Don Branson
Branson covered the 100-mile distance in one hour and five
minutes to claim the $1,400 top prize from an $8,000 purse.
A, J.
Foyt, the Indianapolis 500-mile classic winner, made one of his rare starts in
the little 110 Offys and led for the first 57 laps before he was forced to the
sidelines for a tire change and fuel.
Foyt
little more than got back on the track until he was back in the pits after
dropping to fourth with the first stop. This time a faulty fuel line forced the
speeding Texan out of the race. He was unable to return.
Jud
Larson of Chicago
finished second while Bobby Grim of Indianapolis took third in the
accident-free contest.
Although
there were no major mishaps, the caution flag was on through much of the late going
because of stalled cars and other mechanical trouble on the track.
Branson,
throttling a Tornado Automotive Special, was second to Foyt through the first
half of the race.
Foyt
took the lead on the first lap with Branson, Tommy Copps, Bobby Marshman and
Mel Kenyon falling in behind him at the 10-mile mark.
At
the 50-mile mark, Foyt had built a half-mile lead over Branson with Copps, Bob
Tattersall, Grim, Les Scott, Kenyon and Larson behind him in that order.
Foyt
then dropped out on lap 57 allowing Branson to take over the point and maintain
a comfortable lead over the other contenders.
Larson
did his best driving in the final 30 laps to place second. He was fourth at the
80 lap mark but climbed to third on lap 90.
Branson
averaged 90.942 miles per hour in scoring his first-ever victory on the Du
Quoin track.
Feature
results –
- Don Branson
- Jud Larson
- Bobby Grim
- Mel Kenyon
- George Snider
- Chuck Marshall
- Les Scott
- Bob Harkey
- Tommy Copps
- Bobby Marshman
- Bob Wente
- Tom Sellberg
- Ronnie Duman
- A.J. Foyt
- Bob Tattersall
- Bud Tinglestad
- Don Meacham
- Bob Lithgow
- Russ Sweedler
- Don Lewis
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