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USAC Sprint Car (Midwest) race
Salem Speedway, Salem, IN
August 9, 1959
30 laps on 0.5 mile paved oval; 15 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	1	Don Branson	4	Bob Estes		30		running	25
2	3	Ed Elisian	33	A.J. Watson		30		running	0
3	5	Eddie Sachs	1	Carl Gehlhausen		30		running	0
4	6	Len Sutton	8	Bill Cowgill		30		running	0
5	2	Jim McWithey	25	Bill Cheesman		30		running	5
6	8	Jim Packard	12	Watterson		30		running	0
7	13	Red Amick	31	Engle		30		running	0
8	14	Curly Boyd	2	Hall	Cadillac	29		running	0
9	10	Dick Leisure	49	Allen		29		running	0
10	7	Ronnie Duman	29	Doth		29		running	0
11	11	Al Miller	41	Lyle Hyneman		27		did not finish	0
12	12	Jim Hemmings	58	Flynn		26		did not finish	0
13	9	Leon Clum	73	Allen		23		did not finish	0
14	15	Bud Randall	57	Foutch		16		did not finish	0
15	4	Bud Tinglestad	98	August Hoffman		0		did not start	0
16	16	Tom McClellan	11	Beck		0		did not qualify	0
17	17	Billy Earl	88	Earle		0		did not qualify	0
18	18	Dave Norris	79	Mead		0		did not qualify	0
19	19	Hugh Randall	19	Gutzwiller		0		did not qualify	0
20	20	Red Amick	22	LaWarre		0		did not qualify	0
21	21	Harvey Konkle	69	Schmidt		0		did not qualify	0
22	22	George Morris	3	Angrick		0		did not qualify	0
		Ralph Liguori	2	Hall	Cadillac	0		time trialed car	0
		Glen Rockey	31	Engle		0		time trialed car	0

Notes: Jim McWithey was the fast qualifier.
Time of race: 00:10:14
Average Speed: 87.918 MPH
Pole Speed: 19.335 seconds