Joel Wolfe Thorne Jr. (1914-10-16)October 16, 1914 New York, New York, U.S.
Died
October 17, 1955(1955-10-17) (aged 41) North Hollywood, California, U.S.
Champ Car career
8 races run over 12 years
Best finish
5th (1940)
First race
1936 Vanderbilt Cup (Westbury)
Last race
1950 Pikes Peak Hill Climb (Pikes Peak)
Wins
Podiums
Poles
0
0
0
Joel Wolfe Thorne Jr. (October 16, 1914 – October 17, 1955) was an American racing driver,[1][2] engineer, and playboy. Thorne raced his own cars in the Indianapolis 500, and later went on to attempt to design aircraft. He died after a plane crash in North Hollywood.
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late 1930s. In 1941, Kurtis designed a car named The Californian for JoelThorne. Glenn Gordon "Gary" Davis (d. 1973) saw this car, and used the design...
designer Frank Kurtis for Southern Californian millionaire and racer JoelThorne. After building two prototypes in 1947, Davis embarked on an aggressive...
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winner First alternate: Emil Andres (withdrew) Second alternate: JoelThorne R — Thorne purchased the entry of the first alternate, and planned to buy...
(with gasoline). In a nearby garage, another car which was owned by JoelThorne was being worked on with a welder. The fumes caught fire from the sparks...
a job with the legendary multi-millionaire JoelThorne as part of his race shop fabrication crew. Thorne and his crew won the 1946 Indy 500 with George...
George Fonder Diedt-Sparks 29 Charles Van Acker Stevens-Offenhauser 33 JoelThorne Kurtis-Kraft-Sparks 34 Johnny Fedricks R Kupiec-Offenhauser 36 George...
headed to the United States to watch the race. JoelThorne, a local team owner, offered him one of his Thorne Engineering Specials to drive, but during a...
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Miller Specials in 1935, but dropped out of Indianapolis. Next it was JoelThorne, heir to a vast fortune, who beckoned to Snowberger to pilot one of his...
Brian Lewis ERA B-Type Sidney Cotton DNS - Lewis drove the #37 car 38 JoelThorne ?-Miller 39 Frank McGurk ? DNS - crash in practice 42 Tony Willman Stevens-Miller...
well outclassed. After the race, Sommer sold his Alfa Romeo Tipo B to JoelThorne. This was a triumphant year for Auto Union, at Mercedes' expense. It...
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entered for Harry Schell, Raphaël Bethenod, Emil Andres, George Barringer, JoelThorne, Cliff Bergere, Rudolf Caracciola, Tazio Nuvolari, Chet Miller, and several...
from designer Frank Kurtis, who built it for millionaire racecar driver JoelThorne. Davis operated in a 57,000 sq. ft. former aircraft assembly building...
Agabashian 23 0 - Sam Hanks 26 0 - Doc Williams 29 0 - Harry McQuinn 33 0 - JoelThorne DNQ DNS 0 - Cliff Bergere DNS 0 - Louis Tomei DNS 0 - Keith Andrews DNS...
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