Chet Miller

Chet Miller

Nation:	United States
Automobile world championship
First start:	Indianapolis 500 1951
Last start:	Indianapolis 500 1952
Constructors
1951–1952  Kurtis Kraft
statistics
World Cup balance:	-
Starts Victories Poles SR 2 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Clarence "Chet" Miller (born July 19, 1902 in Detroit , † May 15, 1953 in Indianapolis ) was an American racing driver .

Career

Chet Miller started 16 times in his career in the Indianapolis 500 . In addition, he failed to qualify in 1928 , 1950 and 1951 . He achieved his best result in 1938 when he took third place in a Summers FD - Offenhauser . At most other starts he had to give up prematurely or gave his car to another driver, which was allowed at the time.

In 1952 he drove the fastest lap in training with an average speed of almost 224 km / h, but due to the completely different allocation mode for the starting positions, he had to start the race from the ninth row. Although he covered a total of almost 2,000 laps at his starts, he was never in the lead.

Since the race in Indianapolis was part of the drivers' world championship from 1950 to 1960 , he also has two Grand Prix starts in the statistics.

He died in 1953 while training for the Indianapolis 500.

statistics

Indy 500 results

year	Start number	begin	Agony (km / h)	Result	Round	guide	failure
1928	35	DNQ
1930	41	15th	156.672	13	160	0
1931	27	15th	170.575	10	200	0
1932	9	29	178.621	21st	125	0	engine
1933	28	32	180.230	20th	168	0	drive
1934	46	32	175,805	33	11	0	accident
1935	34	17th	182.725	10	200	0
1936	18th	3	189.355	5	200	0
1937	7th	13	191.833	30th	36	0	ignition
	16			6 2	11	0	drove the car from Cummings Rd. 131-141
1938	3	5	196.145	3	200	0
1939	3	5	203.258	20th	109	0	accident
1940	34	27	195,341	17 2	147	0	Handover to banks
1941	41	9	195,582	6th	200	0
1946	5	17th	200.571	18 2	57	0	Handover to Tomei
1948	31	19th	204.755	20 3	29	0	Handover to Fowler
1949	65	DNQ
1950	43	DNQ
1951	32	28	218,513	25th	56	0	ignition
1952	21st	27	223.727	30th	41	0	compressor
1953	15th	DNS					deadly accident

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	WD	withdrawn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
	()	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 .