Eddie Russo

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Eddie Russo

| image =

| caption =

| birth_name = Edward Leon Russo

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|11|19}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|10|14|1923|11|19}}

| death_place = King, Wisconsin, U.S.

| module1 =

{{Infobox Champ Car driver|embed=yes

| Total_Champ_Races = 18

| Years_In_Champ = 9

| Best_Champ_Pos = 24th (1955)

| First_Champ_Race = 1952 Milwaukee 200 (Milwaukee)

| Last_Champ_Race = 1960 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)

| Champ_Wins = 0

| Champ_Podiums = 0

| Champ_Poles = 1

| module2 =

{{Infobox F1 driver|embed=yes

| Years = {{F1|1954}}–{{F1|1960}}

| Team(s) = Kurtis Kraft, Pawl, Epperly, Kuzma

| Races = 7 (4 starts)

| Championships = 0

| Wins = 0

| Podiums = 0

| Points = 0

| Poles = 0

| Fastest laps = 0

| First race = 1954 Indianapolis 500

| Last race = 1960 Indianapolis 500

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Edward Leon Russo (November 19, 1923 – October 14, 2012) was an American racing driver.{{Cite web |title=Eddie Russo |url=http://www.champcarstats.com/drivers/RussoEddie.htm |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=www.champcarstats.com}}

Russo won the midget car track championship at Raceway Park in Chicago in 1950. He competed in the AAA and USAC Championship Car series in the 1952-1957 and 1960 seasons, with 21 career starts, including three times in the Indianapolis 500. Russo finished in the top 10 five times, with his best finish in 1955 at Langhorne.

World Drivers' Championship career

The AAA/USAC-sanctioned Indianapolis 500 was included in the FIA World Drivers' Championship from 1950 through 1960. Drivers competing at Indianapolis during those years were credited with World Drivers' Championship participation, and were eligible to score WDC points alongside those which they may have scored towards the AAA/USAC National Championship.

Russo participated in four World Drivers' Championship races at Indianapolis. His best finish was 22nd place, and he scored no World Drivers' Championship points.

Personal life

Russo's father, Joe, and his uncle, Paul, also raced Indy cars.Reed, Terry [https://books.google.com/books?id=uahb3ND5jxwC&dq=Eddie+russo+race+ritual+joe+paul&pg=PA134 Indy:the race and ritual of the Indianapolis 500], p 134

Russo served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Second World War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.{{Cite web |title=Edward Russo Obituary (2012) - Racine, WI - Racine Journal Times |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/journaltimes/name/edward-russo-obituary?id=23370155 |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=Legacy.com}} Raised in Kenosha, he was a long-time resident of Racine. He died at the Wisconsin Veterans Home, where he had lived since 2005.Three-time Indianapolis 500 racer Eddie Russo dies at 86 http://www.autoweek.com/article/20121023/INDYCAR/121029933

Motorsports career results

= Indianapolis 500 results =

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Year !Car !Start !Qual !Rank !Finish !Laps !Led !Retired
1955 \|37 \|13 \|140.116 \|9 \|22 \|112 \|0 \|Ignition
1956* \|10 \| - \| - \| - \|23 \|37 \|0 \|Brakes
1957 \|55 \|26 \|140.862 \|20 \|32 \|0 \|0 \|Crash BS
1960 \|46 \|29 \|142.203 \|30 \|26 \|84 \|0 \|Crash T2
colspan=6\|Totals \|233 \|0 \|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

Year

!Car

!Start

!Qual

!Rank

!Finish

!Laps

!Led

!Retired

1955

|37