Jack Tower



















Jack Tower

Jack Tower Indianapolis 1911.jpg
Tower at the 1911 Indianapolis 500

Nationality American
Born
(1886-03-27)March 27, 1886
Escanaba, Michigan
Died
(1950-09-21)September 21, 1950
Eaton, Michigan

Jack Tower was an American racecar driver and riding mechanic. He lived in Flint, Michigan. Tower was the fastest qualifier at the 1913 Indianapolis 500, but started from the back row as the grid was determined by a blind draw. Tower was a manager at Studebaker, who also ran a cyclecar company. Tower - whose real name was Elmer Vernon Jack Tower, remained involved in the car industry and had many patents to his name regarding the automotive industry. These included a clutch disk, a clutch construction device, a transmission device, a clutch plate and a steering wheel invention. [1]



Indy 500 results














































Year
Car
Start
Qual
Rank
Finish
Laps
Led
Retired

1911
26
23


24
126
0
Flagged

1913
6
25
88.230
1
19
51
0
Crash T1

Totals
177
0
































Starts
2
Poles
0
Front Row
0
Wins
0
Top 5
0
Top 10
0
Retired
1



References





  1. ^ http://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Jack_Tower




External links








  • Jack Tower statistics at ChampCarStats.com












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