Bob Scott (racing driver)
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 United States
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| Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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| First start: | Indianapolis 500 1952 | ||||||||
| Last start: | Indianapolis 500 1954 | ||||||||
| Constructors | |||||||||
| 1952 Hudson D. Morris 1953 Louis & Bruce Bromme 1954 Brown Motor Co. | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | - | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | - | ||||||||
| Podiums : | - | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | - | ||||||||
Robert "Bob" Scott (born October 4, 1928 in Watsonville , California , † July 5, 1954 in Darlington , South Carolina ) was an American racing car driver .
Career
Scott started the AAA National Series in 15 races between 1951 and 1954 . His best results were there two fifth places, which he achieved in 1953 in succession at the races in Sacramento and Phoenix . Both times he drove a Nichels - Offenhauser .
He qualified for the Indianapolis 500 in 1952 and 1953. Both times he had to give up early. In 1953 , however, after 71 laps, he took over the car from Carl Scarborough , who was suffering from heat stroke and who later died as a result. He drove the vehicle to 12th place. The race day in 1954 was almost as hot as in 1953. Scott had actually not qualified for the race, but he temporarily took over from Linden and Elisian at the wheel. (Driver changes were allowed at the time). Since the race from 1950 to 1960 was a race of the Formula 1 World Championship , Scott was also at the start of three World Championship races . He couldn't score any points.
Bob Scott had a fatal accident in an AAA national race in Darlington in 1954 .
statistics
Indy 500 results
| year | Start number | begin | Agony (km / h) | Result | Round | guide | failure |
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| 1951 | 82 | DNQ | |||||
| 1952 | 93 | 25th | 215.552 | 29 | 49 | 0 | drive |
| 1953 | 29 | 11 | 221.152 | 31 | 14th | 0 | Oil loss |
| 73 | 12 2 | 121 | 0 | drove Scarborough's car; Rd 71-190 | |||
| 1954 | 18th | DNQ | |||||
| 21st | DNQ | ||||||
| 74 | 25 2 | 52 | 0 | drove Linden's car; Rd. 87-138 | |||
| 27 | 18 2 | 45 | 0 | drove Elisian's car; Rd. 149-193 |
| 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 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Race results
- ↑ Mike Lang: Grand Prix! Volume 1: 1950-1965. Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford Sommerset 1981, ISBN 0-85429-276-4 , p. 70 (English).
- ↑ Race results
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Scott, Bob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scott, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Watsonville |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th July 1954 |
| Place of death | Darlington |