Don Edmunds

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates {{#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 }} Don Edmunds (September 23, 1930 – August 11, 2020)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was an American racecar driver and car builder.

Racing career

He changed the nose on his first Kurtis midget car from Kurtis' design to his own. Indy car builder Eddie Kuzma hired Edmunds to fix the dent in Jimmy Bryan’s car after the driver kicked the car.<ref name=NMARHoF>Edmunds Biography at the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame</ref>

He had his first start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1957. He won the 1957 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year after finishing nineteenth over Bill Cheesbourg, Elmer George, Mike Magill, and Eddie Sachs. Edmunds' Indy career ended with a serious practice accident at the Speedway in 1958.

He founded Autoresearch, Inc. in Anaheim, California, which specialized in building midget cars and sprint cars. Edmunds created the blueprints and did most of the fabrication work on the original Bill Thomas Cheetah prototype sports car racer. His chassis won several National Midget Championships in the late 1960s and early 1970s.<ref name=NMARHoF /> In the 1970s, Edmunds was a prolific constructor of Formula Super Vee cars.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He became a collector and restorer of old race cars.

Edmunds built Evel Knievel's Snake River Canyon Sky cycle.<ref>Sky Cycle</ref>

Career awards

• Edmunds was named to the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1991.
• He was inducted in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1994.<ref name=NMARHoF />

Death

Born in Santa Ana, California, Edmunds died in August 2020, aged 89 in Gold Beach, OR.

Indianapolis 500 results

Year	Car	Start	Qual	Rank	Finish	Laps	Led	Retired
1957	92	27	140.449	23	19	170	0	Spun T4
Totals						170	0

Starts	1
Poles	0
Front Row	0
Wins	0
Top 5	0
Top 10	0
Retired	1

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	WDC	Points
1957	Roy McKay	Kurtis Kraft 500G	Offenhauser L4	ARG	MON	500 Template:Small	FRA	GBR	GER	PES	ITA		NC	0
1959	Bill Forbes Racing	Kuzma Indy Roadster	Offenhauser L4	MON	500 Template:Small	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA	USA	NC	0

References

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External links

• Official website

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