Myron Fohr
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 United States
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| First start: | Indianapolis 500 1950 | ||||||||
| Last start: | Indianapolis 500 1950 | ||||||||
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| 1950 Carl Marchese | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | - | ||||||||
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Myron W. Fohr (born June 17, 1912 in Milwaukee ( Wisconsin ), USA ; † January 14, 1994 there ) was an American racing driver .
Career
Fohr competed in a total of 25 Champ Car races between 1947 and 1951 , of which he won four and was on the podium in five others. In 1948 and 1949 he finished second in the national championship.
When the 500 Miles of Indianapolis , he was twice at the start. In 1949 he took fourth place. In 1950 this race was one of the Formula 1 drivers' championships, so Fohr also had a start in a world championship run. On a Marchese - Offenhauser and reached eleventh place, five laps behind the winner Johnnie Parsons .
In 1994 he died of complications from diabetes mellitus at the age of 81 .
statistics
Indy 500 results
| year | Start number | begin | Agony (km / h) | Result | Round | guide | failure |
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| 1948 | 32 | DNQ | |||||
| 1949 | 2 | 13 | 211.948 | 4th | 200 | 0 | |
| 1950 | 2 | 16 | 208.826 | 11 | 133 | 0 | |
| 1951 | 56 | 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| WD | withdrawn | |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 | |
literature
- Rick Popely, L. Spencer Riggs: Indianapolis 500 Chronicle. Publications International Ltd., Lincolnwood IL 1998, ISBN 0-7853-2798-3 .
Web links
- Picture: Myron Fohr at the 100 miles from Milwaukee 1949 ( Memento from January 15, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- Career results
- Results Indy 500
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Fohr, Myron |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fohr, Myron W. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milwaukee |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 1994 |
| Place of death | Milwaukee |