Al Chasteen
{{Orphan|date=December 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{short description|American driver}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Al Chasteen
| full_name = Alfred Charles Chasteen
| image = Al_Chasteen_driver.png
| caption =
| nationality = American
| sport = Motorcycle racing
| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|11|25}}
| birth_place = Guthrie, Oklahoma, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1943|11|15|1906|11|25}}
| death_place = San Francisco, California, U.S.
}}
Al Chasteen (March 8, 1882 – November 25, 1906) was an American car race and motorcycle driver. He was a national champion and world record holder in the one-mile dirt track race.{{cite web |year=1938 |title=Chasteen Favored in Oakland Classic|publisher=Stockton Evening and Sunday Record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/843740448/?match=1&terms=%22Chasteen%22%20motorcycle|access-date=13 March 2023}}{{cite web |year=1932 |title=Chasteen Sets New World's Motor Bike Mark in Trial|publisher=The Oakland Post enquirer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/999162924/?match=1&terms=%22Chasteen%22%20motorcycle|access-date=13 March 2023}}
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Chasteen set the world motorcycle one-mile dirt track record in April 1931 at 41.2 seconds.{{cite web |year=1933 |title=Chasteen To Start Baby Autos|publisher=The Oakland Post Enquirer|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1000394852/?match=1&terms=wee%20willie%20davis|access-date=13 March 2023}} He later beat his own record on January 22, 1932 in a trial, but it as not accepted due to it not being timed correctly. Chasteen picked up wins in races in Oakland in November 1933 and November 1935.{{cite web |year=1935 |title=Al Chasteen Wins Motor Bike Race|publisher=Oakland Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/129125452/?match=1&terms=%22Chasteen%22%20motorcycle|access-date=13 March 2023}}{{cite web |year=1933 |title=Al Chasteen In Thrilling Victory|publisher=The Oakland Post Enquirer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/999515228/?match=1&terms=%22Chasteen%22%20motorcycle|access-date=13 March 2023}} Chasteen won the national motorcycle road race in Savannah, Georgia in 1936.{{cite web |year=1936 |title=Ten Auto Racing Events And Head-On Collision on Sunday Auto Racing Card|publisher=The Chico Enterprise |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/681000730/?match=1&terms=%22Chasteen%22%20motorcycle|access-date=13 March 2023}} During his career, he raced against other riders such as Sprouts Elder and Wilbur Lamoreaux{{cite web |year=1933 |title=Chasteen to Be Race Started|publisher=Oakland Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/106277650/?match=1&terms=al%20chasteen%20racer|access-date=13 March 2023}} and often represented Stockton, California.{{cite web |year=1936 |title=Stockton Team To Meet Local Riders Thursday|publisher=The Fresno Bee|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/701338661/?match=1&terms=al%20chasteen%20racer|access-date=13 March 2023}}
Chasteen was charged on July 14th, 1942 along with Clovis "Duck" Mallory for receiving stolen property from the Stockton Motor Base.{{cite web |year=1938 |title=7 Seized Here In Thefts At Motor Base|publisher=Stockton Evening and Sunday Record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/844030221/?match=1&terms=%22Al%20Chasteen%22%20%22Racer%22%20dead|access-date=13 March 2023}}
Chasteen committed suicide on November 17, 1943.{{cite web |year=1943 |title=Takes Life on Arrival of Gun|publisher=The Register |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/998165600/?match=1&terms=Chasteen|access-date=13 March 2023}}
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Category:Racing drivers from Oklahoma