Walter Charles Brown (December 30, 1910 – July 29, 1951) was an American racing driver. An Indy car specialist, his career in the big cars began in 1941, and he recorded one win, in 1948 at Langhorne Speedway.

World Drivers' Championship career

The AAA/USAC-sanctioned Indianapolis 500 was included in the FIA World Drivers' Championship from 1950 through 1960. Drivers competing at Indianapolis during those years were credited with World Drivers' Championship participation, and were eligible to score WDC points alongside those which they may have scored towards the AAA/USAC National Championship.

Brown participated in two World Drivers' Championship races at Indianapolis. His best finish was 19th place, and he scored no World Drivers' Championship points.

Death

Brown died in a low speed accident at Williams Grove Speedway on 29 July 1951, the day widely known as "Black Sunday" because two other drivers also died (in consecutive qualifying runs at Funk's Speedway in Winchester, Indiana) on the same day.

Motorsports career results Indianapolis 500 results

YearCarStartQualRankFinishLapsLedRetired194733 14 118.355 25 7 200 0 Running19504 20 130.454 22 19 127 0 Flagged195144 13 131.907 31 26 55 0 MagnetoTotals 382 0 Starts3Poles0Front Row0Wins0Top 50Top 101Retired1

AAA Championship Car results

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pos Points 1946 INDY LAN7 ATL ISF MIL GOS 30th 186 1947 INDY7 MIL7 LAN3 ATL9 BAI13 MIL14 GOS7 MIL15 PIK SPR8 ARL 7th 650 1948 ARLDNQ INDYDNQ MIL13 LAN1 MIL13 SPR8 MIL12 DUQ ATL PIK SPR8 DUQ 16th 320 1949 ARL INDYDNS MIL10 TRE3 SPR7 MIL2 DUQ5 PIK SYR4 DET8 SPR5 LAN11 SAC6 DMR6 4th 1,281 1950 INDY19 MIL15 LANDNS SPR16 MILDNQ PIK SYR13 DETDNQ SPR10 SAC PHX BAY DAR19 42nd 41.5 1951 INDY26 MILDNQ LANDNS DAR10 SPR MIL DUQ DUQ PIK SYR DET DNC SJS PHX BAY 51st 17 1946 table only includes results of the six races run to "championship car" specifications. Points total includes the 71 races run to "big car" specifications.

FIA World Drivers' Championship results

(key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 WDC Points 1950 Tuffy's Offy Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser L4 GBR MON 500 SUI BEL FRA ITA NC 0 1951 Federal Engineering Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser L4 SUI 500 BEL FRA GBR GER ITA ESP NC 0

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