Biography
Walter Edwin "Walt" Hansgen was born on 28 October 1919 in Westfield, United States, and began his career in road racing. He won the SCCA road racing championship four times, took the Formula Junior race at Sebring in 1959 in a Stanguellini, and won the 1965 Monterey Grand Prix at Laguna Seca in a Lola T70-Ford. He drove for Briggs Cunningham and John Mecom and took part in endurance races at Daytona, Sebring and Le Mans.
In Formula One he started two races. He made his debut aged 41 on 8 October 1961 at Watkins Glen in a Cooper, and in 1964 he started once more, in a Lotus. He finished that year 16th in the drivers' standings. At the Indianapolis 500 he finished 13th in 1964 and 14th in 1965.
He crashed during testing for the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans on 3 April and died on 7 April, aged 46.
Source: Wikipedia, “Walt Hansgen”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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