Race #7 — DuQuoin State Fairgrounds

September 1, 1951 • Winner: Tony Bettenhausen

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

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#7Season Race

22Feature Starters

100Winner Laps

Tony BettenhausenFeature Winner

99Winning Car

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Feature Results

FinStartNo.DriverMakeLapsStatus

1699Tony BettenhausenKurtis / Offy1001:07:56.48 88.311

213Johnnie ParsonsKurtis 3000 / Offy100Finished

327Paul RussoRusso/Nichels / Offy100Finished

472Walt FaulknerKuzma / Offy100Finished

51139Sam HanksHill / Offy100Finished

6171Henry BanksMoore / Offy100Finished

7154Bill VukovichKurtis / Offy98Flagged

81398Cliff GriffithKurtis 2000 / Offy98Flagged

9557Andy LindenSilnes/Sherman / Offy98Flagged

10128Chuck StevensonMarchese / Offy97Broken transmission

111677Joe GarsonStevens / Offy95Flagged

121010Bill SchindlerKurtis 2000 / Offy94Flagged

13976Jimmy DaviesPawl / Offy93Flagged

141833Jim RigsbyMeyer / Offy90Flagged

151479Johnny McDowellKurtis 4000 / Offy SC85Supercharger trouble

1639Jack McGrathKurtis 4000 / Offy71Bent valve

17414Duane CarterEwing / Offy46Wrecked, flip turn 2

18873Gordon ReidKurtis/Wetteroth / Offy40Broken gear

—--66Potsy GoacherStevens / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--26Joe JamesWatson / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--34Harry KingKurtis 2000 / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--74Carl ScarboroughOffy--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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