Bobby Grim started twice in his career at the Indianapolis 500 , which was classified as the Formula 1 world championship race from 1950 to 1960 . When he first started in 1959, he retired on a Kurtis Kraft 500G Offenhauser on lap 85 with a piston damaged . In 1960, again in Indianapolis, this time on a Meskowski -Offenhauser, he reached 16th place, six laps behind the winner, Jim Rathmann .
literature
Rick Popely, L. Spencer Riggs: Indianapolis 500 Chronicle. Publications International Ltd., Lincolnwood IL 1998, ISBN 0-7853-2798-3 .