Biography
Walt Faulkner was born in Tell, Texas, in 1918. He grew up in Georgia and Florida before moving to San Diego, California, in 1936. He began on motorcycles, then switched to midget cars, and later drove for the Edelbrock dirt track team. He competed mainly in the National Championship and in stock car racing. He was inducted into the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 2007 and into the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame in 2006.
The Indianapolis 500 formed part of the Formula One World Championship from 1950 to 1960. Faulkner took part in 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954 and 1955, five championship races in all, in cars built by Kurtis Kraft or Kuzma. In 1950 he became the first rookie to win pole position at the Indianapolis 500. His championship career ended in 1955 with 23rd place in the final standings. Faulkner died in 1956 after a crash during qualifying for a USAC stock car event in Vallejo, California.
Source: Wikipedia, “Walt Faulkner”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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