Andy Linden (racing driver)
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 United States
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| Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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| First start: | Indianapolis 500 1951 | ||||||||
| Last start: | Indianapolis 500 1957 | ||||||||
| Constructors | |||||||||
| 1951 George H Leitenberger 1952 Hart Fullerton 1953 Rotary Engineering Corp. 1954 Brown Motor Co. 1955 Joseph Massaglia Jr. 1956 HA Chapman 1957 Kalamazoo Sports Inc. | |||||||||
| statistics | |||||||||
| World Cup balance: | WM-14. ( 1951 ) | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | 5 | ||||||||
| Podiums : | - | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | - | ||||||||
Andrew "Andy" Linden ( April 5, 1922 in Brownsville , † February 10, 1987 in Torrance ) was an American racing car driver .
Career
Linden served as a U.S. Marine during World War II . From 1950 to 1957 he drove in 66 races in the AAA / USAC National Series . His best results were four third places in the seasons 1950, 1955 and 1957. In 1955 he achieved his best performance of the season with a fifth place in the overall statement.
In the course of his career he has also competed seven times in the Indianapolis 500 . In 1951 he reached fourth place in a Silnes - Offenhauser and thus his best placement. Since the race was one of the races of the Formula 1 drivers' world championship at that time , he also had seven Grand Prix starts.
In 1957 he had a serious accident and suffered permanent brain damage.
statistics
Indy 500 results
| year | Start number | begin | Agony (km / h) | Result | Round | guide | failure |
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| 1950 | 9 | DNQ | |||||
| 1951 | 57 | 31 | 212.768 | 4th | 200 | 0 | |
| 1952 | 9 | 2 | 220.460 | 33 | 20th | 0 | Oil leak |
| 1953 | 32 | 5 | 218,948 | 33 | 3 | 0 | accident |
| 55 | 23 3 | 12 | 0 | drove Hoyt's car; Rd. 96-107; engine | |||
| 92 | 16 3 | 29 | 0 | drove Ward's car; Rd. 116-144 | |||
| 1954 | 74 | 23 | 221.780 | 25th | 165 | 0 | suspension |
| 45 | 11 4 | 17th | 0 | drove Cross ' car; Rd. 154-170 | |||
| 43 | 24 | 27 | 0 | drove Thomson's car; Rd. 114-140 | |||
| 1955 | 19th | 8th | 223.824 | 6th | 200 | 0 | |
| 1956 | 5 | 9 | 230.196 | 27 | 90 | 0 | Oil leak |
| 1957 | 73 | 12 | 230.502 | 5 | 200 | 0 |
| 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 |
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| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Linden, Andy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Linden, Andrew (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Formula 1 racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brownsville , Pennsylvania , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 1987 |
| Place of death | Torrance , Pennsylvania , United States |