Indianapolis 500 in 1961
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De 45e Indianapolis 500 werd gereden op dinsdag 30 mei 1961 op de Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Amerikaans coureur A.J. Foyt won de race. Het was zijn eerste Indy 500 overwinning.
Startgrid[bewerken | brontekst bewerken]
Race[bewerken | brontekst bewerken]
| # | Coureur | Auto | Ronden | Opgave | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  A.J. Foyt |
Trevis-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
| 2 | Eddie Sachs |
Ewing-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
| 3 | Rodger Ward |
Watson-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
| 4 | Shorty Templeman |
Meskowski-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
| 5 | Al Keller |
Phillips-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
| 6 | Chuck Stevenson |
Epperly-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
| 7 | Bobby Marshman (R) |
Epperly-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
| 8 | Lloyd Ruby |
Epperly-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
| 9 |  Jack Brabham (R) |
Cooper-Climax | 200 | ||
| 10 | Norm Hall (R) |
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 200 | ||
| 11 | Gene Hartley |
Trevis-Offenhauser | 198 | ||
| 12 | Parnelli Jones (R) |
Watson-Offenhauser | 192 | ||
| 13 | Dick Rathmann |
Watson-Offenhauser | 164 | Mechanisch | |
| 14 | Paul Goldsmith |
Lesovsky-Offenhauser | 160 | Mechanisch | |
| 15 | Wayne Weiler |
Watson-Offenhauser | 147 | Mechanisch | |
| 16 | Dempsey Wilson |
Kuzma-Offenhauser | 145 | Mechanisch | |
| 17 | Bob Christie |
Kurtis-Offenhauser | 132 | Mechanisch | |
| 18 | Eddie Johnson |
Kuzma-Offenhauser | 127 | Ongeval | |
| 19 | Len Sutton |
Watson-Offenhauser | 110 | Mechanisch | |
| 20 | Troy Ruttman |
Watson-Sparks | 105 | Mechanisch | |
| 21 | Johnny Boyd |
Watson-Offenhauser | 105 | Mechanisch | |
| 22 | Jim Hurtubise |
Epperly-Offenhauser | 102 | Mechanisch | |
| 23 | Ebb Rose (R) |
Porter-Offenhauser | 93 | Mechanisch | |
| 24 | Cliff Griffith |
Elder-Offenhauser | 55 | Mechanisch | |
| 25 | Jack Turner |
Kurtis-Offenhauser | 52 | Ongeval | |
| 26 | A. J. Shepherd (R) |
Christensen-Offenhauser | 51 | Ongeval | |
| 27 | Roger McCluskey (R) |
Moore-Offenhauser | 51 | Ongeval | |
| 28 | Bill Cheesbourg |
Kuzma-Offenhauser | 50 | Ongeval | |
| 29 | Don Davis (R) |
Trevis-Offenhauser | 49 | Ongeval | |
| 30 | Jim Rathmann |
Watson-Offenhauser | 48 | Mechanisch | |
| 31 | Jimmy Daywalt |
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 27 | Mechanisch | |
| 32 | Bobby Grim |
Watson-Offenhauser | 26 | Mechanisch | |
| 33 | Don Branson |
Epperly-Offenhauser | 2 | Mechanisch | |
| Gemiddelde snelheid : 223,908 km/h - Snelste Ronde : Troy Ruttman, 237,52 km/h | |||||