Duke Nalon
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 United States
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| First start: | Indianapolis 500 1951 | ||||||||
| Last start: | Indianapolis 500 1953 | ||||||||
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| 1951 Jean Marcenac 1952 Lewis W.Welch 1953 Jean Marcenac | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | - | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | - | ||||||||
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| Leadership laps : | - | ||||||||
Dennis "Duke" Nalon (born March 2, 1913 in Chicago , † February 26, 2001 in Indianapolis ) was an American racing driver .
Career
Duke Nalon's career began by accident. Nalon was part of the pit crew of the US racing driver Wally Zale in the 1930s and drove in his emergency vehicles before the races. When team boss Walter Galven was looking for a racing driver, Zale recommended Nalon to him, who took the chance and immediately won his first midget race.
Nalon, whose nickname was The Iron Duke , was part of the Chicago gang around Tony Bettenhausen and drove midget races until the end of his career. In 1938 it secured the championship title of the East Coast AAA Sprint Car series.
Nolan made his debut in the Indianapolis 500 mile race in 1938 . In 1949 and 1951 he started from pole position , his best placing was third in 1948. Since the 500-mile race from 1950 to 1960 was part of the Formula 1 World Championship , Nalon also has three starts in World Championship races in the statistics. He couldn't score any points.
statistics
Indy 500 results
| year | Start number | begin | Agony (km / h) | Result | Round | guide | failure |
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| 1937 | 21st | DNQ | |||||
| 1938 | 43 | 33 | 183.159 | 11 | 178 | ||
| 1940 | 21st | 25th | 195.984 | 22nd | 120 | drive | |
| 1941 | 17th | 30th | 197.851 | 15th | 173 | ||
| 1946 | 54 | 32 | 192.589 | 22nd | 45 | drive | |
| 25th | 12 2 | 45 | drove Snowberger's car; Rd. 90-134; transmission | ||||
| 1947 | 46 | 18th | 207.265 | 16 | 119 | engine | |
| 1948 | 54 | 11 | 211.771 | 3 | 200 | 9 | |
| 1949 | 54 | 1 | 199.428 | 29 | 23 | 23 | accident |
| 1950 | 38 | DNQ | |||||
| 1951 | 18th | 1 | 219.64 | 10 | 151 | engine | |
| 1952 | 36 | 4th | 219.141 | 25th | 84 | compressor | |
| 1953 | 9 | 26th | 217,982 | 11 | 191 | Lathe operator | |
| 1954 | 8th | DNQ |
| Legend | ||
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| colour | abbreviation | meaning |
| gold | - | victory |
| silver | - | 2nd place |
| bronze | - | 3rd place |
| green | - | Placement in the points |
| blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
| violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
| NC | not classified | |
| red | DNQ | did not qualify |
| DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
| black | DSQ | disqualified |
| White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
| WD | withdrawn | |
| Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
| TD | Friday test driver | |
| without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
| INJ | injured or sick | |
| EX | excluded | |
| DNA | did not arrive | |
| C. | Race canceled | |
| no participation in the World Cup | ||
| other | P / bold | Pole position |
| SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
| * | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
literature
- Rick Popely, L. Spencer Riggs: Indianapolis 500 Chronicle. Publications International Ltd., Lincolnwood IL 1998, ISBN 0-7853-2798-3 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Nalon, Duke |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nalon, Dennis (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 2001 |
| Place of death | Indianapolis , Indiana , United States |