Duke Dinsmore Explained

Duke Dinsmore

Birth Name:

Carlyle John Dinsmoor

Birth Date:

10 April 1913

Birth Place:

Williamstown, West Virginia, U.S.

Death Place:

Port Orange, Florida, U.S.

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Total Champ Races:

47+

Years In Champ:

Best Champ Pos:

6th (1950)

First Champ Race:

1946 Williams Grove Race #1 (Mechanicsburg)

Last Champ Race:

1956 Milwaukee 250 (Milwaukee)

First Champ Win:

1950 Golden State 100 (Sacramento)

Champ Wins:

Champ Podiums:

Champ Poles:

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Years:	–,
Races:	6 (4 starts)
Championships:	0
Wins:	0
Podiums:	0
Points:	0
Poles:	0
Fastest Laps:	0
Last Race:	1956 Indianapolis 500

Carlyle John Dinsmoor (April 10, 1913 – October 12, 1985) was an American racing driver who competed under the nom de course Duke Dinsmore.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Dinsmoor served in the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War.^[4]

World Drivers' Championship career

The AAA/USAC-sanctioned Indianapolis 500 was included in the FIA World Drivers' Championship from 1950 through 1960. Drivers competing at Indianapolis during those years were credited with World Drivers' Championship participation, and were eligible to score WDC points alongside those which they may have scored towards the AAA/USAC National Championship.

Dinsmoor participated in four World Drivers' Championship races at Indianapolis. His best finish was 16th place, and he scored no World Drivers' Championship points.

Motorsports career results

Indianapolis 500 results

Year	Car	Start	Qual	Rank	Finish	Laps	Retired
1946	45	8	123.279	12	17	82	Rod
1947	10	27	119.840	22	10	167	Flagged
1949	29	15	127.750	21	15	174	Radius rod
1950	69	7	131.066	15	33	10	Oil leak
1951	6	32	131.974	29	24	73	Overheating
1953	92	-	-	-	16*	10/177	Rear axle
1956	64	33	138.530	33	17	191	Flagged
Totals						697

Starts	6
Poles	0
Front Row	0
Wins	0
Top 5	0
Top 10	1
Retired	4

* Shared drive with Rodger Ward and Andy Linden. Dinsmoor drove ten laps of the 177 completed by Ward (138), Linden (29) and Dinsmore.^[5]

AAA/USAC Championship Car results

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pos	Points
1946	INDY 17	LAN	ATL 10	ISF 11	MIL 4	GOS 3										10th	454
1947	INDY	MIL	LAN	ATL	BAI	MIL	GOS	MIL	PIK	SPR	ARL					15th	345.5
1948	ARL	INDY	MIL	LAN	MIL	SPR	MIL	DUQ 13	ATL	PIK	SPR	DUQ 15				26th	172.5
1949	ARL	INDY 15	MIL	TRE	SPR	MIL	DUQ	PIK	SYR	DET 10	SPR DNQ	LAN	SAC	DMR		20th	254
1950	INDY 33	MIL 14	LAN 4	SPR 7	MIL 4	PIK	SYR 10	DET 5	SPR 11	SAC 1	PHX 18	BAY 7	DAR 5			6th	1,017
1951	INDY 24	MIL	LAN	DAR DNQ	SPR	MIL 18	DUQ	DUQ	PIK	SYR DNQ	DET DNQ	DNC	SJS	PHX	BAY	-	0
1952	INDY DNQ	MIL	RAL	SPR DNQ	MIL	DET	DUQ	PIK	SYR	DNC	SJS	PHX				-	0
1953	INDY DNS	MIL	SPR DNQ	DET 12	SPR	MIL 15	DUQ DNQ	PIK	SYR	ISF	SAC	PHX				58th	5.1
1954	INDY DNQ	MIL	LAN	DAR	SPR	MIL	DUQ	PIK	SYR	ISF	SAC	PHX	LVG			-	0
1956	INDY 17	MIL	LAN	DAR DNQ	ATL	SPR	MIL 18	DUQ	SYR DNP	ISF	SAC	PHX				-	0
1960	TRE	INDY DNQ	MIL	LAN	SPR	MIL	DUQ	SYR	ISF	TRE	SAC	PHX				-	0

1946 table only includes results of the six races run to "championship car" specifications. Points total includes the 71 races run to "big car" specifications.^[6] ^[7]

FIA World Drivers' Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	WDC
1950	Brown Motors	Kurtis Kraft 2000	Offenhauser L4	GBR	MON	500	SUI	BEL	FRA	ITA			NC
1951	Brown Motors	Schroeder	Offenhauser L4	SUI	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	ESP		NC
1952	Vulcan Tool	R Miller	R Miller	SUI	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	NED	ITA		NC
1953	M.A. Walker Electric	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser L4	ARG	500	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	SUI	ITA	NC
1954	Commercial Motor Freight	Ewing	Offenhauser L4	ARG	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	SUI	ITA	ESP	NC
1956	Shannon's	Kurtis Kraft 500A	Offenhauser L4	ARG	MON	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA		NC

* Indicates shared drive with Rodger Ward and Andy Linden.

External links

Duke Dinsmore sharing his Milwaukee memories

Notes and References

Web site: Duke Dinsmore . 2024-05-20 . www.champcarstats.com.
Web site: Brown . Allen . Duke Dinsmore . 2024-05-20 . OldRacingCars.com . en.
The Talk of Gasoline Alley - 1070-AM WIBC, May 18, 2007
Web site: Media-56441.jpeg | American Air Museum .
Web site: 1953 Indianapolis 500. Holohan. Naoise. Manipe F1. https://web.archive.org/web/20120512144700/http://www.manipef1.com/results/1953/indy500/race/. May 12, 2012. dead. October 11, 2012.
Web site: 1946 AAA National Championship Trail . 2023-10-05 . www.champcarstats.com.
Capps . H. Donald . October 2009 . The Curious Case of the 1946 Season: An Inconvenient Championship . Rear View Mirror . 7 . 2 . 1–16.