Joel Thorne
Joel Thorne (born October 16, 1914 in New York City , New York , USA , † October 17, 1955 in North Hollywood , California , USA ) was an American racing driver and engineer.
Career
Thorne took part in a racing car he had designed himself four times between 1938 and 1941 in the Indianapolis 500 , with his best placing in 1940 as fifth. In addition, he made several unsuccessful attempts to qualify for the race. In 1946, George Robson won Indianapolis in a Thorne racing car. After his racing career, he devoted himself to aircraft construction. In 1955 he had a fatal accident with such an airplane. After a risky maneuver, he fell into a residential building. Eight other people died in the accident.
statistics
Indy 500 results
year | Start number | begin | Qual. (Km / h) | Result | Round | guide | failure |
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1937 | 22nd | DNQ | |||||
1938 | 22nd | 13 | 194,971 | 9 | 185 | 0 | |
1939 | 8th | 20th | 197.014 | 7th | 200 | 0 | |
1940 | 8th | 10 | 196,596 | 5 | 197 | 0 | |
1941 | 5 | 23 | 191.736 | 31 | 5 | 0 | accident |
1946 | 44 | DNQ | |||||
1948 | 57 | DNQ | |||||
1949 | 81 | DNQ | |||||
1950 | 33 | DNQ | |||||
1951 | 88 | DNQ |
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WD | withdrawn | |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 |
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Thorne, Joel |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1914 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York |
DATE OF DEATH | 17th October 1955 |
Place of death | North Hollywood (California) |