Gene Hartley

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Leslie "Gene" Hartley (January 28, 1926 - March 13, 1994) was an American racecar driver.

Born in Roanoke, Indiana, Hartley also died there in 1994. He drove in the AAA and USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1950 and 1952-1962 seasons with 33 starts, including the Indianapolis 500 races in each year but 1955 and 1958. He finished in the top ten 9 times, with his best finish in 2nd position in 1956 at Langhorne.

George was also the 1959 USAC National Midget Series champion. He recorded 33 USAC feature wins, 8th best all-time.

[edit] Indy 500 results

Year Car Start Qual Rank Finish Laps Led Retired 1950 75 31 129.213 32 16 128 0 Flagged 1952 67 18 134.343 24 28 65 0 Exhaust pipe 1953 41 13 137.263 9 28 53 0 Crash T4 1954 31 17 139.061 10 23 168 0 Engine 1956 82 22 142.846 15 11 196 0 Flagged 1957 22 14 141.271 16 10 200 0 Running 1959 88 9 143.575 10 11 200 0 Running 1960 48 24 143.896 16 14 196 0 Flagged 1961 28 15 144.817 22 11 198 0 Flagged 1962 67 20 146.969 15 32 17 0 Crash FS Totals 1421 0

Starts 10 Poles 0 Front Row 0 Wins 0 Top 5 0 Top 10 1 Retired 4

[edit] F1 career summary

The Indianapolis 500 was considered part of the Formula One schedule from 1950 through 1960. Drivers competing at Indy during those years were credited with F1 points and participation. Gene Hartley participated in 8 Formula One races. He started on the pole 0 times, won 0 races, set 0 fast laps, and finished on the podium 0 times. He accumlated a total of 0 championship points.

[edit] Award

• He was inducted in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1985.