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...been the peak of his career. After the war Mays again won the Indy pole in 1948 but was knocked out by a mechanical problem. He was killed in a crash durin ===Indy 500 results===

...[Indianapolis Motor Speedway]] during practice for the [[1953 Indianapolis 500]]. During his long Indy career, Miller earned the nickname "Dean of the Spe ...t|300px|'''Photo of Chet Miller's vehicle after his crash in the 1939 Indy 500''']]

...place and won the race. In 1947 and 1948, Rose captured back-to-back Indy 500's driving a [[Deidt]]/[[Offenhauser]]. ...way]] invited him to drive the [[Chevrolet Camaro]] [[List of Indianapolis 500 pace cars|Pace Car]].

...and 1946-1961 seasons with 121 starts, including 14 in the [[Indianapolis 500]]. He finished in the top ten 74 times, with 21 victories. As the [[Indianapolis]] 500 counted as a round of the [[Formula One]] World championship from [[1950]]

...x-Alfa_Romeo_308.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Johnny Mauro's Alfa Romeo 308 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum.]] ...y]] Hall of Fame Museum, probably it is the same car that was also used in Indianapolis in 1940, which was Raymond Sommer's ex car.

[[Image:indy_500.jpg|300px|thumb|right|1994 Indianapolis 500, a National Championship race]] The [[Indianapolis 500]] has been a round of the National Championship since its inception in 1911

...t the wheel of a [[Maserati 4CLT/48]], on his way to second place in the [[1948 British Grand Prix]] at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]].]] ...around Europe. He won his first Grand Prix race in [[Sanremo, Italy]] in 1948 and took second place in the [[British Grand Prix]] the same year. Ascari

...ivative of the [[Citroën Traction Avant|Traction Avant]] engine, and the [[1948]] [[Austin Motor Company|Austin]] 2660 cc engine used in the [[Austin-Heale ...ts type in the 1970s. These engines ran at very low rpm, often less than 1,500 rpm maximum, and had a specific output of about 10 hp/L. The US tracto

...napolis Motor Speedway]], first used in 1909 with the first [[Indianapolis 500-Mile Race]] in 1911, and the [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza]], in [[Italy]], o ...es that formed the first Constructors Championship were the [[Indianapolis 500]], the [[European Grand Prix]], and the French and Italian Grands Prix. A [

...= [[Voiturette]] <small>(1938-1947)</small><br>[[Formula One]] <small>(1948-1951)| ...300 bhp and was denoted as Tipo 158/47. The car made a tragic debut in the 1948 [[Swiss Grand Prix]] where [[Achille Varzi]] lost control of his car and wa

...st-war Grands Prix in a privately-owned Maserati, Farina took a win at the 1948 [[Monaco Grand Prix]]. When the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobi ...er a crash at a minor race at Monza. Again he recovered and tried the Indy 500, but this time his team-mate had a fatal crash while practicing in Farina's

...f Alberto's. He won his first Grand Prix race in [[San Remo, Italy]] in [[1948]] and won another race with the team the following year. His biggest succes ...Europe, [[Enzo Ferrari]] supplied a car for Alberto in the [[Indianapolis 500]], at the time an F1 event, in [[1952]]. Ascari was the only European driv

...[[Italian Grand Prix]], the [[Belgian Grand Prix]] and the [[Indianapolis 500]]. The French Grand Prix has been part of the [[Formula One]] championships | [[1936 French Grand Prix|1936]], [[1948 French Grand Prix|1948]]

...and prestigious automobile races in the world alongside the [[Indianapolis 500]] and the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] (with which it forms the [[Triple Crown o ...nable to compete, having a prior commitment to compete in the Indianapolis 500 on the same day. Hughes, M. 2007. ''Street theatre 1929''. '''Motor Sport''

...in the [[NASCAR]] [[Sprint Cup Series]], Formula One, and an Indianapolis 500. No American has won a Formula One race since Andretti's victory at the [[1 ...and the Treaty of Paris finalizing Istria from Italy. Three years later in 1948 Mario, Aldo, their sister Anna Maria, and their parents left Istria during

...Formula Two (originally known as Formula B) was first formally codified in 1948 by [[FIA]] as a smaller and cheaper complement to the Grand Prix cars of th ...hough non-championship F1 events continued to be held - the [[Indianapolis 500]] was part of the World Championship between 1950 and 1960 but ran to its o