American racing driver (1877–1954)
Thomas Samuel Orr (August 27, 1877 – December 11, 1954) was an American racing driver from Chicago, Illinois. He competed in the AAA Championship Car series in 1914 and 1915 making five starts including the 1915 Indianapolis 500. All of his race starts were behind the wheel of a Maxwell, for whom he was an engineer. He served in World War I and later moved to Denver, Colorado where he died in 1954.[1]
Motorsports career results
Indianapolis 500 results
Year
|
Car
|
Start
|
Qual
|
Rank
|
Finish
|
Laps
|
Led
|
Retired
|
1915
|
21
|
17
|
83.550
|
17
|
13
|
168
|
0
|
Axle bearing
|
Totals
|
168
|
0
|
|
|
Starts
|
1
|
Poles
|
0
|
Front Row
|
0
|
Wins
|
0
|
Top 5
|
0
|
Top 10
|
0
|
Retired
|
1
|
|
References
- ^ Jenkins, Richard. Tom Orr, Old Racing Cars, Retrieved 2010-06-14
External links