Race Results for the 1961 Indianapolis 500

Finish	Start	Car Num.	Driver	Car Name/Entrant*	Make/Model	Status	Laps	Led	Winnings
1	7	1	A.J. Foyt	Bowes Seal Fast	Trevis/Offy	139.130	200	71	$117,975
2	1	12	Eddie Sachs	Dean Van Lines	Ewing/Offy	139.041	200	44	$53,400
3	4	2	Rodger Ward (W)	Del Webb's Sun City	Watson/Offy	138.539	200	7	$26,500
4	18	7	Shorty Templeman	Bill Forbes Racing Team	Meskowski/Offy	136.873	200	0	$16,025
5	26	19	Al Keller	Konstant Hot	Phillips/Offy	136.034	200	0	$13,725
6	28	18	Chuck Stevenson	Metal-Cal	Epperly/Offy	135.742	200	0	$9,875
7	33	31	Bobby Marshman (R)	Hoover Motor Express	Epperly/Offy	135.534	200	0	$9,550
8	25	5	Lloyd Ruby	Autolite Dealer's Assn.	Epperly/Offy	134.860	200	0	$8,750
9	13	17	Jack Brabham (R)	Kimberly Cooper-Climax	Cooper/Climax	134.116	200	0	$7,250
10	32	34	Norm Hall (R)	Federal Engineering	KK500E/Offy	134.104	200	0	$8,250
11	15	28	Gene Hartley	John Chalik	Trevis/Offy	Running	198	0	$5,820
12	5	98	Parnelli Jones (R)	Agajanian Willard Battery	Watson/Offy	Running	192	27	$10,350
13	6	97	Dick Rathmann	Jim Robbins	Watson/Offy	Fuel pump	164	0	$5,580
14	17	10	Paul Goldsmith	Racing Associates	Lesovsky/Offy	Oil leak	160	0	$5,210
15	12	15	Wayne Weiler	Hopkins Coral Harbour	Watson/Offy	Wheel	147	0	$5,040
16	31	35	Dempsey Wilson	Lysle Greenman	Kuzma/Offy	Fuel pump	145	0	$4,920
17	16	32	Bob Christie	North Electric	Kurtis/Offy	Piston	132	0	$4,850
18	10	33	Eddie Johnson	Jim Robbins	Kuzma/Offy	Accident	127	0	$4,730
19	8	8	Len Sutton	Bryant Heating & Cooling	Watson/Offy	Transmission	110	0	$4,650
20	22	52	Troy Ruttman (W)	John Zink Trackburner	Watson/Offy	Clutch	105	10	$6,970
21	20	41	Johnny Boyd	Leader Card 500 Roadster	Watson/Offy	Clutch	105	0	$4,650
22	3	99	Jim Hurtubise	Demler	Epperly/Offy	Piston	102	35	$10,410
23	19	86	Ebb Rose (R)	Meyer Speedway	Porter/Offy	Oil line	93	0	$4,530
24	30	26	Cliff Griffith	McCullough Engineering	Elder/Offy	Piston	55	0	$4,750
25	21	45	Jack Turner	Bardahl	Kurtis/Offy	Accident	52	0	$5,720
26	14	73	A.J. Shepherd (R)	Travelon Trailer	Christensen/Offy	Accident	51	0	$4,440
27	29	22	Roger McCluskey (R)	Racing Associates	Moore/Offy	Accident	51	0	$4,710
28	9	14	Bill Cheesbourg	Dean Van Lines	Kuzma/Offy	Accident	50	0	$4,430
29	27	83	Don Davis (R)	Dart-Kart by Rupp	Trevis/Offy	Accident	49	0	$4,950
30	11	4	Jim Rathmann (W)	Simoniz	Watson/Offy	Magneto	48	6	$5,270
31	23	55	Jimmy Daywalt	Schultz Fueling Equipment	KK500G/Offy	Brakes	27	0	$4,890
32	24	16	Bobby Grim	Thompson Industries	Watson/Offy	Fuel injection	26	0	$4,660
33	2	3	Don Branson	Hoover Motor Express	Epperly/Offy	Valves	2	0	$5,080

* - complete car name/entrant data not available for all entries
(R) - Indicated Rookie
(W) - Indicates Past Winner