Louis Disbrow | |||||||
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Born | Louis Arthur Disbrow September 23, 1876 Queens, New York, U.S. | ||||||
Died | July 9, 1939 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 62)||||||
Champ Car career | |||||||
19 races run over 7 years | |||||||
First race |
1909 Merrimack Valley Trophy ( Merrimack Valley) | ||||||
Last race |
1915 Southern Sweepstakes ( Oklahoma City) | ||||||
First win | 1911 Jacksonville 100 ( Pablo Beach) | ||||||
Last win | 1913 Galveston 100 #3 ( Galveston) | ||||||
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Louis Arthur Disbrow (September 23, 1876 – July 9, 1939) was an American racing driver.
Disbrow was born on September 23, 1876, in Richmond Hill, Queens, New York. He came from a wealthy family. [1]
Disbrow was indicted for the 1902 murders of Sarah "Dimples" Lawrence and Clarence Foster in Good Ground, but found not guilty at trial in 1903. He was then hired by a neighbouring family as a chauffeur mechanic for Joan Newton Cuneo, an early US woman racing driver. [1]
Disbrow raced in the first four Indianapolis 500s, with a best finish of 8th in 1913, and also in the 1910, 1911, and 1915 American Grand Prizes. [2] He died on July 9, 1939, at his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [3]
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