USAC Stock Car Series 1961 standings

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USAC Stock Car Series 1961 standings

Championship points standings for the USAC Stock Car Series 1961

Position	Driver	Team	Car
1.	Paul Goldsmith	Walter Vaust	1960 Pontiac
2.	Norm Nelson	Norm Nelson	1960 Ford,1961 Ford
3.	Elmer Musgrave		1961 Ford
4.	Don White	Don White	1960 Ford
5.	Les Snow	Leslie Snow	1960 Pontiac
6.	William J Gerken	R W Chapman,Thomas Fukuda	1960 Ford,1961 Chevrolet
17.	Gene Marmor		1960 Chevrolet
	Telford Aase		1960 Ford
	Roy Atkinson		1961 Ford
	Earl Balmer
	Ray Berry		1960 Chevrolet,1960 Ford
	Tony Bettenhausen	Tony Bettenhausen	1958 Ford
	Jim Blomgren	Bob Smith	1960 Ford
	Al Brand		1960 Ford
	Brownie Brown		1960 Ford
	Don Burrow		1960 Ford
	Paul Burrow		1960 Ford
	Scotty Cain		1958 Mercury
	Bob Chapman		1960 Ford
	Bill Cheesbourg	Bill Cheesbourg	1959 Ford,1961 Ford
	Rich Clement		1960 Mercury
	Dick Cook		1959 Plymouth
	Jim Cook	Floyd Johnson	1960 Dodge Dart
	Tom Cox		1961 Ford
	Carl Dane	Carl Dane	1960 Ford
	Lloyd Dane	Lloyd Dane	1959 Ford
	Ernie Derr		1961 Pontiac
	Al Disney		1959 Buick
	Frank Dombrowski		1961 Ford
	Dick Dunlevy		1960 Plymouth
	Ken Finley		1959 Ford,1961 Ford
	Pat Flaherty	Bill Cheesbourg	1959 Ford
	A. J. Foyt	Harlan Richardson	1961 Ford
	Arnie Gardner		1960 Ford
	Charlie Glotzbach		1960 Pontiac
	Gordon Gorman	Gordon Gorman	1958 Ford
	Eddie Gray		1959 Ford
	Ted Hane		1959 Ford
	Don Harvey		1959 Ford
	Marvin Heinis	Willis Clifton	1960 Ford
	Bob Hogle		1958 Pontiac
	Jack Holbrook		1960 Buick
	Dave Holdbruck		1960 Buick
	Ron Hornaday Sr.		1961 Ford
	Dick Hutcherson	Dick Hutcherson	1961 Ford
	Roy Jelinek		Ford Edsel
	Ken Johnson		1960 Ford
	Whitey Johnson		1960 Pontiac
	Parnelli Jones	Vel Miletich	1960 Ford,1959 Ford
	Hoss Kagle		1960 Ford
	Iggy Katona		1961 Ford
	Rick Kleich		1960 Chevrolet
	Don Kolos		1960 Ford
	Dan Kopshe		1959 Ford
	Ed Kozbiel		1961 Ford
	Greg Krieger		1961 Pontiac
	Elmo Langley		1961 Ford Thunderbird
	Mel Larson		1958 Mercury
	Jack Lawrence		1961 Ford Falcon
	Danny Letner	Carl Dane	1960 Ford
	Jim Locke		1961 Ford
	Gene Long	Gene Long	1958 Mercury
	Dave Lundman	Dave Lundman	1960 Ford
	Bill Lutz		1960 Ford
	Tim Mairs		1960 Chevrolet
	Buzz McCann		1960 Ford
	Jack Melvin		1958 Ford
	Eddie Meyer	Eddie Meyer	1961 Ford
	Gil Michaels		1960 Buick
	Bunk Moore		1959 Ford
	Jack Norton	Arthur Williams	1959 Chevrolet
	Bruce Nystrom		1960 Plymouth
	Don O'Dell		1960 Pontiac
	Don Oldenberg		1959 Pontiac,1960 Ford Thunderbird
	Budd Olsen
	Dick Passwater		1960 Ford
	Bob Perry	Ray Perry	1959 Plymouth
	Pete Peterson		1960 Chevrolet
	Bob Potter		1961 Chevrolet
	Ken Pratt		1960 Chevrolet
	Bob Pronger		1960 Ford
	Dick Rathmann	Eddie Sachs	1958 Ford,1961 Ford
	Jim Rathmann	Carl Dane	1961 Ford
	Gary Raymond		1961 Chevrolet
	Jerry Richards		1961 Ford
	Tony Romit
	John Rostek	John Rostek	1960 Ford
	Ted Rozinski		1960 Pontiac
	Troy Ruttman		1961 Ford
	Eddie Sachs	Eddie Sachs	1961 Ford
	Don Schisler		1960 Ford
	Bob Schnarz		1960 Chevrolet
	Bob Schultz		1960 Chevrolet
	Jack Shanklin		1959 Ford
	Herb Shannon		1960 Chevrolet,1961 Pontiac
	Gary Sheldon		1961 Ford
	Bill Shoulders	Carl Combs	1960 Ford
	Bob Slensby		1960 Ford
	Bill Smith		1960 Ford
	Ross Smith		1960 Ford
	Ramo Stott		1961 Ford
	Rich Sutkus		1960 Ford Thunderbird
	Len Sutton	Ray Nichels	1961 Pontiac
	Don Swenson		1959 Ford Edsel
	Sal Tovella		1959 Ford
	Whitey Traeder		1960 Plymouth
	Whitey Traynor		1960 Plymouth
	Bobby Unser		1960 Chevrolet
	Bob Vickery		1960 Ford
	George Vuillemot		1960 Ford
	Rodger Ward	Rodger Ward	1960 Ford,1961 Pontiac
	Wayne Weiler	Harlan Fike	1959 Plymouth
	Dave Whitcomb		1959 Plymouth
	Dempsey Wilson	Dempsey Wilson	1959 Plymouth
	Bruce Worrell		1960 Ford
	Skeeter Wyman		1960 Ford

	Driver	Number
Most race wins	Paul Goldsmith	10
Most pole positions	Paul Goldsmith	7
Most podium positions	Paul Goldsmith	14
Most podium positions without a win	Elmer Musgrave	4
	John Rostek	4
	Dick Rathmann	4

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country		Drivers	Number
100%	U.S.A.		Gary Sheldon, Paul Goldsmith, Norm Nelson, Elmer Musgrave, John Rostek, Dick Hutcherson, Ron Hornaday Sr., Dave Lundman, Jim Blomgren, Brownie Brown, Dempsey Wilson, Danny Letner, Gordon Gorman, Eddie Meyer, Bruce Worrell, Gene Long, Jack Norton, Dick Cook, Jim Rathmann, Lloyd Dane, A. J. Foyt, Rodger Ward, Parnelli Jones, Tony Bettenhausen, William J Gerken, Marvin Heinis, Mel Larson, Bobby Unser, Bill Cheesbourg, Bill Smith, Bob Hogle, Wayne Weiler, Bill Shoulders, Don White, Les Snow, Jim Cook, Bob Perry, Eddie Gray, Al Brand, Scotty Cain, Carl Dane, Jack Melvin, Ramo Stott, Dick Rathmann, Telford Aase, Don Swenson, Bunk Moore, Whitey Johnson, Gene Marmor, Don Oldenberg, Herb Shannon, Sal Tovella, Bill Lutz, Gil Michaels, Bob Slensby, Ken Finley, Rich Clement, Arnie Gardner, Don Harvey, Bob Vickery, Earl Balmer, Ernie Derr, Jack Shanklin, Roy Atkinson, Dick Passwater, Jack Holbrook, Ross Smith, Pat Flaherty, Dave Whitcomb, Dick Dunlevy, Dave Holdbruck, Jack Lawrence, Eddie Sachs, Ted Hane, Don O'Dell, Hoss Kagle, Iggy Katona, Gary Raymond, Elmo Langley, Bob Schnarz, Budd Olsen, Al Disney, Tim Mairs, Ken Johnson, Ray Berry, Jim Locke, Frank Dombrowski, Rich Sutkus, Buzz McCann, Tom Cox, Ed Kozbiel, Paul Burrow, Whitey Traeder, Skeeter Wyman, Ken Pratt, Dan Kopshe, Greg Krieger, Pete Peterson, Don Kolos, Len Sutton, Troy Ruttman, Bob Pronger, Jerry Richards, Bob Schultz, Rick Kleich, Bruce Nystrom, Ted Rozinski, George Vuillemot, Roy Jelinek, Don Burrow, Bob Potter, Don Schisler, Bob Chapman, Whitey Traynor, Charlie Glotzbach, Tony Romit	116

Individual driver statistics for the 1961 USAC Stock Car Series

Driver	Age	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Fastest laps
Aase, Telford	n/a	5	0	0	0	0
Atkinson, Roy	n/a	10	0	0	0	0
Balmer, Earl	25 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Berry, Ray	n/a	6	0	0	0	0
Bettenhausen, Tony	44 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Blomgren, Jim	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Brand, Al	30 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Brown, Brownie	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Burrow, Don	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Burrow, Paul	n/a	5	0	0	0	0
Cain, Scotty	40 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Chapman, Bob	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Cheesbourg, Bill	34 y/o	16	0	1	1
Clement, Rich	n/a	7	0	0	0	0
Cook, Dick	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Cook, Jim	39 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Cox, Tom	n/a	3	0	0	0	0
Dane, Carl	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Dane, Lloyd	35 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Derr, Ernie	39 y/o	1	0	1	0
Disney, Al	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Dombrowski, Frank	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Dunlevy, Dick	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Finley, Ken	n/a	8	0	0	0	0
Flaherty, Pat	35 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Foyt, A. J.	26 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Gardner, Arnie	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Gerken, William J	31 y/o	10	1	3	0
Glotzbach, Charlie	23 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Goldsmith, Paul	35 y/o	19	10	14	7
Gorman, Gordon	n/a	13	0	0	0	0
Gray, Eddie	41 y/o	1	0	1	0
Hane, Ted	n/a	8	0	0	0	0
Harvey, Don	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Heinis, Marvin	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Hogle, Bob	28 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Holbrook, Jack	n/a	7	0	0	0	0
Holdbruck, Dave	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Hornaday Sr., Ron	30 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Hutcherson, Dick	29 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Jelinek, Roy	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Johnson, Ken	-2 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Johnson, Whitey	n/a	16	0	1	0
Jones, Parnelli	27 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Kagle, Hoss	n/a	1	0	1	0
Katona, Iggy	44 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Kleich, Rick	26 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Kolos, Don	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Kopshe, Dan	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Kozbiel, Ed	n/a	4	0	0	0	0
Krieger, Greg	n/a	0	0	0	0	0
Langley, Elmo	32 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Larson, Mel	31 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Lawrence, Jack	19 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Letner, Danny	33 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Locke, Jim	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Long, Gene	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Lundman, Dave	32 y/o	17	0	0	0	0
Lutz, Bill	32 y/o	6	0	0	0	0
Mairs, Tim	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Marmor, Gene	31 y/o	11	0	0	0	0
McCann, Buzz	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Melvin, Jack	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Meyer, Eddie	67 y/o	15	0	0	0	0
Michaels, Gil	n/a	7	0	0	0	0
Moore, Bunk	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Musgrave, Elmer	n/a	22	0	4	0
Nelson, Norm	38 y/o	15	2	8	4
Norton, Jack	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Nystrom, Bruce	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
O'Dell, Don	n/a	9	0	1	0
Oldenberg, Don	38 y/o	9	0	0	0	0
Olsen, Budd	36 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Passwater, Dick	34 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Perry, Bob	n/a	0	0	0	0	0
Peterson, Pete	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Potter, Bob	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Pratt, Ken	n/a	0	0	0	0	0
Pronger, Bob	39 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Rathmann, Dick	35 y/o	9	0	4	1
Rathmann, Jim	32 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Raymond, Gary	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Richards, Jerry	n/a	3	0	0	0	0
Romit, Tony	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Rostek, John	35 y/o	11	0	4	1
Rozinski, Ted	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Ruttman, Troy	31 y/o	3	0	2	0
Sachs, Eddie	34 y/o	7	2	2	0
Schisler, Don	27 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Schnarz, Bob	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Schultz, Bob	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Shanklin, Jack	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Shannon, Herb	29 y/o	11	0	1	0
Sheldon, Gary	n/a	3	0	0	0	0
Shoulders, Bill	n/a	9	0	1	0
Slensby, Bob	n/a	6	0	0	0	0
Smith, Bill	32 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Smith, Ross	-26 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Snow, Les	35 y/o	18	2	5	0
Stott, Ramo	27 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Sutkus, Rich	n/a	4	0	0	0	0
Sutton, Len	35 y/o	6	2	3	1
Swenson, Don	n/a	5	0	0	0	0
Tovella, Sal	32 y/o	12	0	0	0	0
Traeder, Whitey	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Traynor, Whitey	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Unser, Bobby	27 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Vickery, Bob	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Vuillemot, George	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Ward, Rodger	40 y/o	10	0	1	1
Weiler, Wayne	26 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Whitcomb, Dave	29 y/o	8	0	0	0	0
White, Don	35 y/o	19	3	8	4
Wilson, Dempsey	34 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Worrell, Bruce	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Wyman, Skeeter	n/a	4	0	0	0	0

#	Date	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third	Pole	FL