1961 International 500-Mile Sweepstakes

Race 1 of 1

Indianapolis
200 laps
Time of race: 3:35:37.49
Average speed of winner: 139.130 mph
Margin of victory: 8.28 sec.
Lead changes: 21 among 7 drivers
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Fastest lap: Troy Ruttman 147.589
Lap leaders: Sachs pole, Hurtubise 1-35, J. Rathmann 36-41, Jones 42-44, Sachs 45-51, Jones 52-75, Foyt 76-83, Ruttman 84-88, Foyt 89, Ruttman 90-94, Foyt 95-124, Sachs 125-137, Foyt 138, Sachs 139-141, Foyt 142-146, Sachs 147-151, Foyt 152-160, Ward 161-167, Sachs 168-169, Foyt 170-183, Sachs 184-197, Foyt 198-200

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Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	A.J. Foyt	1	Bowes Seal Fast	Trevis	Offenhauser	Firestone	Bignotti	145.903	200	8	71	running	117975	1000
2	1	Eddie Sachs	12	Dean Van Lines	Ewing	Offenhauser		Brawner	147.481	200	6	44	running	53400	800
3	4	Rodger Ward	2	Del Webb's Sun City	Watson	Offenhauser		Leader Card	146.187	200	1	7	running	26500	700
4	18	Shorty Templeman	7	Bill Forbes Racing Team	Meskowski	Offenhauser		Forbes	144.341	200	0	0	running	16025	600
5	26	Al Keller	19	Konstant Hot	Phillips	Offenhauser		Homeyer	146.157	200	0	0	running	13725	500
6	28	Chuck Stevenson	18	Metal-Cal	Epperly	Offenhauser		C and H	145.191	200	0	0	running	9875	400
7	33	Bobby Marshman	31	Hoover Motor Express	Epperly	Offenhauser		Hoover	144.293	200	0	0	running	9550	300
8	25	Lloyd Ruby	5	Autolite Dealers Association	Epperly	Offenhauser		Hopkins	146.909	200	0	0	running	8750	250
9	13	Jack Brabham	17	Kimberly Cooper-Climax	Cooper	Climax FPF		Cooper	145.144	200	0	0	running	7250	200
10	32	Norm Hall	34	Federal Engineering	KK500E	Offenhauser		Federal	144.555	200	0	0	running	8250	150
11	15	Gene Hartley	28	John Chalik	Trevis	Offenhauser		Chalik	144.817	198	0	0	running	5820	100
12	5	Parnelli Jones	98	Agajanian Willard Battery	Watson	Offenhauser		Agajanian	146.080	192	2	27	running	10350	50
13	6	Dick Rathman	97	Jim Robbins	Watson	Offenhauser		Jim Robbins	146.033	164	0	0	fuel pump	5580	0
14	17	Paul Goldsmith	10	Racing Associates	Lesovsky	Offenhauser		Racing Associates	144.741	160	0	0	oil leak	5210	0
15	12	Wayne Weiler	15	Hopkins Coral Harbour	Watson	Offenhauser		Hopkins	145.349	147	0	0	wheel	5040	0
16	31	Dempsey Wilson	35	Lysle Greenman	Kuzma	Offenhauser		Greenman	144.202	145	0	0	fuel pump	4920	0
17	16	Bob Christie	32	North Electric	Kurtis	Offenhauser		Tucker	144.782	132	0	0	piston	4850	0
18	10	Eddie Johnson	33	Jim Robbins	Kuzma	Offenhauser		Jim Robbins	145.843	127	0	0	accident	4730	0
19	8	Len Sutton	8	Bryant Heating & Cooling	Watson	Offenhauser		S-R	145.897	110	0	0	transmission	4650	0
20	22	Troy Ruttman	52	John Zink Trackburner	Watson	Offenhauser		Zink	144.799	105	2	10	clutch	6970	0
21	20	Johnny Boyd	41	Leader Card 500 Roadster	Watson	Offenhauser		Leader Card	144.092	105	0	0	clutch	4650	0
22	3	Jim Hurtubise	99	Demler	Epperly	Offenhauser		Demler	146.306	102	1	35	piston	10410	0
23	19	Ebb Rose	86	Meyer Speedway	Porter	Offenhauser		Racing Associates	144.338	93	0	0	oil line	4530	0
24	30	Cliff Griffith	26	McCullough Engineering	Elder	Offenhauser		Edgar Elder	145.038	55	0	0	piston	4750	0
25	21	Jack Turner	45	Bardahl	Kurtis	Offenhauser		Gerhardt	144.904	52	0	0	accident	5720	0
26	14	A.J. Shepherd	73	Travelon Trailer	Christensen	Offenhauser		Ruiz	144.954	51	0	0	accident	4440	0
27	29	Roger McCluskey	22	Racing Associates	Moore	Offenhauser		Racing Associates	145.068	51	0	0	accident	4710	0
28	9	Bill Cheesbourg	14	Dean Van Lines	Kuzma	Offenhauser		Brawner	145.873	50	0	0	accident	4430	0
29	27	Don Davis	83	Dart-Kart by Rupp	Trevis	Offenhauser		Trevis and Morcroft	145.349	49	0	0	accident	4950	0
30	11	Jim Rathmann	4	Simoniz	Watson	Offenhauser		Ken-Paul	145.413	48	1	6	magneto	5270	0
31	23	Jimmy Daywalt	55	Schultz Fueling Equipment	KK500G	Offenhauser		Prather	144.219	27	0	0	brakes	4890	0
32	24	Bobby Grim	16	Thompson Industries	Watson	Offenhauser		Thompson	144.029	26	0	0	fuel injection	4660	0
33	2	Don Branson	3	Hoover Motor Express	Epperly	Offenhauser		Hoover	146.843	2	0	0	valves	5080	0