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Joe James/Pat O'Connor Memorial

USAC Sprint Car race
Salem Speedway, Salem, IN
October 3, 1965
100 laps on 0.5 mile paved oval; 50 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	8	Bobby Unser	11	Jack Colvin	Chevrolet	100	1,239	running	1
2	1	Mario Andretti	3	Rufus Gray	Chevrolet	100		running	99
3	5	Al Smith		Dale Doty				running	0
4	13	Arnold Knepper		Roger Coke	Chevrolet			running	0
5	6	Greg Weld	92		Chevrolet			running	0
6	11	Bud Randall		Howard Iddings				running	0
7	16	Bob Black		Paul Mead	Chevrolet			running	0
8	4	Johnny Rutherford	9	Walter Meskowski	Chevrolet		353	magneto	0
9	9	Roger McCluskey		Clarence Anderson	Chevrolet			mechanical	0
10	14	Chuck Rodee  Jud Larson		John Wergland				mechanical	0
11	12	Bob Pratt		Ray Smith					0
12	2	Bud Tinglestad		Willie Davis	Chevrolet			oil	0
13	10	Jud Larson		A.J. Watson	Offenhauser	24		accident	0
14	15	Ronnie Duman		Carl Forberg	Chevrolet	24		accident	0
15	3	Don Branson		Jud Phillips	Offenhauser	24		accident	0
16	7	Al Miller		Ward Dunseth		24		accident	0
17	17	Dee Jones		August Hoffman		0		did not qualify	0
18	18	Sam Sessions		Casey Newberry		0		did not qualify	0
19	19	Bob King		Harry Stahl		0		did not qualify	0
20	20	Bob Harkey		Bob Lockard	Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0
21	21	Don Carmichael				0		did not qualify	0
22	22	Carl Williams		Stapp	Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0
23	23	Bruce Jacobi		Smith		0		did not qualify	0
24	24	Charles Masters				0		did not qualify	0
25	25	Bob Wente		Abbotts		0		did not qualify	0
26	26	Dave Weir		Harold Beck	Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0
27	27	Ted Shackelford		Shackelford		0		did not qualify	0
28	28	Dave Norris		Besecker		0		did not qualify	0
29	29			Clyde Gutzweiler		0		did not qualify	0
30	30			Bill Dixon		0		did not qualify	0
31	31			Cuellar		0		did not qualify	0

Notes: Mario Andretti was the fast qualifier.
Pole Speed: 18.02 seconds
Race Purse: $ 7,000
Attendance: 7,500