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1962 Syracuse Indycars

1962 Syracuse Indycars is 78th USAC race. Passed at the Syracuse circuit. Parnelli Jones won the pole position, Rodger Ward won this race. AJ Foyt jr and Troy Ruttman also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 100 laps (161 km).

Previous race: 1962 Milwaukee Indycars
Next race: 1962 Indiana State Fair Indycars
Race Start: 8th September 1962

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1962 Syracuse Indycars

11th victory for the Leader Card Racers team
17th victory for the Rodger Ward
29th podium for the Rodger Ward
24th podium for the AJ Foyt jr
2nd podium for the Troy Ruttman

Watson D - 1962 Syracuse Indycars winner

Watson D #3 - 1962 Syracuse Indycars winner

1962 Syracuse Indycars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Rodger Ward	Watson D, #3	200	1h 2m 46.81s	Leader Card Racers
2	AJ Foyt jr	Kuzma D, #1	160	100 laps	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
3	Troy Ruttman	Kuzma D, #2	140	100 laps	Dean Van Lines Racing Division
4	Jim Hurtubise	Kuzma D, #56	120	100 laps	Barnett Brothers
5	Allen Crowe	Kuzma D, #81	100	100 laps	Pete Salemi
6	Roger McCluskey	Phillips D, #5	80	100 laps	Bruce Homeyer
7	Don Branson	Watson D, #7	60	99 laps	Leader Card Racers
8	Bob Mathouser	Meskowski D, #74	50	98 laps	Lee S Glessner
9	Ronnie Duman	Meskowski D, #91	40	98 laps	Milan Bursac
10	Jim McElreath	Meskowski D, #4	30	97 laps	Bill Forbes Racing
11	Lloyd Ruby	Turner D, #27	20	96 laps Accident	Racing Associates
12	Ernie Koch	Vollstedt D, #66	10	95 laps	Vollstedt Enterprises
13	Bobby Marshman	Meskowski D, #14	0	79 laps Gear lever	Ansted-Thompson Racing
14	Al Miller	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #19	0	78 laps Spun	Federal Engineering
15	Parnelli Jones	Lesovsky D, #98	0	72 laps Piston	JC Agajanian
16	Cotton Farmer	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #36	0	69 laps Tyres	Hart Fullerton
17	Bobby Marvin	Meskowski D, #8	0	68 laps Tyres	Walter Meskowski
18	Elmer George	Meskowski D, #21	0	12 laps Engine	Mari Hulman George

Qualifying Results for the 1962 Syracuse Indycars on the Syracuse circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Parnelli Jones	Lesovsky D, #98	36.026s	JC Agajanian
2	Don Branson	Watson D, #7	36.043s	Leader Card Racers
3	Rodger Ward	Watson D, #3	36.112s	Leader Card Racers
4	AJ Foyt jr	Kuzma D, #1	36.173s	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
5	Jim McElreath	Meskowski D, #4	36.602s	Bill Forbes Racing
6	Jim Hurtubise	Kuzma D, #56	37.027s	Barnett Brothers
7	Bobby Marshman	Meskowski D, #14	37.028s	Ansted-Thompson Racing
8	Bob Mathouser	Meskowski D, #74	37.132s	Lee S Glessner
9	Troy Ruttman	Kuzma D, #2	37.208s	Dean Van Lines Racing Division
10	Lloyd Ruby	Turner D, #27	37.263s	Racing Associates
11	Allen Crowe	Kuzma D, #81	37.393s	Pete Salemi
12	Al Miller	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #19	37.435s	Federal Engineering
13	Roger McCluskey	Phillips D, #5	37.44s	Bruce Homeyer
14	Bobby Marvin	Meskowski D, #8	37.454s	Walter Meskowski
15	Cotton Farmer	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #36	37.781s	Hart Fullerton
16	Ernie Koch	Vollstedt D, #66	37.918s	Vollstedt Enterprises
17	Ronnie Duman	Meskowski D, #91	38.138s	Milan Bursac
18	Elmer George	Meskowski D, #21	38.664s	Mari Hulman George