Biography
Bob Veith (Robert James Veith) was born on 1 November 1924 in Tulare in the United States and died on 29 March 2006. He raced in the AAA and USAC Championship Car series, making 63 starts between 1955 and 1968. He finished second twice, both times in 1958.
All five of his Formula 1 World Championship races were the Indianapolis 500, which counted towards the drivers' championship from 1950 to 1960. He started it every year from 1956 to 1960, driving for Kurtis Kraft, then Phillips in 1957, Kurtis Kraft again in 1958, Moore in 1959 and Meskowski in 1960. He finished seventh on his debut in 1956 and won the Rookie of the Year award. In 1958 he qualified fourth but was put out of the race in a first-lap accident in which Pat O'Connor died. He scored no World Championship points. His final start at Indianapolis came in 1968.
Source: Wikipedia, “Bob Veith”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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