Biography
Gene Hartley was born on 28 January 1926 in Roanoke, Indiana. His father, Ted Hartley, was also a racing driver and competed in midget cars. Gene Hartley raced in the AAA and USAC Championship Car series, making 33 starts there between 1950 and 1962 (excluding 1951).
The Indianapolis 500 counted towards the Formula One World Championship from 1950 to 1960. In that period Hartley started the race eight times: in 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1959 and 1960. His best result at Indianapolis was tenth place in 1957. He drove cars built by Langley, Kurtis Kraft, Kuzma and Lesovsky.
In 1959 he won the USAC National Midget Series. After his racing career he promoted midget races at the Indianapolis Speedrome together with Leroy Warriner. He was inducted into the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1985.
Source: Wikipedia, “Gene Hartley”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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