Johnny Thomson
Nation: | United States | ||||||||
Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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First start: | Indianapolis 500 1953 | ||||||||
Last start: | Indianapolis 500 1960 | ||||||||
Constructors | |||||||||
1953 Dr. RN Sabourin 1954 NA Chapman 1955 and 1956 Peter Schmidt 1957 Racing Associates 1958 Racing Associates 1959 and 1960 Racing Associates | |||||||||
statistics | |||||||||
World Cup balance: | Twelfth World Cup ( 1959 ) | ||||||||
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World Cup points : | 10 | ||||||||
Podiums : | 1 | ||||||||
Leadership laps : | 55 over 221.265 km |
John "Johnny" Thomson (born April 9, 1922 in Lowell , Massachusetts , † September 24, 1960 in Allentown , Pennsylvania ) was an American racing driver .
Career
Johnny Thomson, nicknamed the “Flying Scotsman”, won the Midget UCOA New England Championship in 1948 with 32 wins this season. He was able to repeat this title win in 1950. In 1952 he won the overall ranking of the AAA Eastern Midget Championship.
Thomson contested 69 AAA National Series races between 1953 and 1960 , seven of which he won. He finished in the top ten 43 times. In 1955, 1958 and 1959 he was third in the championship.
The 500-mile Indianapolis he was seven at the start, once this he took over the car of another driver. His best result was third in 1959 in a Lesovsky - Offenhauser , after he had held pole position, and in 1955 he was fourth in a Kuzma- Offenhauser. Since the 500 miles from Indianapolis were part of the Formula 1 World Championship from 1950 to 1960 , Thomson also took part in eight world championship races. Overall, Thomson scored ten points for the drivers' championship.
With his victory at the Langhorne 100 in 1957, Thomson became the first driver to finish a 100-mile race under an hour. He crowned his career in 1958 with overall victory in the USAC Sprint Car Series.
On September 24, 1960, he had a fatal accident in a sprint car race in Allentown on the first lap.
statistics
Indy 500 results
year | Start number | begin | Agony (km / h) | Result | Round | guide | failure |
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1953 | 56 | 33 | 217.660 | 32 | 6th | 0 | ignition |
62 | 19 3 | 45 | 0 | drove Webb's car; Rd. 113–157 | |||
1954 | 43 | 4th | 223,325 | 24 3 | 113 | 0 | Handover to Linden |
1955 | 44 | 33 | 215.810 | 4th | 200 | 0 | |
1956 | 88 | 18th | 234.203 | 32 | 22nd | 0 | Lathe operator |
1957 | 10 | 11 | 230,952 | 12 | 199 | 5 | |
1958 | 7th | 22nd | 229.955 | 23 | 52 | 0 | steering |
1959 | 3 | 1 | 234.782 | 3 | 200 | 40 | |
1960 | 3 | 17th | 235.651 | 5 | 200 | 10 |
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 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography: Archive link ( Memento of the original dated February 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Champ Car-Starts: [1]
- ↑ Biography: Archive link ( Memento of the original dated February 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Thomson, Johnny |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thomson, John |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1922 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lowell |
DATE OF DEATH | September 24, 1960 |
Place of death | Allentown |