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| name = Mike Nazaruk | nationality = {{flagicon|USA}} American | birth_date = {{birth date|1921|10|2}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1955|5|1|1921|10|2}} | Years = {{F1|1951}}–{{F1|1954}} | Team(s) = Turner, Kurtis Kraft | Races = 4 (3 starts) | Championships = 0 | Wins = 0 | Podiums = 1 | Points = 8 | Poles = 0 | Fastest laps = 0 | First race = 1951 Indianapolis 500 | First win = | Last win = | Last race = 1954 Indianapolis 500 }}Mike Nazaruk (October 2, 1921 Newark, New Jersey – May 1, 1955 Langhorne, Pennsylvania) was an American racecar driver. He raced midget cars, sprint cars, and IndyCars. He was nicknamed "Iron Mike."[1] Nazaruk was of Ukrainian descent. Before racing, he worked as a florist's delivery driver and as an aircraft welder.[2] Nazaruk served as a U.S. Marine in the Battle of Guam and the Guadalcanal campaign in World War II. He promised himself that if he lived through the war he would become a race driver.[1] Midget car careerHe raced after he returned home. He won the track championships at Staten Island, New York, and Rhinebeck, New York in 1947. He scored over twenty feature wins at Middletown, New York en route to winning the 1948 track championship.[1] Nazaruk was the 1949 American Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) midget car champion.[1] The series tours the East Coast of the United States. Nazaruk joined the AAA in 1950. He won 14 national midget tour events, including the 1950 Night Before the 500, and the first midget car event at Terre Haute Action Track in 1953. He finished fifth in the 1954 National Midget car points. Championship car careerNazaruk finished second in his first Indianapolis 500 in 1951. He competed in two more Indianapolis 500, including a fifth-place finish in 1954. Nazaruk was killed in a sprint car race at Langhorne Speedway on May 1, 1955.[1] Career awards
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World Championship career summaryThe 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. Mike Nazaruk participated in three World Championship races. He finished on the podium once and accumulated a total of 8 World Championship points. References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 Biography {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927033102/http://worthyofhonor.com/Inductees/Mike_Nazaruk.htm |date=2007-09-27 }} at the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame {{s-start}}{{s-ach|rec}}{{succession box| title = Youngest driver to score2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Mike_Nazaruk|title=Mike Nazaruk|first=Allen|last=Brown|website=oldracingcars.com|accessdate=28 August 2018}} points in Formula One | years = 29 years, 239 days (1951 Indianapolis 500) | before = Cecil Green{{small| 30 years, 242 days (1950 Indianapolis 500)}} | after = Manny Ayulo{{small| 29 years, 221 days (1951 Indianapolis 500)}}}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Nazaruk, Mike}}{{US-autoracing-bio-stub}} 10 : 1921 births|1955 deaths|20th-century American racing drivers|Indianapolis 500 drivers|National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductees|Sportspeople from Newark, New Jersey|Racing drivers from New Jersey|Racing drivers killed while racing|Sports deaths in Pennsylvania|AAA Championship Car drivers |
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