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1951 Pikes Peak

1951 Pikes Peak is 450th AAA National Motor Car Championship race. Passed at the Pikes Peak circuit. Louis Unser won the pole position, Al Rogers won this race. Johnny Mauro and Louis Unser also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 1 lap (20 km).

Previous race: 1951 Du Quoin 100
Next race: 1951 Syracuse 100
Race Start: 3rd September 1951

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1951 Pikes Peak

4th victory for the Joe Coniff team
4th victory for the Al Rogers
5th podium for the Al Rogers
2nd podium for the Johnny Mauro
4th podium for the Louis Unser

1951 Pikes Peak results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Al Rogers	Coniff ? 1951, #99	200	15m 39.700s	Joe Coniff
2	Johnny Mauro	Kurtis Kraft 2000, #2	160	15m 47.050s+7.350s	Leo Dobry
3	Louis Unser	Kurtis Kraft 3000, #39	140	16m 6.850s+27.150s	Federal Engineering
4	Pete Woods	Silnes ? 1951, #8	120	16m 11.550s+31.850s	Johnson
5	Herb Byers	McDowell ? 1951, #1	100	16m 13.750s+34.050s	Weiher Alignment
6	Charles Bryant	Chevrolet Special, #31	80	16m 16.450s+36.750s	Grover
7	Bob Finney	Ford Special, #57	60	16m 23.400s+43.700s	Bob Frenzel
8	Shelby Hill	Ford Special, #34	50	16m 29.950s+50.250s	Shelby Hill
9	Mack Hellings	Stevens ? 1951, #98	40	16m 39.330s+59.630s	Johnson
10	Jimmy Good	McDowell ? 1951, #69	30	16m 47.300s+1m 7.600s	Newbill
11	Delmar Desch	Chevrolet Special, #9	20	17m 23.450s+1m 43.750s	Blattler
12	Hugh Thomas	Ford Special, #33	10	17m 40.850s+2m 1.150s	Bandimere
13	Wayne Sankey	? ? 1951, #73	0	17m 52.600s+2m 12.900s	Crager
14	Glenn Harrison	? ? 1951, #26	0	17m 56.150s+2m 16.450s	Crager
15	Walt Moffatt	unknown ? 1951, #79	0	18m 35.700s+2m 56.000s	Floyd H Dreyer
16	Jimmy Jackson	? ? 1951, #3	0	18m 37.200s+2m 57.500s	GMC 270
17	Wayne England, Roger Barlow	Chevrolet Special, #76	0	18m 43.700s+3m 4.000s

Qualifying Results for the 1951 Pikes Peak on the Pikes Peak circuit

Position	Name	Car	Team
1	Louis Unser	Kurtis Kraft 3000, #39	Federal Engineering
2	Al Rogers	Coniff ? 1951, #99	Joe Coniff
3	Johnny Mauro	Kurtis Kraft 2000, #2	Leo Dobry
4	Herb Byers	McDowell ? 1951, #1	Weiher Alignment
5	Pete Woods	Silnes ? 1951, #8	Johnson
6	Shelby Hill	Ford Special, #34	Shelby Hill
7	Charles Bryant	Chevrolet Special, #31	Grover
8	Jimmy Good	McDowell ? 1951, #69	Newbill
11	Delmar Desch	Chevrolet Special, #9	Blattler
13	Bob Finney	Ford Special, #57	Bob Frenzel
13	Wayne Sankey	? ? 1951, #73	Crager
15	Walt Moffatt	unknown ? 1951, #79	Floyd H Dreyer
16	Glenn Harrison	? ? 1951, #26	Crager
16	Jimmy Jackson	? ? 1951, #3	GMC 270
17	Wayne England	Chevrolet Special, #76
18	Roger Barlow	Simca ? 1951, #77
20	Hugh Thomas, Mack Hellings	Ford Special, #33	Bandimere