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'''Royal Richard 'Jim' Rathmann''' (July 16, 1928 - November 23, 2011) was an American racing driver, who competed all but one [[Indianapolis 500]]s when it was part of the Formula One World championship.
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'''Royal Richard "Jim"" Rathmann''' ([[July 16]], 1928 - [[November 23]], 2011) was an American racing driver, who completed all but one of the [[Indianapolis 500]]s when it was part of the Formula One World championship.
   
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Rathmann and his older brother strangely swapped first names as teenagers. The younger Rathmann wanted to start racing, but was underage. So he borrowed his brother's ID, and became "Jim", while his older brother became "Dick". The change was intended to be temporary, but stuck for life.
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He won the last Indy 500 to be held on the F1 calendar in [[1960 Indianapolis 500|1960]].
  
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Jim Rathmann won the last Indy 500 to be held on the F1 calendar in [[1960 Indianapolis 500|1960]].
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==Career==
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===Before Formula One===
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===1950===
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===1952===
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===1953===
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===1954===
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===1955===
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===1956===
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===1957===
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===1958===
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===1959===
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===1960===
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===After Retirement===
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==Death==
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==Formula One Statistical Overview==
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===F1 Career Record===
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{| class=wikitable
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! Year
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! Entrant
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! Team
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! Pts
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! WDC Pos.
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|{{F1|1950}}
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|Pioneer Auto Repair
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|{{Wetteroth-Offenhauser}}
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|0
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|NC
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|-
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|{{F1|1952}}
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|Grancor-Wynn's Oil
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|{{Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser}}
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|6
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|10th
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|-
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|{{F1|1953}}
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|Travelon Trailer
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|{{Kurtis Kraft-Cummins}}
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|0
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|NC
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|-
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|{{F1|1954}}
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|Bardahl
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|{{Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser}}
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|0
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|NC
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|-
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|{{F1|1955}}
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|Belond Miracle Power
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|{{Epperly-Offenhauser}}
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|0
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|NC
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|{{F1|1956}}
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|Hopkins
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|{{Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser}}
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|0
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|NC
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|{{F1|1957}}
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|Chiropractic
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|{{Epperly-Offenhauser}}
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|7
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|10th
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|{{F1|1958}}
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|Leader Card 500 Roadster
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|{{Epperly-Offenhauser}}
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|2
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|21st
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|{{F1|1959}}
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|Simoniz
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|{{Watson-Offenhauser}}
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|6
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|11th
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|{{F1|1960}}
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|Ken-Paul
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|{{Watson-Offenhauser}}
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|8
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|8th
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|}
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===Statistics===
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{{Statbox
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|lapsraced = 1774
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|kmsraced = 7137
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|lapsled = 147
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|racesled = 5
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|kmsled = 591
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|frontrows = 2
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===Wins===
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{| class=wikitable style="font-size: 90%"
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! No.
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|1
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|[[1960 Indianapolis 500]]
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|}
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===Career Results===
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{{Career Results/11}}
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{{1950 Results/11|||24th|||||0|NC}}
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{{1952 Results/11||{{2nd}}|||||||6|10th}}
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{{1953 Results/11||7th||||||||0|NC}}
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{{1954 Results/11||28th||||||||0|NC}}
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{{1955 Results/11|||14th|||||0|NC}}
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{{1956 Results/11|||20th||||||0|NC}}
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{{1957 Results/11|||{{2nd}}||||||7|10th}}
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{{1958 Results/11||||{{5th}}||||||||2|21st}}
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{{1959 Results/11||{{2nd}}||||||||6|11th}}
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{{1960 Results/11|||{{1st}}||||||||8|8th}}
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{{Career Results end}}
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==Notes==
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[[Category:1928 births]]
  
[[Category:1928 births]]
 
[[Category:2011 deaths]]
  
[[Category:2011 deaths]]
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[[Category:Indianapolis 500-only Drivers]]
  
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[[Category:1950 Début Drivers]]
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[[Category:Drivers]]
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[[Category:Kurtis Kraft Drivers]]
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[[Category:Epperly Drivers]]
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[[Category:Watson Drivers]]
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[[Category:Wetteroth drivers]]
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[[Category:United States Drivers]]

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Royal Richard "Jim"" Rathmann (July 16, 1928 - November 23, 2011) was an American racing driver, who completed all but one of the Indianapolis 500s when it was part of the Formula One World championship.

Rathmann and his older brother strangely swapped first names as teenagers. The younger Rathmann wanted to start racing, but was underage. So he borrowed his brother's ID, and became "Jim", while his older brother became "Dick". The change was intended to be temporary, but stuck for life.

Jim Rathmann won the last Indy 500 to be held on the F1 calendar in 1960.

Career

Before Formula One

1950

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

1957

1958

1959

1960

After Retirement

Death

Formula One Statistical Overview

F1 Career Record

Year Entrant Team Pts WDC Pos.
1950 Pioneer Auto Repair Wetteroth-Offenhauser 0 NC
1952 Grancor-Wynn's Oil Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 6 10th
1953 Travelon Trailer Kurtis Kraft-Cummins 0 NC
1954 Bardahl Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 0 NC
1955 Belond Miracle Power Epperly-Offenhauser 0 NC
1956 Hopkins Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 0 NC
1957 Chiropractic Epperly-Offenhauser 7 10th
1958 Leader Card 500 Roadster Epperly-Offenhauser 2 21st
1959 Simoniz Watson-Offenhauser 6 11th
1960 Ken-Paul Watson-Offenhauser 8 8th

Statistics

Template:Statbox

Wins

No. Race
1 1960 Indianapolis 500

Career Results

Complete Formula One Results
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts Pos

Template:1950 Results/11 Template:1952 Results/11 Template:1953 Results/11 Template:1954 Results/11 Template:1955 Results/11 Template:1956 Results/11 Template:1957 Results/11 Template:1958 Results/11 Template:1959 Results/11 Template:1960 Results/11

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 Scored point(s) for 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

Notes

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