Ka cika wannan magana: Tsakanin 1913 da 1916, ƙungiyar tseren Duesenberg a hankali ta inganta matsayinta a tseren mil 500 na Indianapolis na shekara-shekara. A cikin tseren 1913, ƙungiyar ta ɗauki matsayi na tara a tseren. A cikin tseren 1914, Eddie Rickenbacker, mai zuwa na jirgin sama na yakin duniya na, ya kori motar tseren Duesenberg-powered zuwa na goma da kuma $ 1,400 a cikin kyautar kuɗi. Tawagar Duesenberg kuma tana da matsayi na goma sha biyu a wannan shekarar. A cikin tseren 1915 ƙungiyar ta ɗauki matsayi na biyar da na bakwai, kuma a cikin
A shekarar 1916 direban tseren Wilbur D'Alene ya gama a matsayi na biyu. Gasar tsere a Indianapolis 500-mile tseren ya tafi a kan hiatus a 1917 da 1918, lokacin da kokarin da aka mayar da hankali a kan wartime samar a lokacin yakin duniya na. Lokacin da Indianapolis 500-mile auto tseren resumed a 1919, da Duesenberg tawagar da inji da kuma man fetur al'amurran da suka shafi da kuma shigarwar ba gama tseren cewa shekara, amma tawagar da mafi alhẽri nasara a cikin 1920s.