Race #10 — New York State Fairgrounds

September 8, 1951 • Winner: Tony Bettenhausen

Full-field race results and preserved archive material from the 1951 AAA Champ Car Series event at New York State Fairgrounds.

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#10Season Race

37Feature Starters

67Winner Laps

Tony BettenhausenFeature Winner

99Winning Car

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Feature Results

FinStartNo.DriverMakeLapsStatus

1199Tony BettenhausenKurtis / Offy67Flagged, wreck

242Walt FaulknerKuzma / Offy67Flagged, wreck

364Bill VukovichKurtis / Offy67Flagged, wreck

41733Eddie JohnsonMeyer / Offy66Flagged, wreck

51834Harry KingKurtis 2000 / Offy66Flagged, wreck

6161Henry BanksMoore / Offy66Flagged, wreck

779Jack McGrathKurtis 4000 / Offy65Wrecked, turn 2

81110Bill SchindlerKurtis 2000 / Offy65Wrecked, turn 2

9148Chuck StevensonMarchese / Offy65Wrecked turn 2

101079Buzz BartonKurtis Midget / Offy64Wrecked, turn 2

11557Andy LindenSilnes/Sherman / Offy56Spun out, turn 2

121531Manny AyuloLesovsky / Offy56Broken wheel, turn 2

13314Duane CarterEwing / Offy47Out

141283Tommy HinnershitzKurtis/Warke / Offy33Lost brakes

1587Paul RussoRusso/Nichels / Offy30Driver withdrew

16226Joe JamesWatson / Offy19Broken motor mount

171337Johnnie ParsonsKurtis 2000 / Offy6Broken connecting rod

18948Mike NazarukBromme / Offy3Broken radius rod

—--63Bobby BarkerSchroeder / Offy--Did not qualify

—--67Potsy GoacherSilnes / Offy--Did not qualify

—--71Johnnie TolanStevens / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--4Johnnie ParsonsKurtis / Offy--Drove #37 instead

—--23Cliff GriffithKurtis 2000 / Offy--Did not qualify

—--29Eddie SachsAdams / Offy--Did not qualify

—--33Jim RigsbyMeyer / Offy--Driven by E. Johnson

—--39Sam HanksHill / Offy--Did not qualify

—--42Neal CarterGdula / Offy--Did not qualify

—--54Mark LightOffy--Did not qualify

—--65Duke DinsmoreRalph Miller / Ralph Miller--Did not qualify

—--66Dick FraizerStevens / Offy--Did not qualify

—--73Gordon ReidKurtis/Wetteroth / Offy--Did not qualify

—--74Carl ScarboroughOffy--Did not qualify

—--77Joe GarsonStevens / Offy--Did not qualify

—--78George ConnorSilnes / Offy--Did not qualify

—--81Bill VukovichTrevis / Offy--Drove #4 instead

—--83Buster WarkeKurtis/Warke / Offy--Driven by Hinnershitz

—--98Cliff GriffithKurtis 2000 / Offy--Did not qualify

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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