Emil Andres Explained

Emil Andres

Birth Name:

Emil William Andres

Birth Date:

22 February 1911

Birth Place:

Tinley Park, Illinois, U.S.

Death Place:

South Holland, Illinois, U.S.

Titles:

AAA Midwest Big Car (1940)

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Total Champ Races:

51+

Years In Champ:

Best Champ Pos:

3rd (1946)

First Champ Race:

1935 Springfield 100 (Springfield)

Last Champ Race:

1950 Rex Mays Classic (Milwaukee)

First Champ Win:

1948 Milwaukee 100 (Milwaukee)

Champ Wins:

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Races:	1 (0 starts)
Championships:	0
Wins:	0
Podiums:	0
Points:	0
Poles:	0
Fastest Laps:	0
Last Race:	1950 Indianapolis 500

Emil William Andres (February 22, 1911 – July 20, 1999) was an American racing driver active during the 1930s and 1940s.^[1] ^[2]

Racing career

Andres was part of the midget car racing "Chicago Gang," along with Tony Bettenhausen, Cowboy O'Rourke, Paul Russo, Jimmy Snyder, and Wally Zale.^[3] These racers toured tracks in the Midwest^[4] and East Coast of the United States.

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.

Andres attempted to qualify for one World Drivers' Championship race at Indianapolis, failing to make the 1950 race.

Awards and honors

Andres was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1996. In 2013, he was inducted in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame.^[5]

Motorsports career results

AAA Championship Car results

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Points
1946	INDY 4	LAN 4	ATL 3	ISF 3	MIL 3	GOS 4									3rd	1,348
1947	INDY 13	MIL 8	LAN 2	ATL 13	BAI 7	MIL 17	GOS 15	MIL 5	PIK	SPR 10	ARL 3				8th	575
1948	ARL DNP	INDY 31	MIL 1	LAN 3	MIL 2	SPR 18	MIL 16	DUQ 8	ATL 5	PIK	SPR 2	DUQ 13			9th	810
1949	ARL	INDY 9	MIL 2	TRE 4	SPR DNP	MIL 5	DUQ 13	PIK	SYR 10	DET	SPR DNQ	LAN	SAC	DMR	10th	512
1950	INDY DNQ	MIL 16	LAN	SPR	MIL	PIK	SYR	DET	SPR	SAC	PHX	BAY	DAR		-	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]

Indianapolis 500 results

Year	Car	Start	Qual	Rank	Finish	Laps	Led	Retired
1936	19	33	111.455	31	18	184	0	Flagged
1938	42	28	117.126	27	29	45	0	Crash T2
1939	44	21	121.212	26	30	22	0	Spark plugs
1940	25	22	122.963	14	12	192	0	Flagged
1941	19	15	122.266	19	30	5	0	Crash T1
1946	18	11	121.139	20	4	200	0	Running
1947	3	30	116.781	29	13	150	0	Magneto
1948	8	16	123.550	23	31	11	0	Steering
1949	9	32	126.042	31	9	197	0	Flagged
1950	99	Failed to qualify
Totals						1006	0

Starts	9
Poles	0
Front Row	0
Wins	0
Top 5	1
Top 10	2
Retired	5

FIA World Drivers' Championship results

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Notes and References

Web site: Emil Andres . 2023-06-09 . www.champcarstats.com.
Web site: Brown . Allen . Emil Andres . 2024-03-16 . OldRacingCars.com . en.
http://worthyofhonor.com/Inductees/Paul_Russo.htm Biography
Web site: AutoRacingRecords.com . 2024-03-31 . www.autoracingrecords.com.
Web site: Eight More Join Midget Hall Of Fame. National Speed Sport News. December 27, 2013.
Web site: 1946 AAA National Championship Trail . 2024-03-13 . 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.