Walt Ader

Walter " Walt " vein (born 15 December 1913 in Long Valley, New Jersey; † 25 December 1982 in Califon, New Jersey) was an American race car driver.

Career

Vein began his racing career in 1936. This was soon interrupted by the Second World War. After the war he launched in 1946 for the first time in a run of the AAA National Series - a series of predecessor of today's Champ Car Series, including the Indianapolis 500 belonged to their championship. In the 1947 season artery participated in a total of ten races in the series and won the race in Atlanta. Overall, he reached 380 points this year that finished 13th in the final classification.

Since between 1950 and 1960, the 500 miles of Indianapolis also belonged to the world championship of Formula 1, Walt drove a single vein F1 world championship race. Wire launched on 30 May 1950, a Rae - Offenhauser, reported by the Sampson Manufacturing Co., of 29 start into the race and reached 15 laps behind the winner, Johnnie Parsons, ranked 22nd. The race was stopped on lap 138 due to the persistent rain.

Results Table Formula 1 World Championship races

Indy 500 Results

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