Ira Hall
engineer
- February 2, 1892
- February 6, 1987
- 95 years
- natural causes
About Ira Hall
Ira Hall, 95, American racing driver.
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|Ira Edgar Hall (February 2, 1892 – February 6, 1987) was an American racing driver.
Life
Though Hall had several starts in the Indianapolis 500, his greatest fame was gained on the dirt tracks of the Midwest, primarily Indiana and Illinois. He reportedly winning as many as 100 races in a season on what was known as "the suicide circuit." He was seriously injured in the fall of 1927 at George Rogers Clark Speedway near Vincennes, Ind., Speedway, but recovered to return to racing the next year.
Hall was later elected sheriff of Vigo County, Indiana.
Hall was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1993.
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