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1951 Denver 100 | ![]() |
Held on September 23, 1951 at Centennial Park in Denver, CO | |
100 L, 100 M, 160.9 KM - Scheduled Distance |
FEATURE RESULTS |
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Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
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1 | 1 | 99 | Tony Bettenhausen | Belanger Motors | Kurtis / Offy | 100 | 100 | running | 200 |
2 | 13 | 1 | Henry Banks | Hopkins Blue Crown | Moore / Offy | 100 | 0 | running | 160 |
3 | 12 | 9 | Jack McGrath | Kurtis / Offy | 100 | 0 | running | 140 | |
4 | 11 | 4 | Joe James | Kurtis / Offy | 100 | 0 | running | 120 | |
5 | 15 | 52 | Bobby Ball | Blakely Oil | Kurtis / Offy | 100 | 0 | running | 100 |
6 | 16 | 14 | Freddie Agabashian | Ewing / Offy | 99 | 0 | running | 80 | |
7 | 17 | 31 | Manny Ayulo | Coast Grain | Lesovsky / Offy | 96 | 0 | running | 60 |
8 | 14 | 71 | Rodger Ward | Stevens / Offy | 96 | 0 | running | 50 | |
9 | 8 | 44 | Johnny McDowell | Federal Engineering | Kurtis / Offy | 95 | 0 | running | 40 |
10 | 18 | 42 | Sam Hanks | Gdula / Offy | 95 | 0 | running | 30 | |
11 | 7 | 57 | Bill Vukovich | Silnes-Sherman / Offy | 95 | 0 | running | 20 | |
12 | 2 | 26 | Jim Rigsby | Watson / Offy | 94 | 0 | shocks | 10 | |
13 | 4 | 7 | Paul Russo | Russo-Nichels / Offy | 87 | 0 | accident | 0 | |
14 | 10 | 3 | Johnnie Parsons | Wynn's Friction Proofing | Kurtis / Offy | 77 | 0 | brakes | 0 |
15 | 5 | 48 | Mike Nazaruk | Deck Manufacturing | Bromme / Offy | 66 | 0 | oil line | 0 |
16 | 9 | 73 | Gordon Reid | McNamara | Kurtis / Offy | 65 | 0 | shocks | 0 |
17 | 6 | 38 | Frank Armi | Wetteroth / Offy | 65 | 0 | accident | 0 | |
18 | 3 | 2 | Walt Faulkner | Kuzma / Offy | 64 | 0 | axle | 0 | |
DID NOT QUALIFY | |||||||||
8 | Chuck Stevenson | Bardahl Oil Company | Marchese / Offy | DNQ | |||||
10 | Bill Schindler | Kurtis / Offy | DNQ | ||||||
39 | Sam Hanks | Hill / Offy | DNQ | ||||||
55 | Walt Killinger | Koch Harley-Davidson | Offy | DNQ | |||||
55 | Slim Roberts | Koch Harley-Davidson | Offy | DNQ | |||||
62 | T.E. Russell | Nash | DNQ | ||||||
63 | Del Fanning | Kurtis / Offy | DNQ | ||||||
67 | Pete Woods | Silnes / Offy | DNQ | ||||||
76 | Johnnie Tolan | Crusade For Freedom | Pawl / Offy | DNQ |
RACE DATA | |||||||||
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Time of Race: 1h:09:15 | |||||||||
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials | |||||||||
Fast Qualifier: Tony Bettenhausen - 40.52 sec. | |||||||||
Margin of Victory: | |||||||||
Average Speed: 86.64 mph | |||||||||
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available | |||||||||
Lead Changes: 0 among 1 drivers - Tony Bettenhausen (1-100) | |||||||||
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered |