Len Zengel | |||||||
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Born | Leonard Joseph Zengel March 15, 1887 Dayton, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||
Died | September 24, 1963 Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 76)||||||
Champ Car career | |||||||
4 races run over 3 years | |||||||
First race | 1909 Founder's Week Trophy (Fairmount Park) | ||||||
Last race | 1912 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis) | ||||||
First win | 1911 Elgin National Trophy (Elgin) | ||||||
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Leonard Joseph Zengel (March 15, 1887 – September 24, 1963) was an American racing driver.
Zengel was born on March 15, 1887, in Dayton, Ohio, to Leonard A. Zengel (1857-1930). He had seven siblings.
On October 8, 1910, Zengel won the annual Fairmount Park road race in Philadelphia driving a Chadwick Engineering Works auto.[1][2]
In 1911 he won the Elgin Trophy.[1][3]
He participated in the 1912 Indianapolis 500.[1]
He married Mary L. Howell and had a son, Leonard Joseph Zengel Jr. (1915-1944) who died in a car accident when he fell asleep at the wheel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[4] He had a daughter, Betty Jean Zengel.[5]
He operated a Chrysler and Plymouth dealership.
Zengel died on September 24, 1963, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, at age 76.
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