Race #3 — Langhorne Speedway

June 24, 1951 • Winner: Tony Bettenhausen

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

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#3Season Race

34Feature Starters

100Winner Laps

Tony BettenhausenFeature Winner

99Winning Car

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Feature Results

FinStartNo.DriverMakeLapsStatus

1599Tony BettenhausenKurtis / Offy1001:04:57.18 92.357

2310Bill SchindlerKurtis 2000 / Offy100Finished

3114Cecil GreenKurtis / Offy100Finished

41031Manny AyuloLesovsky / Offy100Finished

5978Ray KnepperSilnes / Offy100Finished

61559Fred AgabashianKurtis 3000 / Offy98Flagged

719Jack McGrathKurtis 4000 / Offy98Flagged

81257Andy LindenSilnes/Sherman / Offy98Flagged

91783Mike NazarukKurtis / Offy97Flagged

1041Henry BanksMoore / Offy90Flagged

11223Cliff GriffithKurtis 2000 / Offy84Flagged

121426Joe JamesWatson / Offy73Out

13848Rodger WardBromme / Offy59Out

14781Bill VukovichTrevis / OffyXStalled

151314Duane CarterEwing / OffyXOut

16679Johnny McDowellKurtis 4000 / Offy SC8Overheated

171671Gordon ReidStevens / Offy5Out

181853Neal CarterBardazon / Offy2Out

—--48George ConnorBromme / Offy31Relieved R. Ward 29-59

—--83Johnnie ParsonsKurtis / Offy26Relieved Nazaruk72-97

—--26Jim RigsbyWatson / Offy24Relieved J. James 50-73

—--57Roy ShermanSilnes/Sherman / Offy30Relieved Linden 47-76

—--37George ConnorKurtis 2000 / Offy--Broken rear axle

—--63Johnnie ParsonsSchroeder / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--73Carl ScarboroughKurtis/Wetteroth / Offy--Magneto

—--49Joe BarzdaMaserati / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--66Dick FraizerStevens / Offy--Broken valve, practice

—--19Mack HellingsKurtis 2000 / Offy--Did not qualify

—--88Tommy HinnershitzKurtis/Warke / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--74George LynchOffy--DNS, too slow

—--75Jud LarsonKurtis / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--64Mark LightWetteroth D / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--29Carl ScarboroughAdams / Sparks--DNS, too slow

—--79Joe SostilioKurtis Midget / Offy--DNS, too slow

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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