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1951 Springfield 100
Held on August 18, 1951 at Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, IL
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	14	99	Tony Bettenhausen	Belanger Motors	Kurtis / Offy	100	81	running	200
2	4	9	Jack McGrath		Kurtis / Offy	100	0	running	160
3	7	10	Bill Schindler		Kurtis / Offy	100	0	running	140
4	8	1	Henry Banks	Hopkins Blue Crown	Moore / Offy	100	0	running	120
5	13	8	Chuck Stevenson	Bardahl Oil Company	Marchese / Offy	100	0	running	100
6	12	4	Troy Ruttman		Kurtis / Offy	100	0	running	80
7	17	73	Gordon Reid	McNamara	Kurtis / Offy	98	0	running	60
8	5	77	Joe Garson	Elgin Piston Pin	Stevens / Offy	98	0	running	50
9	15	79	Johnny McDowell		Kurtis / Offy	97	0	running	40
10	18	33	Jim Rigsby	Iddings	Meyer / Offy	97	0	running	30
11	2	14	Duane Carter		Ewing / Offy	91	0	running	20
12	16	26	Joe James		Watson / Offy	86	0	oil pressure	10
13	11	69	Gene Force	Brown Motor Co.	Kurtis / Offy	81	0	steering	0
14	1	7	Paul Russo		Russo-Nichels / Offy	77	19	oil pressure	0
15	6	81	Bill Vukovich	Central Excavating	Trevis / Offy	64	0	oil pressure	0
16	3	53	Neal Carter		Bardazon / Offy	43	0	rear end	0
17	10	31	Manny Ayulo	Coast Grain	Lesovsky / Offy	15	0	spun out	0
18	9	76	Jimmy Davies		Pawl / Offy	7	0	fuel pump	0
DID NOT QUALIFY
		2	Walt Faulkner		Kuzma / Offy			DNQ
		34	Harry King	Peter Wales Trucking	Kurtis / Offy			DNQ
		35	John Crone					DNQ
		39	Rex Easton		Hill / Offy			DNQ
		48	Rodger Ward	Deck Manufacturing	Bromme / Offy			DNQ
		57	Andy Linden		Silnes-Sherman / Offy			DNQ
		71	Johnnie Tolan		Stevens / Offy			DNQ
		74	Carl Scarborough					DNQ
		98	George Connor		Kurtis / Offy			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 1h:06:37
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Paul Russo - 35.62 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:
Average Speed: 90.054 mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: 1 among 2 drivers - Paul Russo (1-19); Tony Bettenhausen (20-100)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered