Walt Brown (racing driver) explained

Walt Brown

Birth Name:

Walter Charles Brown

Birth Date:

30 December 1910

Birth Place:

Springfield, New York, U.S.

Death Place:

Carlisle, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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Total Champ Races:

43+

Years In Champ:

Best Champ Pos:

4th (1949)

First Champ Race:

1941 Syracuse 100 (Syracuse)

Last Champ Race:

1951 Darlington 250 (Darlington)

First Champ Win:

1948 National Convention Sweepstakes (Langhorne)

Champ Wins:

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Champ Poles:

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Years:	–
Races:	2
Championships:	0
Wins:	0
Podiums:	0
Points:	0
Poles:	0
Fastest Laps:	0
Last Race:	1951 Indianapolis 500

Walter Charles Brown (December 30, 1910 – July 29, 1951) was an American racing driver.^[1] ^[2] An Indy car specialist, his career in the big cars began in 1941, and he recorded one win, in 1948 at Langhorne Speedway.

World Drivers' Championship career

The AAA/USAC-sanctioned Indianapolis 500 was included in the FIA World Drivers' Championship from 1950 through 1960. Drivers competing at Indianapolis during those years were credited with World Drivers' Championship participation, and were eligible to score WDC points alongside those which they may have scored towards the AAA/USAC National Championship.

Brown participated in two World Drivers' Championship races at Indianapolis. His best finish was 19th place, and he scored no World Drivers' Championship points.

Death

Brown died in a low speed accident at Williams Grove Speedway on 29 July 1951,^[3] the day widely known as "Black Sunday" because two other drivers also died (in consecutive qualifying runs at Funk's Speedway in Winchester, Indiana) on the same day.^[4]

Motorsports career results

Indianapolis 500 results

Year	Car	Start	Qual	Rank	Finish	Laps	Retired
1947	33	14	118.355	25	7	200	Running
1950	4	20	130.454	22	19	127	Flagged
1951	44	13	131.907	31	26	55	Magneto
Totals						382

Starts	3
Poles	0
Front Row	0
Wins	0
Top 5	0
Top 10	1
Retired	1

AAA Championship Car results

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pos	Points
1946	INDY	LAN 7	ATL	ISF	MIL	GOS										30th	186
1947	INDY 7	MIL 7	LAN 3	ATL 9	BAI 13	MIL 14	GOS 7	MIL 15	PIK	SPR 8	ARL					7th	650
1948	ARL DNQ	INDY DNQ	MIL 13	LAN 1	MIL 13	SPR 8	MIL 12	DUQ	ATL	PIK	SPR 8	DUQ				16th	320
1949	ARL	INDY DNS	MIL 10	TRE 3	SPR 7	MIL 2	DUQ 5	PIK	SYR 4	DET 8	SPR 5	LAN 11	SAC 6	DMR 6		4th	1,281
1950	INDY 19	MIL 15	LAN DNS	SPR 16	MIL DNQ	PIK	SYR 13	DET DNQ	SPR 10	SAC	PHX	BAY	DAR 19			42nd	41.5
1951	INDY 26	MIL DNQ	LAN DNS	DAR 10	SPR	MIL	DUQ	DUQ	PIK	SYR	DET	DNC	SJS	PHX	BAY	51st	17

1946 table only includes results of the six races run to "championship car" specifications. Points total includes the 71 races run to "big car" specifications.^[5] ^[6]

FIA World Drivers' Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	WDC	Points
1950	Tuffy's Offy	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser L4	GBR	MON	500	SUI	BEL	FRA	ITA		NC	0
1951	Federal Engineering	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser L4	SUI	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	ESP	NC	0

Notes and References

Web site: Walt Brown . 2023-06-10 . www.champcarstats.com.
Web site: Motorsport Memorial - Walt Brown . 31 March 2023 . Motorsport Memorial.
News: Walt Brown killed at Williams Grove. Pottstown Mercury. Associated Press. July 30, 1951. https://web.archive.org/web/20180731200919/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3430913/death_of_race_car_driver_walt_brown/. July 31, 2018. live.
News: Three Indianapolis race drivers killed. Reading Eagle. July 30, 1951.
Web site: 1946 AAA National Championship Trail . 2023-10-05 . www.champcarstats.com.
Capps . H. Donald . October 2009 . The Curious Case of the 1946 Season: An Inconvenient Championship . Rear View Mirror . 7 . 2 . 1–16.