| series | Champcar complete |
| race | Phoenix |
| year | 1961 |
| team | car | entry | driver | start | finish | chassis | engine | laps led | * | |
| Agajanian | 98 | Willard Battery | Parnelli Jones | | 3 | 1 | Kuzma 60 D [11] | Offy 252 | 30 | |
| Leader Card | 2 | Leader Card | Rodger Ward | | 2 | 2 | Watson 59 D [3] | Offy 252 | 59 | |
| Lindsey Hopkins | 5 | Autolite | Don Branson | | 5 | 3 | Meskowski 61 D [6] | Offy 252 | ||
| Gerhardt | 45 | Bardahl | Jim McElreath | | 18 | 4 | Meskowski 61 D [8] | Offy 252 | ||
| Peter Salemi | 3 | Central Excavating | Cotton Farmer | | 6 | 5 | Kuzma 60 D [10] | Offy 252 | ||
| Dean Racing | 12 | Dean Van Lines | Eddie Sachs | | 7 | 6 | Kuzma 60 D [9] | Offy 252 | ||
| Fred Sclavi | 6 | Bell Lines Trucking | Roger McCluskey | | 4 | 7 | Meskowski 59 D [2] | Offy 252 | ||
| Vollstedt | 66 | Jewett Cameron | Len Sutton | | 13 | 8 | Vollstedt 59 D [5] | Offy 252 | ||
| Mari George | 21 | HOW | Elmer George | | 14 | 9 | Kurtis 4000 D [349-52] | Offy 252 | ||
| Doug Stearly | 41 | Stearly Motor Freight | Allen Crowe | | 11 | 10 | Lesovsky 51 D [4] | Offy 252 | ||
| Wally Meskowski | 44 | Competition Engineering | Bobby Marshman | | 12 | 11 | Meskowski 61 D [7] | Offy 252 | ||
| Bill Forbes Racing | 7 | Bill Forbes Racing | Shorty Templeman | | 8 | 12 | Meskowski 59 D [3] | Offy 252 | ||
| Vatis Enterprises | 37 | Vatis Enterprises | Leroy Neumayer | | 17 | 13 | Kurtis 4000 D [380-54] | Offy 252 | ||
| John Zink | 52 | John Zink | Chuck Hulse | | 15 | 14 | Watson 55 D [2] | Offy 252 | ||
| George Bignotti | 1 | Bowes Seal Fast | AJ Foyt | | 9 | 15 | Meskowski 60 D [5] | Offy 252 | ||
| Joe Hunt | 47 | Joe Hunt Magnetos | Keith Rachwitz | | 16 | 16 | Lesovsky 58 D [7] | Offy 252 | ||
| Bruce Homeyer | 19 | Konstant Hot | Al Keller | | 1 | 17 | Phillips 59 D [2] | Offy 252 | ||
| Lee Glessner | 96 | Windmill Trucking | Red Riegel | | 10 | 18 | Meskowski 58 D [1] | Offy 252 | ||
| Wally Meskowski | 44 | Competition Engineering | Jim Hurtubise | | relief | Meskowski 61 D [7] | Offy 252 | |||
| Al Junker | 71 | Bo Ju | Beau Clerke | | DNS | Kuzma 53 D [4] | Offy 252 | |||
| Art Koopmans | 49 | Art Koopmans | Ralph Liguori | | DNS | Lesovsky 50 D [3] | Offy 252 | |||
| Barnett Bros. | 56 | Sterling Plumbing | Jim Hurtubise | | DNS | Kuzma 55 D [5] | Offy 252 | |||
| Blum Engineering | 68 | Blum Engineering | Bob Mathouser | | DNS | Blum 56 D [1] | Offy 252 | |||
| Bruce Bromme | 65 | Tony's Mug | Don Horvath | | DNS | Bromme 48 D [1] | Offy 252 | |||
| Bursac-Pusillo | 72 | Wyandotte Tool | Ronnie Duman | | DNS | Meskowski 59 D [4] | Offy 252 | |||
| Clem Tebow | 38 | C&T Automotive | Bruce Jacobi | | DNS | Kurtis 2000 D | Mercury Ardun V8 | 15 | ||
| Don Collins | 78 | Collins | Ernie Koch | | DNS | Vollstedt 51 D [3] | Chrysler V8 | 13 | ||
| Edward Connor | 90 | Connor's Speed Shop | Ray Wearne | | DNS | Kurtis 3000 D [334-50] | Chrysler V8 | |||
| Ernest Ruiz | 73 | Travelon Trailer | Jimmy Davies | | DNS | Shilala 55 D [1] | Offy 252 | |||
| Gerhardt | 15 | Bardahl | Al Pombo | | DNS | Gerhardt 60 FE [1] | Offy 252 | |||
| Harlan Fike | 51 | Fike Plumbing | Don Davis | | DNS | Kuzma 53 D [3] | Offy 252 | |||
| Hart Fullerton | 29 | Hart Fullerton | Jim McWithey | | DNS | Kurtis 4000 D [338-51] | Offy 252 | |||
| Lysle Greenman | 55 | Greenman-Casale | Dempsey Wilson | | DNS | Kuzma 51 D [1] | Offy 252 | |||
| Ray Crawford | 94 | McCullouch | Ray Crawford | | DNS | Elder 61 FE [2] | Offy 252 |
