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1951 Detroit 100

AAA Champ Car Series race number 11 of 15
Sunday, September 9, 1951 at Michigan State Fairgrounds, Detroit, MI
100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:11:44
Average speed: 83.62 mph
Pole speed: 92.095 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: 13000
Lead changes: 2

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	7	Paul Russo	Russo-Nichels	Russo-Nichels / Offy	100	3250	running	3	200
2	7	2	Walt Faulkner	J.C. Agajanian	Kuzma / Offy	100	2340	running	0	160
3	6	48	Mike Nazaruk	Deck Manufacturing (Lou & Bruce Bromme)	Bromme / Offy	100	1300	running	0	140
4	4	99	Tony Bettenhausen	Belanger Motors (Murrell Belanger)	Kurtis / Offy	100	845	running	97	120
5	16	39	Sam Hanks	Joe Shaheen	Hill / Offy	100	780	running	0	100
6	11	31	Manny Ayulo	Coast Grain (Bob Weinberg)	Lesovsky / Offy	100	650	running	0	80
7	13	4	Bill Vukovich	John Zink	Kurtis / Offy	100	520	running	0	60
8	14	14	Duane Carter	Pat Clancy	Ewing / Offy	99	487	running	0	50
9	10	1	Henry Banks	Hopkins Blue Crown (Lou Moore)	Moore / Offy	99	455	running	0	40
10	18	76	Johnnie Tolan	Parks	Pawl / Offy	93	423	running	0	30
11	12	81	Eddie Johnson	Central Excavating (Floyd Trevis)	Trevis / Offy	90	390	running	0	20
12	17	83	Buster Warke	Buster Warke	Kurtis-Warke / Offy	85	325	running	0	10
13	9	42	Neal Carter	Lutes	Gdula / Offy	63	292	connecting rod	0
14	8	73	Gordon Reid	McNamara (Lee Elkins)	Kurtis / Offy	33	260	gear	0
15	2	26	Joe James	Bob Estes	Watson / Offy	28	228	overheating	0
16	15	36	Johnny Fedricks	Auto Shippers (Lou Rassey)	Rassey / Offy	21	195	engine	0
17	1	79	Johnny McDowell	Hart Fullerton	Kurtis / Offy	20	150	engine	0
18	5	69	Gene Force	Brown Motor Co.	Kurtis / Offy	6	150	connecting rod	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Harry King	34	Peter Wales Trucking	Peter Wales	Kurtis / Offy
	Bill Doster	35		Johnston
	Duke Dinsmore	44		Federal Engineering	Kurtis / Offy
	Frank Armi	65	Vulcan Tool	Ralph Miller	Ralph Miller / Ralph Miller
	Dick Frazier	66		Lee Glessner	Stevens / Offy
	Bill Boyd	71		Karl Hall	Stevens / Offy
	Joe Garson	77	Elgin Piston Pin		Stevens / Offy
	Carl Scarborough	82		Singer

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Tony Bettenhausen	1	97	97
Paul Russo	98	100	3