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1961 Golden State 100

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USAC Champ Car Series race number 11 of 12
Sunday, October 29, 1961 at California State Fairgrounds, Sacramento, CA
100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:07:35
Average speed: 88.779 mph
Pole speed: 101.38 mph

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

Glossary 1961 USAC Champ Car Series results / 1961 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	2	Rodger Ward	Leader Card (Bob Wilke)	Watson / Offy	100	4730	running	49	200
2	11	98	Parnelli Jones	Willard Battery (J.C. Agajanian)	Lesovsky / Offy	99	2807	running	0	160
3	13	44	Bobby Marshman	Competition Engineering (Walter Meskowski)	Meskowski / Offy	98	1644	running	0	140
4	7	66	Len Sutton	Jewett-Cameron (Rolla Vollstedt)	Vollstedt / Offy	98	1248	running	0	120
5	18	81	Cotton Farmer	Central Excavating (Tidewater Associates)	Kuzma / Offy	98	1002	running	0	100
6	4	21	Elmer George	HOW (Mari Hulman George)	Watson / Offy	97	832	running	0	80
7	14	5	Don Branson	Autolite (Lindsey Hopkins)	Kuzma / Offy	97	662	running	0	60
8	6	51	Don Davis	Fike Plumbing (Harlan Fike)	Kuzma / Offy	97	614	running	0	50
9	8	72	Ronnie Duman	Wyandotte Tool (Milan Bursac)	Meskowski / Offy	97	566	running	0	40
10	16	45	Jim McElreath	Bardahl (Fred Gerhardt)	Meskowski / Offy	96	519	running	0	30
11	3	6	Roger McCluskey	Bell Lines Trucking (Fred Sclavi)	Silnes / Offy	82	471	engine	0	20
12	5	1	A.J. Foyt	Bowes Seal Fast (George Bignotti)	Meskowski / Offy	74	936	piston	51	10
13	9	96	Red Riegel	Windmill Trucking (Lee Glessner)	Silnes / Offy	70	338	crash	0
14	10	56	Jim Hurtubise	Sterling Plumbing (Barnett Brothers)	Kuzma / Offy	64	301	spun out	0
15	15	55	Dempsey Wilson	Greenman-Casale (Lysle Greenman)	Kuzma / Offy	57	263	too slow	0
16	1	7	Shorty Templeman	Bill Forbes Racing (Bill Forbes)	Meskowski / Offy	40	226	engine	0
17	17	90	Ray Wearne	Connor's Speed Shop (Edward Connor)	Kurtis / Chrysler	10	150	too slow	0
18	12	19	Al Keller	Konstant Hot (Bruce Homeyer)	Philipp / Offy	5	150	piston	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Eddie Sachs	12	Dean Van Lines
	Al Pombo	15	Gerhardt / Bardahl
	Leroy Neumayer	37	Tassi Vatis
	Russ Long	38	C & T Automotive
	Allen Crowe	42	Stearly Motor Freight
	Keith Rachwitz	47	Joe Hunt Magneto
	Ralph Liguori	49	Art Koopman
	Bud Sterrett	50	Malcolm Miller
	Chuck Hulse	52	John Zink Trackburner
	Don Horvath	65	Bruce Bromme
	Bob Mathouser	68	Hank Blum Engineering
	Beau Clerke	71	Bo Ju
	Bruce Jacobi	73	Travelon Trailer
	Bill Hyde	78	Don Collins
	Ray Crawford	94	Crawford-McCullough

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Rodger Ward	1	23	23
A.J. Foyt	24	74	51
Rodger Ward	75	100	26