Carl Scarborough

Carl Scarborough ( born July 3, 1914 in Benton, Illinois, † May 30, 1953 in Indianapolis, Indiana) was an American race car driver.

Career

Carl Scarborough began in 1939 to contest Midget and Sprintcar racing. 1941 and 1946 he won the championship of the Midget Cars of the Central States Racing Association. 1946 parallel to the the Sprint Cars. Carl Scarborough launched 1950-1953 in three races of the AAA National Series. In 13 further experiments, he could not qualify, either for technical reasons or because he was too slow.

Two of his three starts in the highest American motor sport took place in the 500 miles of Indianapolis. In 1951, he ran the fourth fastest qualifying time, as he had but they went on the second day of qualifying, he was allowed to start the race from 15th on the only. In the race itself, he retired on lap 110 with damage to the front axle of a 2000 Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser from.

In 1953 he was again in Indianapolis at the start. The race went with temperatures up to 45 ° C as the " hottest Indy 500 " in history and ended tragically for Scarborough. In the 69th round he had passed his Kurtis Kraft to Bob Scott, after he had suffered a severe heat stroke, the consequences of which he died shortly after the race at the Medical Center.

Indy 500 Results

Literature and sources

• Rick Popely, L. Spencer Riggs: Indianapolis 500 Chronicle. Publications International Ltd.. , Lincolnwood IL 1998, ISBN 0-7853-2798-3.