Biography
Lee Wallard was born in Schenectady, New York, and began racing on dirt tracks in 1935. During the Second World War he served with the US Navy Seabees. After the war he competed more regularly in AAA Championship car racing and won at DuQuoin in 1948.
The Indianapolis 500 counted towards the Drivers' World Championship from 1950 to 1960, and both of Wallard's World Championship races were this event: in 1950 for Moore and in 1951 for Kurtis Kraft. In 1951 he won it at the age of 40 in the Belanger Special, leading 159 of the 200 laps and becoming the first driver to complete the race in under four hours. He finished seventh in the championship. Shortly after the win he had a serious accident, which ended his career. He abandoned a comeback attempt at Indianapolis in 1954 before qualifying. Wallard died in 1963.
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