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Don Edmunds (born 23 September 1930 and died 11 August 2020) was an American racing driver and car builder who participated in the three Indianapolis 500 races between 1957 and 1959. He only qualified for the 1957 Indianapolis 500, which counted towards the Formula One championship, but he did not score any points. However, he was the 1957 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year.

The following year, at the 1958 Indianapolis 500, he crashed heavily in practice and was unable to qualify. He attempted to qualify once more at the 1959 Indianapolis 500, but was unsuccessful.

Outside of racing, he was a car builder, making modifications and repairs to race cars. He founded Autoresearch, Inc, which specialized in building midget cars and sprint cars. Cars designed by Edmunds won multiple National Midget Championships in the 1960s and 1970s. In the 1970s, he was also a Formula Super Vee constructor.


Formula One Statistical Overview[]

Formula One Record[]

Year Entrant Team WDC Points WDC Pos.
1957 United States Roy McKay Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 0 NC
1958 United States McKay Bulldog Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 0 NC
1959 United States Bill Forbes Racing Kuzma-Offenhauser 0 NC

Career Statistics[]

Entries 2
Starts 1
Pole Positions 0
Race Wins 0
Podiums 0
Fastest Laps 0
Points 0
Laps Raced 170
Distance Raced 684 km (425 mi)

Career Results[]

Complete Formula One Results
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts Pos
1957 Flag of Argentina Flag of Monaco 48-star U S flag Flag of France Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Abruzzo bandiera Flag of Italy 0 NC
Ret
1958 Flag of Argentina Flag of Monaco Flag of the Netherlands 48-star U S flag Flag of Belgium Flag of France Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Flag of Portugal Flag of Italy Flag of Morocco 0 NC
DNQ
1959 Flag of Monaco 48-star U S flag Flag of the Netherlands Flag of France Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Flag of Portugal Flag of Italy US flag 49 stars 0 NC
DNQ
Key
Symbol Meaning Symbol Meaning
1st Winner Ret Retired
2nd Podium finish DSQ Disqualified
3rd DNQ Did not qualify
5th Points finish DNPQ Did not pre-qualify
14th Non-points finish TD Test driver
Italics Fastest Lap DNS Did not start
18th Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance) NC Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4thP Qualified for pole position [+] More Symbols

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