Robert Charles Schweikart (1926-05-20)May 20, 1926 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died
June 17, 1956(1956-06-17) (aged 30) Salem, Indiana, U.S.
Championship titles
AAA Midwest Big Car (1955) AAA Championship Car (1955) Major victories Indianapolis 500 (1955)
Champ Car career
36 races run over 7 years
Best finish
1st (1955)
First race
1952 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Last race
1956 Rex Mays Classic (Milwaukee)
First win
1953 Hoosier Hundred (ISF)
Last win
1955 Syracuse 100 (Syracuse)
Wins
Podiums
Poles
4
14
6
Formula One World Championship career
Active years
1950 – 1956
Teams
Wetteroth, Kurtis Kraft, Ewing, Kuzma
Entries
7 (5 starts)
Championships
0
Wins
1
Podiums
1
Career points
8
Pole positions
0
Fastest laps
0
First entry
1950 Indianapolis 500
First win
1955 Indianapolis 500
Last win
1955 Indianapolis 500
Last entry
1956 Indianapolis 500
Robert Charles "Bob" Sweikert (May 20, 1926 – June 17, 1956) was an American racing driver, best known as the winner of the 1955 Indianapolis 500 and the 1955 National Championship, as well as the 1955 Midwest Sprint car championship - the only driver in history to sweep all three during a single racing season.
Robert Charles "Bob" Sweikert (May 20, 1926 – June 17, 1956) was an American racing driver, best known as the winner of the 1955 Indianapolis 500 and...
ninety laps with a fuel pump issue, when the lead was taken over by BobSweikert. The only other driver to retire due to contact for the remainder of...
continued to lead, with BobSweikert second, and Sam Hanks third. All three cars were on the lead lap. But on lap 130, Sweikert shredded a right-rear tire...
1956–1958, 1960 1952 Indianapolis 500 1952 Indianapolis 500 United States BobSweikert 1 1952–1956 1955 Indianapolis 500 1955 Indianapolis 500 Italy Luigi...
wheel-to-wheel duel with BobSweikert, who had won the race in which Vukovich was killed, in a Sprint car race at Salem Speedway when Sweikert made contact with...
Pennsylvania. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was BobSweikert. Manny Ayulo was killed at Indianapolis while practicing for the 1955...
Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 (d. 2001) 1926 – BobSweikert, American race car driver (d. 1956) 1927 – Bud Grant, American football...
and Scarborough climbed over the pit wall where he collapsed onto a chair. Bob Scott, who had already dropped out with an oil leak, took over behind the...
at the 500 five times. After 1949 Boyd had become close friends with BobSweikert of Hayward, California when he met him on the California racing circuit...
Preceded by Troy Ruttman Indianapolis 500 Winner 1953-1954 Succeeded by BobSweikert Preceded by Manny Ayulo Formula One fatal accidents May 30, 1955 Succeeded by...
Trintignant Ferrari E Report 3 Indianapolis 500 Jerry Hoyt Bill Vukovich BobSweikert Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser F Report 4 Belgian Grand Prix Eugenio Castellotti...
R (#54) Bill Boyd R (#47) Wally Campbell R (#66, #81) - Failed rookie test Bob Christie R (#66) George Connor (#27, #32) - Retired Ray Crawford R (#32)...
KK500A-Offenhauser F 200 500 800 3:49:17.270 130.840 210.566 1955 May 30 BobSweikert (USA)† 6 John Zink Kurtis KK500D-Offenhauser F 200 500 800 3:53:59.530...
34 Bill Vukovich Jimmy Bryan Jack McGrath Jack McGrath Report 1955 35 BobSweikert Tony Bettenhausen Jimmy Davies Jerry Hoyt Report 1956 32 Pat Flaherty...
(4th ed.). Carl Hungness Publishing. p. 22. ISBN 0-915088-05-3. Stranahan, Bob (May 31, 1952). "Sets Race Record Of 128 MPH After Vukovich Bid Failes"....
Adolfo Schwelm Cruz Ret 0 — Marshall Teague Ret 0 — Spider Webb Ret 0 — BobSweikert Ret 0 — Mike Nazaruk Ret 0 — Pat Flaherty Ret 0 — Jerry Hoyt Ret 0 —...
Pittsburgh Press. United Press. May 17, 1955. Burgess, Dale (May 31, 1955). "BobSweikert winner; Bill Vukovich is dead". The Florence Times. Associated Press...
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