1961 Indianapolis 500: Information from Answers.com

Results of the 1961 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Tuesday, May 30, 1961. This was the first Indianapolis 500 not to be included in the Formula One World Championship.

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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