Race #13 — Santa Clara Fairgrounds

October 21, 1951 • Winner: Tony Bettenhausen

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

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#13Season Race

29Feature Starters

100Winner Laps

Tony BettenhausenFeature Winner

99Winning Car

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Feature Results

FinStartNo.DriverMakeLapsStatus

1199Tony BettenhausenKurtis / Offy1001:14:24.00 81.760

237Paul RussoRusso/Nichels / Offy99Flagged

3141Henry BanksMoore / Offy99Flagged

469Jack McGrathKurtis 4000 / Offy98Flagged

5976Jimmy DaviesPawl / Offy97Flagged

61314Fred AgabashianEwing / Offy96Flagged

753Johnnie ParsonsKurtis 4000 / Offy96Flagged

8174Joe JamesKurtis / Offy95Flagged

91844Johnny McDowellKurtis 3000 / Offy92Flagged

10226Jim RigsbyWatson / Offy85Engine overheated

111652Bobby BallKurtis 4000 / Offy84Flagged

12838Frank ArmiWetteroth / Offy74Flagged

131173Gordon ReidKurtis/Wetteroth / Offy70Broken radius rod

14728Neal CarterKurtis 4000 / Offy50Broken engine timing

151579Troy RuttmanKurtis 4000 / Offy SC39Broken steering

161248Mike NazarukBromme / Offy25Broken piston

171071Rodger WardStevens / Offy20Broken shock absorber

18472Bill VukovichLesovsky / Offy1Wrecked, turn 1

—--4Gordon ReidKurtis / Offy4Relieved J. James 92-95

—--10George ConnorKurtis 2000 / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--31Manny AyuloLesovsky / Offy--Wrecked practice

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

—--69Gene ForceKurtis 2000 / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--2Walt FaulknerKuzma / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--64Dick PageKurtis / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--55Dempsey WilsonKurtis Midget / Offy--Did not qualify

—--55Bob ScottSprint Car / Offy--Did not qualify

—--67Pete WoodsSilnes / Wayne--Did not qualify

—--XSam Hanks—--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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