Bert Dingley
Portrait from Motor Age, Vol. XXI, No. 22, May 30, 1912
BornAlbert Francis Dingley
(1885-08-21)August 21, 1885
Oakdale, California, U.S.
DiedApril 7, 1966(1966-04-07) (aged 80)
Beech Grove, Indiana, U.S.
Champ Car career
17 races run over 5 years
First race1909 Portland Race #1 (Portland)
Last race1914 Montamarathon Trophy (Tacoma)
First win1909 Wemme Cup (Portland)
Last win1911 Panama-Pacific Race (Portola)
Wins Podiums Poles
3 10 0

Albert Francis Dingley (August 21, 1885 – April 7, 1966) was an American racing driver.[1]

Racing career

Having started his career on the West Coast by 1904, Dingley appeared in a couple of Vanderbilt Cup races and sustained serious injuries at Tacoma in 1914.[2]

1909 AAA national championship

Dingley was selected as the 1909 "driver of the year" by American automotive journal Motor Age. He gained recognition as the 1909 national champion by the AAA Contest Board when championship results were retrospectively calculated in 1927. However, when results were being revisited in 1951 by negationist sportswriter Russ Catlin, who selected "winners" of retroactively awarded 1902 through 1908 championships, Dingley was stripped of the 1909 revisionist championship, which was instead given to George Robertson.[3]

Death

Dingley died in a nursing home in Beech Grove, Indiana on April 7, 1966, aged 80.[4]

Motorsports career results

Indianapolis 500 results

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References

  1. ↑ "Bert Dingley". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2021-08-19.
  2. ↑ "Bert Dingley". Vanderbilt Cup Races. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06.
  3. ↑ Capps, Don (March 29, 2010). "Case history: John Glenn Printz and the struggle for the past" (PDF). Rear View Mirror. Vol. 7, no. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-10-10 – via Forix.autosport.com/8w.
  4. ↑ "Auto racing star Bert Dingley dies". The Indianapolis Star. April 8, 1966. Archived from the original on 2023-05-16.
  5. ↑ "Bert Dingley Indianapolis 500 stats". IndianapolisMotorSpeedway.com. Archived from the original on 2016-05-29.
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