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1961 expanded results

These times are taken off of the official time sheet. There is
an addition error on the official times of Paul Winebarger, Bill
Giese, Bill Walters and Lewis Rector. Jim Gendreau was given an
official time even though he didn’t finish. None of the addition
errors caused a change of place. The next chart is the times
printed in the paper, which I believe are more accurate than the
official times. They seem to correspond to daily time sheets
still in existence. Average speed of top chart is based on 575
miles. Average speed of lower chart is based on 540 miles, which
is much closer to the actual miles traveled.

PlaceNameCar No.Total TimeDay 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Avg. Speed
1Evan Lingle1611:25:513:28:322:11:564:01:401:43:4350.30
2Ray Habel812:04:363:47:332:20:254:08:411:47:5747.61
3Tom Stanton112:18:373:41:222:21:554:21:561:53:2443.21
4Melvin Lingle2112:23:393:47:472:27:104:15:071:53:3546.39
5Leroy Schelly712:26:393:43:232:24:104:26:301:52:3646.21
6George Fitzgerald1512:48:363:29:323:14:014:18:391:46:2444.89
7Cliff De Jong913:04:594:19:442:23:324:24:201:57:2343.95
8John Frick1413:17:074:02:422:39:464:37:071:57:3243.28
9Hi-Line1113:18:254:39:062:25:504:28:161:45:1343.21
10Paul Winebarger1013:35:204:06:082:28:554:46:132:14:0442.31
11Joe Hoover313:40:304:16:002:46:174:36:002:02:1342.05
12Bill Giese1214:00:404:07:182:47:454:36:302:29:0741.04
13Ed Towe2214:15:273:50:082:12:226:25:501:47:0740.33
14Bill Walters214:26:113:53:242:15:366:25:501:51:2139.83
15Claude Sims415:25:023:59:383:01:456:25:501:57:4937.30
16Joe Walsh1715:31:084:13:222:48:486:15:502:13:0837.05
17A.B. Lee1916:03:034:22:142:42:586:13:072:44:4435.82
18Lewis Rector616:14:294:53:412:36:196:11:052:33:2435.40
19Russ Gensemer1816:53:345:20:002:33:516:25:502:33:5334.04
outJim Gendreau5dnf4:54:522:41:196:25:500:00:00 
outJudge Brownlee20dnf4:17:123:14:010:00:000:00:00 
outFred Upshaw13dnf4:36:573:04:016:25:500:00:00 

Below are the results as printed in the paper. The order begins to change with number 8.

PlaceNameCar No.Total TimeDay 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Avg. Speed
1Evan Lingle1611:25:513:28:322:11:564:01:401:43:4347.24
2Ray Habel812:04:363:47:332:20:254:08:411:47:5744.71
3Tom Stanton112:18:373:41:222:21:554:21:561:53:2440.58
4Melvin Lingle2112:23:393:47:472:27:104:15:071:53:3543.57
5Leroy Schelly712:26:393:43:232:24:104:26:301:52:3643.39
6George Fitzgerald1512:48:353:29:323:14:004:18:391:46:2442.16
7Cliff De Jong913:04:594:19:442:23:324:24:201:57:2341.27
8Ed Towe2213:15:273:50:082:12:225:25:501:47:0740.73
9John Frick1413:17:074:02:422:39:464:37:071:57:3240.65
10Hi-Line1113:18:254:39:062:25:504:28:161:45:1340.58
11Bill Walters213:30:113:53:242:19:365:25:501:51:2139.99
12Paul Winebarger1013:36:204:06:082:28:554:47:132:14:0439.69
13Joe Hoover313:40:304:16:002:46:174:36:002:02:1339.49
14Bill Giese1214:00:404:07:182:47:454:36:302:29:0738.54
15Claude Sims414:25:023:59:383:01:455:25:501:57:4937.46
16Joe Walsh1714:31:074:13:222:48:475:15:502:13:0837.19
17A.B. Lee1915:02:574:22:142:42:525:13:072:44:4435.88
18Lewis Rector615:14:294:53:412:36:195:11:052:33:2435.43
19Russ Gensemer1815:53:345:20:002:33:515:25:502:33:5333.98
outJim Gendreau5dnf4:54:522:41:195:25:500:00:00 
outFred Upshaw13dnf4:36:573:04:015:25:500:00:00 
outJudge Brownlee20dnf4:17:120:00:000:00:000:00:00 

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