Harold Shaw (racing driver)
{{Short description|American racing driver (1906–1941)}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Harold Shaw
| image =
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| birth_name = Harold Joseph Shaw
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|08|10}}
| birth_place = Frankfort, Indiana, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1941|11|03|1906|08|10}}
| death_place = Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
}}
Harold Joseph Shaw (August 10, 1906 – November 3, 1941){{Cite web |title=Motorsport Memorial - Harold Shaw |url=http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=6144 |access-date=31 March 2023 |website=Motorsport Memorial}} was an American racing driver.
Career and death
Shaw drove in relief of Willard Prentiss for two laps during the 1933 Indianapolis 500. Shaw wanted to enter the 1934 race but his entry was refused. Primarily a sprint car driver, the 1933 Indianapolis 500 was his only Championship Car experience.
Having won the 1941 Midwest Dirt Track Racing Association (MDTRA) championship, Shaw died of injuries sustained while warming up for a sprint car race at the Johnson County Fairgrounds in Franklin, Indiana.{{cite news|title=Indianapolis race driver is injured during trial runs|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/3628676|newspaper=The Kokomo Tribune|agency=Associated Press|date=October 13, 1941|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525121439/https://www.newspapers.com/article/3628676/|archive-date=2023-05-25|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title="Such a good sportsman," mechanic says of Harold Shaw, victim of track wreck|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/111451503/|newspaper=The Indianapolis Star|date=November 5, 1941|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525121439/https://www.newspapers.com/article/111451503/|archive-date=2023-05-25|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|3416|Harold Shaw}}
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Category:People from Frankfort, Indiana
Category:Racing drivers from Indianapolis
Category:Indianapolis 500 drivers
Category:AAA Championship Car drivers
Category:20th-century American sportsmen