Bobby Grim

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Bobby Grim
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
Automobile world championship
First start: Indianapolis 500 1959
Last start: Indianapolis 500 1960
Constructors
1959  Chapman S. Root 1960  William P. Forbes
statistics
World Cup balance: -
Starts Victories Poles SR
2 - - -
World Cup points : -
Podiums : -
Leadership laps : -
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Robert "Bobby" Grim (born September 4, 1924 in Coal City , Indiana , † June 14, 1995 in Indianapolis , Indiana) was an American racing driver .

Career

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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Indy 500 1960
personal data
SURNAME Grim, Bobby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grim, Robert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Coal City , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 1995
Place of death Indianapolis , Indiana