Indianapolis 500
Sam Hanks Career Stats
| Indianapolis 500 Career Summary | ||||||||
| Starts | Total Laps | Best Start | Victories | Top 5 | Top 10 | Races led | Laps led | Winnings |
| 13 | 1566 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 140 | $184,353 |
| Year | Fin. | St. | Car# | Car Name/Entrant* | C/E/T | Qual. Spd. | Run/Out | Laps | Led | Winnings |
| 1940 | 13 | 14 | 28 | Duray | Weil/Duray | 123.060 | Running | 192 | 0 | $650 |
| 1941 | 33 | DNS | 28 | Tom Joyce 7-Up | Kurtis/Offy | 118.210 | Practice acc. | DNS | 0 | $525 |
| 1946 | 31 | 3 | 32 | Spike Jones | Stevens/Sampson | 124.760 | Oil line | 18 | 0 | $675 |
| 1948 | 26 | 15 | 76 | Flavell | Adams/Sparks | 124.260 | Clutch | 34 | 0 | $1,490 |
| 1949 | 30 | 23 | 18 | Love Machine & Tool | KK2000/Offy | 127.800 | Oil leak | 20 | 0 | $1,645 |
| 1950 | 30 | 25 | 23 | Merz Engineering | KK2000/Offy | 131.590 | Oil pressure | 42 | 0 | $2,134 |
| 1951 | 12 | 12 | 25 | Schmidt | KK3000/Offy | 132.990 | Rod | 135 | 0 | $3,412 |
| 1952 | 3 | 5 | 18 | Bardahl | KK3000/Offy | 135.730 | 125.580 | 200 | 0 | $14,768 |
| 1953 | 3 | 9 | 3 | Bardahl | KK4000/Offy | 137.530 | 126.465 | 200 | 3 | $16,422 |
| 1954 | 20 | 10 | 1 | Bardahl | KK4000/Offy | 137.990 | Spun out | 191 | 1 | $2,955 |
| 1955 | 19 | 6 | 8 | Jones & Maley | KK500C/Offy | 140.000 | Transmission | 134 | 0 | $2,914 |
| 1956 | 2 | 13 | 4 | Jones & Maley | KK500C/Offy | 142.050 | 128.303 | 200 | 0 | $32,919 |
| 1957 | 1 | 13 | 9 | Belond Exhaust | Salih/Offy | 142.810 | 135.601 | 200 | 136 | $103,844 |
| Indianapolis 500 Career Summary | ||||||||
| Starts | Total Laps | Best Start | Victories | Top 5 | Top 10 | Races led | Laps led | Winnings |
| 13 | 1566 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 140 | $184,353 |