Danny Oakes

Daniel "Danny" Oakes (born July 18, 1911 in Santa Barbara , California , † January 13, 2007 in Huntington Beach , California) was an American racing car driver .

Career

Oakes was one of the most successful midget car drivers in California in the 1940s. He began driving midget races in the 1930s and won various championships including three Pacific Coast championships , the 1947 AAA Midget championships and the 1959 Pacific Coast USAC championships .

Between 1952 and 1954 he started in six races for the AAA National Series , in which he could never classify himself better than eleventh place. During the same period, he made three unsuccessful attempts to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 .

He later worked as a racing mechanic in Indianapolis for Jim Hurtubise, among others .

statistics

Indy 500 results

year	Start number	begin	Agony (km / h)	Result	Round	guide	failure
1952	39	DNQ
1953	63	DNQ
1954	47	DNQ
	49	DNQ

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	WD	withdrawn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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Obituary in the Los Angeles Times
2. ↑ Race starts