Louis Durant Explained

Louis Durant
Birth Name:	Durant Oscar Lewis
Birth Date:	25 September 1910
Birth Place:	Belleville, Kansas, U.S.
Death Place:	San Bernardino, California, U.S.
Module1:	Embed: yes Total Champ Races: 3 Years In Champ: 6 Best Champ Pos: 10th (tie) (1939) First Champ Race: 1939 Milwaukee 100 (Milwaukee) Last Champ Race: 1946 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis) Champ Wins: 0 Champ Podiums: 1 Champ Poles: 0

Durant Oscar Lewis (September 25, 1910 – February 13, 1972) was an American racing driver^[1] who competed under the nom de course Louis Durant.^[2]

Racing career

Durant was a member of one of the most exclusive clubs in the world, the 100 Mile Per Hour Club. To qualify for membership, drivers were required to complete the Indianapolis 500-mile Race without relief while averaging over 100 miles an hour. Louis Durant drove a 1938 Alfa-Romeo 308 C Special Race Car in the Indianapolis 500 in 1946 and finished in sixth place.

Motorsports career results

Indianapolis 500 results

Year	Car	Start	Qual	Rank	Finish	Laps	Led	Retired
1946	33	6	118.973	31	6	200	0	Running
Totals^[3]						200	0

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lewis Durant . 2024-03-17 . www.champcarstats.com.
2. Web site: Brown . Allen . Louis Durant . 2024-03-17 . OldRacingCars.com . en.
3. Web site: Driver Stats. IndianapolisMotorSpeedway.com. 2016-05-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20190731154503/https://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/events/indy500/history/historical-stats/driver-stats/drivers/lewis-durant. 2019-07-31. dead.