Overton Phillips Explained

Overton Phillips
Birth Name:	Overton Axton Phillips
Birth Date:	20 September 1908
Birth Place:	Ottumwa, Iowa, U.S.
Death Place:	Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Module1:	Embed: yes Total Champ Races: 5 Years In Champ: 4 Best Champ Pos: 23rd (1940) First Champ Race: 1936 Vanderbilt Cup (Westbury) Last Champ Race: 1941 Syracuse 100 (Syracuse) Champ Wins: 0 Champ Podiums: 0 Champ Poles: 0

Overton Axton Phillips (September 20, 1908 – April 1, 1999) was an American racing driver.^[1]

Racing career

During trials for the 1937 Indianapolis 500, Overton's car burst into flames when a crank shaft broke and punctured his gas tank. He crashed into the pits, killing George Warford.^[2]

Motorsports career results

Indianapolis 500 results

Year Car Start Qual Rank Finish Laps Led Retired 1941 26 26 116.298 33 13 187 0 Flagged Totals 187 0

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Overton Phillips . 2024-03-17 . www.champcarstats.com.
2. News: Associated Press . Racer Crashes, Kills Watcher. Others Hurt When Flaming Car ... . Speedway officials attributed the accident to the breaking of a crank shaft and the puncturing of the gas tank on a racer piloted by Overton Phillips of Los Angeles ... . . May 28, 1937 . 2012-10-09 . 2020-01-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200126222112/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mKVQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JSIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2173,2718&dq=overton+phillips&hl=en . dead .