Eddie Russo is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Formula 1 for Kurtis Kraft. Russo has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 4 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,111 ranks Russo 1000th 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.
| 1960-05-30 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | P26 | −76 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P28 | −75 | 4,111 |
| 1957 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −138 | 4,171 |
| 1956 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P28 | −27 | 4,282 |
| 1955 | ▸Formula 1 | Pawl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P26 | −46 | 4,304 |
Eddie Russo was an American racing driver who competed in Formula 1 between 1955 and 1960. His career consisted of four starts across that period, all in machinery prepared by Kurtis Kraft. He did not finish on the podium in any of those appearances, and his average finishing position across classified results was 26th. His final appearance came in 1960, when he finished 28th.[1]
Despite the modest record, Russo demonstrated the capacity to run competitively against established drivers in open-wheel racing. Across his limited starts he finished ahead of several drivers with considerably stronger career records, including Johnny Boyd, Al Herman, and Dick Rathmann, each of whom had substantially higher standing in professional single-seater competition. Kurtis Kraft, the team that fielded three of his four entries, was a constructor of some standing; it accumulated five race wins across its wider operations and was piloted at its peak by Jim Rathmann, a driver of considerably greater stature. Russo retired from racing after 1960.[2]