Jules Ellingboe

{{Short description|American racing driver (1892–1948)}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Jules Ellingboe

| image =

| caption =

| birth_name = Julian Arthur Ellingboe

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|03|08}}

| birth_place = Crookston, Minnesota, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1948|04|23|1892|03|08}}

| death_place = Creswell, Oregon, U.S.

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{{Infobox Champ Car driver|embed=yes

| Total_Champ_Races = 8

| Years_In_Champ = 7

| Best_Champ_Pos = 25th (tie) (1921)

| First_Champ_Race = 1921 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)

| Last_Champ_Race = 1927 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)

| Champ_Wins = 0

| Champ_Podiums = 0

| Champ_Poles = 0

}}}}

Julian Arthur “Jules” Ellingboe (March 8, 1892 – April 23, 1948) was an American racing driver. Despite competing in six Indianapolis 500 races, he competed in few other Championship Car events, just a handful of board track events in 1922 and 1923.[http://www.champcarstats.com/drivers/EllingboeJules.htm Jules Ellingboe], Champ Car Stats, Retrieved 2010-06-26{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Milton And 30 Others Qualify For Auto Race. Veteran Driver Does 108.7 Miles an Hour in Indianapolis Test. Fans in Line Now |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1927/05/29/archives/milton-and-30-others-qualify-for-auto-race-veteran-driver-does-1087.html |quote=The return of Tommy Milton to automobile racing was made certain late tonight, when he qualified an eight-cylinder car of his own design for the annual 500-mile race, to be held Monday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. ... Jules Ellingboe ... drove the fastest ten miles today, his average being 113.2 an hour. Fred Lecklider, Dave Evans, Al Cotey. ... |newspaper=New York Times |date= May 29, 1927|access-date=2012-10-08 }}

Biography

He was born on March 8, 1892, in Crookston, Minnesota.{{cite news |title=Jules Ellingboe Entrant in Indianapolis Spin. Kid Wonder Carded to Drive a Duesenberg; Has Shown Up Well Against Track Scorchers |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/332207032.html?dids=332207032:332207032&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=May+01%2C+1922&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=FARMER+BOY+IN+SPEED+CLASSIC&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131171935/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/332207032.html?dids=332207032:332207032&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=May+01,+1922&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=FARMER+BOY+IN+SPEED+CLASSIC&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |quote=Jules Ellingboe, the farmer boy race driver from Crookston, Minn., will drive a Duesenberg in the international 500-mile race to be held as the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Tuesday, May 30. This announcement was made today after Ellingboe was in conference with Duesenberg factory officials, having come to Indianapolis from the South where he spend the winter. ... |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=May 1, 1922 |access-date=2012-10-07 }} He died on April 23, 1948, in Creswell, Oregon.

Motorsports career results

= Indianapolis 500 results =

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Year

!Car

!Start

!Qual

!Rank

!Finish

!Laps

!Led

!Retired

1921

|22

|5

|95.400

|8

|19

|49

|0

|Steering

1922

|23

|20

|95.500

|14

|26

|25

|0

|Crash T4

1924

|18

|7

|102.600

|7

|11

|200

|0

|Running

1925

|10

|7

|107.832

|8

|22

|24

|0

|Steering

1926

|7

|6

|106.376

|6

|22

|39

|0

|Supercharger

1927

|18

|21

|113.239

|6

|29

|25

|0

|Crash T4

colspan=6|Totals

|362

|0

|

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

|6

Poles

|0

Front Row

|0

Wins

|0

Top 5

|0

Top 10

|0

Retired

|5

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References

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