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1959 Springfield 100

USAC Champ Car Series race number 6 of 13
Saturday, August 22, 1959 at Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL
100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:03:02
Average speed: 95.186 mph
Pole speed: 106.509 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 1

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	8	81	Len Sutton	Central Excavating (Pete Salemi)	Kuzma / Offy	100	5081	running	45	200
2	1	9	Don Branson	Bob Estes	Phillips / Offy	100	3580	running	55	160
3	11	21	Al Keller	HOW (Mari Hulman George)	Watson / Offy	100	2152	running	0	140
4	12	3	Johnny Thomson	Racing Associates	Kuzma / Offy	100	1307	running	0	120
5	4	16	Ed Elisian	Lindsey Hopkins	Kuzma / Offy	100	1203	running	0	100
6	16	25	Dick Rathmann	Hardwood Door (Kathryn Wright)	Kurtis / Offy	100	916	running	0	80
7	3	7	Eddie Sachs	Competition Engineering (Walter Meskowski)	Meskowski / Offy	99	729	running	0	60
8	15	17	Bob Veith	Tiz-So (Fred Sclavi)	Silnes / Offy	99	677	running	0	50
9	10	68	Don Freeland	Ridgewood Builders	Phillips / Offy	98	625	running	0	40
10	14	39	Wayne Weiler	Fike Plumbing (Hart Fullerton)	Kurtis / Offy	98	573	running	0	30
11	17	72	Chuck Weyant	Wyandotte Tool (Milan Bursac)	Kurtis / Offy	97	522	running	0	20
12	18	78	Duane Carter	Stearly Motor Freight (Doug Stearly)	Lesovsky / Offy	96	428	running	0	10
13	9	22	Jim Packard	Lee Glessner	Silnes / Offy	93	376	running	0
14	7	8	Jim McWithey	Wolcott Memorial Racing Team	Lesovsky / Offy	91	334	running	0
15	5	10	A.J. Foyt	Dean Van Lines (Al Dean)	Kuzma / Offy	64	293	engine	0
16	2	4	Bobby Grim	Bowes Seal Fast (George Bignotti)	Lesovsky / Offy	35	251	steering	0
17	13	1	Tony Bettenhausen	John Zink Heater (John Zink)	Moore / Offy	10	167	piston	0
18	6	5	Rodger Ward	Leader Card Duo (Bob Wilke)	Watson / Offy	4	167	piston	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Bill Cheesbourg	18	Braund Plywood
	Dempsey Wilson	34	Federal Engineering
	Lee Drollinger	39	Shaheen
	Lloyd Ruby	46	Micro-Lube
	Bobby Grim	48	Sumar
	Ralph Liguori	54	Bill Forbes Racing
	Chuck Rodee	59	Ray Brady
	Bob Wente	76	Leitenberger
	Jimmy Davies	83	Turner
	Herb Hill	89	Hill Carpets
	Bill Homeier	94	Tassi Vatis
DC	Jud Larson	4	Bowes Seal Fast	George Bignotti	Lesovsky / Offy

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Don Branson	1	55	55
Len Sutton	56	100	45