Fred Agabashian
Nation:
United States 48 United States
Automobile world championship
First start:
Indianapolis 500 1950
Last start:
Indianapolis 500 1957
Constructors
1950 Kurtis Kraft Inc. 1951 Grancor Auto Specialists 1952 Cummins Engine Co. 1953 Grancor Auto Specialists 1954 Miklos Sperling 1955 and 1956 Federal Auto Associates 1957 George Bignotti
statistics
World Cup balance:
WM-18. ( 1953 )
World Cup points :
1.5
Podiums :
-
Leadership laps :
5 over 18.61 km
Levon Frederick "Fred" Agabashian (born August 21, 1913 in Modesto , California , † October 13, 1989 in Alamo , California) was an American racing driver .
Career
Agabashian was particularly successful in sprint and midget car races. Between 1947 and 1958 he competed in 22 races of the AAA / USAC National Series , one of which he was able to win (1949 in Sacramento ).
Between 1950 and 1960, the Indianapolis 500 mile race was part of the Formula 1 World Championship . Since Agabashian took part in the 500 miles 8 times between 1950 and 1957, he has made eight World Championship starts. The best place was a fourth place in 1953 on a Kurtis Kraft 500B- Offenhauser , but he had to share this place with team-mate Paul Russo , who took over his car. There were only half points for shared places in Formula 1 world championship races in the 1950s. In 1952 he started in Indianapolis with a Kurtis Kraft- Cummins from pole position , but failed on the 71st lap with damage to the supercharging.
statistics
Indy 500 results
year
Start number
begin
Qual. (Km / h)
Result
Round
guide
failure
1947
41
23
195.470
9
191
0
1948
26th
32
197.497
23
58
0
Oil pipe
1949
47
DNQ
15th
30th
204.368
27
38
0
engine
1950
28
2
213.686
28
64
0
Oil pipe
12
25 2
41
0
drove Banks' car; Rd. 72–112
1951
59
11
217.274
17th
109
0
coupling
1952
28
1
222.086
27
71
0
engine
1953
59
2
221,329
4th
200
1
1954
77
24
221.651
6th
200
0
1955
14th
4th
228.394
32
39
0
Lathe operator
1956
42
7th
231.821
12
196
0
1957
14th
4th
229.391
22nd
107
0
Oil pipe
1958
56
DNQ
75
DNQ
57
DNQ
Training accident
Legend
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withdrawn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
()
Streak results
underlined
Leader in the overall standings
Web links
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