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1947 Springfield 100


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AAA Champ Car Series race number 10 of 11
Sunday, September 28, 1947 at Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL
100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:04:51
Average speed: 92.519 mph
Pole speed: 98.414 mph
Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 1

Glossary    1947 AAA Champ Car Series results   /   1947 standings

PosSt#DriverChass./Eng.LapsMoneyStatusLedPts
1 516   Tony Bettenhausen Murrell BelangerStevens / Offy1001734running100200
2 41   Ted Horn Ted HornHorn / Offy1001706running0160
31239   Steve Truchan Steve TruchanTruchan / Offy1001020running0140
41325   Jackie Holmes Floyd DreyerDreyer99680running0120
51471   Charlie Rogers Larry JewellHAL / Miller99510running0100
6 727   Walt Ader AndrewsOffy98424running080
7 942   Myron Fohr Carl Marchese98344running060
8 38   Walt Brown Fred PetersWetteroth / Offy97344running050
9 610   Bill Holland William SchoofWetteroth / Offy65344rear axle040
10 13   Emil Andres Murrell BelangerOffy60344dnf030
111655   George Metzler Lee Glessner55258dnf020
121545   Johnny Shackleford Fred JohnstoneOffy50258dnf010
13 233   Mel Hansen Tucker PartnersLencki45195dnf0 
14 815   Paul Russo Erwin WolfeShaw / Offy40195dnf0 
151041   George Connor William SchoofWetteroth / Offy35173dnf0 
161121   Rex Mays Thorne Engineering   (Joel Thorne)Adams / Sparks30173dnf0 
171769   Norm Houser Robert AllisonFord V825127dnf0 
181859   Jerry Kubik Katty KornerOffy20127dnf0 

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
PosNameNbrSponsorOwnerCar
Duke Nalon4Paul WeirickAdams
Rex Mays9Bowes Seal FastKurtisKurtis / Winfield
Eddie Zalucki31Auto ShippersLou RasseyOffy
Charles Van Acker44Tucker PartnersStevens / Lencki
Charles Crawford67Pat MurphyDuesenberg

Lap leader breakdown:
LeaderFrom
Lap
To
Lap
# Of
Laps
  Tony Bettenhausen1100100