Hoosier Hundred
Indiana State Fairgrounds
1 Mile Dirt Oval
100 Laps/100 Miles
September 16, 1961
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
| 1 | 1 | A. J. Foyt | 1 | Bowes Seal Fast | Meskowski | Offy | 100 | 1:04:57.38 92.369 | 200 |
| 2 | 2 | Bobby Marshman | 44 | Competition Engineering | Meskowski | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 160 |
| 3 | 14 | Jim McElreath | 15 | Hopkins | Kuzma | Offy | 98 | Flagged | 140 |
| 4 | 9 | Len Sutton | 66 | Jewett-Cameron | Vollstedt | Offy | 98 | Flagged | 120 |
| 5 | 4 | Shorty Templeman | 7 | Bill Forbes Racing | Meskowski | Offy | 98 | Flagged | 100 |
| 6 | 6 | Chuck Hulse | 52 | John Zink Trackburner | Watson | Offy | 98 | Flagged | 80 |
| 7 | 16 | Ralph Liguori | 49 | Art Koopman | Lesovsky | Offy | 96 | Flagged | 60 |
| 8 | 5 | Don Branson | 5 | Autolite | Kuzma | Offy | 95 | Flagged | 50 |
| 9 | 17 | Danny Jones | 47 | Joe Hunt Magneto | Lesovsky | Offy | 95 | Flagged | 40 |
| 10 | 15 | Dick Rathmann | 45 | Bardahl | Meskowski | Offy | 95 | Flagged | 30 |
| 11 | 18 | Bob Mathouser | 68 | Hank Blum Engineering | Blum | Offy | 94 | Flagged | 20 |
| 12 | 3 | Parnelli Jones | 98 | Agajanian/Willard Battery | Lesovsky | Offy | 78 | Broken rear end | 10 |
| 13 | 11 | Don Davis | 51 | Fike Plumbing | Kuzma | Offy | 59 | Spun out turn 3 | |
| 14 | 13 | Roger McCluskey | 3 | Hoover Motor Express | Kuzma | Offy | 43 | Mechanical | |
| 15 | 10 | Elmer George | 21 | HOW | Watson | Offy | 31 | Mechanical | |
| 16 | 12 | Al Keller | 19 | Konstant Hot | Philipp | Offy | 14 | Mechanical | |
| 17 | 7 | Rodger Ward | 2 | Leader Card | Watson | Offy | 12 | Mechanical | |
| 18 | 8 | Jim Hurtubise | 56 | Sterling Plumbing | Kuzma | Offy | 12 | Mechanical | |
| -- | -- | Allen Crowe | 34 | Federal Engineering | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Harry Beck | 95 | Safety Auto Glass | Kuzma FE | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Leon Clum | 77 | Dayton Steel Wheel | Kuzma | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Ronnie Duman | 72 | Wyandotte Tool | Meskowski | X | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Cotton Farmer | 96 | Windmill Trucking | Silnes | X | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Bobby Grim | 37 | Tassi Vatis | Kurtis 4000 | X | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Norm Hall | 88 | Kelly | Kurtis 4000 | X | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Vern Harriman | 85 | Stoye | Kurtis 2000 | X | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Bruce Jacobi | 58 | Harden | Russo/Nichels | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Jim McWithey | 29 | Hart Fullerton | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Bud Tingelstad | 42 | Stearly Motor Freight | Lesovsky | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Lloyd Ruby | 81 | Central Excavating | Kuzma | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | A. J. Shepherd | 6 | Bell Lines Trucking | Silnes | Offy | -- | Wrecked practice | |
| -- | -- | Eddie Sachs | 12 | Dean Van Lines | Kuzma | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Bud Tingelstad | 34 | Federal Engineering | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | -- | Driven by Crowe | |
| -- | -- | Bobby Grim | 49 | Art Koopman | Lesovsky | Offy | -- | Drove #37 instead | |
| -- | -- | Jack Turner | 45 | Bardahl | Meskowski | Offy | -- | Driven by D. Rathmann | |
| -- | -- | Jiggs Peters | 46 | Ray Brady | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | -- | Did not appear | |
| -- | -- | Red Riegel | 63 | Vargo | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | -- | Did not appear | |
| -- | -- | Beau Clerke | 71 | Bo Ju | Kuzma | Offy | -- | Did not appear |
| Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
| A. J. Foyt | 84 | 17-100 |
| Parnelli Jones | 16 | 1-16 |