Carl Scarborough
Template:Short description {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters | check | ignoreblank = y | unknown = Template:Main other | preview = Page using Template:Infobox F1 driver with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | embed | child | subbox | name | Name | image | Image | image_size | upright | image_upright | alt | caption | birth_name | birth_date | birth_place | death_date | death_place | relations | relatives | nationality | Nationality | years | Years | teams | Teams | Team(s) | team | Team | engines | Engines | current_team | current team | Current team | 2025 Team | 2026 Team | car_number | car number | Car number | races | Races | championships | Championships | wins | Wins | podiums | Podiums | points | Points | poles | Poles | fastest_laps | fastest laps | Fastest laps | first_race | first race | First race | first_win | first win | First win | last_win | last win | Last win | last_race | last race | Last race | last_position | last position | Last position | last_season | last season | Last season | bf1_years | bf1 years | BF1 Years | bf1_races | bf1 races | BF1 Races | bf1_championships | bf1 championships | BF1 Championships | bf1_wins | bf1 wins | BF1 Wins | bf1_podiums | bf1 podiums | BF1 Podiums | bf1_points | bf1 points | BF1 Points | bf1_poles | bf1 poles | BF1 Poles | bf1_fastest_laps | bf1 fastest laps | BF1 Fastest laps | signature | signature_size | signature alt | signature_alt | website | module | module1 | module2 | module3 | module4 | module5 | record template1 | record template2 | record template3 | record template4 | record template5 | career template1 | career template2 | career template3 | career template4 | career template5 | updated | Updated }} Carl Scarborough (July 3, 1914 – May 30, 1953) was an American racecar driver. He died from heat exhaustion during the 1953 Indianapolis 500, a race in which several drivers experienced heat-related illness. The race was Scarborough's second entry in the Indianapolis 500. He had also been the national champion in both big car and midget car racing. After he died, race officials announced plans to inspect Indy 500 vehicles for suitable ventilation.
Early life and career
Scarborough was born in Benton, Illinois on July 3, 1914.<ref name=F1>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Before his entries in the Indianapolis 500, he had participated in "outlaw" racing in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.<ref name=Reed/> Early in his racing career, Scarborough sat out for two years after sustaining injuries as the passenger in a car crash.<ref name=F1/> In 1946, Scarborough was the national midget car racing champion.<ref name=Record>Template:Cite news</ref> He also won the national big car title that year, becoming the first driver named the Central States Racing Association national champion in both categories.<ref name=F1/>
While attempting to qualify for the 1951 Indianapolis 500, he ran the second fastest qualifying lap that had ever been recorded at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.<ref name=SDC>Template:Cite news</ref> He finished 18th in that race; within four years, eleven of the 35 men in the 1951 race's starting lineup had died, mostly in race-related incidents.<ref name=Rookie>Template:Cite news</ref>
Death and legacy
Scarborough started the 1953 Indianapolis 500 on the seventh row. He qualified for the race with an average speed of Template:Convert.<ref name=Starting>Template:Cite news</ref> During Scarborough's first pit stop, he felt sick from the heat and fumes at the race. After a fuel spill during the pit stop, a minor fire broke out involving the side of Scarborough's car. Scarborough climbed over the pit wall and collapsed onto a chair.<ref name=Reed>Template:Cite book</ref> Bob Scott replaced Scarborough on the track.<ref name=Autocourse/> Scott's own car had experienced mechanical difficulties early in the race. He finished the race for Scarborough in twelfth place.<ref name=Reed/>
Scarborough was taken to the speedway's hospital, where he died.<ref name=Autocourse>Template:Cite bookTemplate:Dead link</ref> His temperature was recorded as Template:Convert on admission to the hospital. Physicians there unsuccessfully performed open-heart massage before Scarborough was pronounced dead.<ref name=Ward>Template:Cite book</ref> The temperature was Template:Convert in Indianapolis that day; nine drivers were treated for heat-related illness. Driver Pat Flaherty suffered minor injuries when he fainted and crashed into a wall later in the race.<ref name=Allan>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=Grimsley>Template:Cite news</ref> The track temperature reached Template:Convert.<ref name=TRG>Template:Cite news</ref>
Scarborough was the second person to die at that year's event. Chet Miller died in a crash during a practice run before the official start of the race.<ref name=TNS>Template:Cite news</ref>
At the time of his death, Scarborough lived in Clarkston, Michigan with his wife and three children. He had been racing in some capacity for 18 years.<ref name=TNS/> After Scarborough's death, Indy 500 officials instituted a new rule that cars would be inspected to ensure adequate ventilation before the following year's race.<ref name=Fee>Template:Cite news</ref> Scarborough was elected to the Michigan Motor Sports Hall of Fame in 1985.<ref>Carl Scarborough Template:Webarchive. Michigan Motor Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 29, 2013.</ref>
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