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1966 Springfield Indycars in USAC at the Springfield circuit. Full information

1966 Springfield Indycars

1966 Springfield Indycars is 135th USAC race. Passed at the Springfield circuit. Don Branson won the pole position and this race. Mario Andretti and AJ Foyt jr also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 100 laps (161 km).

Previous race: 1966 Langhorne Indycars
Next race: 1966 Milwaukee Indycars
Race Start: 20th August 1966

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1966 Springfield Indycars

22nd victory for the Leader Card Racers team
5th victory for the Don Branson
24th podium for the Don Branson
16th podium for the Mario Andretti
56th podium for the AJ Foyt jr

1966 Springfield Indycars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Don Branson	Watson D, #4	200	1h 2m 59.79s	Leader Card Racers
2	Mario Andretti	Kuzma D, #1	160	100 laps	Dean Van Lines Racing Division
3	AJ Foyt jr	Meskowski D, #2	140	100 laps	Ansted-Thompson Racing
4	Joe Leonard	Meskowski D, #7	120	98 laps	Gordon van Liew
5	Bobby Unser	Blume D, #5	100	98 laps	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises
6	George Snider	Meskowski D, #20	80	97 laps	Seymour Enterprises
7	Bud Tingelstad	Meskowski D, #22	60	97 laps	Federal Engineering
8	Ralph Liguori	Flynn D, #35	50	96 laps	Walter J Flynn
9	Larry Dickson	Meskowski D, #24	40	95 laps	Kenny Brenn
10	Carl Williams	Meskowski D, #77	30	95 laps	Dayton-Walther
11	Jim McElreath	Moore D, #3	20	92 laps	John Zink
12	Dick Atkins	Watson D, #98	10	91 laps Out of fuel	JC Agajanian
13	Bob Harkey	Dunlop D, #81	0	63 laps Mechanical	Pete Salemi
14	Roger McCluskey	Kuzma D, #8	0	41 laps Transmission	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
15	Gary Congdon	Vollstedt D, #53	0	36 laps Mechanical	Vatis Enterprises
16	Bob Tattersall	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #84	0	34 laps Oil line	Carl Gehlhausen
17	Ronnie Duman	Eisert 65, #96	0	20 laps Handling	J Frank Harrison
18	Chuck Hulse	Watson D, #12	0	19 laps Puncture	Leader Card Racers

Qualifying Results for the 1966 Springfield Indycars on the Springfield circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Don Branson	Watson D, #4	33.04s	Leader Card Racers
2	AJ Foyt jr	Meskowski D, #2	33.36s	Ansted-Thompson Racing
3	Chuck Hulse	Watson D, #12	33.52s	Leader Card Racers
4	Mario Andretti	Kuzma D, #1	33.59s	Dean Van Lines Racing Division
5	Roger McCluskey	Kuzma D, #8	33.66s	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
6	Bud Tingelstad	Meskowski D, #22	33.98s	Federal Engineering
7	Bobby Unser	Blume D, #5	34.12s	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises
8	George Snider	Meskowski D, #20	34.16s	Seymour Enterprises
9	Gary Congdon	Vollstedt D, #53	34.37s	Vatis Enterprises
10	Bob Harkey	Dunlop D, #81	34.53s	Pete Salemi
11	Dick Atkins	Watson D, #98	34.77s	JC Agajanian
12	Ralph Liguori	Flynn D, #35	34.86s	Walter J Flynn
13	Jim McElreath	Moore D, #3	34.97s	John Zink
14	Larry Dickson	Meskowski D, #24	35.05s	Kenny Brenn
16	Joe Leonard	Meskowski D, #7	35.45s	Gordon van Liew
17	Carl Williams	Meskowski D, #77	35.8s	Dayton-Walther
18	Bob Tattersall	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #84	35.81s	Carl Gehlhausen
19	Ronnie Duman	Eisert 65, #96	36s	J Frank Harrison