Howard McFarland Hall (born Howard Clinton Hall, February 2, 1885 – July 2, 1940) was an American racing driver. Hall competed in the inaugural 1911 Indianapolis 500 in a Velie.[1]
Howard Hall
Born
Howard Clinton Hall (1885-02-02)February 2, 1885 Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
^Howard Hall Career Stats 2012-02-16 at the Wayback Machine, Indy500.com
^Horseless Age. 1911. Retrieved 2012-10-03. Hall was formerly Chevrolet's mechanician.
^"1909 Portola Festival Race". motorsport.com. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
^"Riding Mechanics in GP prior to 1925". Autosport. February 4, 2003. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
^"Velies race to victories". March 25, 2002. Retrieved 2012-10-03. Driver Howard Hall averaged 65.4 mph for the entire 500 miles and even reached 90 mph at times! But the race was called after 7 hours 23 minutes, leaving the Velie and 17 other cars still on the track. Only the first ten received a share of the $25,000 prize money.
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