Race #12 — Centennial Park

September 23, 1951 • Winner: Tony Bettenhausen

Full-field race results and preserved archive material from the 1951 AAA Champ Car Series event at Centennial Park.

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#12Season Race

27Feature Starters

100Winner Laps

Tony BettenhausenFeature Winner

99Winning Car

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Feature Results

FinStartNo.DriverMakeLapsStatus

1199Tony BettenhausenKurtis / Offy1001:09:15.00 86.640

2131Henry BanksMoore / Offy100Finished

3129Jack McGrathKurtis 4000 / Offy100Finished

4114Joe JamesKurtis / Offy100Finished

51552Bobby BallKurtis 4000 / Offy100Finished

61614Fred AgabashianEwing / Offy99Flagged

71731Manny AyuloLesovsky / Offy96Flagged

81471Rodger WardStevens / Offy96Flagged

9844Johnny McDowellKurtis 3000 / Offy95Flagged

101842Sam HanksGdula / Offy95Flagged

11757Bill VukovichSilnes/Sherman / Offy95Flagged

12226Jim RigsbyWatson / Offy94Broken shock absorber

1347Paul RussoRusso/Nichels / Offy87Wrecked, turn 4

14103Johnnie ParsonsKurtis 4000 / Offy77Lost brakes

15548Mike NazarukBromme / Offy66Broken oil line

16973Gordon ReidKurtis/Wetteroth / Offy65Broken shock absorber

17638Frank ArmiWetteroth / Offy65Wrecked backstretch

1832Walt FaulknerKuzma / Offy64Broken axle

—--63Del FanningKurtis 2000 / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--39Sam HanksHill / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--76Johnnie TolanPawl / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--67Pete WoodsSilnes / Wayne--DNS, too slow

—--55Slim RobertsOffy SC--DNS, too slow

—--55Walt KillingerOffy SC--Entered, driven by Roberts

—--8Chuck StevensonMarchese / Offy--Did not appear

—--10Bill SchindlerKurtis 2000 / Offy--Did not appear

—--62T. E. RussellNash-Healey--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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