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1951 Syracuse 100 in AAA National Motor Car Championship at the Syracuse circuit. Full information

1951 Syracuse 100

1951 Syracuse 100 is 452nd AAA National Motor Car Championship race. Passed at the Syracuse circuit. Tony Bettenhausen won the pole position and this race. Walt Faulkner and Bill Vukovich also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 67 laps (108 km).

Previous race: 1951 Du Quoin 200
Next race: 1951 Detroit 100
Race Start: 8th September 1951

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1951 Syracuse 100

11th victory for the Murrell Belanger team
15th victory for the Tony Bettenhausen
18th podium for the Tony Bettenhausen
6th podium for the Walt Faulkner
1st podium for the Bill Vukovich

Kurtis Kraft ?? 1949 - 1951 Syracuse 100 winner

Kurtis Kraft ?? 1949 #99 - 1951 Syracuse 100 winner

1951 Syracuse 100 results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Team
1	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft ?? 1949, #99	134	Murrell Belanger
2	Walt Faulkner	Kuzma ? 1951, #2	107.2	JC Agajanian
3	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft ? 1951, #4	93.8	John Zink
4	Eddie Johnson	Meyer ? 1951, #33	80.40000000000001	Howard Iddings
5	Harry King	Kurtis Kraft 2000, #34	67	M Peter Wales
6	Henry Banks	Moore ? 1951, #1	53.6	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
7	Jack Mcgrath	Kurtis Kraft 4000, #9	40.2	Jack B Hinkle
8	Bill Schindler	Kurtis Kraft 2000, #10	33.5	H Allen Chapman
9	Chuck Stevenson	Marchese ?? 1938, #8	26.8	Carl Marchese
10	Buzz Barton	Kurtis Kraft Midget, #79	20.1	Ess-A-R-R Engineering
11	Andy Linden	Silnes-Sharman ?? 1951, #57	13.4	George H Leitenberger
12	Manuel Ayulo	Lesovsky ? 1951, #31	6.7	Bob Weinberg
13	Duane Carter	Ewing ? 1951, #14	0	Pat Clancy
14	Tommy Hinnershitz	Kurtis Kraft ? 1951, #83	0	Warke
15	Paul Russo	Russo-Nichels D, #7	0	Paul F Russo
16	Joe James	Watson ?? 1950, #26	0	Bob Estes
17	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft 2000, #37	0	Milt Marion
18	Mike Nazaruk	Bromme ? 1951, #48	0	Deck Manufacturing

Qualifying Results for the 1951 Syracuse 100 on the Syracuse circuit

Position	Name	Car	Team
1	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft ?? 1949, #99	Murrell Belanger
2	Joe James	Watson ?? 1950, #26	Bob Estes
3	Duane Carter	Ewing ? 1951, #14	Pat Clancy
4	Walt Faulkner	Kuzma ? 1951, #2	JC Agajanian
5	Andy Linden	Silnes-Sharman ?? 1951, #57	George H Leitenberger
6	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft ? 1951, #4	John Zink
7	Jack Mcgrath	Kurtis Kraft 4000, #9	Jack B Hinkle
8	Paul Russo	Russo-Nichels D, #7	Paul F Russo
9	Mike Nazaruk	Bromme ? 1951, #48	Deck Manufacturing
10	Buzz Barton	Kurtis Kraft Midget, #79	Ess-A-R-R Engineering
11	Bill Schindler	Kurtis Kraft 2000, #10	H Allen Chapman
12	Tommy Hinnershitz	Kurtis Kraft ? 1951, #83	Warke
13	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft 2000, #37	Milt Marion
14	Chuck Stevenson	Marchese ?? 1938, #8	Carl Marchese
15	Manuel Ayulo	Lesovsky ? 1951, #31	Bob Weinberg
16	Henry Banks	Moore ? 1951, #1	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
17	Eddie Johnson	Meyer ? 1951, #33	Howard Iddings
18	Harry King	Kurtis Kraft 2000, #34	M Peter Wales