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1961 Tony Bettenhausen Memorial

USAC Champ Car Series race number 6 of 12
Monday, August 21, 1961 at Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL
100 laps* on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:00:57
Average speed: 98.04 mph
Pole speed: 105.356 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: 15000
Lead changes: 1

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	56	Jim Hurtubise	Sterling Plumbing (Barnett Brothers)	Kuzma / Offy	99	4271	running	78	200
2	3	1	A.J. Foyt	Bowes Seal Fast (George Bignotti)	Meskowski / Offy	99	3001	running	0	160
3	10	5	Dick Rathmann	Autolite (Lindsey Hopkins)	Kuzma / Offy	98	1668	running	0	140
4	2	6	A.J. Shepherd	Bell Lines Trucking (Fred Sclavi)	Silnes / Offy	98	1113	running	0	120
5	13	7	Shorty Templeman	Bill Forbes Racing (Bill Forbes)	Meskowski / Offy	98	1017	running	0	100
6	17	12	Rodger Ward	Dean Van Lines (Al Dean)	Kuzma / Offy	97	824	running	0	80
7	16	96	Cotton Farmer	Windmill Trucking (Lee Glessner)	Silnes / Offy	97	671	running	0	60
8	18	21	Elmer George	HOW (Mari Hulman George)	Watson / Offy	97	623	running	0	50
9	8	44	Bobby Marshman	Competition Engineering (Walter Meskowski)	Meskowski / Offy	97	575	running	0	40
10	7	81	Len Sutton	Central Excavating (Pete Salemi)	Kuzma / Offy	97	527	running	0	30
11	1	98	Parnelli Jones	Willard Battery (J.C. Agajanian)	Lesovsky / Offy	95	479	running	21	20
12	15	45	Jack Turner	Bardahl (Fred Gerhardt)	Meskowski / Offy	95	392	running	0	10
13	9	37	Chuck Hulse	Tassi Vatis	Kurtis / Offy	88	344	overheating	0
14	5	51	Don Davis	Fike Plumbing (Harlan Fike)	Kuzma / Offy	73	306	mechanical	0
15	6	3	Don Branson	Hoover Motor Express (John Wills)	Kuzma / Offy	61	267	mechanical	0
16	11	52	Lloyd Ruby	John Zink Trackburner (John Zink)	Watson / Offy	23	229	mechanical	0
17	12	93	Allen Crowe	Howard Iddings	Meyer / Offy	22	153	mechanical	0
18	14	19	Al Keller	Konstant Hot (Bruce Homeyer)	Philipp / Offy	13	153	mechanical	0

* Race shortened to 99 laps due to scoring error.

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Rodger Ward	2	Leader Card
	Bud Tingelstad	34	Federal Engineering
	Rex Easton	42	Stearly Motor Freight
	Jiggs Peters	46	Ray Brady
	Bobby Grim	49	Art Koopman
	Dempsey Wilson	55	Greenman-Wilson
	Bruce Jacobi	58	Harden
	Red Riegel	63	Vargo
	Ernie Koch	66	Jewett-Cameron
	Beau Clerke	71	Bo Ju
	Ronnie Duman	72	Wyandotte Tool

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Parnelli Jones	1	21	21
Jim Hurtubise	22	99	78