Duke Dinsmore
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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 1956 | ||||||||
| Constructors | |||||||||
| 1950 Verlin Brown 1951 Brown Motors Co. 1953 MA Walker 1956 Shannon Brothers | |||||||||
| statistics | |||||||||
| World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | - | ||||||||
| Podiums : | - | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | - | ||||||||
Carlyle John "Duke" Dinsmore (born April 10, 1913 in Williamstown , West Virginia , † October 12, 1985 in Fort Lauderdale , Florida ) was an American racing driver .
Career
Dinsmore's career began in 1939. From 1946 to 1960 he was at the start of 47 races for the AAA National Series . He achieved his only victory in 1950 on the Sacramento race track in a Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser .
At the 500 miles of Indianapolis he was at the start six times between 1946 and 1956, with his best result in 1947 with a tenth place. However, he had to share this with Billy DeVore . In 1953 he was not originally qualified, but on lap 145 he took over the car from Rodger Ward, who was completely exhausted due to the extreme heat. However, after just 11 laps it was broken with a defective engine.
Since the 500 miles were part of the drivers' world championship from 1950 to 1960 , Dinsmore also has four starts in Grand Prix races in the success statistics. He couldn't score points there.
statistics
Indy 500 results
| year | Start number | begin | Agony (km / h) | Result | Round | guide | failure |
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| 1946 | 45 | 8th | 198,366 | 17th | 82 | 0 | drive |
| 1947 | 10 | 27 | 192.847 | 10 2 | 127 | 0 | Handover to DeVore ; Rd. 79-118 |
| 1949 | 29 | 15th | 205.575 | 15th | 174 | 0 | stabilizer |
| 1950 | 69 | 7th | 210.902 | 33 | 10 | 0 | Oil loss |
| 1951 | 6th | 32 | 212,366 | 24 | 73 | 0 | engine |
| 1952 | 68 | DNQ | |||||
| 1953 | 52 | DNQ | |||||
| 92 | 16 3 | 10 | 0 | drove Ward's car; Rd. 145-154; engine | |||
| 1954 | 62 | DNQ | |||||
| 67 | DNQ | ||||||
| 1956 | 64 | 33 | 222.922 | 17th | 191 | 0 | |
| 1960 | 95 | 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
- ↑ Race results
- ↑ Mike Lang: Grand Prix! Volume 1: 1950-1965. Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford Sommerset 1981, ISBN 0-85429-276-4 , pp. 55 f. (English).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Dinsmore, Duke |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dinsmore, Carlyle John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Williamstown (West Virginia) , West Virginia |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 1985 |
| Place of death | Fort Lauderdale |