Al Rogers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth Name: | Alfred C. Rogers | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth Date: | 1 March 1909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth Place: | Pekin, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Death Place: | Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Titles: | 1940, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Al Rogers[1] (March 1, 1909 - December 5, 1984) was an American race car driver from Pekin, Illinois. He won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb[2] four times between 1947 and 1954, when he was part of the AAA Championship Car. Rogers has a total of five victories, the first being obtained before World War II, in 1940.[3] He died on December 5, 1984, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[4] [5]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Rank | Points | |
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1947 | INDY | MIL | LAN | ATL | BAI | MIL | GOS | MIL | PIK | SPR | ARL | 26th | 160 | |||||
1948 | ARL | INDY | MIL | LAN | MIL | SPR | MIL | DUQ | ATL | PIK 1 | SPR | DUQ | 24th | 200 | ||||
1949 | INDY | MIL | TRE | SPR | MIL | DUQ | PIK | SYR | DET | SPR | LAN | SAC | DMR | 25th | 200 | |||
1950 | INDY | MIL | LAN | SPR | MIL | PIK 1 | SYR | DET | SPR | SAC | PHX | BAY | DAR | 25th | 200 | |||
1951 | INDY | MIL | LAN | DAR | SPR | MIL | DUQ | DUQ | PIK 1 | SYR | DET | DNC | SJS | PHX | BAY | 29th | 200 | |
1952 | INDY | MIL | RAL | SPR | MIL | DET | DUQ | PIK 3 | SYR | DNC | SJS | PHX | 27th | 140 | ||||
1953 | INDY | MIL | SPR | DET | SPR | MIL | DUQ | PIK 3 | SYR | ISF | SAC | PHX | 29th | 140 | ||||
1954 | INDY | MIL | LAN | DAR | SPR | MIL | DUQ | PIK 8 | SYR | ISF | SAC | PHX | LVG | 41st | 50 |