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🇺🇸 Duke Nalon

Racing driver from United States. Formula 1, Kurtis Kraft.
Driver facts
Full name
Duke Nalon
Born
2 March 1913(b. 1913)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Kurtis Kraft
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
3
Career DNFs
2
Racer Rating
4,546
Duke Nalon
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,546
Rank 1846 of 39,300 indexed, -11 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Duke Nalon is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Formula 1 for Kurtis Kraft. Nalon has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 3 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,546 ranks Nalon 1846th of 39,300 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
1953 form
Last 3 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1953-05-30Indianapolis Motor SpeedwayFormula 1P11+33
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+66Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1951Formula 1DNF
+33Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1953Formula 1P11
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1953▸Formula 1Kurtis Kraft100000P14+334,552
1952▸Formula 1Kurtis Kraft100100P13−784,533
1951▸Formula 1Kurtis Kraft100110P14+3,2304,580
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Nalon finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇺🇸 Duane Carter6,1763030%
🇺🇸 Sam Hanks6,12131233%
🇺🇸 Tony Bettenhausen6,0703030%
🇺🇸 Jack McGrath6,0463030%
🇺🇸 Johnnie Parsons5,99232167%
🇺🇸 Bill Vukovich5,95931233%
🇺🇸 Andy Linden5,95232167%
🇺🇸 Chuck Stevenson5,93531233%
🇺🇸 Rodger Ward5,91432167%
🇺🇸 Fred Agabashian5,81032167%
🇮🇹 Alberto AscariHigher-rated, 2× champion6,252110100%
🇺🇸 Jimmy DaviesHigher-rated6,00721150%
🇺🇸 Walt FaulknerHigher-rated5,996220100%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 39,300 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
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1,837🇧🇪 John WartiqueFerrari Challenge4,549
1,838🇬🇧 William MacintyreGB34,549
1,839🇮🇹 Alessandro Pesenti-RossiFormula 14,548
1,840🇫🇷 Boris DerichebourgFIA GT Championship4,548
1,841🇩🇪 Mike OrtmannIMSA Pilot Challenge4,548
1,842🇩🇪 Tim Zimmermann24H Series4,548
1,843🇬🇧 Cuth HarrisonFormula 14,547
1,844🇨🇭 Ronnie SaurenmannNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,547
1,845🇺🇸 Billy RoeIndyCar4,546
1,846🇺🇸 Duke NalonFormula 14,546
1,847🇺🇸 Sam CravenGT4 America4,546
1,848🇺🇸 Bill HomeierFormula 14,545
1,849🇫🇷 Guy MairesseFormula 14,545
1,850🇸🇲 Emanuele ZonziniLamborghini Super Trofeo Europe4,543
1,851🇬🇧 Ethan Jeff-HallBritish F44,543
1,852🇪🇸 Daniel Campos-HullFormula 3 Euro Series4,542
1,853🇺🇸 Henry BanksFormula 14,542
1,854🇳🇱 Morris SchuringGT World Challenge Europe4,542
1,855🇮🇹 Toni VilanderIMSA WeatherTech4,542
1,856🇫🇷 Bruce JOUANNYRoad to Le Mans4,541
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Duke Nalon was an American racing driver who competed in Formula 1 as a professional in the early 1950s. He made three starts for Kurtis Kraft across the 1951 to 1953 seasons, racing in a single-class international championship that drew competitors from amateur through to graded professional ranks.[1]

Nalon's indexed Formula 1 record was brief. He started three times without scoring a points finish, and in his final season in 1953 he ranked 14th in the championship standings. His regular opponents at this level were established professionals; he typically finished behind Duane Carter and Sam Hanks, both of whom had substantially more Formula 1 experience. He managed to finish ahead of Walt Faulkner once and Jimmy Bryan once, both drivers with five or more Formula 1 starts between them.[2]

His reputation was built on a career in American open-wheel racing outside this index, particularly in midget and sprint car competition in the Midwest and East Coast, where he was known as "The Iron Duke" and raced as part of the Chicago Gang alongside drivers such as Tony Bettenhausen.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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