Gene Force
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 United States
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| Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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| First start: | Indianapolis 500 1951 | ||||||||
| Last start: | Indianapolis 500 1960 | ||||||||
| Constructors | |||||||||
| 1951 Brown Motor Co. 1960 Roy McKay | |||||||||
| statistics | |||||||||
| World Cup balance: | - | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | - | ||||||||
| Podiums : | - | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | - | ||||||||
Gene Force (born June 15, 1916 in New Madison , Ohio , † August 21, 1983 in Brooklyn , Michigan ) was an American racing car driver .
Career
Force competed in 32 races for the AAA (from 1956: USAC) National Series between 1951 and 1960 . His best results were three third places, which he achieved in 1959 in Sacramento and 1960 in Langhorne and on the Indiana State Fairground .
In 1951 and 1960 he was also at the start of the Indianapolis 500 , but could not reach the goal on both occasions. In 1951 he was classified as 11th on a Kurtis Kraft 2000- Offenhauser , although he had only covered around ¾ of the discipline and thus received points for the championship ranking. 1960 - nine years and a few unsuccessful qualification attempts later - he retired with Kurtis Kraft 500-Offenhauser due to a brake defect on lap 74. Since the race from 1950 to 1960 was counted as part of the drivers' world championship , its statistics also include two Grand Prix starts. However, he could not score points here.
He died of a heart attack in 1983 while attending a car race.
statistics
Indy 500 results
| year | Start number | begin | Agony (km / h) | Result | Round | guide | failure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 69 | 22nd | 214.185 | 11 | 142 | 0 | oil pressure |
| 1952 | 96 | DNQ | |||||
| 1957 | 64 | DNQ | |||||
| 1959 | 55 | DNQ | |||||
| 78 | DNQ | ||||||
| 1960 | 37 | 20th | 230.872 | 28 | 74 | 0 | Brakes |
| 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 |
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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 | Force, Gene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Madison , Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 1983 |
| Place of death | Brooklyn , Michigan |