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| 1951 Rex Mays Classic | 
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| Held on June 10, 1951 at Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway in West Allis, WI (Dirt Track configuration) | |
| 100 L, 100 M, 160.934 KM - Scheduled Distance |
| FEATURE RESULTS |
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| Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 99 | Tony Bettenhausen | Belanger Motors | Kurtis / Offy | 100 | 16 | running | 200 |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Cecil Green | Kurtis / Offy | 100 | 62 | running | 160 | |
| 3 | 4 | 14 | Duane Carter | Ewing / Offy | 100 | 0 | running | 140 | |
| 4 | 8 | 7 | Paul Russo | Russo-Nichels / Offy | 99 | 0 | running | 120 | |
| 5 | 3 | 48 | Rodger Ward | Deck Manufacturing | Bromme / Offy | 99 | 22 | running | 100 |
| 6 | 17 | 71 | Gordon Reid | Stevens / Offy | 99 | 0 | running | 80 | |
| 7 | 13 | 69 | Gene Force | Brown Motor Co. | Kurtis / Offy | 98 | 0 | running | 60 |
| 8 | 18 | 83 | Mike Nazaruk | Kurtis / Offy | 98 | 0 | running | 50 | |
| 9 | 7 | 23 | Cliff Griffith | Kurtis / Offy | 98 | 0 | running | 40 | |
| 10 | 14 | 31 | Manny Ayulo | Coast Grain | Lesovsky / Offy | 98 | 0 | running | 30 |
| 11 | 9 | 1 | Henry Banks | Hopkins Blue Crown | Moore / Offy | 95 | 0 | running | 12 |
| 12 | 15 | 34 | Johnnie Tolan | Peter Wales Trucking | Kurtis / Offy | 94 | 0 | running | 10 |
| 13 | 16 | 33 | Bill Mackey | Iddings | Meyer / Offy | 55 | 0 | spun out | 0 |
| 14 | 2 | 76 | Jimmy Davies | Pawl / Offy | 42 | 0 | oil plug | 0 | |
| 15 | 11 | 57 | Andy Linden | Silnes-Sherman / Offy | 24 | 0 | crankshaft | 0 | |
| 16 | 12 | 10 | Bill Schindler | Kurtis / Offy | 20 | 0 | magneto | 0 | |
| 17 | 10 | 26 | Joe James | Watson / Offy | 8 | 0 | axle | 0 | |
| 18 | 1 | 9 | Jack McGrath | Kurtis / Offy | 0 | 0 | spun out | 0 | |
| DID NOT QUALIFY | |||||||||
| Walt Brown | DNQ | ||||||||
| Johnnie Parsons | DNQ | ||||||||
| Chuck Stevenson | DNQ | ||||||||
| Myron Fohr | DNQ | ||||||||
| Rex Easton | DNQ | ||||||||
| Neal Carter | DNQ | ||||||||
| Bobby Ball | DNQ | ||||||||
| Freddie Agabashian | DNQ | ||||||||
| Frank Armi | DNQ | ||||||||
| Frank Burany | DNQ | ||||||||
| Carl Scarborough | DNQ | ||||||||
| Jud Larson | DNQ | ||||||||
| Doc Shanebrook | DNQ | ||||||||
| Ray Knepper | DNQ | ||||||||
| Joe Sostilio | DNQ | ||||||||
| Bill Vukovich | DNQ | ||||||||
| George Connor | DNQ | ||||||||
| RACE DATA | |||||||||
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| Time of Race: 1h:06:38 | |||||||||
| Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials | |||||||||
| Fast Qualifier: Jack McGrath - 36.53 sec. | |||||||||
| Margin of Victory: 0.5 laps | |||||||||
| Average Speed: 90.024 mph | |||||||||
| Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available | |||||||||
| Lead Changes: 3 among 3 drivers - Rodger Ward (1-22); Cecil Green (23-84); Tony Bettenhausen (85-100) | |||||||||
| Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered | |||||||||
| STATISTICALLY SPEAKING | |||||||||
| Relief Drivers:
Car #1: Freddie Agabashian (37 laps, 8 points) |
