| 词条 | Gaston Chevrolet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Gaston Chevrolet | image = Gaston_Chevrolet.jpg | caption = Gaston Chevrolet, shown here at Tacoma Speedway in June, 1920. | nationality = Swiss | birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|10|04|df=yes}} | birth_place = Beaune, Côte-d'Or, France | death_date = {{Death date and age|1920|11|25|1892|10|04|df=yes}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, United States | retired = | related to = | last series = | years active = | teams = | starts = | wins = | poles = | fastest laps = | best finish = | year = | prev series = | prev series years = | titles = | title years = | awards = | award years = }} Gaston Chevrolet (4 October 1892 – 25 November 1920) was a Swiss racecar driver and automobile manufacturer. Early lifeBorn near Beaune, in the Côte-d'Or region of France where his Swiss parents had emigrated to a few years earlier, he was the younger brother of Louis (1878–1941, founder of the Chevrolet car company) and Arthur Chevrolet (1884–1946). After brother Louis emigrated to the United States and earned enough money, he sent for Gaston and Arthur to join him. Once there, Gaston worked as an automotive mechanic and joined his brothers in auto racing. In 1916, the year after older brother Louis left the Chevrolet car company, Gaston Chevrolet became a partner with Louis and Arthur in the new Frontenac Motor Corporation. Indianapolis 500Driving a Frontenac race car, Chevrolet competed in the 1919 Indianapolis 500, finishing in tenth place while brother Louis finished seventh. Chevrolet broke the dominance of European built cars in the 1920 Indianapolis 500, winning the race in a redesigned Monroe-Frontenac. In the process, he became the first driver in the history of the {{convert|500|mi|km|adj=on}} race to go the distance without making a tire change. 1920 National Championship and deathFollowing his May 31, 1920 victory at Indianapolis, Chevrolet raced in several more events. He won a {{convert|100|mi|km|adj=on}} match race against top racers Tommy Milton (driving a Chevrolet race car)[1] and Ralph Mulford. With the coming of winter in late 1920, racing moved to the West Coast. While competing in the last race of the season on the board track at the Beverly Hills Speedway, Chevrolet was killed when his Frontenac crashed on lap 146 of the 200 lap race.[1] Despite the crash, Chevrolet had accumulated enough points during the race and through the season to win the 1920 title of "Speed King of the Year" (the AAA National Champion).[1] Chevrolet is considered by accredited historians and contemporary accounts[2][3][4] as the 1920 National Champion despite later revisionist publications retrospectively listing Tommy Milton as such.[5] Chevrolet is interred next to his brother Louis in the Holy Cross and Saint Joseph Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana. Indy 500 results{{col-begin|width=auto}}{{col-break}}
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References1. ^1 2 {{cite web | url = http://carsandracingstuff.com/library/articles/2045.php | title = Gaston Chevrolet Killed in Race| work = The Crittenden Automotive Library | accessdate = July 12, 2008 }} 2. ^Beverly Hills race day program "The present standings of the championship contenders who race today" 25 November 1920 3. ^Detroit News. 26 September 1920, Sect. II p. 7 4. ^L.A. Times. 21 November 1920, Pt. 6, p. 1. 5. ^Motor Age. 27 October 1927, Pgs. 17 & 20 External links{{Portal|Biography}}
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