Noel van Raalte
BornMarcus Noel van Raalte
(1888-12-22)22 December 1888
Paddington, London, England
Died5 May 1940(1940-05-05) (aged 51)
Kensington, London, England
Champ Car career
2 races run over 1 year
First race1915 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Last race1915 Chicago 500 (Speedway Park)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 0 0

Marcus Noel van Raalte[1] (22 December 1888 – 5 May 1940) was a British racing driver and playboy.

Biography

van Raalte's family owned Brownsea Island. When Robert Baden-Powell held (at van Raalte's parents' invitation) the experimental Camp on Brownsea Island, van Raalte was 19 and helped with the Camp. In 1910 Baden-Powell planned to take a Troop of Boy Scouts on a tour of Canada as an introduction to the Scout Movement. van Raalte was one of the party. In 1912, Baden-Powell went on a lecture tour of the U.S.A.; he travelled via the Caribbean on the S.S. Arcadia (and met his wife on the voyage). van Raalte went too, as A.D.C. to Baden-Powell. These two tours introduced van Raalte to North America.[2][3]

He raced in the 1915 Indianapolis 500 in a Sunbeam, finishing in 10th place.[4] He later owned the first Bentley automobile.[5]

Motorsports career results

Indianapolis 500 results

Year Car Start Qual Rank Finish Laps Led Retired
1915 7 14 86.870 14 10 200 0 Running
Totals 200 0
Starts 1
Poles 0
Front Row 0
Wins 0
Top 5 0
Top 10 1
Retired 0

References

  1. ↑ "Home". freebmd.org.uk.
  2. ↑ "Baden-Powell" Tim Jeal
  3. ↑ B-P's diary
  4. ↑ Philadelphia Inquirer pages 17 & 19 Tuesday 1 June 1915
  5. ↑ OldRacingCars.com, 19 April 2005


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