Walter Dallenbach (born December 12, 1936) is an American retired open-wheel racing driver, known for competing in Championship cars.[1][2] He was the winner of the California 500 in 1973. After his retirement from driving, he served for more than 20 years as CART's chief steward of competition.
Dallenbach is the father of NASCAR driver and commentator, Wally Dallenbach Jr. After his son began his professional racing career in the middle 1980s, Dallenbach came to often be known by the retronymWally Dallenbach Sr.
Dallenbach nearly won the 1975 Indianapolis 500, dueling with A. J. Foyt for many laps. He led for half of the race, but burned a piston on lap 162, twelve laps before the race was called due to rain. Bobby Unser won the race, which was halted at lap 174 (435 miles).
He joined CART as competition director in 1980 and became chief steward of the sport in 1981, a position he held until 2004. Under his tenure, he improved the safety program in CART. He also established nondenominational church services for drivers and their families.
Current lifeedit
Dallenbach maintains his interest in motorsports as the president of the Colorado 500 motorcycle race. This event has raised over a million dollars in community support[3] for the town of Basalt, Colorado, located in the Roaring Fork Valley region of western Colorado.
He owns a ranch, fairground, cabins and a private automotive restoration garage near the Fryingpan River in upper Basalt.
Awards and honorsedit
Dallenbach has been inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame, due to his exploits at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, the Colorado Motorsports Hall of Fame, as well as the New Jersey Sports Hall of Fame. Dallenbach was also voted into the American Motorcyclist Association Motorcycle Hall of Fame, for his work as founder and president of the Colorado 500 Invitational charity motorcycle rides.
In 1972, Dallenbach was bumped on the final day of time trials. Art Pollard crashed his qualified car on May 16, and was too injured to drive on race day. Dallenbach was hired to fill the seat, and the car was moved to 33rd starting position.
^via Associated Press. "Second Time Around", St. Petersburg Times, May 24, 1972. Accessed February 13, 2011. "Wally Dallenbach, a 36-year old veteran driver from East Brunswick, N.J., will get a chance to compete in the 56th running of the Indianapolis 500-mile race after all."
^"Hall of Fame". Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
^"Wally Dallenbach – 1979 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
November 02, 2023
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Walter Dallenbach born December 12 1936 is an American retired open wheel racing driver known for competing in Championship cars 1 2 He was the winner of the California 500 in 1973 After his retirement from driving he served for more than 20 years as CART s chief steward of competition Wally DallenbachBornWalter F Dallenbach 1936 12 12 December 12 1936 age 86 East Brunswick New Jersey U S Championship titlesMajor victories California 500 1973 Champ Car career180 races run over 15 yearsBest finish2nd 1973 First race1965 Langhorne 125 Langhorne Last race1979 Miller High Life 150 Phoenix First win1973 Tony Bettenhausen 200 Milwaukee Last win1977 Trenton 200 Trenton Wins Podiums Poles5 27 1NASCAR Cup Series career4 races run over 3 yearsBest finish81st 1962 First race1962 Daytona Qualifier 2 Daytona Last race1974 National 500 Charlotte Wins Top tens Poles0 1 0Dallenbach is the father of NASCAR driver and commentator Wally Dallenbach Jr After his son began his professional racing career in the middle 1980s Dallenbach came to often be known by the retronym Wally Dallenbach Sr Contents 1 Biography 2 Current life 3 Awards and honors 4 Racing results 4 1 Indy 500 results 4 2 USAC Champ Car results 4 3 CART IndyCar Series results 5 ReferencesBiography editDallenbach nearly won the 1975 Indianapolis 500 dueling with A J Foyt for many laps He led for half of the race but burned a piston on lap 162 twelve laps before the race was called due to rain Bobby Unser won the race which was halted at lap 174 435 miles He joined CART as competition director in 1980 and became chief steward of the sport in 1981 a position he held until 2004 Under his tenure he improved the safety program in CART He also established nondenominational church services for drivers and their families Current life editDallenbach maintains his interest in motorsports as the president of the Colorado 500 motorcycle race This event has raised over a million dollars in community support 3 for the town of Basalt Colorado located in the Roaring Fork Valley region of western Colorado He owns a ranch fairground cabins and a private automotive restoration garage near the Fryingpan River in upper Basalt Awards and honors editDallenbach has been inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame due to his exploits at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb the Colorado Motorsports Hall of Fame as well as the New Jersey Sports Hall of Fame Dallenbach was also voted into the American Motorcyclist Association Motorcycle Hall of Fame for his work as founder and president of the Colorado 500 Invitational charity motorcycle rides In 2020 he was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America 4 In 2022 he was inducted into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame 5 Pikes Peak Hill Climb Museum Hall of Fame 2022 6 Racing results editIndy 500 results edit Year Car Start Qual Rank Finish Laps Led Retired1967 53 15 163 540 19 29 73 0 Crash FS1968 54 12 165 548 12 17 148 0 Engine1969 22 19 166 497 19 21 82 7 Clutch1970 22 24 165 601 31 17 143 0 Coil1971 22 23 171 159 17 24 69 0 Valve1972 40 33 181 626 18 15 182 0 Flagged substitute driver for Art Pollard 1973 62 20 190 200 26 24 48 0 Broken rod1974 40 2 189 683 3 30 3 2 Piston1975 40 21 190 648 4 9 162 96 Piston1976 40 7 184 445 12 4 101 3 Flagged1977 40 10 189 563 13 4 199 0 Flagged1978 6 7 195 233 9 5 195 0 Flagged1979 6 7 188 285 8 27 43 0 Lost wheel1981 Substitute qualifier for Mario AndrettiTotals 1448 108 Starts 13Poles 0Front row 1Wins 0Top 5s 3Top 10s 4Retired 9In 1972 Dallenbach was bumped on the final day of time trials Art Pollard crashed his qualified car on May 16 and was too injured to drive on race day Dallenbach was hired to fill the seat and the car was moved to 33rd starting position USAC Champ Car results edit key Races in bold indicate pole position Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Rank Points1965 Joe Barzda Kurtis Offenhauser PHX TRE INDY MIL LAN PIP TRE IRP ATL LAN13 MILDNQ SPR MIL DUQ ISF 37th 80Kenny Brenn Meskowski TRE9 SAC PHX1966 Kenny Brenn Meskowski Offenhauser PHX TRE INDY MIL LAN ATLDNQ PIP IRP LAN13 SPR MIL15 DUQ ISF TRE11 SAC 50th 40Taasi Vatis Huffaker PHX241967 Taasi Vatis Huffaker Offenhauser PHX18 TREDNQ INDY29 MIL5 LAN12 PIP MOS12 MOS12 IRP15 LAN4 MTR8 MTR15 MIL21 DUQDNQ ISFDNQ TRE19 SACDNQ HAN17 PHX15 RIV25 21st 410Vollstedt SPR171968 Taasi Vatis Finley Offenhauser TRE3 INDY17 MIL7 MOSDNQ MOS LAN15 PIP CDR MIL20 DUQDNQ TRE18 MCH22 HAN23 PHX25 16th 960Vollstedt NAZ11 IRP IRP SPR7 ISF13 SAC9Huffaker HAN7 LVG PHX4 LAN3 LAN5Ford MTR20 MTRRolla Vollstedt Vollstedt RIV291969 Lindsey Hopkins Eagle Chevrolet CDR8 RIV7 6th 1795Offenhauser PHX2 HAN5 INDY21 MIL20 LAN3 PIP TRE2 IRPDNS IRPDNQ MIL18 DOV14 DUQWth ISFDNQ BRN BRN TRE10 PHX3Kuzma SPR7Vollstedt SAC9 KEN KENKenny Brenn Meskowski NAZ51970 Lindsey Hopkins Eagle Ford PHX4 18th 620Offenhauser PHX10 SON TRE17 INDY17 MIL8 LAN7 CDR MCH16 IRP5 SPR MIL9 ONT28 DUQ ISFDNQ SEDKuzma TRE15 SAC1971 Lindsey Hopkins Kuzma Offenhauser RAF RAF PHX7 TRE2 INDY24 MIL4 MCH4 MIL4 ONT23 TRE9 10th 1220Kenyon Ford POC15Vollstedt Enterprises Vollstedt PHX111972 Lindsey Hopkins Eagle Offenhauser PHX9 TRE6 13th 720Andy Granatelli Lola Foyt INDY15 MILDNQ MCH2 POC14 MILDNQ ONT21 TRE7 PHX241973 Patrick Racing Eagle Offenhauser TWS TRE TRE MIL4 POC29 MCH6 MIL1 ONT1 ONT ONT1 MCH23 MCH TRE3 TWS6 PHX2 2nd 2620Oscar Olson INDY241974 Patrick Racing Eagle Offenhauser ONT7 ONT ONT6 PHX6 TRE13 INDY30 MIL15 POC10 MCH6 MIL3 MCH11 TRE3 TRE12 PHX18 9th 14451975 Patrick Racing Eagle Offenhauser ONT ONT1 ONT10 PHX6 TRE5 MIL4 4th 2305Wildcat DGS INDY9 MIL4 POC2 MCH19 MCH16 TRE5 PHX121976 Patrick Racing Wildcat DGS PHX16 TRE6 INDY4 MIL12 POC3 MCH20 TWS2 TRE4 MIL17 ONT4 MCH3 TWS6 PHX4 3rd 31051977 Patrick Racing Wildcat DGS ONT18 PHX10 TWS3 TRE1 INDY4 MIL15 POC4 MOS16 MCH8 TWS17 MIL3 ONT20 MCH3 PHX6 6th 26351978 Jerry O Connell McLaren Cosworth PHX14 ONT9 TWS4 TRE11 INDY5 MOS11 MIL3 POC4 MCH3 ATL9 TWS4 MIL7 ONT10 MCH11 SIL14 BRH5 PHX6 6th 2966Lightning TRE61979 Patrick Racing Penske Cosworth ONT TWS INDY27 MIL POC TWS MIL NC 01981 82 Patrick Racing Wildcat Cosworth INDYRpl POC ILL DUQ ISF INDY NC 0CART IndyCar Series results edit key Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points Ref1979 Patrick Racing Wildcat Offenhauser PHX12 9th 1149 7 Cosworth PHX7Lightning ATL11 ATL8Penske INDY27 TRE4 TRE2 MCH5 MCH10 WGL14 TRE4 ONT24 MCH6 ATL4References edit via Associated Press Second Time Around St Petersburg Times May 24 1972 Accessed February 13 2011 Wally Dallenbach a 36 year old veteran driver from East Brunswick N J will get a chance to compete in the 56th running of the Indianapolis 500 mile race after all Wally Dallenbach www champcarstats com The Colorado 500 Online 2020 Inductees at the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America Wally Dallenbach IMS Museum Hall of Fame Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Retrieved 2023 09 23 Wally Dallenbach 1979 CART Results Racing Reference NASCAR Digital Media LLC Retrieved August 17 2023 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wally Dallenbach Sr amp oldid 1176965587, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
