1940 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes
| Date | 30.05.1940 | Category | Champcars |
| Circuit | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Championship | AAA National Championship |
| Race title | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Round | 1 |
| Distance | 200 laps = 500 miles | Country | USA |
Winner's speed: 114.277 mph
Pole's speed: 127.850 mph
Fastest lap speed: n/a
| Rank | Pos. | # | Driver | Entrant | Car | Laps | Laps lead | Time | Status | Pts | Grid | Row | Qual time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Wilbur Shaw | Boyle Racing Headquarters | Maserati | 200 | 136 | 4:22'31.17 | finished | 1000 | 2 | 1 | 127.065 mph |
| 2 | 2 | 33 | Rex Mays | Bowes Racing Inc | Stevens Winfield s/c | 200 | 59 | 4:23'45.31 | finished | 825 | 1 | 1 | 127.850 mph |
| 3 | 3 | 7 | Mauri Rose | Lou Moore | Wetteroth Offy | 200 | 5 | 4:24'08.96 | finished | 675 | 3 | 1 | 125.624 mph |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Ted Horn | Boyle Racing Headquarters | Miller FD | 199 | finished | 550 | 4 | 2 | 125.545 mph | ||
| 10 | 10 | 49 | Rene Le Begue | Lucy O'Reilly Schell | Maserati s/c | 98 | finished | 91 | 31 | 11 | 118.981 mph | ||
| 10 | 10 | 49 | Rene Dreyfus | Lucy O'Reilly Schell | Maserati s/c | 94 | finished | 84 | |||||
| 13 | 13 | 28 | Sam Hanks | Leon Duray | Weil Duray s/c | 192 | finished | 14 | 5 | 123.064 mph | |||
| 36 | 22 | Rene Dreyfus | Lucy O'Reilly Schell | Maserati s/c | DNQ | 118.831 mph |