Robert Charles "Bob" Sweikert (May 20, 1926 – June 17, 1956) was an American racing driver, best known as the winner of the 1955 Indianapolis 500 and...

ninety laps with a fuel pump issue, when the lead was taken over by Bob Sweikert. The only other driver to retire due to contact for the remainder of...

ahead of Juan Manuel Fangio (Mercedes) with 10 and Bob Sweikert (Kurtis Kraft) with 8. Sweikert would not compete in any other rounds. Four days after...

at the 500 five times. After 1949 Boyd had become close friends with Bob Sweikert of Hayward, California when he met him on the California racing circuit...

continued to lead, with Bob Sweikert second, and Sam Hanks third. All three cars were on the lead lap. But on lap 130, Sweikert shredded a right-rear tire...

wheel-to-wheel duel with Bob Sweikert, who had won the race in which Vukovich was killed, in a Sprint car race at Salem Speedway when Sweikert made contact with...

driving went on to win the 1953 and 1954 contests with the same car. Bob Sweikert won the 1955 500 in a Kurtis after Vukovich was killed while leading...

Pennsylvania. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Bob Sweikert. Manny Ayulo was killed at Indianapolis while practicing for the 1955...

1953 Tony Bettenhausen 6 9   Accident Report Manny Ayulo 4 13   Engine Bob Sweikert 29 Ret   Suspension Pat Flaherty 24 Ret   Accident Chuck Stevenson 16...

1956–1958, 1960 1952 Indianapolis 500 1952 Indianapolis 500  United States Bob Sweikert 1 1952–1956 1955 Indianapolis 500 1955 Indianapolis 500  Italy Luigi...

and Scarborough climbed over the pit wall where he collapsed onto a chair. Bob Scott, who had already dropped out with an oil leak, took over behind the...

1948 Duane Carter 29 22 Report Mike Salay 31 30 1949 Jim Rathmann 21 11 Report Troy Ruttman 18 12 1950 Jim Rathmann 28 24     Report Bob Sweikert DNQ    ...

DNS 0 — Luigi Piotti Ret DNS 6 0 — Bob Sweikert 6 0 — Óscar González 6† 0 — Alberto Uría 6† 0 — Élie Bayol 6† 0 — Bob Veith 7 0 — Toulo de Graffenried 7...

Indianapolis 500. Watson had won the previous year as a crew chief for Bob Sweikert. Watson's cars dominated the race through 1964. Although he continued...

Pos Driver Points 1 1 Juan Manuel Fangio 19 1 2 Maurice Trintignant 11 1⁄3 1 3 Nino Farina 10 1⁄3 1 4 Bob Sweikert 8 11 5 Stirling Moss 7 Source:...

34 Bill Vukovich Jimmy Bryan Jack McGrath Jack McGrath Report 1955 35 Bob Sweikert Tony Bettenhausen Jimmy Davies Jerry Hoyt Report 1956 32 Pat Flaherty...

 R (#54) Bill Boyd  R  (#47) Wally Campbell  R  (#66, #81) - Failed rookie test Bob Christie  R  (#66) George Connor (#27, #32) - Retired Ray Crawford  R  (#32)...

11 0 — Chuck Stevenson 12 0 — Manny Ayulo 13 0 — Leslie Marr 13 0 — Bob Sweikert 14 0 — Leslie Thorne 14 0 — Horace Gould 15 0 — Jimmy Jackson 15† 0 — Ernie...

Oakland Speedway was Bob Sweikert, the 1955 Indianapolis 500 winner. On Memorial Day, May 26, 1947 at the Oakland Speedway, Sweikert drove his own handbuilt...

Past: The A.A.A. Catastrophe - Arthur Means, Val Haresnape, Russ Catlin, and Bob Russo" (PDF). Rear View Mirror. 7 (6): 21–38. "Through The Years". Champ...

Bettenhausen 1952: Chuck Stevenson 1953: Sam Hanks 1954: Jimmy Bryan 1955: Bob Sweikert USAC (1956–1979) 1956: Jimmy Bryan (2) 1957: Jimmy Bryan (3) 1958: Tony...

(4th ed.). Carl Hungness Publishing. p. 22. ISBN 0-915088-05-3. Stranahan, Bob (May 31, 1952). "Sets Race Record Of 128 MPH After Vukovich Bid Failes"....

Preceded by Troy Ruttman Indianapolis 500 Winner 1953-1954 Succeeded by Bob Sweikert Preceded by Manny Ayulo Formula One fatal accidents May 30, 1955 Succeeded by...

1878) 1956 – Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (b. 1892) 1956 – Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (b. 1926) 1957 – Dorothy Richardson, English...

Ret 0 — Duke Nalon Ret 0 — Fred Agabashian RetP 0 — Bob Sweikert Ret 0 — Gene Hartley Ret 0 — Bob Scott Ret 0 — Chet Miller Ret 0 — Bobby Ball Ret 0 —...

Pittsburgh Press. United Press. May 17, 1955. Burgess, Dale (May 31, 1955). "Bob Sweikert winner; Bill Vukovich is dead". The Florence Times. Associated Press...

Preceded by Bob Sweikert Indianapolis 500 Winner 1956 Succeeded by Sam Hanks...

2014-07-11. "Karel Švec". Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 2014-09-18. "Bob Sweikert". Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 2014-07-11. "Giovanni Tabacchi". Motorsport...

Bettenhausen 1952: Chuck Stevenson 1953: Sam Hanks 1954: Jimmy Bryan 1955: Bob Sweikert USAC (1956–1979) 1956: Jimmy Bryan (2) 1957: Jimmy Bryan (3) 1958: Tony...

Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 (d. 2001) 1926 – Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (d. 1956) 1927 – Bud Grant, American football...