Pat O'Connor (racing driver)

**Pat O'Connor**
Nation:	United States
Automobile world championship
First start:	Indianapolis 500 1954
Last start:	Indianapolis 500 1958
Constructors
	1954 Motor Racers Inc. 1955 Rotary Engineering Corp. 1956 Ansted Rotary Corp 1957-1958 Chapman S Root
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	46 over 185 km

Patrick James "Pat" O'Connor (born October 9, 1928 in North Vernon , Indiana , † May 30, 1958 in Indianapolis , Indiana) was an American racing driver .

Career

Pat O'Connor competed in 36 Champ Car races in the USA between 1952 and 1958 , two of which he won. In 1956 he drove a Blough - Offenhauser to victory in Darlington , and a year later he did the same on the route from Trenton with a Kuzma - Offenhauser. He was at the start five times at the Indianapolis 500 , the highlight being reaching pole position in the 1957 race , which he finished eighth. In the 1958 race there was a collision on the first lap in which 14 of the 33 vehicles were involved. Pat O'Connor was fatally injured. Since the race was part of the Formula 1 World Championship from 1950 to 1960 , its statistics also include five Grand Prix starts.

statistics

Indy 500 results

year	Start number	begin	Agony (km / h)	Result	Round	guide	failure
1953	28	DNQ
	64	DNQ
	74	DNQ
1954	35	12	223.357	21st	181	0	Lathe operator
1955	29	19th	223,985	8th	200	0
1956	7th	3	233,302	18th	187	39	Magneto ignition
1957	12	1	231.628	8th	200	7th
1958	28	DNQ
1958	4th	5	233,044	29		0	deadly accident

Legend
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)
violet	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
red	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
White	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
Light Blue	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
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1957	United States 48 Jack Ensley	Jaguar D-Type	United States 48 Jack Ensley	failure	Breakage of the front axle
1958	United States 48 Alfred Momo	Lister	United States 48 Ed Crawford	failure	Crack in the engine block

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
1957	Jack Ensley	Jaguar D-Type	Argentina BUA	United States SEB	Italy MIM	Germany ONLY	France LEM	Sweden KRI	Venezuela CAR
1957	Jack Ensley	Jaguar D-Type		DNF
1958	Alfred Momo	Lister	Argentina BUA	United States SEB	Italy TAR	Germany ONLY	France LEM	United Kingdom RTT
1958	Alfred Momo	Lister		DNF

Web links

Pat O'Connor in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Champ Car-Starts: [1]
↑ Details of the accident: Archived copy ( Memento from November 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive )

personal data
SURNAME	O'Connor, Pat
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	O'Connor, Patrick (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH	October 9, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH	North Vernon , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH	May 30, 1958
Place of death	Indianapolis , Indiana

[1] Champ Car-Starts: [1]

[2] Details of the accident: Archived copy ( Memento from November 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive )