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1961 Tony Bettenhausen 200 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 5 of 12 Sunday, August 20, 1961 at Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI 200 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (200.000 miles) Time of race: 1:58:04 Average speed: 101.638 mph Pole speed: 105.603 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: 29866 Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1961 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1961 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 24 1 3   Don Branson Hoover Motor Express   (John Wills) Epperly / Offy 36 167 spun out 0   23 2 98   Parnelli Jones Willard Battery   (J.C. Agajanian) Watson / Offy 36 347 spun out 18   19 3 2   Rodger Ward Leader Card 500   (Bob Wilke) Watson / Offy 113 420 magneto 17   7 4 5   Jim Hurtubise Autolite   (Lindsey Hopkins) Epperly / Offy 197 2857 crash 140 120 3 5 1   A.J. Foyt Bowes Seal Fast   (George Bignotti) Trevis / Offy 199 3281 running 0 280 25 6 25   Bob Veith Shaler Rislone Epperly / Offy 25 167 magneto 0   1 7 52   Lloyd Ruby John Zink Trackburner   (John Zink) Watson / Offy 200 9468 running 23 400 2 8 8   Len Sutton Bryant Heating & Cooling   (Pete Salemi) Watson / Offy 200 5522 running 2 320 12 9 19   Al Keller Konstant Hot   (Bruce Homeyer) Philipp / Offy 191 854 mechanical 0 20 9 10 32   Bob Christie North Electric   (William Tucker) Kurtis / Offy 194 1247 running 0 80 4 11 15   Dick Rathmann Lindsey Hopkins Watson / Offy 199 2575 running 0 240 5 12 12   Eddie Sachs Dean Van Lines   (Al Dean) Ewing / Offy 198 2118 crash 0 200 22 13 66   Ernie Koch Jewett-Cameron   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Offy 59 167 bloody nose 0   6 14 6   A.J. Shepherd Bell Lines Trucking   (Fred Sclavi) Kuzma / Offy 198 1744 running 0 160 17 15 37   Chuck Hulse Tassi Vatis Kurtis / Offy 173 333 mechanical 0   13 16 27   Don Davis Harry Allen Chapman Watson / Offy 189 750 mechanical 0   11 17 72   Ronnie Duman Wyandotte Tool   (Milan Bursac) Meskowski / Offy 192 1040 running 0 40 10 18 7   Shorty Templeman Bill Forbes Racing   (Bill Forbes) Meskowski / Offy 194 1144 running 0 60 18 19 23   Leon Clum Competition Engineering   (Fred Gerhardt) Kurtis / Offy 173 333 mechanical 0   15 20 31   Bobby Marshman Hoover Motor Express   (John Wills) Epperly / Offy 184 500 mechanical 0   16 21 85   Allen Crowe Federal Engineering Kurtis / Offy 181 417 mechanical 0   21 22 45   Jack Turner Bardahl   (Fred Gerhardt) Gerhardt / Offy 59 167 hood hinge pin 0   20 23 35   Dempsey Wilson Lysle Greenman Kuzma / Offy 59 167 magneto 0   26 24 86   Ebb Rose Meyer Speedway   (Racing Associates) Porter / Offy 6 167 spun out 0   8 25 41   Johnny Boyd Leader Card 500   (Bob Wilke) Watson / Offy 197 1351 running 0 100 14 26 34   Bud Tingelstad Federal Engineering Kurtis / Offy 186 667 mechanical 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Roger McCluskey 10 Racing Associates Elmer George 21 HOW Eddie Johnson 24 Stearly Motor Freight Jim McWithey 29 Hart Fullerton Bruce Jacobi 33 Harden Ralph Liguori 44 Howard Don Freeland 62 Denver-Chicago Trucking Jim Hemmings 77 Dayton Steel Wheel Norm Hall 88 Drewry's Jack Conely 89 Dunn Engineering / Chevrolet Ray Wearne 90 Connor's Speed Shop Tony Bonadies 91 Deakin Harry Beck 95 Safety Auto Glass Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Parnelli Jones 1 18 18   Rodger Ward 19 35 17   Jim Hurtubise 36 175 140   Len Sutton 176 177 2   Lloyd Ruby 178 200 23