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American racing driver (1910?1951)
Walter Charles Brown
(December 30, 1910 ? July 29, 1951) was an American
racing driver
.
[1]
[2]
An
Indy car
specialist, his career in the big cars began in 1941, and he recorded one win, in 1948 at
Langhorne Speedway
.
World Drivers' Championship career
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The
AAA
/
USAC
-sanctioned Indianapolis 500 was included in the
FIA
World Drivers' Championship
from 1950 through 1960. Drivers competing at Indianapolis during those years were credited with World Drivers' Championship participation, and were eligible to score WDC points alongside those which they may have scored towards the
AAA
/
USAC
National Championship
.
Brown participated in two World Drivers' Championship races at Indianapolis. His best finish was 19th place,
[1]
and he scored no World Drivers' Championship points.
Death
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Brown died in a low speed accident at
Williams Grove Speedway
on 29 July 1951,
[3]
the day widely known as "Black Sunday" because two other drivers also died (in consecutive qualifying runs at
Funk's Speedway
in
Winchester, Indiana
) on the same day.
[4]
Motorsports career results
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Indianapolis 500 results
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Year
|
Car
|
Start
|
Qual
|
Rank
|
Finish
|
Laps
|
Led
|
Retired
|
1947
|
33
|
14
|
118.355
|
25
|
7
|
200
|
0
|
Running
|
1950
|
4
|
20
|
130.454
|
22
|
19
|
127
|
0
|
Flagged
|
1951
|
44
|
13
|
131.907
|
31
|
26
|
55
|
0
|
Magneto
|
Totals
|
382
|
0
|
|
|
Starts
|
3
|
Poles
|
0
|
Front Row
|
0
|
Wins
|
0
|
Top 5
|
0
|
Top 10
|
1
|
Retired
|
1
|
|
AAA Championship Car results
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- 1946 table only includes results of the six races run to "
championship car
" specifications. Points total includes the 71 races run to "
big car
" specifications.
[5]
[6]
FIA World Drivers' Championship results
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(
key
)
References
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External links
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