Fred Agabashian

**Fred Agabashian**
Nation:	United States
Automobile world championship
First start:	Indianapolis 500 1950
Last start:	Indianapolis 500 1957
Constructors
	1950 Kurtis Kraft Inc. 1951 Grancor Auto Specialists 1952 Cummins Engine Co. 1953 Grancor Auto Specialists 1954 Miklos Sperling 1955 and 1956 Federal Auto Associates 1957 George Bignotti
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-18. ( 1953 )
World Cup points :	1.5
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	5 over 18.61 km

Levon Frederick "Fred" Agabashian (born August 21, 1913 in Modesto , California , † October 13, 1989 in Alamo , California) was an American racing driver .

Career

Agabashian was particularly successful in sprint and midget car races. Between 1947 and 1958 he competed in 22 races of the AAA / USAC National Series , one of which he was able to win (1949 in Sacramento ).

Between 1950 and 1960, the Indianapolis 500 mile race was part of the Formula 1 World Championship . Since Agabashian took part in the 500 miles 8 times between 1950 and 1957, he has made eight World Championship starts. The best place was a fourth place in 1953 on a Kurtis Kraft 500B- Offenhauser , but he had to share this place with team-mate Paul Russo , who took over his car. There were only half points for shared places in Formula 1 world championship races in the 1950s. In 1952 he started in Indianapolis with a Kurtis Kraft- Cummins from pole position , but failed on the 71st lap with damage to the supercharging.

statistics

Indy 500 results

year	Start number	begin	Qual. (Km / h)	Result	Round	guide	failure
1947	41	23	195.470	9	191	0
1948	26th	32	197.497	23	58	0	Oil pipe
1949	47	DNQ
1949	15th	30th	204.368	27	38	0	engine
1950	28	2	213.686	28	64	0	Oil pipe
1950	12			25 ²	41	0	drove Banks' car; Rd. 72–112
1951	59	11	217.274	17th	109	0	coupling
1952	28	1	222.086	27	71	0	engine
1953	59	2	221,329	4th	200	1
1954	77	24	221.651	6th	200	0
1955	14th	4th	228.394	32	39	0	Lathe operator
1956	42	7th	231.821	12	196	0
1957	14th	4th	229.391	22nd	107	0	Oil pipe
1958	56	DNQ
	75	DNQ
	57	DNQ					Training accident

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)
violet	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
red	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
White	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
Light Blue	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

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personal data
SURNAME	Agabashian, Fred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Agabashian, Frederick (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH	August 21, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH	Modesto
DATE OF DEATH	October 13, 1989
Place of death	Alamo