Joe Barzda

Joseph J. "Joe" Barzda (born May 22, 1915 in New Brunswick , New Jersey , † October 11, 1993 in Somerset , New Jersey) was an American racing driver .

Career

Barzda started in ten races in the USAC series in 1958 and 1959 and was able to achieve the best result two fourth places in 1958 in Springfield and Trenton . He drove a Nichels - Offenhauser at a time . In the years 1951–1953 he had previously tried in vain to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 . Most of the time he had his own team and a Maserati chassis.

After a racing accident in which Van Johnson was killed, he ended his career to run a business with tuning and racing parts together with his brother Eddie .

statistics

Indy 500 results

year	Start number	begin	Agony (km / h)	Result	Round	guide	failure
1951	49	DNQ					Dreher in training
1952	53	DNQ
1953	69	DNQ

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	WD	withdrawn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 evidence

1. ↑ Race results
2. ↑ Race results
3. ↑ Joe Barzda at Old Racing Cars