Tony Bettenhausen Memorial
Illinois State Fairgrounds
1 Mile Dirt Oval
99 Laps/99 Miles
August 21, 1961

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

Points
1 4 Jim Hurtubise 56 Sterling Plumbing Kuzma Offy 99 1:00:56.93 98.040 200
2 3 A. J. Foyt 1 Bowes Seal Fast Meskowski Offy 99 Flagged 160
3 10 Dick Rathmann 5 Autolite Kuzma Offy 98 Flagged 140
4 2 A.J. Shepherd 6 Bell Lines Trucking Silnes Offy 98 Flagged 120
5 13 Shorty Templeman 7 Bill Forbes Racing Meskowski Offy 98 Flagged 100
6 17 Rodger Ward 12 Dean Van Lines Kuzma Offy 97 Flagged 80
7 16 Cotton Farmer 96 Windmill Trucking Silnes Offy 97 Flagged 60
8 18 Elmer George 21 HOW Watson Offy 97 Flagged 50
9 8 Bobby Marshman 44 Competition Engineering Meskowski Offy 97 Flagged 40
10 7 Len Sutton 81 Central Excavating Kuzma Offy 97 Flagged 30
11 1 Parnelli Jones 98 Agajanian/Willard Battery Lesovsky Offy 95 Flagged 20
12 15 Jack Turner 45 Bardahl Meskowski Offy 95 Flagged 10
13 9 Chuck Hulse 37 Tassi Vatis Kurtis 4000 Offy 88 Overheated
14 5 Don Davis 51 Fike Plumbing Kuzma Offy 73 Mechanical
15 6 Don Branson 3 Hoover Motor Express Kuzma Offy 61 Mechanical
16 11 Lloyd Ruby 52 John Zink Trackburner Watson Offy 23 Mechanical
17 12 Allen Crowe 93 Iddings Meyer Offy 22 Mechanical
18 14 Al Keller 19 Konstant Hot Philipp Offy 13 Mechanical
-- -- Eddie Sachs 12 Dean Van Lines Kuzma Offy -- Injured, raced by R. Ward  
-- -- Beau Clerke 71 Bo Ju Kuzma Offy -- Engine trouble practice
-- -- Ronnie Duman 72 Wyandotte Tool Meskowski Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Rex Easton 42 Stearly Motor Freight Lesovsky Offy -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Bobby Grim 49 Art Koopman Lesovsky Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Bruce Jacobi 58 Harden Russo/Nichels Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Ernie Koch 66 Jewett-Cameron Vollstedt Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Jiggs Peters 46 Ray Brady Kurtis 4000 Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Bud Tingelstad 34 Federal Engineering Kurtis 4000 Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Dempsey Wilson 55 Greenman-Wilson Kuzma Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Rodger Ward 2 Leader Card Watson Offy -- Burned piston, practice
-- -- Red Riegel 63 Vargo Kurtis 4000 Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Don Freeland 62 Denver-Chicago Trucking Watson Offy -- DNS, too slow

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Jim Hurtubise 78 22-99
Parnelli Jones 21 1-21