Tony Bettenhausen 200
The Milwaukee Mile
1 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/200 Miles
August 20, 1961

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

Points
1 7 Lloyd Ruby 52 John Zink Trackburner Watson Offy 200 1:58:03.99 101.638 400
2 8 Len Sutton 8 Bryant Heating & Cooling Watson Offy 200 Finished 320
3 5 A. J. Foyt 1 Bowes Seal Fast Trevis Offy 199 Flagged 280
4 11 Dick Rathmann 15 Hopkins Watson Offy 199 Flagged 240
5 12 Eddie Sachs 12 Dean Van Lines Ewing Offy 198 Wrecked turn 4 200
6 14 A.J. Shepherd 6 Bell Lines Trucking Kuzma Offy 198 Flagged 160
7 4 Jim Hurtubise 5 Autolite Epperly Offy 197 Wrecked turn 4 120
8 25 Johnny Boyd 41 Leader Card 500 Watson Offy 197 Flagged 100
9 10 Bob Christie 32 North Electric Kurtis Offy 194 Flagged 80
10 18 Shorty Templeman 7 Bill Forbes Racing Meskowski Offy 194 Flagged 60
11 17 Ronnie Duman 72 Wyandotte Tool Meskowski D Offy 192 Flagged 40
12 9 Al Keller 19 Konstant Hot Philipp Offy 191 Mechanical 20
13 16 Don Davis 27 Chapman Watson Offy 189 Mechanical
14 26 Bud Tingelstad 34 Federal Engineering Kurtis D Offy 186 Mechanical
15 20 Bobby Marshman 31 Hoover Motor Express Epperly Offy 184 Mechanical
16 21 Allen Crowe 85 Federal Engineering Kurtis Offy 181 Mechanical
17 15 Chuck Hulse 37 Tassi Vatis Kurtis Offy 173 Mechanical
18 19 Leon Clum 23 Competition Engineering Kurtis Offy 173 Mechanical
19 3 Rodger Ward 2 Leader Card 500 Watson Offy 113 Magneto shorted
20 23 Dempsey Wilson 35 Lysle Greenman Kuzma Offy 59 Magneto
21 22 Jack Turner 45 Bardahl Gerhardt Offy 59 Lost hood hinge pin
22 13 Ernie Koch 66 Jewett-Cameron Vollstedt D Offy 59 Bloody nose
23 2 Parnelli Jones 98 Agajanian/Willard Battery Watson Offy 36 Spun out turn 3
24 1 Don Branson 3 Hoover Motor Express Epperly Offy 36 Lost brakes, spun 3
25 6 Bob Veith 25 Shaler Rislone Epperly Offy 25 Magneto
26 24 Ebb Rose 86 Meyer Speedway Porter Offy 6 Spun out south turn
-- -- Harry Beck 95 Safety Auto Glass Kuzma X -- DNQ, overheated
-- -- Jack Conely 89 Dunn Chevrolet Dunn Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Tony Bonadies 91 Deakin Kurtis Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Elmer George 21 HOW Kuzma Offy -- Dropped valve, practice
-- -- Jim Hemmings 77 Dayton Steel Wheel Sutton Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Norm Hall 88 Drewry's Kurtis Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Bruce Jacobi 33 Harden Russo/Nichels D Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Eddie Johnson 24 Stearly Motor Freight Elder Offy -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Ralph Liguori 44 Howard Meskowski X -- Clutch slipping, practice
-- -- Jim McWithey 29 Hart Fullerton Lesovsky Offy -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Roger McCluskey 10 Racing Associates Lesovsky Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Ray Wearne 90 Connor's Speed Shop Kurtis 3000D Chrysler -- DNS, too slow

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Jim Hurtubise 140 36-175
Lloyd Ruby 23 178-200
Parnelli Jones 18 1-18
Roger Ward 17 19-35
Len Sutton 2 176-177