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1959 Syracuse 100

USAC Champ Car Series race number 9 of 13
Saturday, September 12, 1959 at New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, NY
100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:03:45
Average speed: 94.122 mph
Pole speed: 100.363 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	2	7	Eddie Sachs	Competition Engineering (Walter Meskowski)	Meskowski / Offy	100	4650	running	69	200
2	4	9	Don Branson	Bob Estes	Phillips / Offy	100	3270	running	0	160
3	3	5	Rodger Ward	Leader Card Duo (Bob Wilke)	Watson / Offy	100	1980	running	0	140
4	7	8	Jim McWithey	Wolcott Memorial Racing Team	Lesovsky / Offy	100	1195	running	0	120
5	8	16	Bobby Grim	Lindsey Hopkins	Kuzma / Offy	100	1100	running	0	100
6	6	1	Tony Bettenhausen	John Zink Heater (John Zink)	Watson / Offy	100	830	running	0	80
7	13	17	Gene Force	Tiz-So (Fred Sclavi)	Silnes / Offy	100	660	running	0	60
8	17	81	Len Sutton	Central Excavating (Pete Salemi)	Kuzma / Offy	100	613	running	0	50
9	16	10	A.J. Foyt	Dean Van Lines (Al Dean)	Kuzma / Offy	100	565	running	0	40
10	15	94	Bill Homeier	Tassi Vatis	Kurtis / Offy	99	518	running	0	30
11	14	72	Chuck Weyant	Wyandotte Tool (Milan Bursac)	Kurtis / Offy	99	470	running	0	20
12	10	18	Bill Cheesbourg	Braund Plywood (D.A. Caruthers)	Kuzma / Offy	99	385	running	0	10
13	9	34	Shorty Templeman	Federal Engineering	Kurtis / Offy	98	337	running	0
14	11	46	Lloyd Ruby	Texas Racing Club (Ebb Rose)	Turner / Offy	98	300	running	0
15	12	22	Jim Packard	Lee Glessner	Silnes / Offy	93	262	running	0
16	1	3	Johnny Thomson	Racing Associates	Kuzma / Offy	76	225	fuel pump	31
17	5	4	Don Freeland	Bowes Seal Fast (George Bignotti)	Lesovsky / Offy	23	150	brakes	0
18	18	33	Johnny Kay	Churchill Harden	Russo-Nichels / Offy	22	150	connecting rod	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Chuck Arnold	48	Sumar
	Leon Clum	54	Bill Forbes Racing
	Ralph Liguori	59	Ray Brady
	Cotton Farmer	76	Leitenberger
	Jack Turner	78	Stearly Motor Freight

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Johnny Thomson	1	31	31
Eddie Sachs	32	100	69