| Birth name | Carlyle John Dinsmoor |
|---|---|
| Birth date | April 10, 1913 |
| Birth place | Williamstown, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Death date | October 12, 1985 (aged 72) |
| Death place | Port Orange, Florida, U.S. |
| Total champ races | 47+ |
|---|---|
| Years in champ | 11 |
| Best champ pos | 6th (1950) |
| First champ race | 1946 Williams Grove Race #1 (Mechanicsburg) |
| Last champ race | 1956 Milwaukee 250 (Milwaukee) |
| First champ win | 1950 Golden State 100 (Sacramento) |
| Champ wins | 1 |
| Champ podiums | 5 |
| Champ poles | 2 |
| Years | –, |
|---|---|
| Teams | Kurtis Kraft, Schroeder, Ewing |
| Races | 6 (4 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Points | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First race | 1950 Indianapolis 500 |
| Last race | 1956 Indianapolis 500 |
Carlyle John Dinsmoor (April 10, 1913 – October 12, 1985) was an American racing driver who competed under the nom de course Duke Dinsmore.[1][2][3]
Dinsmoor served in the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War.[4]
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.
Dinsmoor participated in four World Drivers' Championship races at Indianapolis. His best finish was 16th place,[1] and he scored no World Drivers' Championship points.
Motorsports career results
Indianapolis 500 results
| Year | Car | Start | Qual | Rank | Finish | Laps | Led | Retired |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 45 | 8 | 123.279 | 12 | 17 | 82 | 0 | Rod |
| 1947 | 10 | 27 | 119.840 | 22 | 10 | 167 | 0 | Flagged |
| 1949 | 29 | 15 | 127.750 | 21 | 15 | 174 | 0 | Radius rod |
| 1950 | 69 | 7 | 131.066 | 15 | 33 | 10 | 0 | Oil leak |
| 1951 | 6 | 32 | 131.974 | 29 | 24 | 73 | 0 | Overheating |
| 1953 | 92 | - | - | - | 16* | 10/177 | 0 | Rear axle |
| 1956 | 64 | 33 | 138.530 | 33 | 17 | 191 | 0 | Flagged |
| Totals | 697 | 0 | ||||||
| Starts | 6 |
|---|---|
| Poles | 0 |
| Front Row | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Top 5 | 0 |
| Top 10 | 1 |
| Retired | 4 |
* Shared drive with Rodger Ward and Andy Linden. Dinsmoor drove ten laps of the 177 completed by Ward (138), Linden (29) and Dinsmore.[5]
AAA/USAC Championship Car results
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | INDY 17 | LAN | ATL 10 | ISF 11 | MIL 4 | GOS 3 | 10th | 454 | |||||||||
| 1947 | INDY 10 | MIL 12 | LAN 8 | ATL 11 | BAI 8 | MIL 15 | GOS 4 | MIL 11 | PIK | SPR | ARL 13 | 15th | 345.5 | ||||
| 1948 | ARL 2 | INDY | MIL 16 | LAN | MIL | SPR | MIL | DUQ 13 | ATL | PIK | SPR | DUQ 15 | 26th | 172.5 | |||
| 1949 | ARL | INDY 15 | MIL DNP | TRE 5 | SPR DNQ | MIL DNS | DUQ DNQ | PIK | SYR DNQ | DET 10 | SPR DNQ | LAN 13 | SAC 14 | DMR DNQ | 20th | 254 | |
| 1950 | INDY 33 | MIL 14 | LAN 4 | SPR 7 | MIL 4 | PIK | SYR 10 | DET 5 | SPR 11 | SAC 1 | PHX 18 | BAY 7 | DAR 5 | 6th | 1,017 | ||
| 1951 | INDY 24 | MIL | LAN | DAR DNQ | SPR | MIL 18 | DUQ | DUQ | PIK | SYR DNQ | DET DNQ | DNC | SJS | PHX | BAY | - | 0 |
| 1952 | INDY DNQ | MIL | RAL | SPR DNQ | MIL | DET | DUQ | PIK | SYR | DNC | SJS | PHX | - | 0 | |||
| 1953 | INDY DNS | MIL | SPR DNQ | DET 12 | SPR | MIL 15 | DUQ DNQ | PIK | SYR | ISF | SAC | PHX | 58th | 5.1 | |||
| 1954 | INDY DNQ | MIL | LAN | DAR | SPR | MIL | DUQ | PIK | SYR | ISF | SAC | PHX | LVG | - | 0 | ||
| 1956 | INDY 17 | MIL | LAN | DAR DNQ | ATL | SPR | MIL 18 | DUQ | SYR DNP | ISF | SAC | PHX | - | 0 | |||
| 1960 | TRE | INDY DNQ | MIL | LAN | SPR | MIL | DUQ | SYR | ISF | TRE | SAC | PHX | - | 0 | |||
- 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.[6][7]
FIA World Drivers' Championship results
(key)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Brown Motors | Kurtis Kraft 2000 | Offenhauser L4 | GBR | MON | 500 33 | SUI | BEL | FRA | ITA | NC | 0 | ||
| 1951 | Brown Motors | Schroeder | Offenhauser L4 | SUI | 500 24 | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | ESP | NC | 0 | |
| 1952 | Vulcan Tool | R Miller | R Miller | SUI | 500 DNQ | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | NED | ITA | NC | 0 | |
| 1953 | M.A. Walker Electric | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser L4 | ARG | 500 16 * | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | SUI | ITA | NC | 0 |
| 1954 | Commercial Motor Freight | Ewing | Offenhauser L4 | ARG | 500 DNQ | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | SUI | ITA | ESP | NC | 0 |
| 1956 | Shannon's | Kurtis Kraft 500A | Offenhauser L4 | ARG | MON | 500 17 | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | NC | 0 |
- * Indicates shared drive with Rodger Ward and Andy Linden.
References
- ^ "Duke Dinsmore". www.champcarstats.com. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ Brown, Allen. "Duke Dinsmore". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ The Talk of Gasoline Alley - 1070-AM WIBC, May 18, 2007
- ^ "Media-56441.jpeg | American Air Museum"
- ^ Holohan, Naoise. "1953 Indianapolis 500". Manipe F1. Archived from the original on May 12, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
- ^ "1946 AAA National Championship Trail". www.champcarstats.com. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
- ^ Capps, H. Donald (October 2009). "The Curious Case of the 1946 Season: An Inconvenient Championship". Rear View Mirror. 7 (2): 1–16.
External links
- Duke Dinsmore sharing his Milwaukee memories[dead link]