Caleb Bragg
Caleb Smith Bragg (23 November 1885 – 24 October 1943) was an American racecar driver, speedboat racer, aviation pioneer, and automotive inventor.[1] He participated in the 1911, 1913 and 1914 Indianapolis 500. In speedboat racing, Caleb won three consecutive APBA Challenge Cup races in Detroit from 1923-1925.[2] He was the inventor of the Bragg-Kliesrath brake.[1]
Biography
He was born on November 23, 1885 in Cincinnati, Ohio to Cais C. Bragg and Eugenia Hofer. While at Yale University he became interested in automobile racing. He graduated from Yale in 1908 and took a post-graduate engineering course at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1909.[1]
In speedboat racing, Caleb won three consecutive APBA Challenge Cup races in Detroit from 1923-1925. He died on 24 October 1943 in New York City, New York.[1]
Indy 500 results
| Year |
Car |
Start |
Qual |
Rank |
Finish |
Laps |
Led |
Retired |
| 1911 |
39 |
35 |
— |
— |
37 |
24 |
0 |
Crash in pits |
| 1913 |
19 |
1 |
87.340 |
2 |
15 |
128 |
1 |
Pump shaft |
| 1914 |
21 |
9 |
92.970 |
7 |
19 |
117 |
1 |
Camshaft |
| Totals |
269 |
2 |
|
|
| Starts |
3 |
| Poles |
1 |
| Front Row |
1 |
| Wins |
0 |
| Top 5 |
0 |
| Top 10 |
0 |
| Retired |
3 |
|
References
- ^ a b c d "Caleb Smith Bragg, Dies. Flier, Auto Racer, Pioneer in Automotive Field. Also Noted as an Inventor and Speedboat Pilot". New York Times. November 24, 1885. http://www.earlyaviators.com/ebragg.htm. Retrieved 2011-04-23. "Caleb S. Bragg, long a leading figure in the aviation, automobile and motorboat fields, died here on Sunday in Memorial Hospital after a long illness at the age of 56. An engineer and the inventor or co-inventor of many automobile devices, including the widely used Bragg-Kliesrath brake perfected by him and the late Victor W. Kliesrath. Mr. Bragg won fame as a pioneer automobile racing driver, and Army test pilot during the first World War, a champion altitude flier, aviation manufacturing company officer, consulting engineer and amateur sportsman. He resided at 277 Park Avenue and at Montauk Point, L.I."
- ^ "Caleb Smith Bragg". Early Aviators. http://www.earlyaviators.com/ebragg.htm. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
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Bragg, Caleb |
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23 November 1885 |
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24 October 1943 |
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