Skip to content

USA

Drivers/United States of America

Walt Brown

  • 1950–1951
  • BRO
  • Born 30 December 1910 in Springfield
  • Died 29 July 1951
  • Walter Charles Brown

Compare with another driverSeason by season in the Explorer

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.

Career numbers

  • Avg grid position16.5
  • Avg finish22.5
  • Retirement rate0%
  • Pole-to-win conversion–
  • Positions gained-12
  • Points scored0
  • Longest winning streak–
  • Longest podium streak–
  • Longest points-scoring streak–
  • TeamsKurtis Kraft (1950–1951)

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

1 1950: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1951: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 195019511 1950: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1951: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 19501951
WinsOther podiumsOther startsTitleBar height is the number of starts in that season.

Season by season

SeasonTeamRacesWinsPodiumsPointsChampionship
1950Kurtis Kraft10–
1951Kurtis Kraft10–

Every race

2 entries. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.

All 2 races, season by season
YearRaceTeamGridResultPoints
1950Indianapolis 500Kurtis Kraft20P19
1951Indianapolis 500Kurtis Kraft13P26

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-mateYearsRacesQualifyingQuali gapPoints
Johnnie Parsons1950–19510:20:2–0 : 9Compare
Cecil Green1950–19510:20:2–0 : 3Compare
Jack McGrath1950–19510:20:2–0 : 2Compare
Fred Agabashian1950–19511:10:2–0 : 0Compare
Sam Hanks1950–19511:11:1–0 : 0Compare
Joie Chitwood19500:10:1–0 : 1Compare
Walt Faulkner19500:10:1–0 : 0Compare
Pat Flaherty19500:10:1–0 : 0Compare
Mack Hellings19500:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Johnny McDowell19500:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Jerry Hoyt19501:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Jimmy Jackson19501:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Duke Dinsmore19501:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Lee Wallard19510:10:1–0 : 9Compare
Mike Nazaruk19510:10:1–0 : 6Compare
Carl Forberg19510:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Dennis Nalon19510:10:1–0 : 0Compare
Gene Force19510:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Bill Schindler19510:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Carl Scarborough19510:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Troy Ruttman19510:10:1–0 : 0Compare
Chet Miller19510:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Cliff Griffith19511:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Tony Bettenhausen19500:10:0–0 : 1Compare
Manny Ayulo19510:10:0–0 : 2Compare

Green: Walt Brown 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.

CircuitStartsWinsPodiumsAvg finish
Indianapolis222.5