb Ardinger Frank Brisko Mel Hansen	9	17
	Kelly Petillo	24	18
	Floyd Roberts	23	23
1940	Mauri Rose	3	3			Report
	Mel Hansen	5	8
	Kelly Petillo	13	21
	Cliff Bergere	6	27
1941	Floyd Davis Mauri Rose [5]	17	1	600	Noc-Out Hose Clamp Special (shared)	Report [6]
	Cliff Bergere	7	5
	Al Putnam Louis Durant	31	12
	Kelly Petillo	19	27
1946	Joie Chitwood Sam Hanks	12	5			Report
	Billy Devore	31	10
	Cliff Bergere Rex Mays	1	16
1947	Duke Dinsmore Billy Devore	27	10			Report
	Roland Free	12	17
	Joie Chitwood	22	22
1948	Duane Carter	29	22			Report
	Mike Salay	31	30
1949	Jim Rathmann	21	11			Report
	Troy Ruttman	18	12
1950	Jim Rathmann	28	24			Report
	Bob Sweikert	DNQ

Notes

1. "The Talk of Gasoline Alley - Friday 5-18-2012". WIBC. 18 May 2012.
2. Race results Archived 2010-12-06 at the Wayback Machine (via Indianapolis Star )
3. Race results Archived 2010-12-06 at the Wayback Machine (via Indianapolis Star )
4. Race results Archived 2010-12-06 at the Wayback Machine (via Indianapolis Star )
5. Davis was the starting driver. On lap 72, Davis was relieved by Rose, who had started in another car. Rose stayed in to win. Both drivers were credited as "co-winners".
6. Race results Archived 2010-12-06 at the Wayback Machine (via Indianapolis Star )