Kelly Petillo
| Kelly Petillo | |||||||
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| Petillo, circa 1941 | |||||||
| Born | Cavino Michelle Petillo (1903年12月05日)December 5, 1903 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||
| Died | June 30, 1970(1970年06月30日) (aged 66) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||
| Championship titles | |||||||
| AAA Championship Car (1935) Major victories Indianapolis 500 (1935) | |||||||
| Champ Car career | |||||||
| 21 races run over 11 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 1st (1935) | ||||||
| First race | 1932 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis) | ||||||
| Last race | 1941 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis) | ||||||
| First win | 1934 Mines Field Race (Mines Field) | ||||||
| Last win | 1935 Langhorne 100 (Langhorne) | ||||||
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Kelly Carl Petillo[1] (born Cavino Michelle Petillo,[2] December 5, 1903[3] or December 16, 1903[1] – June 30, 1970[3] ) was an American racing driver.
Early life
[edit ]Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1903,[1] [4] Petillo moved with his family to Huntington Park, California in 1921.[5] He began racing at Los Angeles' Legion Ascot Speedway in 1929.[4]
Driving career
[edit ]Petillo competed in the Indianapolis 500 on ten occasions, winning the race in 1935 in a year that marked the first win by a car powered by an Offenhauser engine.[6] He went on to win the 1935 AAA-sanctioned National Driving Championship.[7] In 1937, he participated in the Vanderbilt Cup [8] but engine problems forced him out of the race.
In 1942, Petillo sustained a concussion and lacerations after a road accident when his car collided with a freight train.[9] He was denied entry to the 1946 Indianapolis 500, and sued the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for 50,000ドル.[10]
Legal issues and enforced retirement
[edit ]Off the track, Petillo had numerous run-ins with the law, including charges of attempted rape and attempted murder. In 1948, police arrested him in victory lane after winning a race at Owosso Speedway, on charges of assault to commit murder[11] seven days earlier. This was assault and battery.[5] He was sentenced to ten years in the Indiana State Prison. He was released on parole in 1955, but went missing. He was re-captured in 1957, incidentally, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.[12] [13] He was returned to prison until 1959, after which he was denied entry to the Indianapolis 500 in 1959 and 1960, officially due to age. After his exclusion in 1959, he again filed a lawsuit for 50,000ドル against the speedway and the United States Auto Club.[14]
Petillo had a small role in the 1939 motion picture Burn 'Em Up O'Connor .
Death
[edit ]Petillo and his wife, Valentine, who filed for divorce in 1943, had a son, Kelly Jr.[6]
Petillo died of emphysema in Los Angeles in 1970,[12] aged 66. He is buried in Pacific Crest Cemetery in Redondo Beach, California.[15]
Awards and honors
[edit ]Petillo has been inducted into the following halls of fame:
Motorsports career results
[edit ]Indianapolis 500 results
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References
[edit ]- ^ a b c "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947". Ancestry.com .
- ^ "The Talk of Gasoline Alley" 10780-WIBC, May 23, 2003
- ^ a b "California Death Index, 1940–1997" . FamilySearch .
- ^ a b Ball Jr., Larry. "Cavino "Kelly" Petillo". National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum . Archived from the original on 2019年06月19日.
- ^ a b Kimbrough, Bobby (December 23, 2011). "Today's History: Notorious Racer Kelly Petillo Wins Mines Field Race". OneDirt. Archived from the original on 2018年06月12日.
- ^ a b Fuchs, Jeremy (May 16, 2021). "Checkered Past: Kelly Petillo and How Not to Build a Racing Legacy". Indianapolis Monthly . Archived from the original on 2021年05月16日.
- ^ "Kelly Petillo Is Ranked at Head of Auto Racers". Milwaukee Journal . December 22, 1935. p. III-4. Archived from the original on 2016年05月01日. Retrieved 2015年05月23日.
- ^ "Kelly Petillo". HistoricRacing.com. Archived from the original on 2021年01月28日.
- ^ "Kelly Petillo Hurt, Car Crashes Train". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press. April 13, 1942. p. 17. Retrieved 2015年05月23日.
- ^ "Petillo Starts Suit Against Speedway". Milwaukee Journal . May 24, 1946. p. L-13. Archived from the original on 2016年05月18日. Retrieved 2015年05月23日.
- ^ "Petillo Sought After Attack". Milwaukee Journal . June 30, 1948. p. L-7. Archived from the original on 2016年05月02日. Retrieved 2015年05月23日.
- ^ a b c Mitchell, Dawn (May 23, 2014). "Kelly Petillo: Indy 500 Winner with a Rap Sheet". IndyStar . Archived from the original on 2021年06月13日.
- ^ "Increase Jail Term for Petillo". Milwaukee Sentinel . July 13, 1957. p. 3 of part 2. Archived from the original on 2016年05月12日. Retrieved 2015年05月23日.
- ^ "Kelly Petillo Sues Speedway, USAC Again". St. Petersburg Times . Associated Press. May 26, 1959. p. 2-C. Retrieved 2015年05月23日.
- ^ "Petillo, Kelly Carl Sr". Pacific Crest Cemetery. Retrieved 2023年05月16日.
- ^ "Kelly Petillo Indianapolis 500 Stats". IndianapolisMotorSpeedway.com. Archived from the original on 2019年08月03日.
External links
[edit ]- Kelly Petillo - ChampCarStats.com
- Kelly Petillo at Find a Grave
- Kelly Petillo driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- 1903 births
- American people of Italian descent
- 1970 deaths
- Racing drivers from Pittsburgh
- Racing drivers from California
- Champ Car champions
- Indianapolis 500 drivers
- Indianapolis 500 polesitters
- Indianapolis 500 winners
- AAA Championship Car drivers
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- People convicted of battery
- Deaths from emphysema