Carl Forberg
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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 1951 | ||||||||
| Constructors | |||||||||
| 1951 Louis Rassey | |||||||||
| statistics | |||||||||
| World Cup balance: | - | ||||||||
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Carl Forberg (born March 4, 1911 in Omaha , Nebraska , † January 17, 2000 in Brownsburg , Indiana ) was an American racing car driver .
Career
Forberg competed in different classes of American motorsport. He was most successful as a midget car pilot, but he was also at the start in motorcycle and hill climb.
The start at the Indianapolis 500 in 1951 was his only start in a race for the AAA National Series. He finished seventh, seven laps behind the winner Lee Wallard . Since the race was part of the Formula 1 World Championship at the time, he is also going to start at a Grand Prix.
His daughter later married the racing driver Pancho Carter .
statistics
Indy 500 results
| year | Start number | begin | Agony (km / h) | Result | Round | guide | failure |
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| 1950 | 74 | DNQ | |||||
| 1951 | 68 | 24 | 213,847 | 7th | 193 | 0 | |
| 1952 | 23 | DNQ |
| 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| WD | withdrawn | |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 .
Web links
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Forberg, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Omaha |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 17, 2000 |
| Place of death | Brownsburg |