Spencer Wishart
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Champ Car career | |||||||
| 26 races run over 6 years | |||||||
| First race | 1909 Vanderbilt Cup (Long Island) | ||||||
| Last race | 1914 Elgin National Trophy (Elgin) | ||||||
| First win | 1912 Columbus 200 (Columbus) | ||||||
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Spencer E. Wishart (December 3, 1889 – August 22, 1914) was an American
Indy car racing
.
Biography
Wishart was born on December 3, 1889, in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
.
Wishart was killed on August 22, 1914, at age 24 when he clipped another car during a 1914 AAA Championship Car season race in Elgin, Illinois.[1] Wishart's car hit a fence and flipped, he was pinned beneath it and suffered a skull fracture and other injuries, dying in the hospital shortly thereafter.[2] His mechanic John C. Kenter was also mortally injured in the crash.[1][2] Wishart is interred at Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.
Motorsports career results
Indianapolis 500 results
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Images
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The footstone of Spencer Wishart -
The tombstone of Spencer Wishart
References
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- ^ New York Times. August 23, 1914. Retrieved October 6, 2012.in a Mercedes in the fast time of 4:06:18, an average of 73.5 miles per hour. ...
Spencer Wishart, driver of a Mercer car, was killed here today and Joe Jenter. Wishart's mechanician, and four spectators were injured in the annual Elgin national road race, which was won by Ralph DePalma
- ^ a b "Wishart Killed in Big Auto Race". The Leavenworth Times. 1914-08-23. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
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