Frank DelRoy

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Frank Jerry DelRoy (born Frank DeRosa, November 7, 1912 – April 23, 1978) was an American auto racing official and race car builder.

Career

After an early career as a riding mechanic, DelRoy worked in a purely off-track capacity for racers such as Ted Horn and Mike Nazaruk. In late 1955, the American Automobile Association – which through its Contest Board sanctioned Indy car and most other disciplines of auto racing in the United States – withdrew from racing. In 1958 DelRoy was hired as a technical official by the newly-formed United States Auto Club (USAC). DelRoy's cars competed in one round of the FIA World Championship - the 1953 Indianapolis 500.

Death

On April 23, 1978, DelRoy – by then Chairman of the USAC Technical Committee – along with a pilot and seven other USAC officials, was killed when his flight home from a race in Trenton, New Jersey crashed in a farm field south of Indianapolis, Indiana.

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