The 100 MPH Club certificate awarded to Louis Durant, currently on display in the office of Indianapolis Motor Speedway president J. Douglas Boles
The Champion Spark Plug 100 Mile an Hour Club was a group formed to honor drivers who completed the Indianapolis 500 at an average speed of 100 miles per hour or faster. It was formed in 1935, and continued to be recognized through 1969. It was sponsored by Champion Spark Plugs, and was the brainchild of M.C. deWitt, the company's advertising manager. During its heyday, it was considered one of the most prestigious honors in motorsports (the Indy car counterpart to NASCAR's famous Darlington Record Club), and membership was highly sought after by drivers.
A total of 124 drivers were inducted as members, with 1930 winner Billy Arnold named the club's first member.
Billy Arnold named the club's first member. The first driver to complete the Indianapolis 500 at an average speed of 100mph was Pete DePaolo in 1925...
schedule, and the Auto Club Finals at Pomona are held to mark the end of the NHRA season. Both the Winternationals, and the Auto Club Finals are held on the...
Arnold would eventually be named the first member of the prestigious 100mphClub. The race was marred by the death of Paul Marshall. He was acting as...
029 mph (201.215 km/h)), May 25, 2024 USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series Race: Mike Bliss, 21.415 s = (115.326 mph (185.599 km/h)), May 12, 2001 (100 laps)...
Pete DePaolo was the first to win at an average over 100mph (160 km/h), with a speed of 101.13 mph (162.75 km/h). In the early 1920s, Miller built his...
consecutive. Phase 2 was fifteen laps between 210–215 mph (338–346 km/h), and phase 3 was fifteen laps over 215 mph (346 km/h). Veteran drivers that have not competed...
in which finishers were named to the prestigious Champion Spark Plug 100mphClub. Unlike the 1967 race, the Turbine did not run away from the field in...
Mosley (187.833 mph) led the speeds early on, and was the fastest car through the first hour. At 12:15 p.m., Tom Sneva (190.094 mph) moved into the top...
O'Connor's speed of 143.948 mph was not a track record. Troy Ruttman was on the track, and after a lap of over 144 mph, rain forced him to abort the...
saloon car in 1935, and then to all new SS models. The '100' was for the theoretical 100mph maximum speed of the vehicle. The chassis had a wheelbase...
qualified for the race by sustaining a speed faster than a minimum of 75 mph (120.7 km/h) for a full lap, an increase from the quarter-mile qualifying...
mile behind leader Jimmy Murphy and Earl Cooper, turning laps at up to 104 mph. Murphy was signaled that Boyer was rapidly closing and upped his pace, but...
508 mph to sit tentatively on the pole position. His four-lap average stood at 145.926 mph. Later in the day, Dick Rathmann qualified at 145.974 mph to...
Retrieved 6 August 2021. Hedlund, R. (November 2008). "The Roger Hedlund 100MPHClub". National Electric Drag Racing Association. Archived from the original...
William K. Vanderbilt had AAA sanction his race as opposed to the Automobile Club of America (ACA), the predominant sanctioning body for U.S. racing at the...
Indy/Charlotte "Double Duty" Entertainment Traditions Jigger Award Will Overhead 100mphClub The Greatest 33 Jim Nabors Turbo No races held in 1917–1918 or 1942–1945...
on 20 June. Although Ford decided to stage a photo finish, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest declared Amon and McLaren the 1966 winners of the 24 Hours of...
Automobile Association between 1911 and 1955, then by the United States Auto Club from 1956 to 1997, and finally by the Indy Racing League/IndyCar beginning...
first driver to practice over 190 mph (310 km/h). A day later, his brother Bobby Unser pushed the speeds over 197 mph (317 km/h). The first incidents of...
getting into the field. His initial qualifying run (a record-breaking 121.687 mph) was voided when his car was ruled to have exceeded the fuel limit. Returning...
distance at an average speed of over 100mph earned a driver a spot in the prestigious Champion Spark Plug 100mphClub. In 1964 as live television arrived...
event, Pete DePaolo became the first to average 100mph (160 km/h) for the race, with a speed of 101.13 mph (162.75 km/h). In July 1926, the neighborhood...
Indy/Charlotte "Double Duty" Entertainment Traditions Jigger Award Will Overhead 100mphClub The Greatest 33 Jim Nabors Turbo No races held in 1917–1918 or 1942–1945...
was the fastest, a track record 134.449 mph (216.375 km/h), and his four-lap average was a record 133.944 mph (215.562 km/h). Hepburn drove the 8-cylinder...
the second three-time winner of the race. Shaw's average speed was 114.277 mph, slowed by rain which caused the last 50 laps to be run under caution. Shaw...
wall at over 100 miles (160 km) an hour at the backstretch. In Louis Meyer's final Indy 500, he too would crash at the backstretch at over 100 miles (160 km)...
riding mechanic, Peter DePaolo. Depaolo was the first to average over 100mph (160 km/h) on his way to victory. The race was part of the 1925 World Manufacturers'...
Indy/Charlotte "Double Duty" Entertainment Traditions Jigger Award Will Overhead 100mphClub The Greatest 33 Jim Nabors Turbo No races held in 1917–1918 or 1942–1945...
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