Louis Durant
{{Short description|American racing driver (1910–1972)}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Louis Durant
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Durant Oscar Lewis
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|09|25}}
| birth_place = Belleville, Kansas, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1972|02|13|1910|09|25}}
| death_place = San Bernardino, California, U.S.
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{{Infobox Champ Car driver|embed=yes
| Total_Champ_Races = 3
| Years_In_Champ = 6
| Best_Champ_Pos = 10th (tie) (1939)
| First_Champ_Race = 1939 Milwaukee 100 (Milwaukee)
| Last_Champ_Race = 1946 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
| Champ_Wins = 0
| Champ_Podiums = 1
| Champ_Poles = 0
}}}}
Durant Oscar Lewis (September 25, 1910 – February 13, 1972) was an American racing driver{{Cite web |title=Lewis Durant |url=http://www.champcarstats.com/drivers/DurantLouis.htm |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=www.champcarstats.com}} who competed under the nom de course Louis Durant.{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Allen |title=Louis Durant |url=https://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Louis_Durant |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=OldRacingCars.com |language=en}}
Racing career
File:Louis Durant Certificate.jpg president J. Douglas Boles]]
Durant was a member of one of the most exclusive clubs in the world, the 100 Mile Per Hour Club. To qualify for membership, drivers were required to complete the Indianapolis 500-mile Race without relief while averaging over 100 miles an hour. Louis Durant drove a 1938 Alfa-Romeo 308 C Special Race Car in the Indianapolis 500 in 1946 and finished in sixth place.
Motorsports career results
= Indianapolis 500 results =
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| Year
!Car !Start !Qual !Rank !Finish !Laps !Led !Retired |
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| 1946
|33 |6 |118.973 |31 |6 |200 |0 |Running |
| colspan=6|Totals{{cite web
|url= http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/events/indy500/history/historical-stats/driver-stats/drivers/lewis-durant |title= Driver Stats |website= IndianapolisMotorSpeedway.com |access-date= 2016-05-16 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190731154503/https://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/events/indy500/history/historical-stats/driver-stats/drivers/lewis-durant |archive-date= 2019-07-31 |url-status= dead }} |200 |0 | |
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| Starts
|1 |
|---|
| Poles
|0 |
| Front Row
|0 |
| Wins
|0 |
| Top 5
|0 |
| Top 10
|1 |
| Retired
|0 |
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