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1961 Syracuse 100

USAC Champ Car Series race number 8 of 12
Saturday, September 9, 1961 at New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, NY
100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:03:06
Average speed: 95.09 mph
Pole speed: 100.925 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 0

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	2	Rodger Ward	Leader Card (Bob Wilke)	Watson / Offy	100	4200	running	100	200
2	4	7	Shorty Templeman	Bill Forbes Racing (Bill Forbes)	Meskowski / Offy	100	2950	running	0	160
3	7	56	Jim Hurtubise	Sterling Plumbing (Barnett Brothers)	Kuzma / Offy	100	1640	running	0	140
4	8	19	Al Keller	Konstant Hot (Bruce Homeyer)	Philipp / Offy	100	1045	running	0	120
5	17	98	Parnelli Jones	Willard Battery (J.C. Agajanian)	Lesovsky / Offy	100	1000	running	0	100
6	11	21	Elmer George	HOW (Mari Hulman George)	Watson / Offy	100	830	running	0	80
7	10	44	Bobby Marshman	Competition Engineering (Walter Meskowski)	Meskowski / Offy	99	660	running	0	60
8	2	3	Roger McCluskey	Hoover Motor Express (Tidewater Associates)	Kuzma / Offy	99	613	running	0	50
9	15	37	Len Sutton	Tassi Vatis	Kurtis / Offy	99	565	running	0	40
10	16	72	Ronnie Duman	Wyandotte Tool (Milan Bursac)	Meskowski / Offy	98	518	running	0	30
11	18	81	Lloyd Ruby	Central Excavating (Pete Salemi)	Kuzma / Offy	98	470	running	0	20
12	5	51	Don Davis	Fike Plumbing (Harlan Fike)	Kuzma / Offy	98	385	running	0	10
13	6	93	Allen Crowe	Howard Iddings	Meyer / Offy	95	338	running	0
14	9	47	Danny Jones	Joe Hunt Magneto (Joe Hunt)	Lesovsky / Offy	94	300	running	0
15	13	6	A.J. Shepherd	Bell Lines Trucking (Fred Sclavi)	Silnes / Offy	89	263	running	0
16	14	96	Cotton Farmer	Windmill Trucking (Lee Glessner)	Silnes / Offy	49	225	engine	0
17	3	5	Don Branson	Autolite (Lindsey Hopkins)	Kuzma / Offy	28	150	fuel tank	0
18	12	1	A.J. Foyt	Bowes Seal Fast (George Bignotti)	Meskowski / Offy	6	150	piston	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Eddie Sachs	12	Dean Van Lines
	Bud Tingelstad	34	Federal Engineering
	Jiggs Peters	46	Ray Brady
	Bruce Jacobi	58	Harden
	Red Riegel	63	Vargo
	Ed Kostenuk	66	Jewett-Cameron
	Bob Mathouser	68	Hank Blum Engineering
	Beau Clerke	71	Bo Ju
	Jim Hemmings	77	Dayton Steel Wheel
	Vern Harriman	85	Stoye

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Rodger Ward	1	100	100