Ernie McCoy
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 United States
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| Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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| First start: | Indianapolis 500 1953 | ||||||||
| Last start: | Indianapolis 500 1954 | ||||||||
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| 1953 HA Chapman 1954 Raymond Crawford | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | - | ||||||||
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Ernest "Ernie McCoy" Musser (born February 19, 1921 in Reading , Pennsylvania , † February 4, 2001 in Port Orange , Florida ) was an American racing driver .
Career
Ernie McCoy started the AAA National Series in five runs in 1953 and 1954. In 1953 he achieved fifth place as the best result two. ( Milwaukee and Detroit ).
The 500-mile Indianapolis he was twice at the start. When he first competed in 1953 he reached eighth place on a Stevens - Offenhauser in the same lap as the winner Bill Vukovich . In 1954, this time on a Kurtis Kraft 500B-Offenhauser, he came in 14th, six laps behind Bill Vukovich, who won again. Since the race from 1950 to 1960 was classified as a Formula 1 world championship race , there are two Grand Prix starts in its statistics.
After his racing career, he worked as a truck driver.
statistics
Indy 500 results
| year | Start number | begin | Agony (km / h) | Result | Round | guide | failure |
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| 1953 | 12 | 20th | 218,722 | 8th | 200 | 0 | |
| 1954 | 32 | 20th | 222.729 | 16 | 194 | 0 | |
| 1955 | 69 | 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| WD | withdrawn | |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 .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | McCoy, Ernie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McCoy, Ernest |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reading |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 4, 2001 |
| Place of death | Port Orange |