Jerry Hoyt
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 United States
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| Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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| First start: | Indianapolis 500 1950 | ||||||||
| Last start: | Indianapolis 500 1955 | ||||||||
| Constructors | |||||||||
| 1950 Ludson D. Morris MD 1953 John Zink 1954 Murrell Belanger 1955 Jim Robbins | |||||||||
| statistics | |||||||||
| World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | - | ||||||||
| Podiums : | - | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | - | ||||||||
Gerald F. "Jerry" Hoyt (born January 29, 1929 in Chicago , Illinois , † July 10, 1955 in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma ) was an American racing driver .
Career
Hoyt drove in 19 races in the AAA National Series in the 1950s . He achieved his best result in 1953 on the Milwaukee Mile as third.
He has also competed in the Indianapolis 500 four times . His greatest success here was pole position in 1955 . In the race, however, as in previous years, he had to give up prematurely after technical defects. In 1954 he drove Russo's car across the finish line in eighth place.
Since the Indianapolis 500 was part of the Formula 1 world championship from 1950 to 1960 , Hoyt also competed in four world championship races. However, he could not achieve points for the drivers' championship.
Hoyt was killed in a sprint car race in Oklahoma City in the summer of 1955.
statistics
Indy 500 results
| year | Start number | begin | Agony (km / h) | Result | Round | guide | failure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 81 | 15th | 208.424 | 21st | 125 | 0 | |
| 1951 | 14th | DNQ | |||||
| 1953 | 55 | 7th | 218,417 | 23 3 | 82 | 0 | Handover to Linden |
| 1954 | 23 | DNQ | |||||
| 99 | 30th | 221.780 | 26th | 130 | 0 | engine | |
| 5 | 32 | 221,539 | 8 2 | 50 | 0 | drove Russo's car; Rd. 151-200 | |
| 1955 | 23 | 1 | 225.352 | 31 | 40 | 0 | 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 |
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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 | Hoyt, Jerry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hoyt, Gerald F. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 10, 1955 |
| Place of death | Oklahoma City |