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1959 Race of Champions

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USAC Champ Car Series race number 2 of 13
Sunday, April 19, 1959 at Trenton Speedway, Trenton, NJ
100 laps* on a 1.000 mile paved track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 0:57:16
Average speed: 91.16 mph
Pole speed: 103.11 mph

Cautions: 1 for 20 laps
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: 12000
Lead changes: 5

Glossary 1959 USAC Champ Car Series results / 1959 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	81	Tony Bettenhausen	Central Excavating (Pete Salemi)	Kuzma / Offy	87	4650	running	71	200
2	7	52	Rodger Ward	Leader Card Duo (Bob Wilke)	Watson / Offy	87	2820	running	15	160
3	6	53	Jimmy Davies	Greenman-Casale (Lysle Greenman)	Kuzma / Offy	86	1980	running	0	140
4	17	2	Jim Rathmann	Lindsey Hopkins	Kuzma / Offy	86	1345	running	0	120
5	8	71	Chuck Arnold	Hall-Mar (Karl Hall)	Curtis / Offy	85	1100	running	0	100
6	15	21	Elmer George	HOW (Mari Hulman George)	Kuzma / Offy	85	830	running	0	80
7	18	48	Bobby Grim	Sumar (Chapman Root)	Kuzma / Offy	84	660	running	0	60
8	20	76	Jerry Unser	Leitenberger	Silnes-Sherman / Offy	83	613	running	0	50
9	19	33	Joe Barzda	Churchill Harden	Russo-Nichels / Offy	82	565	running	0	40
10	21	59	Van Johnson	Ray Brady	Kurtis / Offy	79	518	running	0	30
11	4	22	Jim Packard	Lee Glessner	Silnes / Offy	73	470	running	0	20
12	14	64	Gene Force	Shannon Brothers	Watts / Offy	63	385	dnf	0	10
13	1	9	Don Branson	Bob Estes	Phillips / Offy	57	338	spun out	1
14	12	5	Dick Linder	Jake Vargo	Kurtis / Offy	56	300	crash	0
15	11	65	Bob Christie	Federal Engineering	Kurtis / Offy	56	225	spun out	0
16	5	8	Len Sutton	Wolcott Memorial Racing Team	Lesovsky / Offy	53	188	dnf	0
17	9	84	Pat Flaherty	John Zink	Watson / Offy	53	150	dnf	0
18	13	78	Bob Schroeder	Midwest Manufacturing (Carl Gehlhausen)	Lesovsky / Offy	52	150	dnf	0
19	10	44	Eddie Sachs	Peter Schmidt	Kuzma / Offy	40	112	dnf	0
20	3	3	Johnny Thomson	Racing Associates	Lesovsky / Offy	20	112	handling	0
21	16	94	Tony Bonadies	Tassi Vatis	Kurtis / Offy	15	75	dnf	0

* Race shortened to 87 laps due to rain.

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	A.J. Foyt	10	Dean Van Lines
	Bill Cheesbourg	25	Hardwood Door

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Don Branson	1	1	1
Tony Bettenhausen	2	25	24
Rodger Ward	26	26	1
Tony Bettenhausen	27	34	8
Rodger Ward	35	48	14
Tony Bettenhausen	49	87	39