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1961 Bobby Ball Memorial Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 12 of 12 Sunday, November 19, 1961 at Arizona State Fairgrounds, Phoenix, AZ 100 laps* on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: n/a Average speed: n/a Pole speed: 103.627 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 4 Glossary    1961 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1961 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 98   Parnelli Jones Willard Battery   (J.C. Agajanian) Lesovsky / Offy 89 3539 running 30 200 2 2 2   Rodger Ward Leader Card   (Bob Wilke) Watson / Offy 89 2417 running 59 160 3 5 5   Don Branson Autolite   (Lindsey Hopkins) Kuzma / Offy 88 1490 running 0 140 4 18 45   Jim McElreath Bardahl   (Fred Gerhardt) Meskowski / Offy 88 1010 running 0 120 5 6 81   Cotton Farmer Central Excavating   (Tidewater Associates) Kuzma / Offy 88 837 running 0 100 6 7 12   Eddie Sachs Dean Van Lines   (Al Dean) Kuzma / Offy 88 694 running 0 80 7 4 6   Roger McCluskey Bell Lines Trucking   (Fred Sclavi) Silnes / Offy 87 551 running 0 60 8 13 66   Len Sutton Jewett-Cameron   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Offy 87 480 running 0 50 9 14 21   Elmer George HOW   (Mari Hulman George) Watson / Offy 86 439 running 0 40 10 11 41   Allen Crowe Stearly Motor Freight   (Doug Stearly) Lesovsky / Offy 86 398 running 0 30 11 12 44   Bobby Marshman Competition Engineering   (Walter Meskowski) Meskowski / Offy 86 358 running 0 11 12 8 7   Shorty Templeman Bill Forbes Racing   (Bill Forbes) Meskowski / Offy 85 316 running 0 10 13 17 37   Leroy Neumayer Tassi Vatis Kurtis / Offy 84 277 running 0   14 15 52   Chuck Hulse John Zink Trackburner   (John Zink) Watson / Offy 83 246 crash 0   15 9 1   A.J. Foyt Bowes Seal Fast   (George Bignotti) Meskowski / Offy 53 215 engine 0   16 16 47   Keith Rachwitz Joe Hunt Magneto   (Joe Hunt) Lesovsky / Offy 47 184 oil pressure 0   17 1 19   Al Keller Konstant Hot   (Bruce Homeyer) Philipp / Offy 40 153 crash 0   18 10 96   Red Riegel Windmill Trucking   (Lee Glessner) Silnes / Offy 2 123 oil line 0   * Race shortened to 89 laps due to darkness.

Relief Drivers: Car #44: Jim Hurtubise, 9 points) Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Dempsey Wilson 55 Greenman-Casale Jim Hurtubise 56 Sterling Plumbing Ronnie Duman 72 Wyandotte Tool Ray Wearne 90 Connor's Speed Shop Ray Crawford 94 Crawford-McCullough Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Rodger Ward 1 44 44   Parnelli Jones 45 48 4   Rodger Ward 49 63 15   Parnelli Jones 64 89 26