He made nine starts in the AAA-sanctioned national championship from 1932 to 1935 and entered two non-points paying races after that, scoring a win at Oakland Speedway in January 1936. He drove in the Indianapolis 500 in 1932, 1934, and 1935, but never finished the race, having qualified second in 1935.[3] A regular at Legion Ascot Speedway, Gordon won the AAA Pacific Coast championship in 1933.[2]
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While competing in another AAA non-championship race in January 1936,[3] both Gordon and his riding mechanic, Spider Matlock, were fatally injured in a crash at Ascot,[4][5] which ended racing at the Los Angeles track.[6]
gordon, racing, driver, edgar, alan, gordon, march, 1902, january, 1936, american, racecar, driver, gordonbornedgar, alan, gordon, 1902, march, 1902san, francisco, california, diedjanuary, 1936, 1936, aged, angeles, california, cause, deathinjuries, from, raci. Edgar Alan Gordon March 27 1902 January 26 1936 was an American racecar driver 1 Al GordonBornEdgar Alan Gordon 1902 03 27 March 27 1902San Francisco California U S DiedJanuary 26 1936 1936 01 26 aged 33 Los Angeles California U S Cause of deathInjuries from racing accident Contents 1 Life and career 2 Death 3 Awards 4 Indianapolis 500 results 5 ReferencesLife and career editA postman from Redlands California 2 who also became a Long Beach night club owner among other things 1 Gordon took up racing in 1925 2 He made nine starts in the AAA sanctioned national championship from 1932 to 1935 and entered two non points paying races after that scoring a win at Oakland Speedway in January 1936 He drove in the Indianapolis 500 in 1932 1934 and 1935 but never finished the race having qualified second in 1935 3 A regular at Legion Ascot Speedway Gordon won the AAA Pacific Coast championship in 1933 2 Death editWhile competing in another AAA non championship race in January 1936 3 both Gordon and his riding mechanic Spider Matlock were fatally injured in a crash at Ascot 4 5 which ended racing at the Los Angeles track 6 Awards editGordon was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1999 2 Indianapolis 500 results editYear Car Start Qual Rank Finish Laps Led Retired1932 26 37 111 290 17 40 3 0 Crash T41934 51 17 116 273 5 22 66 0 Crash T11935 6 2 119 481 2 30 17 0 Crash T4Totals 86 0 Starts 3Poles 0Front Row 1Wins 0Top 5 0Top 10 0Retired 3 7 References edit a b Al Gordon OldRacingCars com Archived from the original on 2021 01 16 a b c d Al Gordon National Sprint Car Hall of Fame amp Museum Archived from the original on 2019 06 19 a b Al Gordon ChampCarStats com Archived from the original on 2022 11 27 Donnelly Jim September 28 2009 Essential racing history Hemmings Motor News Archived from the original on 2022 03 05 Legion Ascot Speedway 1924 1936 Lincoln Heights LA Archived from the original on 2018 07 27 Crash ends racing at Legion Ascot Los Angeles Times January 27 2006 Archived from the original on 2022 02 28 Al Gordon Indianapolis 500 stats IndianapolisMotorSpeedway com Archived from the original on 2019 08 01 nbsp This biographical article related to United States auto racing is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Al Gordon racing driver amp oldid 1174265751, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
