Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb
Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb
12.42 Mile Hill Climb
1 Laps/12.42 Miles
July 4, 1961
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
| 1 | 1 | Bobby Unser | 92 | Unser | X | X | 1 | 0:12:56.7 57.567 | |
| 2 | 3 | Slim Roberts | 85 | French Lincoln | X | X | 1 | 0:13:04.2 57.016 | |
| 3 | 7 | Roy Walker | 50 | Burt Chevy | X | X | 1 | 0:13:12.1 56.447 | |
| 4 | 4 | Charlie Lowderman | 58 | French Lincoln | X | X | 1 | 0:13:30.2 55.186 | |
| 5 | 5 | Paul Kleinschmidt | 4 | Coors | X | X | 1 | 0:13:33.9 54.936 | |
| 6 | 10 | Wes Vandervoort | 22 | Vandervoort | X | X | 1 | 0:13:34.8 54.875 | |
| 7 | 8 | Ted Foltz | 27 | Hayes | X | X | 1 | 0:13:35.0 54.861 | |
| 8 | 9 | Louis Unser | 5 | Conze | X | X | 1 | 0:13:36.7 54.747 | |
| 9 | 13 | Clyde McFarlin | 42 | X | X | X | 1 | 0:13:59.7 53.248 | |
| 10 | 12 | Jack Hahn | 41 | X | X | X | 1 | 0:14:06.7 52.807 | |
| 11 | 11 | Earl Kouba | 3 | X | X | X | 1 | 0:14:16.5 52.203 | |
| 12 | 6 | Malcolm Brazier | 67 | X | X | X | 1 | 0:14:20.2 51.979 | |
| 13 | X | Gordon Herring | 37 | X | X | X | 1 | 0:14:24.0 51.750 | |
| 14 | 14 | Orville Nance | 88 | X | X | X | 1 | 0:14:34.3 51.140 | |
| 15 | X | Bill Lacy | 21 | X | X | X | 1 | 0:15:07.8 49.253 | |
| 16 | 15 | Wayne Sankey | 8 | X | X | X | 1 | 0:15:27.7 48.197 | |
| 17 | 16 | Ken Franks | 10 | X | X | X | 1 | 0:15:33.8 47.882 | |
| 18 | 18 | Bob Daly | 2 | X | X | X | 1 | 0:15:55.8 46.780 | |
| 19 | 2 | Al Unser | 56 | X | X | X | 0 | Did not finish | |
| -- | 17 | Thurel Novotny | 15 | X | X | X | -- | Did not start |
| Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
| Bobby Unser | 1 | 1 |