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1961 Golden State 100


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USAC Champ Car Series race number 11 of 12
Sunday, October 29, 1961 at California State Fairgrounds, Sacramento, CA
100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:07:35
Average Speed: 88.779 mph
Pole Speed: 101.38 mph 		Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 3

Glossary    1961 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1961 standings

Fin St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chassis / Engine Laps Money Status Led Points
16 17   Shorty Templeman Bill Forbes Racing   (Bill Forbes)Meskowski / Offy40226engine0 
1 22   Rodger Ward Leader Card   (Bob Wilke)Watson / Offy1004,730running49200
11 36   Roger McCluskey Bell Lines Trucking   (Fred Sclavi)Silnes / Offy82471engine020
6 421   Elmer George HOW   (Mari Hulman George)Watson / Offy97832running080
12 51   A.J. Foyt Bowes Seal Fast   (George Bignotti)Meskowski / Offy74936piston5110
8 651   Don Davis Fike Plumbing   (Harlan Fike)Kuzma / Offy97614running050
4 766   Len Sutton Jewett-Cameron   (Rolla Vollstedt)Vollstedt / Offy981,248running0120
9 872   Ronnie Duman Wyandotte Tool   (Milan Bursac)Meskowski / Offy97566running040
13 996   Red Riegel Windmill Trucking   (Lee Glessner)Silnes / Offy70338crash0 
141056   Jim Hurtubise Sterling Plumbing   (Barnett Brothers)Kuzma / Offy64301spun out0 
21198   Parnelli Jones Willard Battery   (J.C. Agajanian)Lesovsky / Offy992,807running0160
181219   Al Keller Konstant Hot   (Bruce Homeyer)Philipp / Offy5150piston0 
31344   Bobby Marshman Competition Engineering   (Walter Meskowski)Meskowski / Offy981,644running0140
7145   Don Branson Autolite   (Lindsey Hopkins)Kuzma / Offy97662running060
151555   Dempsey Wilson Greenman-Casale   (Lysle Greenman)Kuzma / Offy57263too slow0 
101645   Jim McElreath Bardahl   (Fred Gerhardt)Meskowski / Offy96519running030
171790   Ray Wearne Connor's Speed Shop   (Edward Connor)Kurtis / Chrysler10150too slow0 
51881   Cotton Farmer Central Excavating   (Tidewater Associates)Kuzma / Offy981,002running0100

Failed to qualify:   Leroy Neumayer (#37), Eddie Sachs (#12), Al Pombo (#15), Bud Sterrett (#50), Russ Long (#38), Ray Crawford (#94), Bill Hyde (#78), Chuck Hulse (#52), Beau Clerke (#71), Don Horvath (#65), Ralph Liguori (#49), Keith Rachwitz (#47), Bob Mathouser (#68), Bruce Jacobi (#73), Allen Crowe (#42)

Lap leader breakdown:
LeaderFrom
Lap		To
Lap		# Of
Laps
  Rodger Ward12323
  A.J. Foyt247451
  Rodger Ward7510026