Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakati pa1913 na1916, chikwata chemakwikwi cheDuesenberg chakavandudza zvishoma nezvishoma nzvimbo yacho munhangemutange yegore negore yeIndianapolis yemakiromita 500. Mumakwikwi a1913
, chikwata chakatora nzvimbo yechipfumbamwe munhangemutange. Mumakwikwi a1914, Eddie Rickenbacker, akazozivikanwa somunhu aifamba nendege muHondo Yenyika I, akatyaira motokari yemakwikwi yaishandiswa neDuesenberg kusvika apedza ari pachinzvimbo chegumi nemari yemari inosvika US$1,400. Chikwata cheDuesenberg chakanga chinewo nzvimbo yegumi nembiri gore iroro. Munhangemutange ya1915 chikwata chakatora nzvimbo yechishanu neyechinomwe, uye munhangemutange ya1916 mutyairi mutsva Wilbur D'Alene akapedza ari wechipiri. Mujaho weIndianapolis 500-maira wakambomira muna 1917 na1918, apo zvaiitwa zvaiiswa pakugadzira munguva yehondo munguva yeHondo Yenyika I. Apo Indianapolis 500-maira auto races yakatangazve muna 1919, timu yeDuesenberg yaive nenyaya dzemagetsi uye mafuta uye zvinyorwa zvayo hazvina kupedza mujaho gore iro, asi timu yakabudirira zviri nani muma1920.