Albert Francis Dingley (August 21, 1885 – April 7, 1966) was an American
racing driver
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.
Racing career
Having started his career on the
West Coast by 1904, Dingley appeared in a couple of
Vanderbilt Cup
The Vanderbilt Cup was the first major trophy in American auto racing.
History
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races and sustained serious injuries at
Tacoma
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in 1914.
1909 AAA national championship
Dingley was selected as the 1909 "driver of the year" by American automotive journal ''Motor Age''. He gained recognition as the
1909 national champion by the AAA Contest Board when championship results were
retrospectively calculated in 1927. However, when results were being revisited in 1951 by
negationist sportswriter Russ Catlin, who selected "winners" of retroactively awarded 1902 through 1908 championships, Dingley was stripped of the 1909 revisionist championship, which was instead given to
George Robertson.
Death
Dingley died in a nursing home in
Beech Grove, Indiana
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on April 7, 1966, aged 80.
Motorsports career results
Indianapolis 500 results
References
External links
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1885 births
1966 deaths
People from Oakdale, California
Sportspeople from Stanislaus County, California
Racing drivers from California
Indianapolis 500 drivers
AAA Championship Car drivers
20th-century American sportsmen