Walt Faulkner

Walt Faulkner

Nation:	United States
Automobile world championship
First start:	Indianapolis 500 1950
Last start:	Indianapolis 500 1955
Constructors
1950  JC Agajanjan 1951 JC Agajanjan 1953 Eugene A. Casaroll 1954 JC Agajanjan 1955 Merz Engineering
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-23. ( 1955 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 5 - 1 -
World Cup points :	1
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Walt Faulkner (born February 16, 1920 in Tell , Texas , † April 22, 1956 on the West Coast Speedway , California ) was an American racing driver .

Career

Walt Faulkner was a regular on the AAA National Series and NASCAR in the 1950s . In 1950 he was the first rookie to take pole position at the Indianapolis 500 .

Since the 500 miles from Indianapolis were part of the Formula 1 World Championship from 1950 to 1960 , Faulkner also took part in five world championship races. In 1955 he finished fifth, shared the cockpit with Bill Homeier (driver changes were allowed at the time) and scored a championship point.

Walt Faulkner had a fatal accident in a USAC stock car race in California in April 1956 .

statistics

Indy 500 results

year	Start number	begin	Agony (km / h)	Result	Round	guide	failure
1950	98	1	216.180	7th	135	0
1951	2	14th	220.251	15th	123	0	engine
1952	3	DNQ
1953	23	14th	220.637	17 2	176	0	Handover to Mantz
1954	44	DNQ
	97	DNQ
	98			12 2	116	0	drove Stevenson's car; Rd. 56-94; 123-199
1955	77	7th	224,902	5 2	176	0	Handover to Homeier ; Rd. 138-161

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	WD	withdrawn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

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
1953	Bob Estes	Lincoln Capri	SEB	MIM	LEM	SPA	ONLY	RTT	CAP
									8th
1954	Lincoln	Lincoln Capri	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	CAP
								10

literature

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

Web links

• Image: Walt Faulkner