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1960
Indianapolis 500®
Driver: #56 Jim
Hurtubise
Sponsor: Travelon Trailer Special
Carousel Item# 4405
Jim Hurtubise arrived at
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway(R) in 1960 as a rookie. Hurtubise
hooked up with car owner Ernie Ruiz to drive the A.J. Watson-built
Travelon Trailer Special, with Danny Oakes as chief mechanic.
Hurtubise made his qualifying attempt at noon on the last day of
qualifying, as dark clouds gathered.
His first lap was the fastest ever clocked at Indy -148.002mph!
Hurtubise followed that with 149.229, 149.601, and 149.402 for a
four lap average of 149.056mph, which was 2.464mph faster than the
record that pole-sitter Eddie Sachs had set on the first day of
qualifying. Because of the Speedway's qualifying procedure,
Hurtubise started the race in 23rd position, behind the
drivers who had qualified on previous qualifying days.
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In the 1960
Indianapolis 500(R) race, Hurtubise quickly worked his way through
the field to 8th place by Lap 10 and 5th
place by Lap 32. A slow first pit stop dropped him in the running
order, but by Lap 132 Hurtubise had driven back into 5th
place before making his final, and slowest, pit stop of the race.
Hurtubise was running in 7th place when a broken
connecting rod put him out of the race on Lap 185. After the race
Oakes discovered that a cracked oil tank had leaked all of
Hurtubise's oil, causing the rod failure. Hurtubise finished in
18th place, but his qualifying speed and overall race
performance earned him the honor of being named Rookie of the
Year. Jim Rathmann, driving another Watson Roadster, won the race.
1960
Indianapolis 500® 23 Started
- 18 Finished
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