Travis Webb

Spider Webb

Nation:	United States
Automobile world championship
First start:	Indianapolis 500 1950
Last start:	Indianapolis 500 1954
Constructors
1950  RA Cott 1952  Vincent Granatelli 1953  RL. Racing Team 1954 Bruce Bromme
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR 4th - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Travis "Spider" Webb (born October 8, 1910 in Joplin , Missouri , † January 27, 1990 in McMinnville , Oregon ) was an American racing driver .

Career

Between 1939 and 1955 he drove regularly in the AAA National Series . He achieved his best placement with a second place in Winchester in 1946 and in Detroit in 1949 .

At the 500 miles of Indianapolis he was between 1948 and 1954 with the exception of 1951 in all races, although he could never place in the front field. Since the race was part of the Formula 1 world championship from 1950 to 1960 , it also took part in four world championship races.

statistics

Indy 500 results

year	Start number	begin	Agony (km / h)	Result	Round	guide	failure
1948	51	30th	202.019	27	51	0	Oil pipe
	72	DNQ
1949	37	26th	204.368	DNS			transmission
1950	21st	14th	208.778	20th	126	0
1952	51	DNQ
	48	29	218.787	22nd	162	0	Oil leak
1953	89	DNQ
	62	18th	219.109	19 3	113	0	Handover to Thomson
1954	65	29	222.021	30 2	54	0	Handover to Kladis

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	WD	withdrawn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 .