Race #9 — Pikes Peak Hill Climb

September 1, 1947 • Winner: Louis Unser

Full-field race results and preserved archive material from the 1947 AAA Champ Car Series event at Pikes Peak Hill Climb.

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#9Season Race

12Feature Starters

1Winner Laps

Louis UnserFeature Winner

25Winning Car

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Feature Results

FinStartNo.DriverMakeLapsStatus

1X25Louis UnserMaserati / Maserati10:16:34.77 44.947

219Al RogersOffy10:16:35.13 44.931

3460Russ SnowbergerMcDowell10:17:24.07 42.324

457J. C. ShoemakerMiller10:17:57.34 41.502

535Johnny MauroMcDowell10:19:24.58 38.393

6X35Bill MillikenBugatti / Bugatti10:21:02.00 35.429

7X43Delmar DeschChevy0Overheated

866Hugh ThomasFord V80Out of water

9231George HammondOffy0Spun out

10X64Walt KillingerMiller0Broken transmission

—--11Wayne Sankey—--DQ, short wheelbase

—--XDon LeeMercedes / Mercedes SC--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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