Kurtis Kraft

USA Kurtis Kraft
HemvistUSA
Aktivt i F11950 - 1960
Vunna lopp5 (1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955)
Pole position6 (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957)
Snabbaste varv7 (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956)
Konstruktörstitlar0
Förartitlar0
(c) John Chapman (Pyrope), CC BY-SA 3.0
1955 Kurtis 500S
1953 Kurtis 500S med Chryslermotor
1955 Kurtis 500B Championship Car

Kurtis Kraft var en amerikansk sport- och racerbiltillverkare under 1950-talet och början av 1960-talet.

Företaget, som grundades av Frank Kurtis, designade och tillverkade diverse olika typer av tävlingsbilar, bland annat Indy 500-bilar som användes av ett antal team i Indy 500-loppen i formel 1 i Indianapolis Grand Prix. Kurtis Kraft-bilar vann fem av elva lopp.

Flertalet av Kurtis Krafts Indy 500-bilar hade Offenhauser-motorer men några hade Cummins- eller Novi-motorer. Däcken tillverkades av Firestone.

Indy 500-team som tävlat i formel 1 i Kurtis Kraft-bilar

TeamSäsonger
3-L Racing Team1953
Ansted Rotary Corp1956, 1957
Bessie Lee Paoli1952, 1953
Bignotti-Bowes Racing1959, 1960
Brown Motor Co1951, 1954
C O Prather1960
Carl L Anderson1955, 1956
Cars Inc1954, 1955, 1956, 1957
Chapman S Root1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960
Charles Pritchard1950
Cummins Engine Co[1]1950, 1952
Ed Walsh1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956
Ernest L Ruiz1953, 1956, 1957
Ervin Wolfe1950
Eugene A Casaroll1953, 1954
Federal Engineering Association1951
Federal Auto Associates1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960
Francis Bardazon1954
Fred & Richard Sommer1957
Fred Gerhardt1958, 1959
Fred Sclavi1957
Fred Somers1956
George Bignotti1956, 1957
George Walther Jr1957, 1958
Grancor Auto Specialists1950, 1951, 1952, 1953
H A Chapman1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958
H H Johnson1956, 1957
Harry Dunn1955, 1956
Hart Fullerton1952, 1953
Henry Yunik1958
Hoosier Racing Team1954
Howard Keck Co1952, 1953, 1954
J C Agajanian1950, 1951
J S Belond1953
J S Donaldson1957, 1958, 1959, 1960
Jack B Hinkle1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955
Jean Marcenac [2]1951, 1953
Jim Robbins1951, 1952, 1958, 1959
John Zink1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956
Joseph Massaglia Jr1955
Kalamazoo Sports Inc1956, 1957, 1958
Karl Hall1959
Kurtis Kraft Inc [3]1950
Leader Cards Inc1959
Lee Elkins1951, 1952, 1953, 1954
LeRoy E Foutch Jr1959
Lewis W Welch [2]1952
Lindsey Hopkins1955, 1956
Louis Rassey1950, 1951
Ludson D Morris1950, 1951, 1952
M A Walker1950, 1951, 1953
M Pete Wales1950, 1955
Mel B Wiggers1952, 1954
Merz Engineering Inc1955
Miklos Sperling1954
Milt Marion1950
Motor Racers Inc1954
Murrell Belanger1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956
Novi Racing Corp [2]1956, 1957, 1958
Pat Clancy1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958
Peter Schmidt1951, 1952, 1953
Racing Associates1955, 1958, 1960
Ray Crawford1953, 1954, 1955, 1956
Ray T Brady1952, 1959
Robert M Bowes II1958
Roger Wolcott1952
Rotary Engineering Corp1951, 1952, 1953, 1955
Roy McKay1957, 1958, 1959, 1960
Samuel W Traylor III1955, 1956
Shannon Bros1956
South California Muffler Co1954
T W & W T Martin1954, 1955
Tom Sarafoff1952
Verlin Brown1950
Yunick Glover & Lathrop1959

Referenser

Noter

  1. ^ Cummins Engine Co körde med egna motorer.
  2. ^ [a b c] Teamet körde med Novimotorer.
  3. ^ Kurtis Kraft deltog själv i ett lopp, vilket man vann.

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Media som används på denna webbplats

Kurtis 500S Wheatcroft Straight.jpg
(c) John Chapman (Pyrope), CC BY-SA 3.0
Christopher Keen guns the throttle in his Kurtis 500S on the Wheatcroft Straight during the VSCC SeeRed race meeting, Donington Park, September 2007.
Kurtis500B Jimmy Davies.jpg
Författare/Upphovsman: Carey Akin, Licens: CC BY-SA 2.0
The Kurtis 500B Bardahl Special driven by w:Jimmy Davies to in the w:1955 Indianapolis 500 to a 3rd place finish.
1953 Kurtis 500.JPG
Författare/Upphovsman: Writegeist, Licens: CC BY-SA 4.0
1953 Kurtis 500S, Chrysler-powered