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USAC Sprint Car race
Indianapolis Raceway Park, Clermont, IN
October 15, 1961
50 laps on 0.625 mile paved oval; 31.25 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	10	Parnelli Jones	44	Walter Meskowski	Offenhauser	50		running	13
2	9	Bud Tinglestad	10	Walter Flynn		50		running	0
3	2	Jim Hurtubise	56	Bennett		50		running	37
4	5	Elmer George	21	Elmer George		50		running	0
5	7	Don Branson	15	John Pfrommer		50		running	0
6	11	Jim McElreath	37	Louis Lukemeier		50		running	0
7	16	Allen Crowe	41	Lyle Hyneman		50		running	0
8	8	Al Miller	5	Carl Gehlhausen		48		running	0
9	15	Bobby Boughan	32	Hood				running	0
10	17	Red Renner	35	Knepper				running	0
11	12	Dave Norris	7	Beck		46			0
12	13	Dick Pratt	31	Engle		33		did not finish	0
13	18	Russ Long	11	Hansen		27		did not finish	0
14	14	Stan Bowman	11	Beck		18		did not finish	0
15	1	Roger McCluskey	4	Elmer George		13		engine	0
16	6	Jim Hemmings	7	August Hoffman		13		accident	0
17	3	A.J. Foyt	2	Tidewater Associates		5		engine	0
18	4	Bobby Marvin	12	Null		4		did not finish	0
19	19	Ray Duckworth	91	Johnson		0		did not qualify	0
20	20	Russ Congdon	98	Earl		0		did not qualify	0
21	21	Martin Cosat	77	Cosat		0		did not qualify	0
22	22	Ed Terry	56	Workman		0		did not qualify	0
23	23	Bob King	00	King		0		did not qualify	0
24	24	Leon Clum	19	Gutzwiller		0		did not qualify	0
25	25	Chuck Rodee	3	A.J. Watson		0		did not qualify	0
26	26	Joe Barzda	33	Joe Barzda		0		did not qualify	0
27	27	Gordon Wiley	6	Howard		0		did not qualify	0
28	28	Parnelli Jones	1	Harlan Fike	Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0
		Parnelli Jones	3	A.J. Watson		0		practiced car	0

Notes: Roger McCluskey was the fast qualifier.
Bobby Marshman was scheduled to drive #44.
Time of race: 00:21:34
Average Speed: 86.874 MPH
Pole Speed: 24.48 seconds