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1961 Indianapolis 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 2 of 12 Tuesday, May 30, 1961 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:35:37 Average speed: 139.13 mph Pole speed: 147.481 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 8.28 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 21 Glossary    1961 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1961 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 7 1   A.J. Foyt Bowes Seal-Fast   (George Bignotti) Trevis / Offy 200 117975 running 71 1000 2 1 12   Eddie Sachs Dean Van Lines   (Al Dean) Ewing / Offy 200 53400 running 44 800 3 4 2   Rodger Ward Del Webb's Sun City   (Bob Wilke) Watson / Offy 200 26500 running 7 700 4 18 7   Shorty Templeman Bill Forbes Racing   (Bill Forbes) Meskowski / Offy 200 16025 running 0 600 5 26 19   Al Keller Konstant Hot   (Bruce Homeyer) Phillips / Offy 200 13725 running 0 500 6 28 18   Chuck Stevenson Metal-Cal   (George Salih) Epperly / Offy 200 9875 running 0 400 7 33 31   Bobby Marshman Hoover Motor Express   (John Wills) Epperly / Offy 200 9550 running 0 300 8 25 5   Lloyd Ruby Autolite   (Lindsey Hopkins) Epperly / Offy 200 8750 running 0 250 9 13 17   Jack Brabham Cooper Climax   (Surbiton) Cooper / Climax 200 7250 running 0 200 10 32 34   Norm Hall Federal Engineering Kurtis / Offy 200 8250 running 0 150 11 15 28   Gene Hartley John Chalik Trevis / Offy 198 5820 running 0 100 12 5 98   Parnelli Jones Willard Battery   (J.C. Agajanian) Watson / Offy 192 10350 running 27 50 13 6 97   Dick Rathmann Jim Robbins Watson / Offy 164 5580 fuel pump 0   14 17 10   Paul Goldsmith Racing Associates Lesovsky / Offy 160 5210 connecting rod 0   15 12 15   Wayne Weiler Coral Harbor   (Lindsey Hopkins) Watson / Offy 147 5040 wheel bearing 0   16 31 35   Dempsey Wilson Lysle Greenman Kuzma / Offy 145 4920 fuel pump 0   17 16 32   Bob Christie North Electric   (William Tucker) Kurtis / Offy 132 4850 piston 0   18 10 33   Eddie Johnson Jim Robbins Kuzma / Offy 127 4730 crash 0   19 8 8   Len Sutton Bryant Heating & Cooling   (Pete Salemi) Watson / Offy 110 4650 clutch 0   20 22 52   Troy Ruttman Trackburner   (John Zink) Watson / Offy 105 6970 clutch 10   21 20 41   Johnny Boyd Leader Card   (Bob Wilke) Watson / Offy 105 4650 clutch 0   22 3 99   Jim Hurtubise Norm Demler Epperly / Offy 102 10410 piston 35   23 19 86   Ebb Rose Meyer Speedway   (Racing Associates) Porter / Offy 93 4530 connecting rod 0   24 30 26   Cliff Griffith McCullough   (Edgar Elder) Elder / Offy 55 4750 piston 0   25 21 45   Jack Turner Bardahl   (Fred Gerhardt) Kurtis / Offy 52 5720 crash 0   26 14 73   A.J. Shepherd Travelon Trailer   (Ernest Ruiz) Christiansen / Offy 51 4440 crash 0   27 29 22   Roger McCluskey Racing Associates Moore / Offy 51 4710 crash 0   28 9 14   Bill Cheesbourg Dean Van Lines   (Al Dean) Kuzma / Offy 50 4430 crash 0   29 27 83   Don Davis Dart-Kart Trevis / Offy 49 4950 crash 0   30 11 4   Jim Rathmann Simoniz Watson / Offy 48 5270 magneto 6   31 23 55   Jimmy Daywalt Schulz Feuling Equipment   (Ollie Prather) Kurtis / Offy 27 4890 brake line 0   32 24 16   Bobby Grim Thompson Industries   (Ansted-Thompson Racing) Christiansen / Offy 26 4660 piston 0   33 2 3   Don Branson Hoover Motor Express   (John Wills) Epperly / Offy 2 5080 valve 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Bob Cleberg 6 Bell Lines Trucking Lloyd Ruby 9 Kelso Auto Dynamics Paul Russo 21 Bryant Heating & Cooling Cotton Farmer 23 Bardahl Bob Veith 23, 25, 44, 85 Tony Bettenhausen 24 Stearly Motor Freight Jim McWithey 29 Hart Fullerton Chuck Hulse 37 Tassi Vatis Ronnie Duman 43 Ray Brady Jack Rounds 44, 87 Schmidt, M.P.C. Don Freeland 47, 27 Joe Hunt Magneto, Chapman Danny Jones 47 Joe Hunt Magneto Bud Tingelstad 54 Dean Van Lines Duane Carter 61, 94 Roy, McCullough Chuck Arnold 62 Denver-Chicago Trucking Russ Congdon 69 Eelco Custom Shaft Dick Rathman 75 Paxton Products Leon Clum 77 Dayton Steel Foundry Bert Brooks 79 Hall-Mar Mike Magill 82 San Diego Steel Products Jack Ensley 84 Ansted-Thompson Don Davis 85 Federal Engineering Chuck Weyant 88 Drewry's Chuck Rodee 89 Dunn Engineering Norm Hall 92, 88 Concannon Car Co. Flying, Drewry's Ray Crawford 94 McCullough Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Jim Hurtubise 1 35 35   Jim Rathmann 36 41 6   Parnelli Jones 42 44 3   Eddie Sachs 45 51 7   Parnelli Jones 52 75 24   A.J. Foyt 76 83 8   Troy Ruttman 84 88 5   A.J. Foyt 89 89 1   Troy Ruttman 90 94 5   A.J. Foyt 95 124 30   Eddie Sachs 125 137 13   A.J. Foyt 138 138 1   Eddie Sachs 139 141 3   A.J. Foyt 142 146 5   Eddie Sachs 147 151 5   A.J. Foyt 152 160 9   Rodger Ward 161 167 7   Eddie Sachs 168 169 2   A.J. Foyt 170 183 14   Eddie Sachs 184 197 14   A.J. Foyt 198 200 3