Frank Armi
Nation: | United States | ||||||||
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First start: | Indianapolis 500 1954 | ||||||||
Last start: | Indianapolis 500 1954 | ||||||||
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1954 TW & WT Martin | |||||||||
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Frank Armi (born October 12, 1918 in Portland , Oregon , † November 28, 1992 in Hanford , California ) was an American racing car driver .
Career
Armi started in eight races for the AAA National Series between 1950 and 1954 , with his best placement being a 12th place in 1951 in San José.
In 1951 and 1953 he tried unsuccessfully to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 miles . At his only start in 1954 , after 141 laps, he handed his car over to George Fonder for 24 laps , and then covered the rest of the distance himself. He reached 19th place in a Silnes - Offenhauser . seven laps behind winner Bill Vukovich . Since the race was part of the Formula 1 driver’s world championship , he also has a start in a Grand Prix in the statistics.
Armi drove car races into the 1960s and then worked as a sound engineer for cinema and television.
statistics
Indy 500 results
year | Start number | begin | Agony (km / h) | Result | Round | guide | failure |
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1951 | 35 | DNQ | |||||
58 | DNQ | ||||||
64 | DNQ | ||||||
1953 | 79 | DNQ | |||||
1954 | 71 | 33 | 221,539 | 19 2 | 169 | 0 | Handover to Fonder |
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WD | withdrawn | |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 | Armi, Frank |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1918 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Portland, Oregon |
DATE OF DEATH | November 28, 1992 |
Place of death | Hanford (California) |