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1st Marlboro 12 hour

Marlboro Park Speedway, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, USA

Date: 22/10/1961
Track length: 2.734 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 26
Finishers: 18

Pole position: Le Mans start, biggest cars first
Fastest lap:

Distance: 12 hours
Average speed:
Weather: Drizzle and cold
Ruleset: FIA Group 1 and 2?/American Compacts and foreign Sedans up to 3200 cc
Car info:  

 

Amidst some scarcely disguised works cars from Pontiac, the European Volvo’s reigned superior at this inaugural 12-hour event. Initially, “Little Le Mans” winners Riley and Rutan took the lead on the wet track, but an unexpected pit stop to remove the protective tape from the headlights dropped him to second behind fellow Volvo pilots Svensson and Tattersall. A fight developed, with both cars lapping as fast as 1.51,5.
When Riley left the track in his pursuit for the lead, a stone holed his radiator - he had to settle for second.

Touring cars
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine		 Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)		 Engine
Type		 Group Distance,
time		 Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1   31  
Volvo PV 544		 Rune Svensson, USA
Art Tattersall, USA
 1582 L4 Class B 364 laps        
2   1  
Volvo PV 544		 Art Riley, USA
Bill Rutan, USA
 1582 L4 Class B 355        
3   7  
Sunbeam Rapier Series IIIA		 Pete Van der Vate, USA
Gene Hobbs, USA
(Dick Nash)
 1592 L4 Class B 350        
4   59  
Panhard		 Bob Corey, USA
Howard Humphries, USA
 848 B2 Class B 349        
5   71?  
BMW 700		 Harry Fanelli, USA
John Eisenhauer, USA
 697 B2 Class B 340        
6   5  
Simca		 George Alderman, USA
Jack Lyles, USA
Don Greimel, USA
   L4 Class B 334        
7   19  
VW 1200		 Stan Avis, USA
Henry Schwartz Jr, USA
 1192 B4 Class B 331        
8   15  
Simca		 Lindsey McKellips, USA
Walt Phillips, USA
Dave Sisson, USA
   L4 Class B 330        
9   51  
Simca		 Don Peterson, USA
Ben Fowke, USA
Ben Pano
   L4 Class B 330        
10   47  
VW 1200		 Doug Moore, CDN
George Chapman, CDN
 1192 B4 Class B 329        
11   37  
Alfa Romeo		 Art Tweedale, USA
Warren Shamlian
Costley
   L4 Class B         Half shaft
12 1 42  
Buick Special		 Doug Diffenderfer, USA
Don Erlbeck, USA
   V6 Class A         Clutch
13   2  
NSU Prinz		 Fred Fischoff
Jim Miller
Joe Dodge, USA
   L2 Class B          
14   14  
Saab ?96		 Reid Rollo, USA
Chris Custer, USA
Frank Fuller
   L3 Class B          
15   36  
Saab ?96		 Don Bolton
Art Latta
   L3 Class B          
16   21  
Pontiac Tempest		 Pierre Mion, USA
Bob Mouat, USA
     Class A          
17   12  
Pontiac Tempest		 Duncan Black, USA
Bruce Jennings, USA
     Class A          
18   57 or 67  
Saab ?96		 Fred Vetterlein
Pete Szasz
Hans Rhemrev
Charlie Stover
   L3 Class B          
DNF   4  
Plymouth Valiant		 Henry Payne Sr
Henry Payne III
Bob Payne
     Class A         Con rod
DNF   3  
Chevrolet Corvair		 Frank Bautista
Chuck Tolbert
 2375 B6 Class A         Brakes, accident
DNF   11  
Fiat 1100		 Harry Kicherer, USA
Gunter Genatowski
 1089 L4 Class B         Crankshaft
DNF   9  
Volvo PV 544		 Charlie Kolb, USA
Bob Johnson, USA
Lew Hatcher
 1582 L4 Class B         Brakes
DNF   8  
Chevrolet Corvair		 Al Forsythe
Ed Gelder
 2375 B6 Class A         Brakes, accident
DNF      
Fiat Abarth Zagato		 Wally Hornbeck
   L4 Class B          
DNF   6  
Volvo PV 544		 Don Horne
Bill Shelby
 1582 L4 Class B         Accident
DNS?      
Pontiac Tempest		 Nate Karras, USA
Ralph Salyer, USA
     Class A         Differential
DNS?      
Renault		 Joe O'Neil, CDN
   L4 Class B