Drivers/United States of America
Joie Chitwood
- 1950
- CHI
- Born 14 April 1912 in Denison
- Died 3 January 1988
- George Rice Chitwood
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.
- Starts1
- Wins00% of starts
- Podiums00% of starts
- Pole positions00× started from P1
- Fastest laps0
- Titles0best finish P20
Career numbers
- Avg grid position9
- Avg finish5
- Retirement rate0%
- Pole-to-win conversion–
- Positions gained+4
- Points scored1
- Longest winning streak–
- Longest podium streak–
- Longest points-scoring streak1
- TeamsKurtis Kraft (1950)
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.
Season by season
| Season | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | Points | Championship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 1 | P20 |
Every race
1 entry. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.
- First entryIndianapolis 500 1950P5 · Kurtis Kraft
All 1 race, season by season
| Year | Race | Team | Grid | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Indianapolis 500 | Kurtis Kraft | 9 | P5 | 1 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnnie Parsons | 1950 | 0:1 | 0:1 | – | 1 : 9 | Compare |
| Cecil Green | 1950 | 0:1 | 1:0 | – | 1 : 3 | Compare |
| Walt Faulkner | 1950 | 1:0 | 0:1 | – | 1 : 0 | Compare |
| Pat Flaherty | 1950 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 1 : 0 | Compare |
| Mack Hellings | 1950 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 1 : 0 | Compare |
| Jack McGrath | 1950 | 1:0 | 0:1 | – | 1 : 0 | Compare |
| Johnny McDowell | 1950 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 1 : 0 | Compare |
| Walt Brown | 1950 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 1 : 0 | Compare |
| Jerry Hoyt | 1950 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 1 : 0 | Compare |
| Fred Agabashian | 1950 | 1:0 | 0:1 | – | 1 : 0 | Compare |
| Jimmy Jackson | 1950 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 1 : 0 | Compare |
| Sam Hanks | 1950 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 1 : 0 | Compare |
| Duke Dinsmore | 1950 | 1:0 | 0:1 | – | 1 : 0 | Compare |
| Tony Bettenhausen | 1950 | 0:1 | 0:0 | – | 1 : 1 | Compare |
Green: Joie Chitwood 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.