Cecil Green
{{short description|American racing driver (1919–1951)}}
{{About|the American racing driver|the educational philanthropist|Cecil Howard Green}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Cecil Green
| image =
| caption =
| nationality =
| birth_name = Judge Cecil Holt
| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|09|30}}
| birth_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1951|07|29|1919|09|30}}
| death_place = Winchester, Indiana, U.S.
| titles =
| awards =
| module1 = {{Infobox Champ Car driver|child=yes
| years = 1950–1951
| Total_Champ_Races = 14
| Years_In_Champ = 2
| Champ_Car_Team =
| Best_Champ_Pos = 4th – 1950
| First_Champ_Race = 1950 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
| Last_Champ_Race = 1951 Darlington 250 (Darlington)
| First_Champ_Win =
| Last_Champ_Win =
| Champ_Wins = 0
| Champ_Podiums = 4
| Champ_Poles = 0
}}
| module2 = {{Infobox F1 driver
| child = yes
| Years = {{F1|1950}}–{{F1|1951}}
|Team(s) = Kurtis Kraft
| Races = 2
| Championships = 0
| Wins = 0
| Podiums = 0
| Points = 3
| Poles = 0
| Fastest laps = 0
| First race = 1950 Indianapolis 500
| First win =
| Last win =
| Last race = 1951 Indianapolis 500
}}}}
Cecil Green{{Cite web |title=Cecil Green |url=http://www.champcarstats.com/drivers/GreenCecil.htm |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=www.champcarstats.com}} (né Judge Cecil Holt; September 30, 1919 – July 29, 1951) was an American racecar driver from Dallas, Texas.
Racing career
Green won 34 midget races between 1948 and 1950 in Oklahoma and Missouri, and several more in Texas. He won the 1949 Oklahoma City and Southwest AAA titles.{{cite web|title=Cecil Green|publisher=The National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame|accessdate=2 June 2013|url=http://www.worthyofhonor.com/Inductees/Cecil_Green.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927032819/http://www.worthyofhonor.com/Inductees/Cecil_Green.htm|archivedate=27 September 2007}} He won in seven different Offenhauser cars. Green placed fourth in his first Indianapolis 500 in 1950. He finished 22nd in the 1951 Indianapolis 500.
Green was killed while attempting to qualify for an AAA sprint car race at Funk's Speedway in Winchester, Indiana on July 29, 1951, a day which became known as "Black Sunday".{{cite news|title=Three Indianapolis race drivers killed|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k1ItAAAAIBAJ&pg=3264%2C4144114|newspaper=Reading Eagle|date=July 30, 1951}}{{cite news|title=Three ranking drivers killed in race crashes|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XdgjAAAAIBAJ&pg=2924%2C5526548|newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal|date=July 30, 1951|agency=Associated Press}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Green was a World War II veteran, having enlisted in the United States Army in Houston in April 1942. At that time he was a married man residing at an unincorporated section of Harris County – the same county where the Houston metropolitan area lies. In the United States Army Green reached the rank of corporal, becoming a Fifth Grade Technician in the Ordnance Department.
Career award
- Green was inducted in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 2003.
Indy 500 results
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| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| Year
!Car !Start !Qual !Rank !Finish !Laps !Led !Retired |
|---|
| 1950
|54 |12 |132.910 |2 |4 |137 |0 |Running |
| 1951
|4 |10 |131.892 |32 |22 |80 |5 |Rod |
| colspan=6|Totals
|217 |5 | |
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| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| Starts
|2 |
|---|
| Poles
|0 |
| Front Row
|0 |
| Wins
|0 |
| Top 5
|1 |
| Top 10
|1 |
| Retired
|1 |
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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. Cecil Green participated in 2 World Championship races. He started on the pole 0 times, won 0 races, set 0 fastest laps, and finished on the podium 0 times. He accumulated a total of 3 championship points.
References
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{{succession box| title = Youngest driver to score
points in Formula One | years = 30 years, 242 days
(1950 Indianapolis 500) | before = Alberto Ascari{{small|
31 years, 312 days
(1950 Monaco GP)}} | after = Mike Nazaruk{{small|
29 years, 239 days
(1951 Indianapolis 500)}}}}
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Category:Racing drivers from Dallas
Category:Indianapolis 500 drivers
Category:AAA Championship Car drivers
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:Racing drivers who died while racing
Category:Sports deaths in Indiana
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