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1951 Springfield 100 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post AAA Champ Car Series race number 5 of 15 Saturday, August 18, 1951 at Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL 100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:06:37 Average speed: 90.054 mph Pole speed: 101.067 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 1 Glossary    1951 AAA Champ Car Series results   /   1951 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 14 99   Tony Bettenhausen Belanger Motors   (Murrell Belanger) Kurtis / Offy 100 2879 running 81 200 2 4 9   Jack McGrath Jack Hinkle Kurtis / Offy 100 2070 running 0 160 3 7 10   Bill Schindler H.A. Chapman Kurtis / Offy 100 1150 running 0 140 4 8 1   Henry Banks Hopkins Blue Crown   (Lou Moore) Moore / Offy 100 747 running 0 120 5 13 8   Chuck Stevenson Bardahl Oil Company   (Carl Marchese) Marchese / Offy 100 690 running 0 100 6 12 4   Troy Ruttman John Zink Kurtis / Offy 100 575 running 0 80 7 17 73   Gordon Reid McNamara   (Lee Elkins) Kurtis / Offy 98 460 running 0 60 8 5 77   Joe Garson Elgin Piston Pin Stevens / Offy 98 431 running 0 50 9 15 79   Johnny McDowell Hart Fullerton Kurtis / Offy 97 402 running 0 40 10 18 33   Jim Rigsby Iddings Meyer / Offy 97 373 running 0 30 11 2 14   Duane Carter Pat Clancy Ewing / Offy 91 345 running 0 20 12 16 26   Joe James Bob Estes Watson / Offy 86 287 oil pressure 0 10 13 11 69   Gene Force Brown Motor Co. Kurtis / Offy 81 258 steering 0   14 1 7   Paul Russo Russo-Nichels Russo-Nichels / Offy 77 230 oil pressure 19   15 6 81   Bill Vukovich Central Excavating   (Floyd Trevis) Trevis / Offy 64 202 oil pressure 0   16 3 53   Neal Carter Lutes Bardazon / Offy 43 172 rear end 0   17 10 31   Manny Ayulo Coast Grain   (Bob Weinberg) Lesovsky / Offy 15 115 spun out 0   18 9 76   Jimmy Davies Parks Pawl / Offy 7 115 fuel pump 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Walt Faulkner 2 J.C. Agajanian Kuzma / Offy Harry King 34 Peter Wales Trucking Peter Wales Kurtis / Offy John Crone 35 Fred Johnstone Rex Easton 39 Joe Shaheen Hill / Offy Rodger Ward 48 Deck Manufacturing Lou & Bruce Bromme Bromme / Offy Andy Linden 57 George Leitenberger Silnes-Sherman / Offy Johnnie Tolan 71 Karl Hall Stevens / Offy Carl Scarborough 74 Larry Jewell George Connor 98 Tom Sarafoff Kurtis / Offy Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Paul Russo 1 19 19   Tony Bettenhausen 20 100 81