Race #6 — Milwaukee Mile

July 27, 1947 • Winner: Charles Van Acker

Full-field race results and preserved archive material from the 1947 AAA Champ Car Series event at Milwaukee Mile.

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#6Season Race

22Feature Starters

100Winner Laps

Charles Van AckerFeature Winner

44Winning Car

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Feature Results

FinStartNo.DriverMakeLapsStatus

11544Charles Van AckerStevens / Lencki1001:09:47.88 85.963

2327Duke NalonOffy100Finished

31615Paul RussoShaw / Offy100Finished

4233Mel HansenLencki100Finished

51014George ConnorKurtis / Offy98Flagged

691Ted HornHorn / Offy96Engine

71471Charlie RogersHAL93Flagged

8439Steve TruchanOffy84Flagged

91337Buddy RuschOffy63Flagged

1089Rex MaysKurtis / Winfield62Flagged

1116Tony BettenhausenOffy47Broken rear radius rod

121841Walt AderWetteroth / Offy42Dropped valve

131725Jackie HolmesDreyer32Cracked oil tank

141131Walt BrownOffy31Sheared steer shaft

15710Duke DinsmoreWetteroth / Offy27Broken connecting rod

161242Myron Fohr—20Broken connecting rod

1763Emil AndresOffy5Burned piston

1858Bill HollandWetteroth / Offy0Broken rear end

—--59Charles CrawfordOffy--Out in practice

—--53Milt FankhauserStevens / Offy--Out after qualifying

—--21Sam HanksAdams / Sparks--Out in practice

—--XBilly DeVore—--Did not appear

Source Attribution

Series framework and final standings: The Third Turn. Supplemental full-field race-result detail: ChampCarStats.com where individual The Third Turn race pages were login-gated.

Source: The Third Turn event page

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