Johnny Mantz

Johnny Mantz

Nation:	United States
Automobile world championship
First start:	Indianapolis 500 1953
Last start:	Indianapolis 500 1953
Constructors
1953  Eugene A. Casaroll
statistics
World Cup balance:	-
Starts Victories Poles SR 1 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

John "Johnny" Mantz (born September 18, 1918 in Hebron , Indiana , † October 25, 1972 in Ojai , California ) was an American racing driver .

Career

Johnny Mantz started once in his career in a race for the Formula 1 World Championship . He started on May 30, 1953 at the Indianapolis 500 - this race was part of the world championship between 1950 and 1960 - and reached 17th place. He had to share this place with his compatriot Walt Faulkner (driver changes were allowed at that time), whose Kurtis Kraft 500A- Offenhauser he took over after 76 laps (200 laps total distance).

Johnny Mantz competed in twelve NASCAR races between 1950 and 1956 . His only win was in his debut season at the first Southern 500 in Darlington .

Between 1948 and 1952 Mantz contested 17 races for the AAA championship (this is the predecessor series of the USAC championship). Here, too, he was able to achieve a victory.

Mantz died in a traffic accident in 1972.

statistics

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
1953	Bob Estes	Lincoln Capri	SEB	MIM	LEM	SPA	ONLY	RTT	CAP
									10
1954	Refrescos Jarrito	ford	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	CAP
								36

literature

• Rick Popely: Indianapolis 500 Chronicle. Publications International Ltd., Lincolnwood IL 1998, ISBN 0-7853-2798-3 .

Web links

Commons : Johnny Mantz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Driver statistics on racing-reference.info