Race #8 — DuQuoin State Fairgrounds

September 3, 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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#8Season Race

22Feature Starters

101Winner Laps

Tony BettenhausenFeature Winner

99Winning Car

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Feature Results

FinStartNo.DriverMakeLapsStatus

1199Tony BettenhausenKurtis / Offy1011:09:19.00 86.559

222Walt FaulknerKuzma / Offy98Flagged - rain

31039Sam HanksHill / Offy98Flagged - rain

488Chuck StevensonMarchese / Offy98Flagged - rain

591Henry BanksMoore / Offy98Flagged - rain

61431Manny AyuloLesovsky / Offy98Flagged - rain

7557Andy LindenSilnes/Sherman / Offy98Flagged - rain

81634Harry KingKurtis 2000 / Offy97Flagged - rain

9698Cliff GriffithKurtis 2000 / Offy96Flagged - rain

101169Gene ForceKurtis 2000 / Offy93Flagged - rain

11189Jack McGrathKurtis 4000 / Offy93Flagged - rain

121733Jim RigsbyMeyer / Offy88Flagged - rain

13373Gordon ReidKurtis/Wetteroth / Offy87Broken radius rod

141326Joe JamesWatson / Offy74Broken wheel

151279Johnny McDowellKurtis 4000 / Offy SC71Stalled

16153Johnnie ParsonsKurtis 4000 / Offy37Wrecked, flip turn 2

17476Jimmy DaviesPawl / Offy6Wrecked, flip turn 2

18777Joe GarsonStevens / Offy1Broken connecting rod

—--78George ConnorSilnes / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--4Bill VukovichKurtis / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--71Johnnie TolanStevens / 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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