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Stubby Stubblefield

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Some sources give his birthdate as December 28, 1909, but most sources say 1907 with no month or day specified. Furthermore, a newspaper article states that he was 27 years old at the time of his death, which implies a birthdate between May 22, 1907 and May 21, 1908. At the time of his death, his
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when he and Leo Whitaker (his riding mechanic) struck a wall on a time trial run; both were killed. At the time of the crash, their speed was about 116 miles per hour. He is buried at
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lists him as being the age of two when his family was recorded on April 25, 1910, and living in
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Stubblefield was the first driver ever killed during a qualification attempt at the
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Stubblefield and mechanic Otto Wolfer at the 1932 Indianapolis 500
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Indianapolis, Indiana
Champ Car
1933
1930
Detroit
1934
Mines Field
1932
Roby
Poles
racing driver
1935 Indianapolis 500
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Oklahoma
United States Census
Oklahoma City
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Angeles Abbey Memorial Park
Compton, California
National Sprint Car Hall of Fame
1931
1932
1933
1934


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