Official Box Score
14th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Monday, May 31, 1926
| FP | SP | Car No. | Driver | Car Name | Cassis/Engine | Laps | Status | Prize Money | |
| 1 | 20 | 15 | R | Frank Lockhart | Miller | Miller/Miller | 160 | 95.904 | $35,600 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Harry Hartz | Miller | Miller/Miller | 158 | Running | $13,900 | |
| 3 | 14 | 36 | R | Cliff Woodbury | Boyle | Miller/Miller | 158 | Running | $6,700 |
| 4 | 13 | 8 | Fred Comer* | Miller | Miller/Miller | 155 | Running | $4,000 | |
| 5 | 27 | 12 | W | Pete DePaolo | Duesenberg | Duesenberg/Duesenberg | 153 | Running | $3,500 |
| 6 | 8 | 6 | Frank Elliott* | Miller | Miller/Miller | 152 | Running | $2,200 | |
| 7 | 16 | 14 | R | Norm Batten | Miller | Miller/Miller | 151 | Running | $1,800 |
| 8 | 15 | 19 | Ralph Hepburn* | Miller | Miller/Miller | 151 | Running | $1,600 | |
| 9 | 28 | 18 | R | John Duff | Elcar | Miller/Miller | 147 | Running | $1,500 |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | Phil Shafer* | Miller | Miller/Miller | 146 | Running | $3,000 | |
| 11 | 12 | 31 | R | Tony Gulotta | Miller | Miller/Miller | 142 | Running | $615 |
| 12 | 7 | 16 | Bennett Hill* | Miller | Miller/Miller | 136 | Running | $607 | |
| 13 | 21 | 33 | R | Thane Houser | Abell | Miller/Miller | 102 | Running | $600 |
| 14 | 17 | 27 | Douglas Hawkes* | Eldridge | Eldridge/Anzani | 92 | Camshaft | $593 | |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | Dave Lewis* | Miller Front Drive | Miller/Miller | 92 | Valve | $4,886 | |
| 16 | 1 | 5 | Earl Cooper | Miller Front Drive | Miller/Miller | 74 | Transmission | $579 | |
| 17 | 11 | 9 | Cliff Durant* | Locomobile Junior 8 | Fengler/Locomobile | 61 | Fuel leak | $572 | |
| 18 | 18 | 29 | R | Ben Jones | Duesenberg (Two-Cycle) | Duesenberg/Duesenberg | 54 | Accident | $565 |
| 19 | 23 | 26 | R | E.A.D. Eldridge* | Eldridge | Eldridge/Anzani | 46 | Steering | $558 |
| 20 | 24 | 23 | W | L.L. Corum | Schmidt | Schmidt/Argyle | 45 | Cracked block | $551 |
| 21 | 22 | 24 | R | Steve Nemesh | Schmidt | Schmidt/Argyle | 42 | Transmission | $544 |
| 22 | 6 | 7 | Jules Ellingboe | Miller | Miller/Miller | 39 | Supercharger | $538 | |
| 23 | 3 | 10 | Leon Duray | Locomobile Junior 8 | Fengler/Locomobile | 33 | Fuel leak | $531 | |
| 24 | 26 | 17 | R | Fred Lecklider | Nickel Plate | Miller/Miller | 25 | Piston | $525 |
| 25 | 25 | 28 | R | Jack McCarver | Hamlin Front Drive | Ford T/Fronty-Ford | 24 | Rod | $519 |
| 26 | 9 | 34 | R | Bon McDougall | Miller | Miller/Miller | 19 | Water leak | $512 |
| 27 | 10 | 22 | Doc Shattuc | Miller | Miller/Miller | 16 | Valve | $506 | |
| 28 | 19 | 39 | Albert Guyot | Guyot | Schmidt/Argyle | 9 | Piston | $500 | |
| Total Purse $88,101.00 | |||||||||
Time of Race: 4:10:14.95 Average Speed: 95.904 mph Margin of Victory: 2 laps 35.54 sec.
Pole: #5 Earl Cooper (111.735, 5:22.19) Fastest Race Lap: N/A
Winning Car Owner: Peter Kreis Winning Chief Mechanic: Jimmy Lee Winning Tire: Firestone
Legend: R=Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Rookie; W=Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Former Winner; *=Had Relief Help
Race Notes: Race stopped on lap 71 due to rain, restarted and stopped again on lap 160.
Lap Leaders: Shafer 1-15, Lewis 16-21, Shafer 22, Lewis 23-59, Lockhart 60-100, Hartz 101-106, Lockhart 107-160.
Lap Leader Summary: Lockhart 2 times for 95 laps, Lewis 2-43, Shafer 2-16, Hartz 1-6
Lead Changes: 6 among 4 drivers.