Walt Brown is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Formula 1 for Kurtis Kraft. Brown has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 2 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,377 ranks Brown 2013th 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.
| 1951-05-30 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | DNF | −83 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P20 | −83 | 3,377 |
| 1950 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −24 | 3,410 |
Walt Brown was an American racing driver whose Formula 1 career consisted of two starts in 1950 and 1951, both for Kurtis Kraft. He did not score points in either outing, finishing twentieth in his most recent round. His record in the sport was brief and unproductive, though his two appearances placed him against accomplished drivers of that era; he shared the Kurtis Kraft entry with Jim Rathmann, a much stronger driver who would build a career in single-seaters and remain competitive at the highest levels of American racing.[1]
Brown's primary racing background lay in Indy cars rather than Formula 1. He was active in that discipline from 1941 onward and recorded a win at Langhorne Speedway in 1948. His brief excursion into Grand Prix racing in the early 1950s represented a rare venture outside his usual sphere, and the results offered little encouragement to pursue it further. He retired from the sport thereafter and has not raced competitively since 1951.[2]