Don Edmunds
Template:Short description Template:Sources needed Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Don Edmunds (September 23, 1930 – August 11, 2020)[1] was an American racecar driver and car builder.
Racing career
Edmunds changed the nose on his first Kurtis midget car from Kurtis' design to his own. Indy car builder Eddie Kuzma hired Edmunds to fix the dent in Jimmy Bryan’s car after the driver kicked the car.[2]
Edmunds had his first start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1957. He won the 1957 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year after finishing nineteenth over Bill Cheesbourg, Elmer George, Mike Magill, and Eddie Sachs. Edmunds' Indy career ended with a serious practice accident at the Speedway in 1958.
Edmunds founded Autoresearch, Inc. in Anaheim, California, which specialized in building midget cars and sprint cars. He created the blueprints and did most of the fabrication work on the original Bill Thomas Cheetah prototype sports car racer. His chassis won several National Midget Championships in the late 1960s and early 1970s.[2] In the 1970s, Edmunds was a prolific constructor of Formula Super Vee cars.[3] He became a collector and restorer of old race cars.
Edmunds built Evel Knievel's Snake River Canyon Sky cycle.[4]
Career awards
- Edmunds was named to the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1991.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Edmunds was inducted in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1994.[2]
Death
Born in Santa Ana, California, Edmunds died in August 2020, aged 89 in Gold Beach, OR.Template:Sources needed
Indianapolis 500 results
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Complete Formula One World Championship results
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| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | WDC | Points |
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| 1957 | Roy McKay | Kurtis Kraft 500G | Offenhauser L4 | ARG | MON | 500 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
FRA | GBR | GER | PES | ITA | NC | 0 | |
| 1959 | Bill Forbes Racing | Kuzma Indy Roadster | Offenhauser L4 | MON | 500 DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NED | FRA | GBR | GER | POR | ITA | USA | NC | 0 |
References
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- ↑ a b c Edmunds Biography at the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame
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- ↑ Sky Cycle
External links
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