1961 Indianapolis 500

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Results of the 1961 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Tuesday, May 30, 1961.

Finish	Start	No	Name	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Status
1	7	1	A.J. Foyt	145.903	9	200	71	Running
2	1	12	Eddie Sachs	147.481	1	200	44	Running
3	4	2	Rodger Ward	146.187	5	200	7	Running
4	18	7	Shorty Templeman	144.341	27	200	0	Running
5	26	19	Al Keller	146.157	6	200	0	Running
6	28	18	Chuck Stevenson	145.191	16	200	0	Running
7	33	31	Bobby Marshman	144.293	29	200	0	Running
8	25	5	Lloyd Ruby	146.909	2	200	0	Running
9	13	17	Jack Brabham	145.144	17	200	0	Running
10	32	34	Norm Hall	144.555	26	200	0	Running
11	15	28	Gene Hartley	144.817	22	198	0	Flagged
12	5	98	Parnelli Jones	146.080	7	192	27	Flagged
13	6	97	Dick Rathmann	146.033	8	164	0	Fuel Pump
14	17	10	Paul Goldsmith	144.741	25	160	0	Connecting Rod
15	12	15	Wayne Weiler	145.349	14	147	0	Wheel Bearing
16	31	35	Dempsey Wilson	144.202	31	145	0	Fuel Pump
17	16	32	Bob Christie	144.782	24	132	0	Piston
18	10	33	Eddie Johnson	145.843	12	127	0	Crash T4
19	8	8	Len Sutton	145.897	10	110	0	Clutch
20	22	52	Troy Ruttman	144.799	23	105	10	Clutch
21	20	41	Johnny Boyd	144.092	32	105	0	Clutch
22	3	99	Jim Hurtubise	146.306	4	102	35	Piston
23	19	86	Ebb Rose	144.338	28	93	0	Rod
24	30	26	Cliff Griffith	145.038	19	55	0	Piston
25	21	45	Jack Turner	144.904	21	52	0	Crash FS
26	14	73	A. J. Shepherd	144.954	20	51	0	Crash FS
27	29	22	Roger McCluskey	145.068	18	51	0	Crash FS
28	9	14	Bill Cheesbourg	145.873	11	50	0	Crash FS
29	27	83	Don Davis	145.349	15	49	0	Crash FS
30	11	4	Jim Rathmann	145.413	13	48	6	Magneto
31	23	55	Jimmy Daywalt	144.219	30	27	0	Brake Line
32	24	16	Bobby Grim	144.029	33	26	0	Piston
33	2	3	Don Branson	146.843	3	2	0	Bent Valves

1960 Indianapolis 500 Jim Rathmann

1961 Indianapolis 500 A.J. Foyt

1962 Indianapolis 500 Rodger Ward

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