Frank_Del_Roy

Frank Del Roy

Frank Del Roy

American auto racing official


Frank Jerry Del Roy (born Frank De Rosa, November 7, 1912 – April 23, 1978) was an American auto racing official and race car builder.[1][2]

Quick Facts Born, Died ...

Career

After an early career as a riding mechanic, Del Roy worked in a purely off-track capacity for racers such as Ted Horn and Mike Nazaruk.[2] In late 1955, the American Automobile Association – which through its Contest Board sanctioned Indy car and most other disciplines of auto racing in the United States – withdrew from racing. In 1958 Del Roy was hired as a technical official by the newly-formed United States Auto Club (USAC).

Del Roy's cars competed in one round of the FIA World Championship - the 1953 Indianapolis 500.

Death

On April 23, 1978, Del Roy – by then Chairman of the USAC Technical Committee – along with a pilot and seven other USAC officials, was killed when his flight home from a race in Trenton, New Jersey crashed in a farm field south of Indianapolis, Indiana.[1]

Select Indianapolis 500 results

More information Season, Driver ...

References

  1. "A TRIBUTE TO THOSE LOST IN THE 1978 USAC PLANE CRASH - USAC Racing". usacracing.com. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  2. "Motorsport Memorial -". www.motorsportmemorial.org. Retrieved 2024-04-07.

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Frank_Del_Roy, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.