Indianapolis 500 1961

Trevis; AJ Foyt's winning car

The 45th Indianapolis 500 took place on May 30, 1961 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway .

Results

Final ranking

Item	driver	constructor	Round	time	km / h	s. Rd.	guide
1.	AJ Foyt	Trevis	200		222.608		71
2.	Eddie Sachs	Ewing	200		222.465		44
3.	Rodger Ward	Watson	200		221.662		7th
4th	Clark Templeman	Meskowski	200		218,996
5.	Al basement	Phillips	200		217.654
6th	Chuck Stevenson	Epperly	200		217.187
7th	Bobby Marshman	Epperly	200		216.854
8th.	Lloyd Ruby	Epperly	200		215.776
9.	Jack Brabham	cooper	200		214,585
10.	Norm Hall	Kurti's power	200		215.566
11.	Gene Hartley	Trevis	198
12.	Parnelli Jones	Watson	192				27
13.	Dick Rathmann	Watson	164	fuel pump
14th	Paul Goldsmith	Lesovsky	160	Oil leak
15th	Wayne Hamlet	Watson	147	Tire damage
16.	Dempsey Wilson	Kuzma	145	fuel pump
17th	Bob Christie	Kurti's power	132	cylinder
18th	Eddie Johnson	Kuzma	127	accident
19th	Len Sutton	Watson	110	Power transmission
20th	Troy Ruttman	Watson	105	coupling
21st	Johnny Boyd	Watson	105	coupling
22nd	Jim Hurtubise	Epperly	102	cylinder			35
23.	Ebb Rose	porter	93	Oil pipe
24.	Clifford Griffith	Elder	55	engine
25th	Jack Turner	Kurti's power	52	accident
26th	AJ Shepherd	Christensen	51	accident
27.	Roger McCluskey	Moors	51	accident
28.	Bill Cheesbourg	Kuzma	50	accident
29	Don Davis	Trevis	49	accident
30th	Jim Rathmann	Watson	48	ignition
31.	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurti's power	27	Brakes
32.	Bobby Grim	Watson	26th	Petrol injection
33.	Don Branson	Epperly	2	Valves

literature

• Rick Popely, L. Spencer Riggs: Indianapolis 500 Chronicle. Publications International Ltd., Lincolnwood IL 1998, ISBN 0-7853-2798-3 .

Web links

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