Bob Sweikert

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Bob Sweikert
Winner car of the Indy 500 1955
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
Automobile world championship
First start: Indianapolis 500 1952
Last start: Indianapolis 500 1956
Constructors
1952 Lee Elkins 1953 AE Dean 1954 Francis Bardazon 1955 John Zink 1956 Racing Associates
statistics
World Cup balance: Seventh World Cup ( 1955 )
Starts Victories Poles SR
5 1 - 1
World Cup points : 8th
Podiums : 1
Leadership laps : 87 over 350 km
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Robert "Bob" Sweikert (born May 20, 1926 in Los Angeles , California , † June 17, 1956 in Salem , Indiana ) was an American racing driver.

Career

Sweikert began his racing career in 1950, but like most US drivers at the time, he limited himself to racing in America. Between 1950 and 1956 he contested 36 races for the AAA / USAC National Series , of which he won 4.

From 1952 he was seen regularly at the start of the Indianapolis 500 . His most successful year was 1955: He won the 500 mile race in Indianapolis, this race was part of the Formula 1 world championship in the 1950s . His victory, however, was overshadowed by the death of last year's winner Bill Vukovich . In the same year Sweikert also won the AAA ( American Automobile Association ) championship, the predecessor of the CART racing series.

In 1956 Sweikert reached sixth place in the Indy 500 before he was killed two weeks later in a racing accident in Salem, Indiana.

statistics

Grand Prix victories

Indy 500 results

year Start number begin Agony (km / h) Result Round guide failure
1950 64 DNQ
1951 37 DNQ
1952 52 DNQ
71 DNQ
1952 73 32 217.210 26th 77 0 transmission
1953 51 29 220.251 20th 151 0 stabilizer
1954 17th 9 222.391 14th 197 0
1955 6th 14th 225.272 1 200 86
1956 1 10 230.164 6th 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WD withdrawn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
() Streak results
underlined Leader in the overall standings

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate placement Failure reason
1956 United States 48United States Jack Ensley Jaguar D-Type United StatesUnited States Jack Ensley Rank 3

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season team race car 1 2 3 4th 5
1956 Jack Ensley Jaguar D-Type ArgentinaArgentina BUA United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MIM GermanyGermany ONLY SwedenSweden KRI
3

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