Joel Thorne

Joel Thorne ( born October 16, 1914 in New York City, New York, USA, † October 17, 1955 in North Hollywood, California ) was an American race car driver and engineer.

Thorne took in a constructed his own racing cars in the years 1938 - 1941 a lot of time in the 500 miles of Indianapolis in part, where in 1940 he achieved his best finish in fifth. In addition, he made ​​some unsuccessful attempts to qualify for the race. 1946 George Robson won Thorne in a race car in Indianapolis. After his racing career he devoted himself to the aerospace industry. In 1955, he was killed with such aircraft. He rushed to a risky maneuver in a house. In the accident eight more people died.

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