Walter Charles Brown (December 30, 1910 – July 29, 1951) was an American racing driver. An Indy car specialist, his career in the big cars began in 1941, and he recorded one win, in 1948 at Langhorne Speedway.
World Drivers' Championship career
The AAA/USAC-sanctioned Indianapolis 500 was included in the FIA World Drivers' Championship from 1950 through 1960. Drivers competing at Indianapolis during those years were credited with World Drivers' Championship participation, and were eligible to score WDC points alongside those which they may have scored towards the AAA/USAC National Championship.
Brown participated in two World Drivers' Championship races at Indianapolis. His best finish was 19th place, the day widely known as "Black Sunday" because two other drivers also died (in consecutive qualifying runs at Funk's Speedway in Winchester, Indiana) on the same day.
Motorsports career results
Indianapolis 500 results
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!Year
!Car
!Start
!Qual
!Rank
!Finish
!Laps
!Led
!Retired
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!1947
|33 ||14 ||118.355 ||25 ||7 ||200 ||0 ||Running
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!1950
|4 ||20 ||130.454 ||22 ||19 ||127 ||0 ||Flagged
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!1951
|44 ||13 ||131.907 ||31 ||26 ||55 ||0 ||Magneto
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|colspan="6"|Totals ||382 ||0 ||
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{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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!Starts
|3
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!Poles
|0
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!Front Row
|0
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!Wins
|0
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!Top 5
|0
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!Top 10
|1
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!Retired
|1
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AAA Championship Car results
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! Pos
! Points
|-
! rowspan=1| 1946
| INDY<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LAN<br><small>7</small>
| ATL<br>
| ISF<br>
| MIL<br>
| GOS<br>
|colspan=9|
!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30th
!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 186
|-
! rowspan=1| 1947
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | INDY<br><small>7</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | MIL<br><small>7</small>
|style="background:#FFDF9F;" | LAN<br><small>3</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | ATL<br><small>9</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | BAI<br><small>13</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | MIL<br><small>14</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | GOS<br><small>7</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | MIL<br><small>15</small>
| PIK
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | SPR<br><small>8</small>
| ARL<br>
|colspan=4|
!style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 7th
!style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 650
|-
! rowspan=1| 1948
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | ARL<br><small>DNQ</small>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | INDY<br><small>DNQ</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | MIL<br><small>13</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;" | LAN<br><small>1</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | MIL<br><small>13</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | SPR<br><small>8</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | MIL<br><small>12</small>
| DUQ<br>
| ATL
| PIK
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | SPR<br><small>8</small>
| DUQ
|colspan=3|
!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 16th
!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 320
|-
! rowspan=1| 1949
| ARL<br>
| INDY<br><small>DNS</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | MIL<br><small>10</small>
|style="background:#FFDF9F;" | TRE<br><small>3</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | SPR<br><small>7</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;" | MIL<br><small>2</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | DUQ<br><small>5</small>
| PIK
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SYR<br><small>4</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | DET<br><small>8</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SPR<br><small>5</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | LAN<br><small>11</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | SAC<br><small>6</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | DMR<br><small>6</small>
|
!style="background:#DFFFDF;" | 4th
!style="background:#DFFFDF;" | 1,281
|-
! 1950
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | INDY<br><small>19</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | MIL<br><small>15</small>
| LAN<br><small>DNS</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | SPR<br><small>16</small>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | MIL<br><small>DNQ</small>
| PIK
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | SYR<br><small>13</small>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | DET<br><small>DNQ</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | SPR<br><small>10</small>
| SAC<br>
| PHX<br>
| BAY<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | DAR<br><small>19</small>
|colspan=2|
!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 42nd
!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 41.5
|-
! rowspan=1| 1951
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | INDY<br><small>26</small>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | MIL<br><small>DNQ</small>
| LAN<br><small>DNS</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | DAR<br><small>10</small>
| SPR<br>
| MIL<br>
| DUQ
| DUQ<br>
| PIK
| SYR<br>
| DET
| DNC
| SJS<br>
| PHX<br>
| BAY<br>
!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 51st
!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 17
|}
- 1946 table only includes results of the six races run to "championship car" specifications. Points total includes the 71 races run to "big car" specifications.
FIA World Drivers' Championship results
(key)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
! Year
! Entrant
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! WDC
! Points
|-
| 1950
! Tuffy's Offy
! Kurtis Kraft
! Offenhauser L4
| GBR
| MON
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 500<br>
| SUI
| BEL
| FRA
| ITA
|
! NC
! 0
|-
| 1951
! Federal Engineering
! Kurtis Kraft
! Offenhauser L4
| SUI
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 500<br>
| BEL
| FRA
| GBR
| GER
| ITA
| ESP
! NC
! 0
|}