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Lee Wallard United States
- Full name Lee Wallard
- Birth date September 8, 1911
- Birthplace Schenectady, New York, United States
- Date of death November 28, 1963 (52 years 81 days)
- Place of death St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
- Teams Kurtis Kraft, Moore
World Championship Career
| Year | Car | Race | Start | Won | Pod | Class | Best | Pole | Front | Best | Lap | Hat | Pts | Pos | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Moore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||
| 1951 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Race | Circuit | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First race | Indianapolis 500 | Indianapolis | May 30, 1950 | Race results |
| Last race | Indianapolis 500 | Indianapolis | May 30, 1951 | Race results |
Profile
Lee Wallard has the best career win percentage of any driver, winning one of the two FIA World Championship races he competed in. That came at the 1951 Indianapolis 500 when he led for 159 of the 200 laps and became the first driver to break the four-hour barrier. Four days after his win he was badly burned in an accident in a sprint car in Reading, Pennsylvania and was forced to retire from racing. He tried to test at Indianapolis in 1952 and 1954 but found he was no longer capable of competitive driving.
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- Wallard smashes the four-hour barrier (May 30, 1951)
