Rex Mays

Rex Mays (born March 10, 1913 - died November 6, 1949) is a former AAA Championship Car race driver from Riverside, California. He made his Indianapolis 500 debut in 1934 and won the pole in 1935, 1936, and again in 1940 and finished second, he returned the next year and finished second again. However, World War II suspended racing until 1946, denying Mays of what likely would have been the peak of his career. After the war Mays again won the Indy pole in 1948 but was knocked out by a mechanical problem. He was killed in a crash during the only Champ Car race held at Del Mar Speedway in Del Mar, California in 1949.

Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish
1934	Duesenberg	Miller	23rd	23rd
1935	Adams	Miller	1st	17th
1936	Adams	Sparks	1st	15th
1937	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	23rd	33rd
1938	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	3rd	28th
1939	Adams	Sparks	19th	16th
1940	Stevens	Winfield	1st	2nd
1946	Stevens	Winfield	14th	30th
1947	Kurtis Kraft	Winfield	20th	6th
1948	Kurtis Kraft	Winfield	1st	19th
1947	Kurtis Kraft	Novi	2nd	25th