Chuck Weyant
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 United States
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| First start: | Indianapolis 500 1955 | ||||||||
| Last start: | Indianapolis 500 1959 | ||||||||
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| 1955 Federal Auto Associates 1957 Pete Salami 1958 Harold Dunn 1959 Ray McKay | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | - | ||||||||
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Chuck Weyant (born April 3, 1923 in St. Marys , Ohio - † January 24, 2017 ) was an American racing car driver .
Career
Weyant came from a racing family. Like his father and brother, he began his career in midget cars before World War II . He celebrated his first victory in this racing series in 1947. As Weyant remained loyal to this racing series throughout his career, he recorded 64 victories, 13 of them in races for the national championship.
Weyant also drove in the AAA National Series between 1952 and 1959 . Here he was denied a victory. His best placings were eighth in the 1954 Las Vegas and 1959 Milwaukee races.
He also competed four times in the Indianapolis 500 in the 1950s . In 1955 he was twelfth and in 1957 he was fourteenth. In 1958 and 1959 he retired early due to an accident.
Weyant raced until 1971. Then an accident in which he sustained serious head injuries stopped his career.
statistics
Indy 500 results
| year | Start number | begin | Agony (km / h) | Result | Round | guide | failure |
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| 1954 | 52 | DNQ | |||||
| 1955 | 41 | 25th | 222.166 | 12 | 196 | 0 | |
| 1956 | 22nd | DNQ | |||||
| 1957 | 35 | DNQ | |||||
| 82 | 25th | 227.058 | 14th | 196 | 0 | ||
| 1958 | 89 | 29 | 229,472 | 24 | 38 | 0 | accident |
| 1959 | 47 | 29 | 228.426 | 28 | 45 | 0 | accident |
| 1960 | 87 | DNQ | |||||
| 88 | DNQ | ||||||
| 1961 | 88 | 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| WD | withdrawn | |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
- ↑ Robin Miller: Chuck Weyant, oldest Indy 500 starter, dies at 93rd Racer, January 24, 2017, accessed on January 25, 2017 (English).
- ↑ ChampCarStats: Chuck Weyant. February 7, 2015, accessed January 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Allen Brown: Chuck Weyant. Retrieved January 25, 2017 (English).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Weyant, Chuck |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Marys |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 24, 2017 |