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1963 Tony Bettenhausen Memorial

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USAC Champ Car Series race number 6 of 12
Saturday, August 17, 1963 at Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL
100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:02:47
Average speed: 95.557 mph
Pole speed: 106.667 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 4

Glossary 1963 USAC Champ Car Series results / 1963 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	1	Rodger Ward	Kaiser Aluminum (Bob Wilke)	Watson / Offy	100	4749	running	38	200
2	1	2	A.J. Foyt	Sheraton / Thompson (Ansted-Thompson Racing)	Meskowski / Offy	100	3229	running	4	160
3	5	4	Don Branson	Leader Card Duo (Bob Wilke)	Watson / Offy	100	2089	running	5	140
4	15	14	Roger McCluskey	Konstant Hot (Bruce Homeyer)	Philipp / Offy	100	1377	running	0	120
5	2	46	Johnny Rutherford	Racing Associates	Turner / Chevy	100	1139	running	0	100
6	9	8	Jim McElreath	Bill Forbes Racing (Bill Forbes)	Meskowski / Offy	100	949	running	0	80
7	7	21	Johnny White	Pfrommer Trucking (John Pfrommer)	Meskowski / Offy	100	759	running	0	60
8	6	98	Parnelli Jones	Willard Battery (J.C. Agajanian)	Lesovsky / Offy	100	664	running	0	50
9	12	29	Lloyd Ruby	Vita Fresh Orange Juice (Gordon Van Liew)	Meskowski / Offy	99	617	running	0	40
10	18	31	Arnie Knepper	White Front (Lysle Greenman)	Kuzma / Offy	99	567	running	0	30
11	10	27	Bud Tingelstad	Dayton Steel Wheel (George Walther)	Silnes / Offy	97	522	running	0	20
12	8	37	Len Sutton	City of Victoria (Ed Kostenuk)	Vollstedt / Offy	93	474	running	0	10
13	11	51	Bob Harkey	Fike Plumbing (Harlan Fike)	Kuzma / Offy	78	427	out of fuel	0
14	17	3	Ralph Liguori	Ollie Prather	Kuzma / Offy	71	379	mechanical	0
15	3	5	Bobby Marshman	Econo Car Rental (Lindsey Hopkins)	Kuzma / Offy	58	332	magneto	53
16	15	81	Ronnie Duman	Gabriel Shocker (Pete Salemi)	Kuzma / Offy	51	284	mechanical	0
17	16	42	Jim Hurtubise	Stearly Motor Freight (Doug Stearly)	Lesovsky / Offy	39	237	crash	0
18	14	75	Bobby Unser	Hotel Tropicana (Andy Granatelli)	Kurtis / Offy	34	189	mechanical	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Chuck Hulse	10	Dean Van Lines
	Jim Hurtubise	56	Sterling Plumbing
	Mickey Shaw	66	McDermott
	Jerry Weld	73	Ken-ette
	Cotton Farmer	74	Windmill Trucking
	Bob McLean	95	Mitch Gallas

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Don Branson	1	5	5
Bobby Marshman	6	58	53
A.J. Foyt	59	62	4
Rodger Ward	63	100	38