Gene Force
Nation: | United States | ||||||||
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 | |||||||||
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World Cup balance: | - | ||||||||
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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 |
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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 | ||
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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WD | withdrawn | |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 | 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 |