Pat Flaherty
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| Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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| First start: | Indianapolis 500 1950 | ||||||||
| Last start: | Indianapolis 500 1959 | ||||||||
| Constructors | |||||||||
| 1950, 1954, 1955 Kurtis Kraft 1956, 1959 Watson | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | World Cup fifth ( 1956 ) | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | 8th | ||||||||
| Podiums : | 1 | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | 169 over 629.08 km | ||||||||
George Francis Patrick "Pat" Flaherty (born January 6, 1926 in Glendale , California , † April 9, 2002 in Oxnard , California) was an American racing driver .
Career
Flaherty began his motorsport career with smaller races in his Californian homeland, before he started in 18 races for the AAA / USAC National Series with interruptions between 1949 and 1963, of which he won three. His most successful year was 1956 , in which he won next to the Indianapolis 500 1956 also the race in Milwaukee and took second place in the championship standings.
In 1950 he started for the first time at the Indianapolis 500 and finished in 10th place. Quarrels with the American motorsport association AAA led to his being banned from racing for two years. 1953-1956 he was back at the start in Indianapolis. A serious accident in Springfield put him on hold again for two years; At the end of the 1950s, he returned to the racetrack. His last Indianapolis race was in 1959, when he crashed into the wall in fourth place.
In 1961, Flaherty ended his motorsport career and ran an inn in Chicago . He died in 2002 at the age of 76.
statistics
Grand Prix victories
- 1956 Indianapolis 500 ( Indianapolis )
Indianapolis 500 results
| year | Start number | begin | Agony (km / h) | Result | Round | guide | failure |
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| 1949 | 43 | DNQ | |||||
| 1950 | 59 | 11 | 208.552 | 10 | 135 | 0 | |
| 1953 | 77 | 24 | 218,304 | 22nd | 115 | 0 | accident |
| 1954 | 39 | DNQ | |||||
| 89 | DNQ | ||||||
| 38 | 28 2 | 15th | 0 | drove Rathmann's car; Rd. 96-110; accident | |||
| 1955 | 89 | 12 | 225.513 | 10 | 200 | 0 | |
| 1956 | 8th | 1 | 234.283 | 1 | 200 | 127 | |
| 1959 | 64 | 18th | 229.134 | 19th | 162 | 11 | accident |
| 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 | Flaherty, Pat |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Flaherty, George Francis Patrick (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glendale , California , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 2002 |
| Place of death | Oxnard , California, United States |