Kelly Petillo

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Cavino Michele "Kelly" Petillo, (December 5, 1903 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – June 30, 1970 Los Angeles, California) was an American race car driver.

Petillo competed in the Indianapolis 500 on ten occasions, winning the race in 1935 in a year that marked the first win by a car powered by an Offenhauser engine. Petillo went on to win that year's United States National Driving Championship.

In 1937 Petillo participated in the Vanderbilt Cup but engine problems forced him out of the race. Kelly Petillo encountered problems later in his life, spending some time in jail and dying of emphysema in 1970.

Year Car Start Qual Rank Finish Laps Led Retired
1932 36 40 104.645 40 12 189 0 Flagged
1933 27 25 113.037 18 19 168 0 Spun & stalled
1934 17 1 119.329 1 11 200 6 Running
1935 5 22 115.095 15 1 200 102 Running
1937 25 20 124.129 2 20 109 0 Out of oil
1938 35 21 119.827 19 22 100 0 Camshaft
1939 35 24 123.660 16 18 141 0 Pistons
1940 35 13 125.331 5 21 128 0 Bearing
1941 22 19 124.417 7 27 48 0 Rod
Totals 1283 108
Starts 9
Poles 1
Front Row 1
Wins 1
Top 5 1
Top 10 1
Retired 6
Preceded by
Bill Cummings		 Indianapolis 500 Winner
1935		 Succeeded by
Louis Meyer
Indianapolis 500 Winners
Four-time winners
A. J. Foyt • Al Unser, Sr. • Rick Mears

Three-time winners
Meyer • Shaw • Rose • Rutherford • B. Unser

Two-time winners
Milton • Vukovich • Ward • Johncock • Fittipaldi • Luyendyk • Unser, Jr. • Castroneves

One win
Harroun • Dawson • Goux • Thomas • DePalma • Resta • Wilcox • Chevrolet • Murphy • Corum • Boyer • DePaolo • Lockhart • Souders • Keech • Arnold • Schneider • Frame • Cummings • Petillo • Roberts • Davis • Robson • Holland • Parsons • Wallard • Ruttman • Sweikert • Flaherty • Hanks • Bryan • Rathmann • Jones • Clark • Hill • Andretti • Donohue • Sneva • Sullivan • Rahal • Villeneuve • Lazier • Cheever • Brack • Montoya • de Ferran • Rice • Wheldon • Hornish
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