*Because of detours, the actual mileage is unknown. By using the known time and mileage for the last leg from Havre to Great Falls, I have extrapolated average speeds for the entire run.
Pos. |
Name |
Hometown |
State |
Car No. |
Time |
Avg. Speed |
| 1. | John Pope | Lodge Grass | MT | 32 | 8:53:32 | 47.79 MPH |
| 2. | Ray Habel | Dutton | MT | 2 | 8:57:56 | 47.40 MPH |
| 3. | Lawrence Pope | Lodge Grass | MT | 18 | 9:07:13 | 46.60 MPH |
| 4. | Raymond Warhank | Rudyard | MT | 26 | 9:10:45 | 46.30 MPH |
| 5. | Doug Langel | Rudyard | MT | 12 | 9:19:05 | 45.61 MPH |
| 6. | Fred Upshaw | Los Angeles | CA | 21 | 9:25:18 | 45.11 MPH |
| 7. | Lester "Bud" Peters | Ledger | MT | 1 | 9:38:17 | 44.10 MPH |
| 8. | Russ Gensemer | Bozeman | MT | 30 | 9:43:11 | 43.73 MPH |
| 9. | Eddy Hencz | Livingston | MT | 15 | 9:45:33 | 43.55 MPH |
| 10. | C. B. Halseth and Glenn Johnson | Dutton | MT | 25 | 9:53:01 | 43.00 MPH |
| 11. | M. W. Ratzburg | Ledger | MT | 35 | 9:54:33 | 42.89 MPH |
| 12. | Ralph Macy | Rapid City | SD | 10 | 10:22:09 | 40.99 MPH |
| 13. | Frank Hansard | Big Sandy | MT | 14 | 10:22:15 | 40.98 MPH |
| 14. | John Foos | Laurel | MT | 34 | 10:33:08 | 40.28 MPH |
| 15. | Bob Braun | Bozeman | MT | 9 | 10:33:17 | 40.27 MPH |
| 16. | Bob Oversen | Laurel | MT | 8 | 10:40:58 | 39.78 MPH |
| 17. | Joe Walsh | White Sulphur Springs | MT | 16 | 10:47:31 | 39.38 MPH |
| 18. | Frank Iverson | Ledger | MT | 27 | 10:48:15 | 39.34 MPH |
| 19. | Dick Schuler | Dutton | MT | 4 | 10:53:25 | 39.03 MPH |
| 20. | George "Satch" Freswick | Bozeman | MT | 22 | 11:00:17 | 38.62 MPH |
| 21. | Vern Halvorson | Laurel | MT | 11 | 11:03:43 | 38.42 MPH |
| 22. | Rich Armstrong | Cut Bank | MT | 29 | 11:22:35 | 37.36 MPH |
| 23. | Jeff Danielson | Chamberlain | SD | 33 | 11:37:43 | 36.55MPH |
| 24. | Cliff De Jong | Oskaloosa | IA | 20 | 11:38:55 | 36.49 MPH |
| 25. | Ken Cook | Bozeman | MT | 5 | 11:42:16 | 36.31 MPH |
| 26. | Jack Pachek | Great Falls | MT | 13 | 11:56:19 | 35.60 MPH |
| 27. | Joe Herbst | Baker | MT | 19 | 12:05:17 | 35.16 MPH |
| 28. | Don McCarl | Bozeman | MT | 24 | 14:40:37 | 28.96 MPH |
| Leroy Schelly | Great Falls | MT | 17 | -out- | ||
| Al Rieker | Boulder | MT | 31 | -out- | ||
| Laurin Cowling | Roselle | IL | 3 | -out- | ||
| Bill Walters | Bozeman | MT | 28 | -out- | ||
| Lewis Rector | Circle | MT | 6 | -out- | ||
| John Frick | Dutton | MT | 23 | -out- | ||
| Ed Towe | Circle | MT | 36 | -out- |
There apparently was no car number 7 this year
* Listed mileage from Havre to Great Falls is 114 miles. This figure is from town center to town center, so I subtracted 3.5 miles as an approximation of the flag out points. John Pope's time for the final leg was 2:08:12, for an average speed of 51.7 mph on this leg. From this figure I calculated all the other times. The actual average speed could conceivably be plus or minus several miles per hour.