Joe Russo
American racing driver
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| Intro | American racing driver | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Engineer Racecar driver | |
| Work field | Engineering Sports | |
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| Birth | 27 December 1901 | |
| Death | 10 June 1934 (aged 32 years) | |
| Star sign | Capricorn |
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Biography
Joe Russo (December 27, 1901 in Racine, Wisconsin – June 10, 1934 in Bristol, Pennsylvania) was an American racecar driver active in the 1930s. He died in a hospital in Bristol, Pennsylvania after a crash at Langhorne Speedway.
Russo was known for performing a stunt of driving around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway blindfolded.
His son, Eddie Russo, and his brother, Paul Russo have also raced at the Indianapolis 500.
Indy 500 results
| Starts | 4 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Start | Qual | Rank | Finish | Laps | Led | Retired |
| 1931 | 41 | 16 | 104.822 | 29 | 24 | 109 | 0 | Oil leak |
| 1932 | 41 | 21 | 108.791 | 35 | 24 | 107 | 0 | Rod |
| 1933 | 18 | 31 | 112.531 | 20 | 17 | 192 | 0 | Flagged |
| 1934 | 16 | 24 | 113.115 | 18 | 5 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| Totals | 608 | 0 | ||||||
| Starts | 4 | |||||||
| Poles | 0 | |||||||
| Front Row | 0 | |||||||
| Wins | 0 | |||||||
| Top 5 | 1 | |||||||
| Top 10 | 1 | |||||||
| Retired | 2 | |||||||
| 1931 | 41 | 16 | 104.822 | 29 | 24 | 109 | 0 | Oil leak |
| 1932 | 41 | 21 | 108.791 | 35 | 24 | 107 | 0 | Rod |
| 1933 | 18 | 31 | 112.531 | 20 | 17 | 192 | 0 | Flagged |
| 1934 | 16 | 24 | 113.115 | 18 | 5 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| Totals | 608 | 0 | ||||||
| Poles | 0 | |||||||
| Front Row | 0 | |||||||
| Wins | 0 | |||||||
| Top 5 | 1 | |||||||
| Top 10 | 1 | |||||||
| Retired | 2 | |||||||