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1961 - 45 Race Results


Race Name - 45
Date - 9/10/1961
Race Track - California State Fairgrounds
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 79.26 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 0 mph
Lead Changes - 1
Total Race Purse - $5,125
Race Number - 45
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 Eddie Gray 98 Eddie Gray 100 61 Ford 75 $1,300
2 Bob Ross 6 99 61 Oldsmob 0 $800
3 Danny Weinberg 76 Guy Kimball 99 61 Ford 0 $500
4 Frank Secrist 36 Frank Secrist 99 60 Ford 0 $400
5 Don Noel 7 Chuck Parkko 98 61 Ford 0 $300
6 Clem Proctor 41 Charlie Chapman 97 60 Ford 0 $250
7 Chuck Webb 4 Dick Wearing 97 59 Ford 0 $200
8 Kuzie Kuzmanich 28 97 61 Pontiac 0 $150
9 Carl Joiner 26 95 61 Chevrol 0 $100
10 Eddie Pagan 45 Bill Clinton 94 61 Ford 0 $100
11 Bruce Worrell 5 Bob Smith 94 60 Ford 0 $100
12 Jim Stewart 11 Jack Chatenay 93 60 Plymout 0 $100
13 Dick Getty 0 Dick Getty 89 59 Chevrol 0 $100
14 Jack Norton 20 William Peach 88 59 Chevrol 0 $100
15 Dick Smith 18 William Long 86 60 Ford 0 $75
16 Bill Ferrier 46 82 59 Ford 0 $50
17 Ed Brown 94 Ed Brown 74 61 Ford 0 $50
18 Keith Wilkinson 85 74 61 Ford 0 $50
19 Oren Prosser 91 Jack Chatenay 73 61 Plymout 0 $50
20 Jim Cook 0 Floyd Johnson 71 60 Dodge 0 $50
21 Bill Foster 23 61 60 Ford 0 $25
22 Jim Blomgren 10 Bob Smith 60 61 Ford 0 $25
23 Joe Clark 43 53 60 Ford 0 $25
24 Ron Hornaday 2 Frank Galpin 40 60 Ford 0 $25
25 Bob Perry 84 Bob Perry 36 59 Ford 0 $25
26 Lloyd Dane 44 Lloyd Dane 31 61 Chevrol 0 $25
27 Jerry Plotts 21 30 59 Ford 0 $25
28 1 Bill Amick 98 25 60 Pontiac 25 $25
29 Clyde Palmer 8 16 59 Dodge 0 $25
30 Bill Clinton 15 Bill Clinton 16 60 Ford 0 $25
31 Dick Baron 61 5 59 Chevrol 0 $25
32 Scotty Cain 12 Scotty Cain 2 60 T-Bird 0 $25