Al Herman

**Al Herman**
Nation:	United States
Automobile world championship
First start:	Indianapolis 500 1955
Last start:	Indianapolis 500 1960
Constructors
	1955 TW & WT Martin 1956 Pat Clancy 1957, 1959 Harry Dunn 1960 Joe Hunt
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Al Herman (born March 15, 1927 in Topton , Pennsylvania , USA , † June 18, 1960 in West Haven , Connecticut ) was an American racing car driver.

Career

Herman started in 11 races for the AAA National Series between 1953 and 1960 . His best placement was a seventh place, which he achieved in 1955 in Indianapolis in a Silnes - Offenhauser , which also earned him the title " Rookie of the Year ". In the same year, he was seriously injured in an incident when his vehicle went up in flames in Milwaukee and was severely burned. In total, he started five times in Indianapolis. During this time, the Indianapolis 500 was part of the Formula 1 Grand Prix series, which is why there are five Grand Prix starts in its statistics.

Otherwise he mainly drove midget and sprint car races. He died in June 1960 after an accident.

statistics

Indy 500 results

year	Start number	begin	Agony (km / h)	Result	Round	guide	failure
1953	93	DNQ
1954	36	DNQ
1955	71	16	224,982	7th	200	0
1956	12	27	227.879	28	74	0	accident
1957	89	30th	225.288	21st	111	0	accident
1958	68	DNQ
1958	75	DNQ
1959	89	23	228.394	13	200	0
1960	76	30th	228.233	32	34	0	coupling

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)
violet	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
red	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
White	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
Light Blue	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

Al Herman at motorsportarchiv.de

Individual evidence

↑ Al Herman . champcarstats.com. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
↑ Al Herman . OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved August 12, 2012.

personal data
SURNAME	Herman, Al
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American Formula 1 racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH	March 15, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH	Topton , Pennsylvania , USA
DATE OF DEATH	June 18, 1960
Place of death	West Haven , Connecticut , USA

[1] Al Herman . champcarstats.com. Retrieved August 12, 2012.

[2] Al Herman . OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved August 12, 2012.