Jack McGrath

Jack McGrath

Nation:	United States
Automobile world championship
First start:	Indianapolis 500 1950
Last start:	Indianapolis 500 1955
Constructors
1950-1955  Jack B. Hinkle
statistics
World Cup balance:	World Cup twelfth ( 1954 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 6th - 1 1
World Cup points :	9
Podiums :	2
Leadership laps :	70 over 281.6 km

John James "Jack" McGrath (born October 8, 1919 in Los Angeles , California , United States , † November 6, 1955 in Phoenix . Arizona , United States) was an American racing driver .

Career

Jack McGrath won the first California Roadster Association Championship, a track roadster championship, in 1946. McGrath competed eight times at the Indianapolis 500 . He achieved two podium finishes, in 1951 and 1954 when he was third each. In 1954, he also started the race from pole position .

Since the Indianapolis 500 was part of the Formula 1 World Championship from 1950 to 1960 , McGrath has six races in the Formula 1 statistics. He scored a total of nine world championship points.

McGrath had a fatal accident in the last race of the 1955 season in Phoenix.

statistics

Indy 500 results

year	Start number	begin	Agony (km / h)	Result	Round	guide	failure
1948	52	13	200.474	21st	70		engine
1949	33	3	207.394	26th	39		Oil pump
1950	49	6th	212.189	14th	131
1951	9	3	216.116	3 2	100	11	Handover to Ayulo
1952	4th	3	219,913	11	200	6th
1953	5	3	219.817	5	200
1954	2	1	227,380	3	200	47
1955	3	3	229,440	26th	54	6th	Oil loss

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	WD	withdrawn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
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
1953	Ronald Ferguson	Lincoln Capri	SEB	MIM	LEM	SPA	ONLY	RTT	CAP
									9
1954	Lincoln	Lincoln Capri	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	CAP
								DNF

literature

• Rick Popely: Indianapolis 500 Chronicle. Publications International Ltd., Lincolnwood IL 1998, ISBN 0-7853-2798-3 .