Paul Russo

**Paul Russo**
Nation:	United States
Automobile world championship
First start:	Indianapolis 500 1950
Last start:	Indianapolis 500 1959
Constructors
	1950 Nichels 1953 Federal Auto Associates 1954 Hoosier Racing Team 1955 HA Chapman 1956, 1957 and 1958 Novi Racing Corp. 1959 Fred Gebhardt
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-14. ( 1955 )
World Cup points :	8.5
Podiums :	1
Leadership laps :	-

Paul Russo (born April 10, 1914 in Kenosha , Wisconsin , USA ; † February 13, 1976 in Clearwater , Florida ; USA) was an American racing car driver .

Career

Like many American racing drivers, Paul Russo began his career with midget cars . He contested his first races in 1934; In 1938 he won the AAA Eastern Midget Championship. He was part of a group of racing drivers known as the "Chicago Gang". Tony Bettenhausen and Duke Nalon also belonged to this community .

In the years between 1940 and 1941, 1946 and 1954, and between 1956 and 1959 and again in 1962, he competed a total of 85 times in the AAA National Series and the USAC Series . He was victorious three times, in 1950 in Springfield, 1951 in Detroit and 1952 in Williams Grove. His best placement at the Indianapolis 500 , where he started 14 times, was second in 1955, which he had to share with Tony Bettenhausen.

Since the 500 miles were part of the Formula 1 World Championship from 1950 to 1960 , he was also involved in eight races. He achieved 8.5 points, one pole position and one fastest lap.

Paul Russo was the brother of Joe Russo and the uncle of Eddie Russo . After his career, he worked as an accessory parts agent in Indianapolis. He died in 1976 while visiting the Daytona 500 .

statistics

Indy 500 results

year	Start number	begin	Agony (km / h)	Result	Round	guide	failure
1940	38	29	194,391	28	48	0	Oil leak
1941	45	18th	201.488	9	200	0
1946	10	2	203.049	33	16	0	accident
1947	15th	21st	197.932	28	24	0	accident
1948	25th	25th	197.272	32	7th	0	Oil leak
1948	55			17 ³	21st	0	drove Chitwood's car; Rd. 54-74
1949	19th	19th	208.359	8th	200	0
1950	7th	19th	210.467	9	135	0
1951	7th	DNQ
1952	10	DNQ
1953	7th	17th	219.189	25th	89	0	ignition
1953	59			4 ²	96	0	drove Agabashian's car to 105-200
1954	5	32	221,539	8th	200	0
1955	21st	DNQ					Training accident
1955	10			2 ²	77	0	drove T. Bettenhausen's car; Rd. 57-133
1956	29	8th	230.985	33	21st	11	accident
1957	54	10	233,028	4th	200	24
1958	15th	14th	230.035	18th	122	0	cooler
1959	45	27	229.118	9	200	0
1959	38	DNQ
1959	34	DNQ
1960	31	DNQ
1960	49	DNQ
1961	24	DNQ
1961	21st	DNQ
1962	62	14th	236,037	28	20th	0	engine
1962	21st			17 ³	74	0	drove George's car; Rd. 53–126
1963	53	DNQ
1964	21st	DNQ
1965	21st	DNQ

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

literature

Rick Popely, L. Spencer Riggs: Indianapolis 500 Chronicle. Publications International Ltd., Lincolnwood IL 1998, ISBN 0-7853-2798-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Paul Russo at Old Racing Cars

personal data
SURNAME	Russo, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH	April 10, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kenosha
DATE OF DEATH	February 13, 1976
Place of death	Clearwater , Florida

[1] Paul Russo at Old Racing Cars