Bud Tingelstad (April 4, 1928 – July 30, 1981) was an American racecar driver.
Born in Frazee, Minnesota, Tingelstad drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1960–1971 seasons with 120 starts, including the Indianapolis 500 in each year except 1961 and 1970, attempting, but failing to qualify in both of those years and also attempting to qualify in 1972. His best Indy 500 finish was sixth in 1964. He had 56 top-ten race finishes, with his one victory in 1966 at DuQuoin. He had a best Championship points finish of fifth in 1964. He died of a heart attack in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Complete USAC Championship Car results
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! Pos
! Points
|-
! 1960
| TRE<br>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | INDY<br><small>9</small>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | MIL<br><small>DNQ</small>
| LAN<br>
| SPR<br>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | MIL<br><small>DNQ</small>
| DUQ<br>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | SYR<br><small>DNQ</small>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | ISF<br><small>DNQ</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | TRE<br><small>14</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | SAC<br><small>12</small>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | PHX<br><small>DNQ</small>
|colspan=16|
!style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 25th
!style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 210
|-
! 1961
| TRE<br>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | INDY<br><small>DNQ</small>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | MIL<br><small>DNQ</small>
| LAN<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | MIL<br><small>14</small>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | SPR<br><small>DNQ</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | DUQ<br><small>11</small>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | SYR<br><small>DNQ</small>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | ISF<br><small>DNQ</small>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | TRE<br><small>DNQ</small>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | SAC<br><small>DNQ</small>
| PHX<br>
|colspan=16|
!style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 39th
!style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 20
|-
! 1962
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TRE<br><small>21</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | INDY<br><small>15</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| MIL<br><small>7</small>
| LAN<br>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| TRE<br><small>9</small>
| SPR<br>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| MIL<br><small>7</small>
| LAN<br>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| SYR<br><small>DNQ</small>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ISF<br><small>DNQ</small>
| TRE<br>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| SAC<br><small>DNQ</small>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| PHX<br><small>DNQ</small>
|colspan=15|
!style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 16th
!style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 240
|-
! 1963
| TRE<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | INDY<br><small>28</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MIL<br><small>15</small>
| LAN<br>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | TRE<br><small>9</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | SPR<br><small>11</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | MIL<br><small>18</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | DUQ<br><small>12</small>
| ISF<br>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;" | TRE<br><small>2</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | SAC<br><small>13</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | PHX<br><small>6</small>
|colspan=16|
!style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 13th
!style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 490
|-
! 1964
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | PHX<br><small>8</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | TRE<br>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | INDY<br><small>6</small>
|style="background:#FFDF9F;" | MIL<br><small>3</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | LAN<br>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | TRE<br>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | SPR<br>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MIL<br>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | DUQ<br>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | ISF<br>
|style="background:#FFDF9F;" | TRE<br>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | SAC<br>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | PHX<br>
|colspan=15|
!style="background:#DFFFDF;" | 5th
!style="background:#DFFFDF;" | 1,640
|-
! 1965
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | PHX<br>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | TRE<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | INDY<br><small>16</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | MIL<br>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | LAN<br>
| PPR<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | TRE<br>
| IRP<br>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | ATL<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | LAN<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | MIL<br>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | ISF<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | MIL<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | DSF<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | INF<br>
| TRE<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | SAC<br>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | PHX<br>
| colspan=10|
!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 20th
!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 460
|-
! 1966
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | PHX<br><small>4</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | TRE<br><small>5</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | INDY<br><small>21</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MIL<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | LAN<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | ATL<br>
| PIP<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | IRP<br>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | LAN<br>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | SPR<br>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MIL<br>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;" | DUQ<br>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | ISF<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | TRE<br>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | SAC<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | PHX<br>
|colspan=12|
!style="background:#CFEAFF;" |10th
!style="background:#CFEAFF;" | 870
|-
! 1967
| PHX<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | TRE<br /><small>18</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | INDY<br /><small>14</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | MIL<br /><small>17</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | LAN<br /><small>8</small>
| PIP
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MOS<br /><small>13</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MOS<br /><small>13</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | IRP<br /><small>10</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | LAN<br /><small>9</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | MTR<br /><small>21</small>
| MTR<br />
|style="background:#FFDF9F;" | SPR<br /><small>3</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | MIL<br /><small>9</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | DUQ<br /><small>7</small>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | ISF<br /><small>DNQ</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | TRE<br /><small>5</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | SAC<br /><small>8</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | HAN<br /><small>6</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | PHX<br /><small>7</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | RIV<br /><small>27</small>
|colspan=7|
!style="background:#CFEAFF;" |10th
!style="background:#CFEAFF;" | 965
|-
! 1968
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | HAN<br>
| LVG<br>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | PHX<br>
| TRE<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | INDY<br><small>16</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | MIL<br>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | MOS<br>
| MOS<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | LAN<br>
| PIP<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | CDR<br>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | NAZ<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | IRP<br>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | IRP<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | LAN<br>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;" | LAN<br>
| MTR<br>
| MTR<br>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | SPR<br>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MIL<br>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | DUQ<br>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | ISF<br>
|style="background:#FFDF9F;" | TRE<br>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | SAC<br>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | MCH<br>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | HAN<br>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | PHX<br>
| RIV<br>
!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 14th
!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 1,016
|-
! 1969
| PHX<br />
| HAN<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | INDY<br /><small>15</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MIL<br /><small>4</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | LAN<br /><small>13</small>
| PIP
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | CDR<br /><small>DNQ</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | NAZ<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | TRE<br /><small>24</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | IRP<br /><small>11</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | IRP<br /><small>5</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | MIL<br /><small>15</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | SPR<br /><small>13</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | DOV<br /><small>15</small>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | DUQ<br /><small>DNQ</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | ISF<br /><small>9</small>
| BRN<br />
| BRN<br />
|style="background:#FFDF9F;" | TRE<br /><small>3</small>
| SAC<br /><small>DNS</small>
| KEN
| KEN
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | PHX<br /><small>11</small>
| RIV<br />
| colspan=4|
!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 15th
!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 920
|-
! 1970
| PHX
| SON<br>
| TRE
| style="background:#ffcfcf; | INDY<br><small>DNQ</small>
| MIL<br>
| LAN
| CDR
| MCH
| IRP<br>
| SPR
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | MIL<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | ONT<br><small>24</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | DUQ<br>
| ISF
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | SED<br>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | TRE<br>
| SAC
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | PHX<br>
|colspan=10|
!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 40th
!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 90
|-
! 1971
| RAF<br>
| RAF<br>
| PHX<br>
| TRE<br>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | INDY<br><small>7</small>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | MIL<br><small>DNQ</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | POC<br><small>19</small>
| MCH<br>
| MIL<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | ONT<br><small>17</small>
| TRE<br>
| PHX<br>
|colspan=16|
!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22nd
!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 300
|-
! 1972
| PHX<br>
| TRE<br>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | INDY<br><small>DNQ</small>
| MIL<br>
| MCH<br>
| POC<br>
| MIL<br>
| ONT<br>
| TRE<br>
| PHX<br>
|colspan=18|
!-
!0
|-
! 1974
| ONT
| ONT<br>
| ONT<br><small>DNS</small>
| PHX
| TRE
| INDY<br>
| MIL
| POC<br>
| MCH
| MIL
| MCH
| TRE
| TRE
| PHX
|colspan=14|
!-
!0
|}
Indy 500 results
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{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Year
!Car
!Start
!Qual
!Rank
!Finish
!Laps
!Led
!Retired
|-
!1960
|18 ||28 ||142.354 ||29 ||9 ||200 ||0 ||Running
|-
!1962
|5 ||10 ||147.753 ||10 ||15 ||200 ||0 ||Running
|-
!1963
|54 ||25 ||148.227 ||27 ||28 ||46 ||0 ||Crash T2
|-
!1964
|15 ||19 ||151.210 ||26 ||6 ||198 ||0 ||Flagged
|-
!1965
|5 ||24 ||154.672 ||23 ||16 ||115 ||0 ||Crash T3
|-
!1966
|22 ||27 ||159.144 ||26 ||21 ||16 ||0 ||Overheating
|-
!1967
|10 ||25 ||163.228 ||22 ||14 ||182 ||0 ||Spun FS
|-
!1968
|10 ||18 ||164.444 ||17 ||16 ||158 ||0 ||Oil Pressure
|-
!1969
|15 ||18 ||166.597 ||18 ||15 ||155 ||0 ||Engine
|-
!1971
|58 ||17 ||170.156 ||24 ||7 ||198 ||0 ||Flagged
|-
|colspan="6"|Totals ||1468 ||0 ||
|}
|
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Starts
|10
|-
!Poles
|0
|-
!Front Row
|0
|-
!Wins
|0
|-
!Top 5
|0
|-
!Top 10
|3
|-
!Retired
|6
|}
|}
World Championship career summary
The Indianapolis 500 was part of the FIA World Championship from 1950 through 1960. Drivers competing at Indy during those years were credited with World Championship points and participation. Tingelstad participated in one World Championship race but scored no World Championship points.
References
External links
- Bud Tingelstad at ChampCarStats