Red Hamilton

William E. "Red" Hamilton (born June 10, 1926 in Decatur , Illinois , † July 20, 2019 in Victorville ) was an American racing driver .

Career

Hamilton mainly drove midget and sprint car races. In addition, two races for the AAA National Series started in 1952 . At the race in Denver he was only able to place himself in 16th place after a fifth place on the grid, at his second race in San José he was stopped by a gearbox failure. For the Indianapolis 500 mile race he could not qualify in the same year.

Hamilton lived in Hesperia , California until his death .

statistics

Indy 500 results

year	Start number	begin	Agony (km / h)	Result	Round	guide	failure
1953	91	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)
	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	WD	withdrawn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
	()	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

1. ↑ Champ Car-Starts: [1]
2. ↑ Red Hamilton at Old Racing Cars