Sam Hanks

Sam Hanks

Sam Hanks (July 13 1914 – June 27 1994) was an American racecar driver who won the 1957 Indianapolis 500. He was a barnstormer, and raced midget and Champ cars.

Racing career

He won his first championship in 1937 on the West Coast in the AMA. He barnstormed the country, racing on the board tracks at Soldier Field in Chicago and the Los Angeles Coliseum Motordome. Hanks reportedly won the first two board track races at Soldier Field in 1939. Hanks won the 1940 VFW Motor City Speedway championship. After World War II, he captured the 1946 URA Blue Circuit Championship. He won the 1947 Night before the 500 midget car race. He was the 1949 AAA National Midget champion. He won the 1956 Pacific Coast championship in the USAC Stock cars.

He won the 1957 Indianapolis 500 at his thirteenth attempt at the race, the most tries of any Indy winner, and announced his retirement from racing in Victory Circle. [http://www.worthyofhonor.com/Inductees/Sam_Hanks.htm Biography] at the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame]

He drove the pace car at the Indianapolis 500 from 1958 to 1963.

Awards

*He was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1998.
*He was inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2000.
*Hanks was inducted in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1984.

Indy 500 results

* Shared drive with Duane Carter

World Championship career summary

The Indianapolis 500 was part of the FIA World Championship from 1950 through 1960. Drivers competing at Indy during those years were credited with World Championship points and participation. Sam Hanks participated in 8 World Championship races. He started on the pole 0 times, won 1 race, set 0 fastest laps, and finished on the podium 4 times. He accumulated a total of 20 championship points.

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