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1961 Hoosier Hundred

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USAC Champ Car Series race number 9 of 12
Saturday, September 16, 1961 at Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, IN
100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:04:57
Average Speed: 92.369 mph
Pole Speed: 102.975 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: n/a
Attendance: 36,646
Lead changes: 2

Glossary 1961 USAC Champ Car Series results / 1961 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	1	1	A.J. Foyt	Bowes Seal Fast (George Bignotti)	Meskowski / Offy	100	12,615	running	84	200
2	2	44	Bobby Marshman	Competition Engineering (Walter Meskowski)	Meskowski / Offy	99	6,802	running	0	160
3	14	15	Jim McElreath	Lindsey Hopkins	Kuzma / Offy	98	3,780	running	0	140
4	9	66	Len Sutton	Jewett-Cameron (Rolla Vollstedt)	Vollstedt / Offy	98	2,486	running	0	120
5	4	7	Shorty Templeman	Bill Forbes Racing (Bill Forbes)	Meskowski / Offy	98	2,284	running	0	100
6	6	52	Chuck Hulse	John Zink Trackburner (John Zink)	Watson / Offy	98	1,900	running	0	80
7	16	49	Ralph Liguori	Arthur Koopman	Lesovsky / Offy	96	1,516	running	0	60
8	5	5	Don Branson	Autolite (Lindsey Hopkins)	Kuzma / Offy	95	1,415	running	0	50
9	17	47	Danny Jones	Joe Hunt Magneto (Joe Hunt)	Lesovsky / Offy	95	1,314	running	0	40
10	15	45	Dick Rathman	Bardahl (Fred Gerhardt)	Meskowski / Offy	95	1,213	running	0	30
11	18	68	Bob Mathouser	Blum Engineering (Henry Blum)	Blum / Offy	94	1,112	running	0	20
12	3	98	Parnelli Jones	Willard Battery (J.C. Agajanian)	Lesovsky / Offy	78	1,530	rear end	16	10
13	11	51	Don Davis	Fike Plumbing (Harlan Fike)	Kuzma / Offy	59	819	spun out	0
14	13	3	Roger McCluskey	Hoover Motor Express (John Wills)	Kuzma / Offy	43	728	mechanical	0
15	10	21	Elmer George	HOW (Mari Hulman George)	Watson / Offy	31	637	mechanical	0
16	12	19	Al Keller	Konstant Hot (Bruce Homeyer)	Philipp / Offy	14	546	mechanical	0
17	7	2	Rodger Ward	Leader Card (Bob Wilke)	Watson / Offy	12	364	mechanical	0
18	8	56	Jim Hurtubise	Sterling Plumbing (Barnett Brothers)	Kuzma / Offy	12	364	mechanical	0

Failed to qualify: Ronnie Duman (#72), Harry Beck (#95), Vern Harriman (#85), Jim McWithey (#29), Leon Clum (#77), Cotton Farmer (#96), Bruce Jacobi (#58), Bud Tingelstad (#42), Lloyd Ruby (#81), Eddie Sachs (#12), Allen Crowe (#34), Norm Hall (#88), Bobby Grim (#37), A.J. Shepherd (#6)

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Parnelli Jones	1	16	16
A.J. Foyt	17	100	84

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