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Joe James/Pat O'Connor Memorial

USAC Sprint Car (Midwest) race
Salem Speedway, Salem, IN
September 13, 1959
100 laps on 0.5 mile paved oval; 50 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	1	A.J. Foyt	33	A.J. Watson		100		running	100
2	2	Don Branson	4	Bob Estes		100		running	0
3	5	Bud Tinglestad	98	August Hoffman		100		running	0
4	12	Tom McClellan	11	Beck				running	0
5	4	Red Amick	1	Carl Gehlhausen		96		running	0
6	16	Jim Packard	41	Lyle Hyneman		95		running	0
7	15	Red Renner	58	Flynn			402	running	0
8	13	Bruce Jacobi	8	Bill Cowgill				running	0
9	11	Curly Boyd	2	Hall				running	0
10	18	Jim Hemmings	31	Engle				running	0
11	6	Hugh Randall	19	Gutzwiller				running	0
12	14	Leon Clum	22	LaWarre				running	0
13	3	Jim McWithey	25	Bill Cheesman		47		did not finish	0
14	9	Johnny White	29	Doty		33		did not finish	0
15	7	Al Miller	49	Allen		23		did not finish	0
16	17	George Morris	3	Angrick		21		did not finish	0
17	8	Ronnie Duman	37	Stevens		0		did not start	0
18	10	Jim Packard	12	Watterson		0		did not start	0
19	19	Woody Huntington	79	Huntington		0		did not qualify	0
20	20	Jim Murphy	26	Jennings		0		did not qualify	0
21	21	Gene Sampson	96	Gaddis		0		did not qualify	0
22	22	Dick Leisure	19	Richardson		0		did not qualify	0
	15	Bill Eubank	58	Flynn		0		time trialed car	0
	16	Wayne Alspaugh	41	Hyneman		0		qualified car	0

Notes: A.J. Foyt was the fast qualifier.
Time of race: 00:35:13
Average Speed: 85.168 MPH
Pole Speed: 19.815 seconds
Attendance: 5,500