Hugh Randall
| |
| Complete name: Hugh Grant Randall |
| Birth date: 31.Oct.1933 |
| Birth Place: Louisville, Jefferson County, KY, United States |
| Death date: 01.Jul.1962 |
| Death Place: Bristol, PA, United States |
| Nationality: United States |
| Gender: male |
| Age at death: 28 |
| |
| Event date: 01.Jul.1962 |
| Series: United States Auto Club (USAC) National Championship |
| Race: [Langhorne 100-Mile Race] |
| Event type: race |
| Country: United States (Pennsylvania) |
| Venue: Langhorne Speedway |
| Variant: 1.0-mile dirt oval (1926-1942, 1946-1964) |
| |
| Role: driver |
| Vehicle type: car |
| Vehicle sub-type: single seater |
| Vehicle brand/model: Kurtis 4000 - Offenhauser "Vargo Special" |
| Vehicle number: 63 |
| |
Notes:
Hugh Randall was an Big Car rookie. He had failed to qualify for the race at Langhorne in Pennsylvania on 01 July 1962, but was selected as a relief driver for veteran Elmer George, entering the race on the 58th lap. Randall was on his second lap when the Vargo Special flipped on a rut at "Puke Hollow". Randall's harness failed and he flopped around the cockpit as the car rolled over several times. He was pulled from the car but was dead on arrival at Lower Bucks Hospital in Bristol, PA.
He was survived by his wife, Louise, and his parents, Marcus and Mary Randall.
Hugh Randall is buried at Rest Haven Memorial Cemetery, Section 3, lot 586, space 13, in Louisville, Kentucky.
|
| |
Sources:
- 1940 United States Federal Census.
-
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963.
-
Kentucky Birth Index, 1911-1999.
-
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967.
-
Book "Langhorne! No Man's Land" by L. Spencer Riggs. [L]
-
Book "The Tribute Project", edited by Ed Watson, 1997, page 33.
-
Newspaper New York Times (New York City, NY, United States), issue of 02 July 1962, page 35, by Frank M. Blunk.
-
Newspaper The Washington Post (Washington, DC, United States), issue of 02 July 1962, page A24, Associated Press wire service.
-
Newspaper The Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, PA, United States), issue of 02 July 1962, page 10, Associated Press wire service.
-
Newspaper The Progress (Clearfield, Curwensville, Philipsburg, Moshannon Valley, PA, United States), issue of 02 July 1962, page 6, Associated Press wire service.
-
Newspaper Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL, United States), issue of o2 July 1962, page C4, Associated Press wire service, United Press International Telephoto.
-
Newspaper The Oakland Tribune (Oakland, CA, United States), issue of 02 July 1962, page 23, Associated Press wire service.
-
Newspaper Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA, United States), issue of 02 July 1962, part III, pages B1 and B5, Associated Press wire service, Associated Press Wirephoto.
-
Website Deep Throttle, page http://www.deepthrottle.com/naz_race.shtml.
-
Website Find-A-Grave: Hugh Grant Randall.
-
E-mail by Rick Kelly, dated 26 June 2004.
-
E-mail by Steve Estes, dated 08 December 2008.
-
E-mail by Don Little Jr., dated 13 January 2009, citing [L].
|
|
|
