Bob McDonogh explained
Bob McDonogh |
Birth Name: | Robert Webster McDonogh |
Birth Date: | 5 March 1900 |
Birth Place: | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Death Place: | Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
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Robert Webster McDonogh (March 5, 1900 – December 10, 1945) was an American racing driver.
Life and career
McDonogh made 38 starts in AAA Championship racing from 1924 through 1932. Most of McDonogh's career was during the board track era. Outside of Indianapolis, he only made two starts on tracks that weren't board tracks, both at Syracuse. McDonogh won three races on board tracks during the 1925 AAA Championship season, at (Culver City – a non-Championship event; Altoona and Laurel, Maryland). He finished the 1925 season ranked 4th in points. McDonogh did stunt work for movies and later worked as an airplane mechanic.
Motorsports career results
Indianapolis 500 results
Year[1] | Car | Start | Qual | Rank | Finish | Laps | Led | Retired |
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1924 | 19 | 18 | 91.550 | 19 | 10 | 200 | 0 | Running |
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1925 | 14 | 20 | 101.931 | 18 | 14 | 188 | 0 | Truss rod |
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1927 | 14 | 7 | 113.175 | 8 | 6 | 200 | 0 | Running |
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1929 | 5 | 19 | 111.614 | 18 | 18 | 74 | 0 | Oil tank |
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1932 | 58 | 24 | 113.276 | 10 | 38 | 17 | 0 | Oil line |
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Totals | 679 | 0 | | |
| Starts | 5 |
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Poles | 0 |
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Front Row | 0 |
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Wins | 0 |
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Top 5 | 0 |
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Top 10 | 2 |
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Retired | 3 | |
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Notes and References
- http://www.indy500.com/stats/drivers.php?drivername=Bob%20McDonogh Bob McDonogh Indy 500 Race Stats