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1959 Bobby Ball Memorial

USAC Champ Car Series race number 12 of 13
Sunday, October 18, 1959 at Arizona State Fairgrounds, Phoenix, AZ
100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:07:50
Average speed: 88.458 mph
Pole speed: 93.531 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 3

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	8	16	Tony Bettenhausen	Lindsey Hopkins	Kuzma / Offy	100	3467	running	55	200
2	7	10	A.J. Foyt	Dean Van Lines (Al Dean)	Kuzma / Offy	100	2418	running	0	160
3	4	5	Rodger Ward	Leader Card Duo (Bob Wilke)	Watson / Offy	100	1507	running	0	140
4	16	17	Gene Force	Tiz-So (Fred Sclavi)	Silnes / Offy	100	887	running	0	120
5	3	9	Don Branson	Bob Estes	Phillips / Offy	100	816	running	3	100
6	9	4	Bobby Grim	Bowes Seal Fast (George Bignotti)	Lesovsky / Offy	100	593	running	0	80
7	14	21	Wayne Weiler	HOW (Mari Hulman George)	Watson / Offy	99	471	running	0	60
8	11	22	Jim Packard	Lee Glessner	Silnes / Offy	99	435	running	0	50
9	12	34	Shorty Templeman	Federal Engineering	Kurtis / Offy	98	399	running	0	40
10	5	39	Jack Rounds	Fike Plumbing (Hart Fullerton)	Kurtis / Offy	97	364	running	0	30
11	10	94	Bill Homeier	Tassi Vatis	Kurtis / Offy	97	328	running	0	20
12	13	45	Dempsey Wilson	Bardahl (Fred Gerhardt)	Kurtis / Offy	96	267	running	0	10
13	15	39	Lee Drollinger	Shaheen	Hill / Offy	95	321	running	0
14	6	28	Bob Cleberg	Braund Plywood (D.A. Caruthers)	Epperly / Offy	93	205	running	0
15	18	78	Jimmy Davies	Stearly Motor Freight (Doug Stearly)	Lesovsky / Offy	50	180	dnf	0
16	2	81	Len Sutton	Central Excavating (Pete Salemi)	Kuzma / Offy	42	154	ignition	42
17	17	8	Jim McWithey	Wolcott Memorial Racing Team	Lesovsky / Offy	16	103	dnf	0
18	1	1	Lloyd Ruby	John Zink Heater (John Zink)	Watson / Offy	9	103	crash	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Jim Hurtubise	3	Racing Associates
	Earl Motter	6	Bruce Bromme
	Eddie Sachs	7	Competition Engineering
	Bill Cheesbourg	18	Braund Plywood
	Johnnie Tolan	27	Joe Hunt
	Don Davis	46	Micro-Lube
	Johnny Moorehouse	53	Greenman-Casale
	Norm Hall	59	Sorensen
	Cotton Farmer	63	Wyandotte Tool
	Bill Hyde	65	Scovell
	Chuck Hulse	77	Blum Engineering
	John Wood	91	Binter

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Len Sutton	1	42	42
Don Branson	43	45	3
Tony Bettenhausen	46	100	55