Robert Webster McDonogh (March 5, 1900 – December 10, 1945) was an American

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Life and career

McDonogh made 38 starts in AAA Championship racing from 1924 through 1932. Most of McDonogh's career was during the board track era. Outside of Indianapolis, he only made two starts on tracks that weren't board tracks, both at

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. McDonogh won three races on board tracks during the 1925 AAA Championship season, at (

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– a non-Championship event; Altoona and

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). He finished the 1925 season ranked 4th in points. McDonogh did stunt work for movies and later worked as an airplane mechanic.

Motorsports career results

Indianapolis 500 results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McDonogh, Bob Indianapolis 500 drivers 1900 births 1945 deaths AAA Championship Car drivers 20th-century American sportsmen Racing drivers from San Francisco