Carl Scarborough
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 United States
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| First start: | Indianapolis 500 1951 | ||||||||
| Last start: | Indianapolis 500 1953 | ||||||||
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| 1951 and 1953 Lee Elkins | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | - | ||||||||
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Carl Scarborough (born July 3, 1914 in Benton , Illinois , † May 30, 1953 in Indianapolis , Indiana ) was an American racing driver .
Career
Carl Scarborough began to compete in midget and sprint car races in 1939. In 1941 and 1946 he won the Central States Racing Association's midget car championship . In 1946, that of the sprint cars, too. Carl Scarborough competed in three races of the AAA National Series between 1950 and 1953. In 13 further attempts he was unable to qualify, either for technical reasons or because he was too slow.
Two of his three starts in the highest American motorsport class took place at the Indianapolis 500 . In 1951 he drove the fourth-best qualifying time, but since he had driven it on the second day of qualification, he was only allowed to start the race from 15th place. In the race itself he retired on lap 110 with damage to the front axle of a Kurtis Kraft 2000- Offenhauser .
In 1953 he was again at the start in Indianapolis. The race went down in history as the “hottest Indy 500” with temperatures of up to 45 ° C and ended tragically for Scarborough. On the 69th lap he had to hand over his kurtis power to Bob Scott after suffering a severe heat stroke which resulted in his death at the Medical Center shortly after the end of the race.
statistics
Indy 500 results
| year | Start number | begin | Agony (km / h) | Result | Round | guide | failure |
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| 1951 | 73 | 15th | 218.224 | 18th | 100 | 0 | Rear axle |
| 1953 | 73 | 19th | 218.739 | 12 2 | 69 | 0 | Handover to Scott , driver died of heat stroke |
| 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
- ^ Scarborough at Old Racing Cars
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from July 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Race results
- ↑ Mike Lang: Grand Prix! Volume 1: 1950-1965. Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford Sommerset 1981, ISBN 0-85429-276-4 (English).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Scarborough, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 3, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Benton |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 1953 |
| Place of death | Indianapolis |