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USAC Midget race
Ascot Park, Gardena, CA
October 21, 1961
40 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 20 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	10	A.J. Foyt		Jack London	Offenhauser	40		running	19
2	7	Billy Cantrell		Lynch	Offenhauser	40		running	0
3	1	Tommy Copp		Linhares	Offenhauser				0
4	3	Shorty Templeman		Meyer	Offenhauser				0
5	2	Lloyd Corbin		Bercklaer	Offenhauser				0
6	12	Keith Rachwitz			Offenhauser				0
7	11	Bob Wente							0
8	20	Bob Hogle		Kall	Offenhauser				0
9	8	Jimmy Davies		Linne	Offenhauser				0
10	25	Elmer George		Jack London	Offenhauser				0
11	6	Johnny Moorhouse		Cornis	Offenhauser				0
12	14	Norm Rapp		Guttry	Offenhauser				0
13	13	Danny Jones		Weaver Brothers	Offenhauser				0
14	5	Don Cameron		Caruthers	Offenhauser				0
15	4	Parnelli Jones		Marvin Edwards	Offenhauser				21
16	17	George Benson		Johnson	Offenhauser				0
17	19	Don Staudinger		Murphy	Offenhauser				0
18	16	Bobby Marshman			Offenhauser				0
19	9	Jim Hurtubise		Glen Dennee	Offenhauser	0		did not start	0
20	15	Joe Garson				0		did not start	0
21	18	Charles Booth		Jack London	Offenhauser	0		did not start	0
22	21	Don Davis		Murphy		0		did not start	0
23	22	Mike McGreevy		Goff	Offenhauser	0		did not start	0
24	23	Hal Minyard		Humke		0		did not start	0
25	24	Don Melton		Hansen		0		did not start	0
26	26	Don Horvath		Horvath	Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0
27	27	Chuck Hulse		K&K		0		did not qualify	0
28	28	Jim Devitt		Henning		0		did not qualify	0
29	29	Willy Swift				0		did not qualify	0
30	30	Leroy Warriner				0		did not qualify	0
31	31	Bob Coulter				0		did not qualify	0
32	32	Carl Williams			Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0
33	33	Joe Soares		Johnson	Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0
34	34	Tom Morrow		Farley	Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0
35	35	Phil Bradley				0		did not qualify	0

Notes: A.J. Foyt was the fast qualifier.
Time of race: 00:15:22
Average Speed: 78.055 MPH
Pole Speed: 22.95 seconds
Attendance: 6,800