Tony Bettenhausen Memorial
Illinois State Fairgrounds
1 Mile Dirt Oval
100 Laps/100 Miles
August 17, 1963

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status

Points
1 4 Rodger Ward 1 Kaiser Aluminum Watson Offy 100 1:02:47.37 95.557 200
2 1 A. J. Foyt 2 Sheraton-Thompson Meskowski Offy 100 Finished 160
3 5 Don Branson 4 Leader Card Duo Watson Offy 100 Finished 140
4 15 Roger McCluskey 14 Konstant Hot Philipp Offy 100 Finished 120
5 2 Johnny Rutherford 46 Racing Associates Turner Chevy 100 Finished 100
6 9 Jim McElreath 8 Bill Forbes Racing Meskowski Offy 100 Finished 80
7 7 Johnny White 21 Pfrommer Trucking Meskowski Offy 100 Finished 60
8 6 Parnelli Jones 98 Agajanian/Willard Battery Lesovsky Offy 100 Finished 50
9 12 Lloyd Ruby 29 Vita Fresh Orange Juice Meskowski Offy 99 Flagged 40
10 18 Arnie Knepper 31 White Front Kuzma Offy 99 Flagged 30
11 10 Bud Tingelstad 27 Dayton Steel Wheel Silnes Offy 97 Flagged 20
12 8 Len Sutton 37 City of Victoria Vollstedt Offy 93 Flagged 10
13 11 Bob Harkey 51 Fike Plumbing Kuzma Offy 78 Out of fuel
14 17 Ralph Liguori 3 Ollie Prather Kuzma Offy 71 Mechanical
15 3 Bobby Marshman 5 Econo Car Rental Kuzma Offy 58 Broken magneto
16 15 Ronnie Duman 81 Gabriel Shocker Kuzma Offy 51 Mechanical
17 16 Jim Hurtubise 42 Stearly Motor Freight Lesovsky Offy 39 Wrecked turn 3
18 14 Bobby Unser 75 Hotel Tropicana Kurtis 4000 Offy 34 Mechanical
-- -- Cotton Farmer 74 Windmill Trucking Silnes Offy -- Blew engine, practice
-- -- Chuck Hulse 10 Dean Van Lines Blum Offy -- Broken piston, practice
-- -- Jim Hurtubise 56 Sterling Plumbing Kuzma Chevy -- Lost oil pressure, practice
-- -- Bob McLean 95 Mitchell Gallas Kurtis 4000 Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Jerry Weld 73 Ken-ette Kurtis 4000 Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Mickey Shaw 66 McDermott Meskowski Chevy -- Broken fuel pump, practice

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Bobby Marshman 53 6-58
Rodger Ward 38 62-100
Don Branson 5 1-5
A. J. Foyt 4 59-62