Drivers/United States of America
Andy Linden
- 1951–1957
- LIN
- Born 5 April 1922 in Brownsville
- Died 10 February 1987
- Andrew Logan Linden
Never drove a Formula 1 race. All of these appearances were at the Indianapolis 500, which counted towards the drivers' championship from 1950 to 1960 but was run to different regulations with a different field.
- Starts7
- Wins00% of starts
- Podiums00% of starts
- Pole positions00× started from P1
- Fastest laps0
- Titles0best finish P12
Career numbers
- Avg grid position12.9
- Avg finish14.6
- Retirement rate0%
- Pole-to-win conversion–
- Positions gained-12
- Points scored5
- Longest winning streak–
- Longest podium streak–
- Longest points-scoring streak1
- TeamsSherman (1951) · Kurtis Kraft (1952–1957)
Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.
The career at a glance
Season by season
| Season | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | Points | Championship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Sherman | 1 | 3 | P12 | ||
| 1952 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | – | ||
| 1953 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | – | ||
| 1954 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | – | ||
| 1955 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | – | ||
| 1956 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | – | ||
| 1957 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 2 | P18 |
Every race
11 entries, 7 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.
- First entryIndianapolis 500 1951P4 · Sherman
- Last startIndianapolis 500 1957P5 · Kurtis Kraft
All 11 races, season by season
| Year | Race | Team | Grid | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Indianapolis 500 | Sherman | 31 | P4 | 3 |
| 1952 | Indianapolis 500 | Kurtis Kraft | 2 | P33 | |
| 1953 | Indianapolis 500shared | Kurtis Kraft | – | P16 | |
| Indianapolis 500shared | Kurtis Kraft | – | P23 | ||
| Indianapolis 500 | Stevens | 5 | P33 | ||
| 1954 | Indianapolis 500shared | Kurtis Kraft | – | P11 | |
| Indianapolis 500shared | Nichels | – | P24 | ||
| Indianapolis 500 | Schroeder | 23 | P25 | ||
| 1955 | Indianapolis 500 | Kurtis Kraft | 8 | P6 | |
| 1956 | Indianapolis 500 | Kurtis Kraft | 9 | P27 | |
| 1957 | Indianapolis 500 | Kurtis Kraft | 12 | P5 | 2 |
Against team-mates
Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.
| Team-mate | Years | Races | Qualifying | Quali gap | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Agabashian | 1952–1957 | 2:4 | 0:4 | +0.72% | 2 : 1.5 | Compare |
| Sam Hanks | 1952–1956 | 2:4 | 2:1 | −0.70% | 0 : 12 | Compare |
| Johnnie Parsons | 1952–1957 | 4:2 | 3:0 | −1.65% | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Jim Rathmann | 1952–1956 | 2:4 | 1:1 | – | 0 : 6 | Compare |
| Paul Russo | 1953–1957 | 2:4 | 0:2 | – | 2 : 8.5 | Compare |
| Jimmy Daywalt | 1953–1957 | 3:2 | 3:0 | −1.45% | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Tony Bettenhausen | 1954–1957 | 3:2 | 1:2 | +0.64% | 2 : 3 | Compare |
| Pat O'Connor | 1954–1957 | 3:1 | 1:2 | +0.49% | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Art Cross | 1952–1955 | 1:3 | 2:0 | – | 0 : 8 | Compare |
| Jack McGrath | 1952–1955 | 1:3 | 1:1 | – | 0 : 7 | Compare |
| Bill Vukovich | 1952–1955 | 1:3 | 1:1 | – | 0 : 19 | Compare |
| Al Keller | 1955–1957 | 2:1 | 2:1 | −1.29% | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Johnny Boyd | 1955–1957 | 3:0 | 2:1 | −0.80% | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Ed Elisian | 1955–1957 | 2:1 | 2:1 | −1.17% | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Rodger Ward | 1952–1956 | 0:3 | 2:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Bob Sweikert | 1952–1955 | 1:2 | 2:0 | – | 0 : 8 | Compare |
| Jimmy Davies | 1953–1955 | 1:3 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 4 | Compare |
| Marshall Teague | 1953–1957 | 4:0 | 1:0 | – | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Jimmy Reece | 1952–1957 | 1:1 | 1:1 | – | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Gene Hartley | 1952–1954 | 2:1 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Bob Scott | 1952–1954 | 0:3 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Pat Flaherty | 1953–1955 | 3:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Al Herman | 1955–1956 | 2:0 | 2:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Ray Crawford | 1955–1956 | 2:0 | 2:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Bob Christie | 1956–1957 | 1:1 | 2:0 | – | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Jack Turner | 1956–1957 | 1:1 | 2:0 | – | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Chuck Stevenson | 1952–1953 | 1:1 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Dennis Nalon | 1952–1953 | 0:2 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Duane Carter | 1953–1954 | 1:2 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 3.5 | Compare |
| Eddie Johnson | 1953–1957 | 1:1 | 1:0 | – | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Duke Dinsmore | 1953–1956 | 0:2 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Walt Faulkner | 1953–1955 | 1:1 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 1 | Compare |
| Jerry Hoyt | 1953–1954 | 2:1 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Cal Niday | 1953–1955 | 2:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Ernie McCoy | 1953–1954 | 1:1 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Troy Ruttman | 1954–1956 | 1:1 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 1.5 | Compare |
| Bill Homeier | 1954–1955 | 1:2 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 1 | Compare |
| Eddie Russo | 1956–1957 | 1:1 | 1:0 | – | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Jimmy Bryan | 1952 | 0:1 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| George Connor | 1952 | 0:1 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Cliff Griffith | 1952 | 0:1 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Joe James | 1952 | 0:1 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Johnny McDowell | 1952 | 0:1 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Chet Miller | 1952 | 0:1 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Johnny Thomson | 1953–1954 | 1:1 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| George Fonder | 1954 | 2:0 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Len Duncan | 1954 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Chuck Weyant | 1955 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Dick Rathmann | 1956 | 0:1 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 2 | Compare |
| Bob Veith | 1956 | 0:1 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Johnnie Tolan | 1956 | 0:1 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Keith Andrews | 1956 | 0:1 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Don Freeland | 1957 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Don Edmunds | 1957 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Mike Magill | 1957 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Bill Cheesbourg | 1957 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Elmer George | 1957 | 1:0 | 0:1 | – | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Carl Scarborough | 1953 | 0:1 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Bill Holland | 1953 | 0:1 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Johnny Mantz | 1953 | 1:0 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Spider Webb | 1953 | 1:0 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Jackie Holmes | 1953 | 1:0 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Mike Nazaruk | 1954 | 0:1 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 2 | Compare |
| Larry Crockett | 1954 | 0:1 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Jimmy Jackson | 1954 | 1:0 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Frank Armi | 1954 | 1:0 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
Green: Andy Linden came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.
Strongest circuits
Circuits with at least two starts, most wins first.
| Circuit | Starts | Wins | Podiums | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis | 7 | 14.6 |