Kurtis KraftHemvist USA Aktivt i F1 1950 - 1960 Vunna lopp 5 (1950 , 1951 , 1953 , 1954 , 1955 ) Pole position 6 (1950 , 1951 , 1952 , 1953 , 1954 , 1957 ) Snabbaste varv 7 (1950 , 1951 , 1952 , 1953 , 1954 , 1955 , 1956 ) Konstruktörstitlar 0 Förartitlar 0
1955 Kurtis 500S 1953 Kurtis 500S med Chryslermotor 1955 Kurtis 500B Championship Car Kurtis Kraft var en amerikansk sport- och racerbiltillverkare under 1950-talet och början av 1960-talet.
Företaget, som grundades av Frank Kurtis , designade och tillverkade diverse olika typer av tävlingsbilar, bland annat Indy 500 -bilar som användes av ett antal team i Indy 500 -loppen i formel 1 i Indianapolis Grand Prix . Kurtis Kraft-bilar vann fem av elva lopp.
Flertalet av Kurtis Krafts Indy 500-bilar hade Offenhauser -motorer men några hade Cummins - eller Novi -motorer. Däcken tillverkades av Firestone .
Indy 500-team som tävlat i formel 1 i Kurtis Kraft-bilar [ redigera | redigera wikitext ] Team Säsonger 3-L Racing Team 1953 Ansted Rotary Corp 1956 , 1957 Bessie Lee Paoli 1952 , 1953 Bignotti-Bowes Racing 1959 , 1960 Brown Motor Co 1951 , 1954 C O Prather 1960 Carl L Anderson 1955 , 1956 Cars Inc 1954 , 1955 , 1956 , 1957 Chapman S Root 1953 , 1954 , 1955 , 1956 , 1957 , 1958 , 1959 , 1960 Charles Pritchard 1950 Cummins Engine Co [ 1] 1950 , 1952 Ed Walsh 1951 , 1952 , 1953 , 1954 , 1956 Ernest L Ruiz 1953 , 1956 , 1957 Ervin Wolfe 1950 Eugene A Casaroll 1953 , 1954 Federal Engineering Association 1951 Federal Auto Associates 1952 , 1953 , 1954 , 1955 , 1956 , 1958 , 1959 , 1960 Francis Bardazon 1954 Fred & Richard Sommer 1957 Fred Gerhardt 1958 , 1959 Fred Sclavi 1957 Fred Somers 1956 George Bignotti 1956 , 1957 George Walther Jr 1957 , 1958 Grancor Auto Specialists 1950 , 1951 , 1952 , 1953 H A Chapman 1951 , 1955 , 1956 , 1957 , 1958 H H Johnson 1956 , 1957 Harry Dunn 1955 , 1956 Hart Fullerton 1952 , 1953 Henry Yunik 1958 Hoosier Racing Team 1954 Howard Keck Co 1952 , 1953 , 1954 J C Agajanian 1950 , 1951 J S Belond 1953 J S Donaldson 1957 , 1958 , 1959 , 1960 Jack B Hinkle 1950 , 1951 , 1952 , 1953 , 1954 , 1955 Jean Marcenac [ 2] 1951 , 1953 Jim Robbins 1951 , 1952 , 1958 , 1959 John Zink 1952 , 1953 , 1954 , 1955 , 1956 Joseph Massaglia Jr 1955 Kalamazoo Sports Inc 1956 , 1957 , 1958 Karl Hall 1959 Kurtis Kraft Inc [ 3] 1950 Leader Cards Inc 1959 Lee Elkins 1951 , 1952 , 1953 , 1954 LeRoy E Foutch Jr 1959 Lewis W Welch [ 2] 1952 Lindsey Hopkins 1955 , 1956 Louis Rassey 1950 , 1951 Ludson D Morris 1950 , 1951 , 1952 M A Walker 1950 , 1951 , 1953 M Pete Wales 1950 , 1955 Mel B Wiggers 1952 , 1954 Merz Engineering Inc 1955 Miklos Sperling 1954 Milt Marion 1950 Motor Racers Inc 1954 Murrell Belanger 1951 , 1953 , 1954 , 1955 , 1956 Novi Racing Corp [ 2] 1956 , 1957 , 1958 Pat Clancy 1953 , 1955 , 1956 , 1957 , 1958 Peter Schmidt 1951 , 1952 , 1953 Racing Associates 1955 , 1958 , 1960 Ray Crawford 1953 , 1954 , 1955 , 1956 Ray T Brady 1952 , 1959 Robert M Bowes II 1958 Roger Wolcott 1952 Rotary Engineering Corp 1951 , 1952 , 1953 , 1955 Roy McKay 1957 , 1958 , 1959 , 1960 Samuel W Traylor III 1955 , 1956 Shannon Bros 1956 South California Muffler Co 1954 T W & W T Martin 1954 , 1955 Tom Sarafoff 1952 Verlin Brown 1950 Yunick Glover & Lathrop 1959