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1961 Hoosier Hundred Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 9 of 12 Saturday, September 16, 1961 at Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, IN 100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:04:57 Average speed: 92.369 mph Pole speed: 102.975 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: 36646 Lead changes: 2 Glossary    1961 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1961 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 1   A.J. Foyt Bowes Seal Fast   (George Bignotti) Meskowski / Offy 100 12615 running 84 200 17 7 2   Rodger Ward Leader Card   (Bob Wilke) Watson / Offy 12 364 mechanical 0   14 13 3   Roger McCluskey Hoover Motor Express   (John Wills) Kuzma / Offy 43 728 mechanical 0   8 5 5   Don Branson Autolite   (Lindsey Hopkins) Kuzma / Offy 95 1415 running 0 50 5 4 7   Shorty Templeman Bill Forbes Racing   (Bill Forbes) Meskowski / Offy 98 2284 running 0 100 3 14 15   Jim McElreath Lindsey Hopkins Kuzma / Offy 98 3780 running 0 140 16 12 19   Al Keller Konstant Hot   (Bruce Homeyer) Philipp / Offy 14 546 mechanical 0   15 10 21   Elmer George HOW   (Mari Hulman George) Watson / Offy 31 637 mechanical 0   2 2 44   Bobby Marshman Competition Engineering   (Walter Meskowski) Meskowski / Offy 99 6802 running 0 160 10 15 45   Dick Rathmann Bardahl   (Fred Gerhardt) Meskowski / Offy 95 1213 running 0 30 9 17 47   Danny Jones Joe Hunt Magneto   (Joe Hunt) Lesovsky / Offy 95 1314 running 0 40 7 16 49   Ralph Liguori Arthur Koopman Lesovsky / Offy 96 1516 running 0 60 13 11 51   Don Davis Fike Plumbing   (Harlan Fike) Kuzma / Offy 59 819 spun out 0   6 6 52   Chuck Hulse John Zink Trackburner   (John Zink) Watson / Offy 98 1900 running 0 80 18 8 56   Jim Hurtubise Sterling Plumbing   (Barnett Brothers) Kuzma / Offy 12 364 mechanical 0   4 9 66   Len Sutton Jewett-Cameron   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Offy 98 2486 running 0 120 11 18 68   Bob Mathouser Blum Engineering   (Henry Blum) Blum / Offy 94 1112 running 0 20 12 3 98   Parnelli Jones Willard Battery   (J.C. Agajanian) Lesovsky / Offy 78 1530 rear end 16 10

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car A.J. Shepherd 6 Bell Lines Trucking Eddie Sachs 12 Dean Van Lines Jim McWithey 29 Hart Fullerton Allen Crowe 34 Federal Engineering Bobby Grim 37 Tassi Vatis Bud Tingelstad 42 Stearly Motor Freight Bruce Jacobi 58 Harden Ronnie Duman 72 Wyandotte Tool Leon Clum 77 Dayton Steel Wheel Lloyd Ruby 81 Central Excavating Vern Harriman 85 Stoye Norm Hall 88 Kelly Harry Beck 95 Safety Auto Glass Cotton Farmer 96 Windmill Trucking Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Parnelli Jones 1 16 16   A.J. Foyt 17 100 84