Detroit 100
Michigan State Fairgrounds
1 Mile Dirt Oval
100 Laps/100 Miles
September 9, 1951

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status

Points
1 3 Paul Russo 7 Russo-Nichels Russo/Nichels Offy 100 1:11:44.21 83.620 200
2 7 Walt Faulkner 2 Agajanian Grant Kuzma Offy 100 Finished 160
3 6 Mike Nazaruk 48 Deck Manufacturing Bromme Offy 100 Finished 140
4 4 Tony Bettenhausen 99 Belanger Kurtis Offy 100 Finished 120
5 16 Sam Hanks 39 Shaheen Hill Offy 100 Finished 100
6 11 Manny Ayulo 31 Coast Grain Lesovsky Offy 100 Finished 80
7 13 Bill Vukovich 4 John Zink Kurtis Offy 100 Finished 60
8 14 Duane Carter 14 Pat Clancy Ewing Offy 99 Flagged 50
9 10 Henry Banks 1 Hopkins Blue Crown Moore Offy 99 Flagged 40
10 18 Johnnie Tolan 76 Parks Offy Pawl Offy 93 Flagged 30
11 12 Eddie Johnson 81 Central Excavating Trevis Offy 90 Flagged 20
12 17 Buster Warke 83 Warke Kurtis/Warke Offy 85 Flagged 10
13 9 Neal Carter 42 Lutes Gdula Offy 63 Broken connecting rod
14 8 Gordon Reid 73 McNamara Kurtis/Wetteroth Offy 33 Stripped gear
15 2 Joe James 26 Bob Estes Watson Offy 28 Engine overheated
16 15 Johnny Fedricks 36 Rassey Rassey Offy 21 Blown engine
17 1 Johnny McDowell 79 Hart Fullerton Kurtis 4000 Offy SC 20 Blown engine
18 5 Gene Force 69 Brown Motor Co. Kurtis 2000 Offy 6 Broken connecting rod
-- -- Bill Boyd 71 Karl Hall Stevens Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Bill Doster 35 Johnston X Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Duke Dinsmore 44 Federal Engineering Detroit Kurtis 3000 Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Frank Armi 65 Vulcan Tool Ralph Miller Ralph Miller -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Dick Fraizer 66 Glessner Stevens Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Joe Garson 77 Elgin Piston Pin Stevens Offy -- Wrecked qualifying
-- -- Harry King 34 Pete Wales Trucking Kurtis 2000 Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Carl Scarborough 82 Singer X Voelker -- DNS, too slow

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Tony Bettenhausen 97 1-97
Paul Russo 3 98-100