USAC Dirt Champcars 1975

Salt City 100

USAC Silver Crown race
New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, NY
July 4, 1975
100 laps on 1 mile dirt oval; 100 miles

Fin St Driver # Owner Car Laps Money Status Laps Led

1 3 Sheldon Kinser 20 Grant King King/Chevrolet 100 7,859 running 55
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2 6 Arnold Knepper 5 Holt Racing Chevrolet 100 3,724 running 0
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3 10 Pancho Carter 10 Jim Rieder Chevrolet 100 2,394 running 0
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4 15 Jimmy Caruthers 55 George Middleton Meskowski/Ford 100 1,928 running 0
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5 12 Billy Engelhart 28 Bill Heil Racing Chevrolet 100 1,596 running 0
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6 9 Gary Bettenhausen 97 Patrick Santello Chevrolet 99 1,330 running 0
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7 5 Sam Sessions 17 Ray Smith Chevrolet 99 1,064 running 0
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8 24 Roy Hicks 61 Roy Hicks Chevrolet 99 931 running 0
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9 14 Joe Saldana 85 McGinty Conveyors Offenhauser 98 864 rear end 0
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10 20 Darl Harrison 7 A.L. Harrison Offenhauser 98 798 running 0
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11 4 Tom Bigelow 2 Ralph Wilke 1972 Watson/Ford 98 731 running 0
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12 11 Johnny Parsons 94 Tassi Vatis Chevrolet 97 665 running 0
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13 13 Ronnie Burke 32 Lee Glessner Offenhauser 91 598 running 0
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14 1 Bruce Walkup 48 Bobby Hillin Chevrolet 87 1,657 tire 45
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15 17 Richard Powell 84 Carl Gehlhausen Chevrolet 87 465 running 0
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16 7 Al Unser 3 Vel Miletich King/Ford 65 399 engine 0
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17 16 Bill Puterbaugh 15 D.J. Caruthers Offenhauser 61 333 tire 0
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18 8 Mel Cornett 36 Don Rogala Offenhauser 47 266 accident 0
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19 22 Billy Cassella 29 Louis Seymour Chevrolet 47 266 accident 0
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20 21 Rollie Beale 22 Lowell Kilman Chevrolet 47 266 accident 0
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21 2 Billy Vukovich 74 Ben Leyba Chevrolet 40 266 rod 0
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22 18 George Snider 8 Thomas Klein Chevrolet 13 266 handling 0
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23 23 Steve Lotshaw 62 Harry Lotshaw Chevrolet 0 266 accident 0
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24 25 Lee Osborne 16 Ray Smith Chevrolet 0 266 brakes 0
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25 19 Steve Chassey 87 Tony Bettenhausen Jr. Chevrolet 0 did not start 0
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Danny Frye Jr. 53 John Sack Ford 0 did not qualify 0
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Jackie Howerton 6 Pat Patrick Offenhauser 0 did not qualify 0
 
Spike Gehlhausen 91 Carl Gehlhausen Chevrolet 0 did not qualify 0
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Dave Gable 72 Russ Polak Ford 0 did not qualify 0



Time of race: 01:08:16
Average Speed: 87.875 MPH
Pole Speed: 35.008 seconds
3 cautions for 17 laps
Race Purse: $ 31,100

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And great pictures !