Walt Brown
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 United States
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| Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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| First start: | Indianapolis 500 1950 | ||||||||
| Last start: | Indianapolis 500 1951 | ||||||||
| Constructors | |||||||||
| 1950 Charles Pritchard 1951 Federal Engineering Association | |||||||||
| statistics | |||||||||
| World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | - | ||||||||
| Podiums : | - | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | - | ||||||||
Walter "Walt" Brown (born December 30, 1911 in Springfield , Arkansas USA , † July 29, 1951 in Williams Grove , Pennsylvania , USA) was an American racing driver .
Career
Brown competed in over 40 Champ Car races between 1936 and 1951 , with his only victory in Langhorne in 1948 .
He competed three times in the Indianapolis 500 miles . He achieved his best result in 1947 as seventh. In 1949 he was not able to qualify originally, but took over from Emil Andres after 19 laps and brought the Kurtis Kraft 2000- Offenhauser to the finish line in ninth place. So he had covered over 90% of the distance. In 1950 he reached 19th place on the same make, ten laps behind the winner, Johnnie Parsons . The following year he competed again with a Kurtis Kraft 2000-Offenhauser. Starting the race from 13th on the grid, he retired on the 55th lap with damage to the magneto. Since the race from 1950 to 1960 was classified as a Formula 1 world championship race , there are also two Grand Prix starts for him.
Brown had a fatal accident in training for a championship run at Williams Grove Speedway in 1951 .
statistics
Indy 500 results
| year | Start number | begin | Agony (km / h) | Result | Round | guide | failure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 33 | 14th | 190.449 | 7th | 200 | 0 | |
| 1948 | 69 | DNQ | |||||
| 1949 | 18th | DNQ | |||||
| 9 | 0 | 9 | 179 | 0 | drove Andres' car ; Rd. 19-197 | ||
| 1950 | 4th | 20th | 209,920 | 19th | 127 | 0 | |
| 1951 | 44 | 13 | 212.253 | 26th | 55 | 0 | Magneto ignition |
| 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 |
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| () | 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
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Brown, Walt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brown, Walter (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Springfield |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 1951 |
| Place of death | Williams Grove |