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🇺🇸 Don Edmunds

Racing driver from United States. Formula 1, Kurtis Kraft.
Driver facts
Full name
Don Edmunds
Born
23 September 1930(b. 1930)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Kurtis Kraft
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
1
Career DNFs
1
Racer Rating
2,956
Driver photo · 3:4
Racer Rating
2,956
RANK 2928 / 15,348 INDEXED · +0 SEASON
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
FIA CATEGORISATION NOT YET INDEXED
SOURCE · FIA.COM
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Don Edmunds is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Formula 1 for Kurtis Kraft. Edmunds has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 1 start.[1]

A Racer Rating of 2,956 ranks Edmunds 2928th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS
1957 form
LAST 1 RACES · FINISH POSITION, HIGHER IS BETTER
P1P5P10P20DNFUSA
Recent results
TAP A ROW FOR THE FULL RACE
1957-05-30Indianapolis Motor SpeedwayFormula 1DNF−19
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1957▸Formula 1Kurtis Kraft100100P23−192,956
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
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Don Edmunds made a single Formula 1 start in 1957 for Kurtis Kraft, finishing twenty-third at the Indianapolis 500. His one-race record places him among the smallest cohort of drivers in the series; he did not score points or reach the podium. Kurtis Kraft fielded competitive machinery across its history, with Jim Rathmann among its roster of drivers, though the team's overall record and that of Edmunds' specific car cannot be inferred from a single non-finishing result.[1]

Edmunds' racing career on record consisted of that single season in 1957. The headlines suggest a longer involvement in racing culture and engineering; he received the Rookie of the Year award at Indianapolis, indicating recognition despite his result, and lived to eighty-nine, but his competitive record across major series documented here encompasses only the one race. He remains retired from active competition.

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS
Car of the Day: 1939 Modern Bullet[1]
Supercars.net
28 JAN 2025
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Don Edmunds 1930-2020[2]
RACER - Racing News
13 AUG 2020
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1957 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year Edmunds Dies at 89[3]
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
13 AUG 2020
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