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1947 Springfield 100 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post AAA Champ Car Series race number 10 of 11 Sunday, September 28, 1947 at Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL 100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:04:51 Average speed: 92.519 mph Pole speed: 98.414 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 1 Glossary    1947 AAA Champ Car Series results   /   1947 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 2 4 1   Ted Horn Ted Horn Horn / Offy 100 1706 running 0 160 10 1 3   Emil Andres Murrell Belanger Offy 60 344 dnf 0 30 8 3 8   Walt Brown Fred Peters Wetteroth / Offy 97 344 running 0 50 9 6 10   Bill Holland William Schoof Wetteroth / Offy 65 344 rear axle 0 40 14 8 15   Paul Russo Erwin Wolfe Shaw / Offy 40 195 dnf 0   1 5 16   Tony Bettenhausen Murrell Belanger Stevens / Offy 100 1734 running 100 200 16 11 21   Rex Mays Thorne Engineering   (Joel Thorne) Adams / Sparks 30 173 dnf 0   4 13 25   Jackie Holmes Floyd Dreyer Dreyer 99 680 running 0 120 6 7 27   Walt Ader Andrews Offy 98 424 running 0 80 13 2 33   Mel Hansen Tucker Partners Lencki 45 195 dnf 0   3 12 39   Steve Truchan Steve Truchan Truchan / Offy 100 1020 running 0 140 15 10 41   George Connor William Schoof Wetteroth / Offy 35 173 dnf 0   7 9 42   Myron Fohr Carl Marchese – 98 344 running 0 60 12 15 45   Johnny Shackleford Fred Johnstone Offy 50 258 dnf 0 10 11 16 55   George Metzler Lee Glessner – 55 258 dnf 0 20 18 18 59   Jerry Kubik Katty Korner Offy 20 127 dnf 0   17 17 69   Norm Houser Robert Allison Ford V8 25 127 dnf 0   5 14 71   Charlie Rogers Larry Jewell HAL / Miller 99 510 running 0 100

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Duke Nalon 4 Paul Weirick Adams Rex Mays 9 Bowes Seal Fast Kurtis Kurtis / Winfield Eddie Zalucki 31 Auto Shippers Lou Rassey Offy Charles Van Acker 44 Tucker Partners Stevens / Lencki Charles Crawford 67 Pat Murphy Duesenberg Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Tony Bettenhausen 1 100 100