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1951 San Jose 100
Held on October 21, 1951 at Santa Clara Fairgrounds in San Jose, CA
100 L, 100 M, 160.9 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	99	Tony Bettenhausen	Belanger Motors	Kurtis / Offy	100	96	running	200
2	3	7	Paul Russo		Russo-Nichels / Offy	99	0	running	160
3	14	1	Henry Banks	Hopkins Blue Crown	Moore / Offy	99	0	running	140
4	6	9	Jack McGrath		Kurtis / Offy	98	0	running	120
5	9	76	Jimmy Davies		Pawl / Offy	97	0	running	100
6	13	14	Freddie Agabashian		Ewing / Offy	96	0	running	80
7	5	3	Johnnie Parsons	Wynn's Friction Proofing	Kurtis / Offy	96	0	running	60
8	17	4	Joe James		Kurtis / Offy	95	0	running	46
9	18	44	Johnny McDowell	Federal Engineering	Kurtis / Offy	92	0	running	40
10	2	26	Jim Rigsby		Watson / Offy	85	4	overheating	30
11	16	52	Bobby Ball	Blakely Oil	Kurtis / Offy	84	0	running	20
12	8	38	Frank Armi		Wetteroth / Offy	74	0	running	10
13	11	73	Gordon Reid	McNamara	Kurtis / Offy	70	0	radius rod	0
14	7	28	Neal Carter		Kurtis / Offy	50	0	timing	0
15	15	79	Troy Ruttman		Kurtis / Offy	39	0	steering	0
16	12	48	Mike Nazaruk	Deck Manufacturing	Bromme / Offy	25	0	piston	0
17	10	71	Rodger Ward		Stevens / Offy	20	0	shocks	0
18	4	72	Bill Vukovich	Viking Trailer	Lesovsky / Offy	1	0	accident	0
DID NOT QUALIFY
			Sam Hanks					DNQ
		2	Walt Faulkner					DNQ
		10	George Connor					DNQ
		31	Manny Ayulo					DNQ
		55	Bob Scott					DNQ
		55	Dempsey Wilson					DNQ
		63	Del Fanning					DNQ
		64	Dick Page					DNQ
		67	Pete Woods					DNQ
		69	Gene Force					DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 1h:14:24
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Tony Bettenhausen - 36.41 sec.
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory: 1+ laps
Average Speed: 81.76 mph
Cautions: 1 for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: 2 among 2 drivers - Jim Rigsby (1-4); Tony Bettenhausen (5-100)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Relief Drivers: Car #4: Gordon Reid (4 laps, 4 points)