Duke Dinsmore

Duke Dinsmore (born: Carlyle John Dinsmoor ) ( born April 10, 1913 in Williamstown, West Virginia; † 12 October 1985 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) was an American race car driver.

Career

Dinsmore's career began in 1939. Between 1946 and 1960 he was at the start of 47 races for the AAA National Series. His only victory he achieved this in 1950 at the circuit of Sacramento in a Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser.

In the 500 miles of Indianapolis, he stood 1946-1956 six times at the start, where he in 1947 with a tenth place achieved his best result. However, he had to share with Billy DeVore this. In 1953, he was originally not qualified, but took over in the 145th Round of the car completely exhausted because of the enormous heat Rodger Ward. However, he remained after 11 laps with a broken engine are.

Since the 500 miles from 1950 to 1960 included with the drivers' world championship, stand for Dinsmore also four starts at the Grand Prix in the income statistics. Points he could not reach there.

Indy 500 Results

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