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Howard McFarland Hall (born Howard Clinton Hall, February 2, 1885 – July 2, 1940) was an American racing driver. Hall competed in the inaugural 1911 Indianapolis 500 in a Velie.

Biography

Hall was born on February 2, 1885, in Toledo, Ohio, to Edmund Hall and Jennie McFarland. He was a mechanic for the Chevrolet team. In 1909, Hall competed in the Portola Road Race near San Francisco. Hall also served as a riding mechanic, riding with Bob Burman in the 1910 American Grand Prize.

Hall oversaw the Velie's racing program during the 1910s.

Later life

After racing, Hall returned to Toledo and then moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana. He died on July 2, 1940, at the age of 55.

Motorsports career results

Indianapolis 500 results

References

1. Howard Hall Career Stats Archived 2012-02-16 at the Wayback Machine, Indy500.com
2. Horseless Age. 1911. Retrieved 2012-10-03. Hall was formerly Chevrolet's mechanician.
3. "1909 Portola Festival Race". motorsport.com. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
4. "Riding Mechanics in GP prior to 1925". Autosport. February 4, 2003. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
5. "Velies race to victories". March 25, 2002. Retrieved 2012-10-03. Driver Howard Hall averaged 65.4 mph for the entire 500 miles and even reached 90 mph at times! But the race was called after 7 hours 23 minutes, leaving the Velie and 17 other cars still on the track. Only the first ten received a share of the $25,000 prize money.
6. Old Racing Cars Retrieved September 5, 2015

External links

• Howard Hall at ChampCarStats.com

• 1885 births
• Indianapolis 500 drivers
• Sportspeople from Toledo, Ohio
• Racing drivers from Ohio
• 1940 deaths