Bud Tingelstad

Bud Tingelstad (April 4, 1928 – July 30, 1981) was an American racecar driver.

Bud Tingelstad

Born	(1928-04-04)April 4, 1928 Frazee, Minnesota
Died	July 30, 1981(1981-07-30) (aged 53) Indianapolis, Indiana
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	American
Active years	1960
Teams	Trevis
Entries	1
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1960 Indianapolis 500
Last entry	1960 Indianapolis 500

Born in Frazee, Minnesota, Tingelstad drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1960-1971 seasons with 120 starts, including the Indianapolis 500 in each year except 1961 and 1970, attempting, but failing to qualify in both of those years and also attempting to qualify in 1972. His best Indy 500 finish was sixth in 1964. He had 56 top-ten race finishes, with his one victory in 1966 at DuQuoin. He had a best Championship points finish of 5th in 1964. He died of a heart attack in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Complete USAC Championship Car results

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	Pos	Points
1960	TRE	INDY 9	MIL DNQ	LAN	SPR	MIL DNQ	DUQ	SYR DNQ	ISF DNQ	TRE 14	SAC 12	PHX DNQ																	25th	210
1961	TRE	INDY DNQ	MIL DNQ	LAN	MIL 14	SPR DNQ	DUQ 11	SYR DNQ	ISF DNQ	TRE DNQ	SAC DNQ	PHX																	39th	20
1962	TRE 21	INDY 15	MIL 7	LAN	TRE 9	SPR	MIL 7	LAN	SYR DNQ	ISF DNQ	TRE	SAC DNQ	PHX DNQ																16th	240
1963	TRE	INDY 28	MIL 15	LAN	TRE 9	SPR 11	MIL 18	DUQ 12	ISF	TRE 2	SAC 13	PHX 6																	13th	490
1964	PHX 8	TRE 17	INDY 6	MIL 3	LAN 15	TRE 9	SPR 8	MIL 4	DUQ 8	ISF 5	TRE 3	SAC 10	PHX 4																5th	1,640
1965	PHX 13	TRE 4	INDY 16	MIL 18	LAN 4	PPR	TRE 15	IRP	ATL 14	LAN 19	MIL 21	ISF 7	MIL 13	DSF 16	INF 14	TRE	SAC 16	PHX 6											20th	460
1966	PHX 4	TRE 5	INDY 21	MIL 12	LAN 18	ATL 28	PIP	IRP 17	LAN 6	SPR 7	MIL 11	DUQ 1	ISF 7	TRE 14	SAC 8	PHX 25													10th	870
1967	PHX	TRE 18	INDY 14	MIL 17	LAN 8	PIP	MOS 13	MOS 13	IRP 10	LAN 9	MTR 21	MTR	SPR 3	MIL 9	DUQ 7	ISF DNQ	TRE 5	SAC 8	HAN 6	PHX 7	RIV 27								10th	965
1968	HAN 18	LVG	PHX 7	TRE DNS	INDY 16	MIL 9	MOS DNQ	MOS	LAN 19	PIP	CDR 13	NAZ 13	IRP 16	IRP 5	LAN 15	LAN 2	MTR	MTR	SPR 8	MIL 18	DUQ DNQ	ISF DNQ	TRE 3	SAC 8	MCH 9	HAN 7	PHX 10	RIV	14th	1,016
1969	PHX	HAN	INDY 15	MIL 4	LAN 13	PIP	CDR DNQ	NAZ 4	TRE 24	IRP 11	IRP 5	MIL 15	SPR 13	DOV 15	DUQ DNQ	ISF 9	BRN	BRN	TRE 3	SAC DNS	KEN	KEN	PHX 11	RIV					15th	920
1970	PHX	SON	TRE	INDY DNQ	MIL	LAN	CDR	MCH	IRP	SPR	MIL 25	ONT 24	DUQ 16	ISF	SED DNQ	TRE 10	SAC	PHX 18											40th	90
1971	RAF	RAF	PHX	TRE	INDY 7	MIL DNQ	POC 19	MCH	MIL	ONT 17	TRE	PHX																	22nd	300
1972	PHX	TRE	INDY DNQ	MIL	MCH	POC	MIL	ONT	TRE	PHX																			-	0
1974	ONT	ONT	ONT DNS	PHX	TRE	INDY	MIL	POC	MCH	MIL	MCH	TRE	TRE	PHX															-	0

Indy 500 results

Year Car Start Qual Rank Finish Laps Led Retired 1960 18 28 142.354 29 9 200 0 Running 1962 5 10 147.753 10 15 200 0 Running 1963 54 25 148.227 27 28 46 0 Crash T2 1964 15 19 151.210 26 6 198 0 Flagged 1965 5 24 154.672 23 16 115 0 Crash T3 1966 22 27 159.144 26 21 16 0 Overheating 1967 10 25 163.228 22 14 182 0 Spun FS 1968 10 18 164.444 17 16 158 0 Oil Pressure 1969 15 18 166.597 18 15 155 0 Engine 1971 58 17 170.156 24 7 198 0 Flagged Totals 1468 0

Starts 10 Poles 0 Front Row 0 Wins 0 Top 5 0 Top 10 3 Retired 6

World Championship career summary

The Indianapolis 500 was part of the FIA World Championship from 1950 through 1960. Drivers competing at Indy during those years were credited with World Championship points and participation. Bud Tingelstad participated in 1 World Championship race but scored no World Championship points.

External links

• Bud Tingelstad at ChampCarStats