Bob Burman's
Keeton racer finished 11th place at Indianapolis in 1913.
Bob Burman's Keeton racer photo taken by George L Mooney in 1913.
Bob Burman (23 April 1884 – 8 April 1916) was an American racecar driver active in the formative years of auto racing.
[edit] Biography
He was born on April 23, 1884 in Imlay City, Michigan. He was the winner of the Prest-O-Lite Trophy Race in 1909. He competed at the inaugural Indianapolis 500 in 1911. Racing for racing promoter Ernest Moross, Burman set world records in the famed 200 horsepower Blitzen Benz race car on the sands of Daytona Beach[1] and at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1911.
He was killed on April 8, 1916 in a road race in Corona, California, when he rolled over in his open-cockpit Peugeot car.[2] Three spectators were also killed, and five others were seriously injured.[3] His death caused his friends Barney Oldfield and Harry Arminius Miller to join forces to build a race car that incorporated a roll cage inside a streamlined driver's compartment that completely enclosed the driver. It was called the Golden Submarine.
[edit] Awards
He was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 2011.[4]
[edit] Indy 500 results
| Year |
Car |
Start |
Qual |
Rank |
Finish |
Laps |
Led |
Retired |
| 1911 |
45 |
39 |
— |
— |
19 |
126 |
0 |
Flagged |
| 1912 |
15 |
12 |
84.110 |
7 |
12 |
157 |
0 |
Crash T2 |
| 1913 |
4 |
21 |
84.170 |
7 |
11 |
188 |
41 |
Flagged |
| 1914 |
17 |
22 |
90.410 |
12 |
24 |
47 |
0 |
Rod |
| 1915 |
8 |
7 |
92.400 |
7 |
6 |
200 |
0 |
Running |
| Totals |
718 |
41 |
|
|
| Starts |
5 |
| Poles |
0 |
| Front Row |
0 |
| Wins |
0 |
| Top 5 |
0 |
| Top 10 |
1 |
| Retired |
2 |
|
[edit] References
| Persondata |
| Name |
Burman, Bob |
| Alternative names |
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| Short description |
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| Date of birth |
23 April 1884 |
| Place of birth |
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| Date of death |
8 April 1916 |
| Place of death |
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