Walt Brown (racing driver)

Walter Charles Brown (December 30, 1910 – July 29, 1951) was an American racing driver.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=mem>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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

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,<ref name=":0" /> and he scored no World Drivers' Championship points.

Death

Brown died in a low speed accident at Williams Grove Speedway on 29 July 1951,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Motorsports career results

Indianapolis 500 results

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

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pos	Points
1946	INDY	LAN 7	ATL	ISF	MIL	GOS										30th	186
1947	INDY 7	MIL 7	LAN 3	ATL 9	BAI 13	MIL 14	GOS 7	MIL 15	PIK	SPR 8	ARL					7th	650
1948	ARL DNQ	INDY DNQ	MIL 13	LAN 1	MIL 13	SPR 8	MIL 12	DUQ	ATL	PIK	SPR 8	DUQ				16th	320
1949	ARL	INDY DNS	MIL 10	TRE 3	SPR 7	MIL 2	DUQ 5	PIK	SYR 4	DET 8	SPR 5	LAN 11	SAC 6	DMR 6		4th	1,281
1950	INDY 19	MIL 15	LAN DNS	SPR 16	MIL DNQ	PIK	SYR 13	DET DNQ	SPR 10	SAC	PHX	BAY	DAR 19			42nd	41.5
1951	INDY 26	MIL DNQ	LAN DNS	DAR 10	SPR	MIL	DUQ	DUQ	PIK	SYR	DET	DNC	SJS	PHX	BAY	51st	17

• 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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FIA World Drivers' Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	WDC	Points
1950	Tuffy's Offy	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser L4	GBR	MON	500 Template:Small	SUI	BEL	FRA	ITA		NC	0
1951	Federal Engineering	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser L4	SUI	500 Template:Small	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	ESP	NC	0

External links

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