Milwaukee 200
The Milwaukee Mile
1 Mile Dirt Oval
200 Laps/200 Miles
August 29, 1948
Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
1 | 3 | Myron Fohr | 32 | Marchese | Marchese | Offy | 200 | 2:18:21.21 86.734 | 266 |
1 | -- | Tony Bettenhausen | 32 | Marchese Bros. | Marchese | Offy | 67 | Relieved Fohr 134-200 | 134 |
2 | 12 | Johnnie Parsons | 7 | Kurtis-Kraft | Kurtis | Offy | 200 | Finished | 320 |
3 | 2 | Ted Horn | 1 | Horn Enterprises | Horn | Offy | 200 | Finished | 280 |
4 | 13 | Ted Duncan | 27 | Corley | X | Offy | 200 | Finished | 240 |
5 | 11 | Bill Sheffler | 53 | Sheffler | Bromme | Offy | 200 | Finished | 200 |
6 | 8 | Charles Van Acker | 4 | Redmer | Stevens | Offy | 200 | Finished | 160 |
7 | 4 | Rex Mays | 5 | Bowes Seal Fast | Kurtis | Winfield SC | 182 | Magneto | 120 |
8 | 20 | Ken Fowler | 54 | Anderson | X | Offy | 171 | Flagged | 24 |
9 | 1 | Paul Russo | 49 | Norm Olson | Olson | Offy | 167 | Flagged | 80 |
10 | 6 | Spider Webb | 51 | Bob Estes | Bromme | Offy | 159 | Oil leak | 56 |
11 | 5 | Lee Wallard | 12 | Iddings | Meyer | Offy | 140 | Flagged | 40 |
12 | 15 | Walt Brown | 29 | Auto Shippers | X | Offy | 137 | Clutch | 20 |
13 | 9 | Johnny Mantz | 98 | Agajanian | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | X | Out | |
14 | 14 | Hal Robson | 26 | Ross Page | Kurtis | X | X | Out | |
15 | 10 | Mel Hansen | 45 | Speedway Cocktail | Lencki | Lencki | X | Out | |
16 | 7 | Emil Andres | 8 | Pritchard | Kurtis | Offy | X | Out | |
17 | 16 | George Connor | 78 | Schoof | Wetteroth | Offy | X | Out | |
18 | 21 | Johnny Byrne | 46 | Schmidt's | X | Offy | X | Out | |
19 | 19 | George Lynch | 89 | Jewell | X | Offy | X | Out | |
20 | 17 | Tony Bettenhausen | 22 | Thorne Engineering | Adams | Sparks | X | Out | |
21 | 18 | Steve Truchan | 18 | Truchan | X | Offy | X | Out | |
-- | -- | Lee Wallard | 51 | Bob Estes | Bromme | Offy | 11 | Relieved S. Webb 149-159 | 4 |
-- | -- | Eddie Zalucki | 54 | Anderson | X | Offy | 130 | Relieved Fowler 42-171 | 76 |
-- | -- | Tony Bettenhausen | 16 | Belanger | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Eddie Zalucki | 55 | Baity Brothers | X | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Mike Salay | 38 | Terman's Supply | Wetteroth | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Johnny McDowell | X | X | X | X | -- | Did not appear | |
-- | -- | Duke Nalon | X | X | X | X | -- | Did not appear |
Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
Johnny Mantz | 97 | X |
Myron Fohr* | 59 | X |
Mel Hansen | 27 | X |
Johnnie Parsons | 11 | X |
Ted Horn | 6 | X |
*Some of these laps were led by relief driver Tony Bettenhausen |