Jimmy Daywalt

Jimmy Daywalt is an American Formula 1 driver with 7 race starts from 1953 to 1959, 0 wins, 0 pole positions, 0 podiums and 0 championship points.

Daywalt's first start was the 1953 Indianapolis 500 for Kurtis Kraft, from 21st on the grid, finishing 6th. The best season was 1953: 23rd in the championship with 0 points, for Kurtis Kraft. The longest team-mate pairing was with Paul Russo, 6 races: Daywalt finished ahead 1 times to 4 when both were classified, and out-qualified Russo 2 times to 4. 4 of the 7 starts ended in a retirement (57%).

Nationality: American
Born: 28 Aug 1924
Active: 1953 to 1959, 6 seasons
Teams: Kurtis Kraft, Nichels

Starts	Wins	Poles	Podiums	Fastest laps	Laps led	Points	DNFs	Best finish	Best championship
7	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	4	6th	23rd

Compare with team-mates: Paul Russo, Andy Linden, Johnnie Parsons, Fred Agabashian. Or anyone else.

Season by season

Explained: how points and the championships work · how the points system changed since 1950 · the closest and most one-sided team-mate pairings.

Bars: points per season, in the colour of that season's team (left scale). Line: championship position, first at the top (right scale). Hover or tap for the details of a season.

Season	Team	Races	Championship
1959	Kurtis Kraft	1	45th
1957	Kurtis Kraft	1	71st
1956	Kurtis Kraft	1	73rd
1955	Kurtis Kraft	1	39th
1954	Nichels, Kurtis Kraft	2	87th
1953	Kurtis Kraft	1	23rd

By team

Team	Years	Starts	Wins	Poles	Podiums	Points
Kurtis Kraft	1953–1959	6	0	0	0	0
Nichels	1954	1	0	0	0	0

Every race

Race	Team	Grid	Finish	Status
1959 Indianapolis 500	Kurtis Kraft	13	14	Finished
1957 Indianapolis 500	Kurtis Kraft	29	R	Accident
1956 Indianapolis 500	Kurtis Kraft	16	R	Accident
1955 Indianapolis 500	Kurtis Kraft	17	9	Finished
1954 Indianapolis 500	Kurtis Kraft	2	R	Accident
1954 Indianapolis 500	Nichels	4	R	Retired
1953 Indianapolis 500	Kurtis Kraft	21	6	Finished