Albert Francis Dingley (August 21, 1885 – April 7, 1966) was an American racing driver.

Racing career

Having started his career on the West Coast by 1904, Dingley appeared in a couple of Vanderbilt Cup races and sustained serious injuries at Tacoma in 1914.

1909 AAA national championship

Dingley was selected as the 1909 "driver of the year" by American automotive journal Motor Age. He gained recognition as the 1909 national champion by the AAA Contest Board when championship results were retrospectively calculated in 1927. However, when results were being revisited in 1951 by negationist sportswriter Russ Catlin, who selected "winners" of retroactively awarded 1902 through 1908 championships, Dingley was stripped of the 1909 revisionist championship, which was instead given to George Robertson.

Death

Dingley died in a nursing home in Beech Grove, Indiana on April 7, 1966, aged 80.

Motorsports career results

Indianapolis 500 results