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{{short description|American racing driver (1919–1951)}}
{{About|the American racing driver|the educational philanthropist|Cecil Howard Green}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name              = Cecil Green
| image             = 
| caption           = 
| nationality       = 
| birth_name        = Judge Cecil Holt
| birth_date        = {{birth date|1919|09|30}}
| birth_place       = [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| death_date        = {{death date and age|1951|07|29|1919|09|30}}
| death_place       = [[Winchester, Indiana|Winchester]], [[Indiana]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| titles            = 
| awards            = 
| module1           = {{Infobox Champ Car driver|child=yes
  | years             = 1950–1951
  | Total_Champ_Races = 14
  | Years_In_Champ    = 2
  | Champ_Car_Team    = 
  | Best_Champ_Pos    = 4th – [[1950 AAA Championship Car season|1950]]
  | First_Champ_Race  = [[1950 AAA Championship Car season|1950]] [[1950 Indianapolis 500|Indianapolis 500]] ([[Indianapolis Motor Speedway|Indianapolis]])
  | Last_Champ_Race   = [[1951 AAA Championship Car season|1951]] [[Darlington Raceway|Darlington 250]] ([[Darlington Raceway|Darlington]])
  | First_Champ_Win   = 
  | Last_Champ_Win    = 
  | Champ_Wins        = 0
  | Champ_Podiums     = 4
  | Champ_Poles       = 0
}}
| module2 = {{Infobox F1 driver
  | child = yes
  | Years         = {{F1|1950}}–{{F1|1951}}
  |Team(s)       = [[Kurtis Kraft]]
  | Races         = 2
  | Championships = 0
  | Wins          = 0
  | Podiums       = 0
  | Points        = 3
  | Poles         = 0
  | Fastest laps  = 0
  | First race    = [[1950 Indianapolis 500]]
  | First win     =
  | Last win      =
  | Last race     = [[1951 Indianapolis 500]]
}}}}

'''Cecil Green'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cecil Green |url=http://www.champcarstats.com/drivers/GreenCecil.htm |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=www.champcarstats.com}}</ref> (né '''Judge Cecil Holt'''; September 30, 1919 – July 29, 1951) was an American [[racecar]] driver from [[Dallas]], [[Texas]].

==Racing career==
Green won 34 [[Midget car racing|midget]] races between 1948 and 1950 in [[Oklahoma]] and [[Missouri]], and several more in [[Texas]]. He won the 1949 [[Oklahoma City]] and [[Southwestern United States|Southwest]] [[American Automobile Association|AAA]] titles.<ref name="nmarhof">{{cite web|title=Cecil Green|publisher=The National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame|accessdate=2 June 2013|url=http://www.worthyofhonor.com/Inductees/Cecil_Green.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927032819/http://www.worthyofhonor.com/Inductees/Cecil_Green.htm|archivedate=27 September 2007}}</ref> He won in seven different [[Offenhauser]] cars. Green placed fourth in his first [[Indianapolis 500]] in [[1950 Indianapolis 500|1950]]. He finished 22nd in the [[1951 Indianapolis 500]].

Green was killed while attempting to qualify for an AAA [[Sprint car racing|sprint car]] race at [[Winchester Speedway|Funk's Speedway]] in [[Winchester, Indiana]] on July 29, 1951, a day which became known as "Black Sunday".<ref name="nmarhof" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Three Indianapolis race drivers killed|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k1ItAAAAIBAJ&pg=3264%2C4144114|newspaper=[[Reading Eagle]]|date=July 30, 1951}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Three ranking drivers killed in race crashes|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XdgjAAAAIBAJ&pg=2924%2C5526548|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|The Milwaukee Journal]]|date=July 30, 1951|agency=[[Associated Press]]}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Green was a World War II veteran, having enlisted in the United States Army in Houston in April 1942. At that time he was a married man residing at an unincorporated section of Harris County – the same county where the Houston metropolitan area lies. In the United States Army Green reached the rank of corporal, becoming a Fifth Grade Technician in the Ordnance Department.

==Career award==
*Green was inducted in the [[National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame]] in 2003.<ref name="nmarhof" />

==Indy 500 results==
{{col-begin|width=auto}}
{{col-break}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Year
!Car
!Start
!Qual
!Rank
!Finish
!Laps
!Led
!Retired
|-
![[1950 Indianapolis 500|1950]]
|54
|12
|132.910
|2
|4
|137
|0
|Running
|-
![[1951 Indianapolis 500|1951]]
|4
|10
|131.892
|32
|22
|80
|5
|Rod
|-
|colspan=6|'''Totals'''
|217
|5
|
|}
{{col-break|gap=1em}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Starts
|2
|-
!Poles
|0
|-
!Front Row
|0
|-
!Wins
|0
|-
!Top 5
|1
|-
!Top 10
|1
|-
!Retired
|1
|}
{{col-end}}

==World Championship career summary==
The Indianapolis 500 was part of the FIA World Championship from 1950 through 1960. Drivers competing at Indy during those years were credited with World Championship points and participation. Cecil Green participated in 2 World Championship races. He started on the pole 0 times, won 0 races, set 0 fastest laps, and finished on the podium 0 times. He accumulated a total of 3 championship points.

==References==
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{{succession box| title = [[List of Formula One driver records#Youngest drivers to score points|Youngest driver to score<br>points in Formula One]] | years = 30 years, 242 days<br/>([[1950 Indianapolis 500]]) | before = [[Alberto Ascari]]{{small|<br/>31 years, 312 days<br/>([[1950 Monaco Grand Prix|1950 Monaco GP]])}} | after = [[Mike Nazaruk]]{{small|<br/>29 years, 239 days<br/>([[1951 Indianapolis 500]])}}}}
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[[Category:1919 births]]
[[Category:1951 deaths]]
[[Category:Racing drivers from Dallas]]
[[Category:Indianapolis 500 drivers]]
[[Category:AAA Championship Car drivers]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]
[[Category:Racing drivers who died while racing]]
[[Category:Sports deaths in Indiana]]


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