Cecil Green
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 United States
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| Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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| First start: | Indianapolis 500 1950 | ||||||||
| Last start: | Indianapolis 500 1951 | ||||||||
| Constructors | |||||||||
| 1950-1951 MA Walker | |||||||||
| statistics | |||||||||
| World Cup balance: | WM-17. ( 1950 ) | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | 3 | ||||||||
| Podiums : | - | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | 5 over 20,115 km | ||||||||
Cecil Green (born September 30, 1919 in Dallas , Texas , † July 29, 1951 in Winchester , Indiana ) was an American racing car driver .
Career
Green won numerous races and titles in midget cars between 1948 and 1950 . After that he mainly competed in races for the AAA National Series. he achieved his best result in Milwaukee in 1951 as second in a Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser .
He started twice in his career at the Indianapolis 500 , when he first started in 1951 on a Kurtis-Kraft-3000-Offenhauser, one lap behind the winner Johnnie Parsons, he finished fourth. 1951 again on a Kurtis-Kraft-3000-Offenhauser, he retired on lap 80 with an engine failure. Since the race between 1950 and 1960 was also classified as a Formula 1 world championship run , two Grand Prix starts are also included in his success statistics.
He died in a training accident at Winchester Speedway .
statistics
Indy 500 results
| year | Start number | begin | Agony (km / h) | Result | Round | guide | failure |
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| 1950 | 54 | 12 | 213,879 | 4th | 137 | 0 | |
| 1951 | 4th | 10 | 212.237 | 22nd | 80 | 5 | engine |
| 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| WD | withdrawn | |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 |
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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 | Green, Cecil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dallas , Texas, USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 1951 |
| Place of death | Winchester , Indiana, USA |