Biography
Johnny McDowell, whose full name was John Maxwell McDowell, was born in Delavan, Illinois, in 1915 and grew up in Pasadena, California. He began racing in 1934 at Legion Ascot Speedway. In midget car racing he finished runner-up in the AAA West Coast standings in 1947 and won the Turkey Night Grand Prix, and in 1948 he took the Soldier Field title. He was inducted into the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 2003.
The Indianapolis 500 counted towards the Formula One World Championship from 1950 to 1960. McDowell started it in 1950 and 1952 in a Kurtis Kraft and in 1951 in a Maserati. That made three World Championship starts, without scoring any points. On 8 June 1952, in the week after the Indianapolis 500, he died in a crash at the Milwaukee Mile at the age of 37.
Source: Wikipedia, “Johnny McDowell”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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