1961 Results

1961 Sept. 16th – 19th
Missoula to Fairview traveling Highway 20 (now 200) the entire way.
Sept. 16th. Missoula to Lincoln to Great Falls
Sept. 17th. Great Falls to Stanford to Lewistown
Sept. 18th. Lewistown to Jordan to Circle
Sept. 19th. Circle to Fairview
Advertised mileage 575 or 552. Actual mileage (based on trip planner) 540 miles.
Average speed based on advertised mileage.

Pos.	Driver	Hometown	State	Car No.	Time	Avg. Speed (575)	Avg. Speed (552)
1	Evan Lingle and Ensel Berg	Circle	MT	16	11:25:51	50.3	48.29
2	Ray Habel	Dutton	MT	8	12:04:36	47.61	45.71
3	Tom Stanton	Jordan	MT	1	12:18:37	46.71	44.84
4	Melvin Lingle	Wolf Point	MT	21	12:23:39	46.39	44.54
5	Leroy Schelly	Great Falls	MT	7	12:26:39	46.21	44.36
6	George Fitzgerald	Jordan	MT	15	12:48:36	44.89	43.09
7	Clifford De Jong	Oskaloosa	IA	9	13:04:59	43.95	42.19
8	John Frick	Dutton	MT	14	13:17:07	43.28	41.55
9	Hi-line Antique Auto Club	Rudyard	MT	11	13:18:25	43.21	41.48
10	Paul Winebarger	29 Palms	CA	10	13:25:20	42.84	41.13
11	Joe Hoover	Los Angeles	CA	3	13:40:20	42.06	40.37
12	Bill Giese	East Fairview	ND	12	14:09:40	40.6	38.98
13	Ed Towe	Circle	MT	22	14:15:27	40.33	38.72
14	Bill Walters	Bozeman	MT	2	14:25:11	39.88	38.28
15	Claude Sims	Cat Creek	MT	4	15:25:02	37.3	35.8
16	Joe Walsh and Tom Watson	White Sulphur Springs	MT	17	15:31:08	37.05	35.57
17	A. B. Lee	Saratoga	IA	19	16:03:03	35.82	34.39
18	Lewis Rector	San Leandro	CA	6	16:16:29	35.33	33.92
19	Russell Gensemer	Bozeman	MT	18	16:53:34	34.04	32.68
20	Jim Gendreau	Great Falls	MT	5	16:56:45	33.93	32.57
	Fred Upshaw	Los Angeles	CA	13	did not finish
	Judge Brownlee and Arndt Zeller	Missoula	MT	20	did not finish
	John Foos	Laurel	MT	23	ran in last two days only
	Norman Kerr	Jordan	MT	24	ran in last day only

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