Mike Nazaruk
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 United States
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| Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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| First start: | Indianapolis 500 1951 | ||||||||
| Last start: | Indianapolis 500 1954 | ||||||||
| Constructors | |||||||||
| 1951 JM Robbins 1953 Lee Elkins 1954 Lee Elkins | |||||||||
| statistics | |||||||||
| World Cup balance: | World Cup ninth ( 1951 ) | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | 8th | ||||||||
| Podiums : | 1 | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | - | ||||||||
Michael "Mike" Nazaruk (born October 2, 1921 in Newark , New Jersey , † May 1, 1955 in Langhorne , Pennsylvania ) was an American racing driver . His racing colleagues gave him the nickname "Iron Mike".
Career
Mike Nazaruk served in the US Army during World War II and was a marine on missions in Guam and Guadalcanal .
Nazaruk's motorsport career began after the war. He became one of the top midget car racers of the 1940s and won the American Racing Drivers Club championship in 1949.
In 1951 he moved to the AAA National Series and was second on his first appearance in the Indianapolis 500 mile race . In 1954 he was fifth. He contested a total of 36 races in the AAA National Series. He celebrated his only win in this class in 1952 on the Milwaukee Mile . In 1955, Nazaruk had a fatal accident in a sprint car race in Langhorne , possibly because he cleaned his goggles and was briefly inattentive.
Since the 500 miles from Indianapolis belonged to the Formula 1 World Championship from 1950 to 1960 , Nazaruk achieved a total of eight points in the drivers' world championship through his three participations in this race.
statistics
Indy 500 results
| year | Start number | begin | Agony (km / h) | Result | Round | guide | failure |
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| 1951 | 83 | 7th | 212.704 | 2 | 200 | 0 | |
| 1952 | 66 | DNQ | |||||
| 1953 | 83 | 23 | 218,368 | 21st | 146 | 0 | engine |
| 1954 | 73 | 14th | 224.612 | 5 | 200 | 0 |
| 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 .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Nazaruk, Mike |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nazaruk, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newark , New Jersey, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1, 1955 |
| Place of death | Langhorne , Pennsylvania, United States |