Starting Grid for the 1961 Indianapolis 500

Position Car Num. Driver Car Name/Entrant* Make/Model Qual Speed
1 12 Eddie Sachs Dean Van Lines Ewing/Offy 147.480
2 3 Don Branson Hoover Motor Express Epperly/Offy 146.840
3 99 Jim Hurtubise Demler Epperly/Offy 146.300
4 2 Rodger Ward (W) Del Webb's Sun City Watson/Offy 146.180
5 98 Parnelli Jones (R) Agajanian Willard Battery Watson/Offy 146.080
6 97 Dick Rathmann Jim Robbins Watson/Offy 146.030
7 1 A.J. Foyt Bowes Seal Fast Trevis/Offy 145.900
8 8 Len Sutton Bryant Heating & Cooling Watson/Offy 145.890
9 14 Bill Cheesbourg Dean Van Lines Kuzma/Offy 145.870
10 33 Eddie Johnson Jim Robbins Kuzma/Offy 145.840
11 4 Jim Rathmann (W) Simoniz Watson/Offy 145.410
12 15 Wayne Weiler Hopkins Coral Harbour Watson/Offy 145.340
13 17 Jack Brabham (R) Kimberly Cooper-Climax Cooper/Climax 145.140
14 73 A.J. Shepherd (R) Travelon Trailer Christensen/Offy 144.950
15 28 Gene Hartley John Chalik Trevis/Offy 144.810
16 32 Bob Christie North Electric Kurtis/Offy 144.780
17 10 Paul Goldsmith Racing Associates Lesovsky/Offy 144.740
18 7 Shorty Templeman Bill Forbes Racing Team Meskowski/Offy 144.340
19 86 Ebb Rose (R) Meyer Speedway Porter/Offy 144.330
20 41 Johnny Boyd Leader Card 500 Roadster Watson/Offy 144.090
21 45 Jack Turner Bardahl Kurtis/Offy 144.900
22 52 Troy Ruttman (W) John Zink Trackburner Watson/Offy 144.790
23 55 Jimmy Daywalt Schultz Fueling Equipment KK500G/Offy 144.210
24 16 Bobby Grim Thompson Industries Watson/Offy 144.020
25 5 Lloyd Ruby Autolite Dealer's Assn. Epperly/Offy 146.900
26 19 Al Keller Konstant Hot Phillips/Offy 146.150
27 83 Don Davis (R) Dart-Kart by Rupp Trevis/Offy 145.340
28 18 Chuck Stevenson Metal-Cal Epperly/Offy 145.190
29 22 Roger McCluskey (R) Racing Associates Moore/Offy 145.060
30 26 Cliff Griffith McCullough Engineering Elder/Offy 145.030
31 35 Dempsey Wilson Lysle Greenman Kuzma/Offy 144.200
32 34 Norm Hall (R) Federal Engineering KK500E/Offy 144.550
33 31 Bobby Marshman (R) Hoover Motor Express Epperly/Offy 144.290





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