Paul Frank Russo (April 10, 1914 – February 13, 1976) was an American racing driver.
Racing career
Midget car career
Russo started racing midget cars in 1934. He went with a contingent of midget-car drivers to Hawaii in the winter of 1934–35. He was the 1938 AAA Eastern Midget Champion. Russo won the first race held at the Nutley Velodrome in New Jersey in 1938. Russo is buried at Crown Hill Cemetery and Arboretum in Indianapolis, Indiana. Section 78, Lot 83 Lat:39.8234342 Long:-86.1725236
Awards and honors
- Russo was inducted in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1992.
Indianapolis 500 results
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Year
!Car
!Start
!Qual
!Rank
!Finish
!Laps
!Led
!Retired
|-
!1940
|38
|29
|120.809
|29
|28
|48
|0
|Oil leak
|-
!1941
|45
|18
|125.217
|5
|9
|200
|0
|Running
|-
!1946
|10
|2
|126.183
|4
|33
|16
|0
|Crash T3
|-
!1947
|15
|21
|123.967
|8
|28
|24
|0
|Crash FS
|-
!1948
|25
|25
|122.595
|29
|32
|7
|0
|Oil leak
|-
!1949
|19
|19
|129.487
|5
|8
|200
|0
|Running
|-
!1950
|7
|19
|130.790
|18
|9
|135
|0
|Running
|-
!1953
|7
|17
|136.219
|16
|25
|89
|0
|Magneto
|-
!1954
|5
|32
|137.678
|32
|8
|200
|0
|Running
|-
!1955*
|10
| -
| -
| -
|2
|77
|0
|Running
|-
!1956
|29
|8
|143.546
|10
|33
|21
|11
|Crash T1
|-
!1957
|54
|10
|144.817
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
|4
|200
|24
|Running
|-
!1958
|15
|14
|142.959
|18
|18
|122
|0
|Radiator
|-
!1959
|45
|27
|142.383
|22
|9
|200
|0
|Running
|-
!1962
|62
|14
|146.687
|20
|28
|20
|0
|Piston
|-
|colspan=6|Totals
|1559
|35
|
|}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Starts
|14
|-
!Poles
|0
|-
!Front Row
|1
|-
!Wins
|0
|-
!Top 5
|1
|-
!Top 10
|6
|-
!Retired
|8
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> shared drive with Tony Bettenhausen