Joie Chitwood
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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 1950 | ||||||||
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| 1950 Ervin Wolfe | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | WM-20. ( 1950 ) | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | 1 | ||||||||
| Podiums : | - | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | - | ||||||||
George "Joie" Chitwood (born April 14, 1912 in Denison , Texas , † January 3, 1988 in Tampa Bay Florida ) was an American racing driver . Chitwood was of American Indian descent.
Career
Joie Chitwood competed seven times in the Indianapolis 500 between 1940 and 1950 . He achieved fifth place in 1946, 1949 and 1950. In 1946, however, he only drove around a quarter of the distance himself, after which he was replaced by Sam Hanks . In 1950 Tony Bettenhausen took over the wheel of his car for 51 laps. Only in 1949 did he finish the race alone. Since the race was part of the Formula 1 drivers' world championship in 1950 , he also had a Grand Prix start.
After his motorsport career ended, he founded an automobile stunt company in the 1950s . The "Joie Chitwood Thrill Show" quickly became a national institution in the USA and Chitwood was able to set several records as a stunt driver. On May 3, 1978, he set a new world record when he drove nine kilometers on two wheels in a Chevrolet Chevette .
He was also active as a stunt driver in Hollywood . His most important engagement was his work as a driver and stunt coordinator for the James Bond film Live and Let Die in 1973.
statistics
Indy 500 results
| year | Start number | begin | Agony (km / h) | Result | Round | guide | failure |
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| 1940 | 42 | 26th | 195,920 | 15th | 190 | 0 | |
| 1941 | 25th | 27 | 193.619 | 14th | 177 | 0 | |
| 1946 | 24 | 12 | 192.798 | 5 2 | 51 | 0 | Handover to Hanks |
| 1947 | 8th | 22nd | 198.173 | 22nd | 51 | 0 | transmission |
| 1948 | 55 | 10 | 200.522 | 17 3 | 53 | 0 | Handover to Russo |
| 1949 | 77 | 16 | 204.143 | 5 | 200 | 0 | |
| 1950 | 17th | 9 | 210.403 | 5 2 | 85 | 0 | Handover to T. Bettenhausen |
| 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
- Image: Joie Chitwood (center) with Rex Mays and Emil Anders ( Memento from February 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Chitwood, Joie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chitwood, George |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Denison |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 3, 1988 |
| Place of death | Tampa Bay |