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Manuel Leaonedas Ayulo^[1] (October 20, 1921 – May 17, 1955^[2]) was an Americanracecar driver. His efforts, along with those of friend and teammateJack McGrath, helped establishtrack roadsters as viable race cars. Ayulo was killed in practice for the1955 Indianapolis 500 when his car crashed straight into a concrete wall.^[3]^[4] He was found to have not been wearing a seat belt and his pockets "were filled with wrenches".^[5]

Racing record

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Complete AAA Championship Car results

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Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pos	Points
1948	ARL 5	INDY DNQ	MIL DNQ	LAN	MIL	SPR	MIL	DUQ	ATL	PIK	SPR	DUQ				34th	100
1949	ARL	INDY 28	MIL	TRE	SPR	MIL	DUQ	PIK	SYR	DET	SPR	LAN	SAC	DMR		-	0
1950	INDY DNQ	MIL	LAN	SPR	MIL	PIK	SYR DNQ	DET	SPR	SAC	PHX DNQ	BAY 18	DAR 26			-	0
1951	INDY DNS	MIL 10	LAN 4	DAR 6	SPR 17	MIL 17	DUQ	DUQ 6	PIK	SYR 12	DET 6	DNC 7	SJS DNQ	PHX 9	BAY 11	8th	997.5
1952	INDY 20	MIL 8	RAL 15	SPR 16	MIL 12	DET 10	DUQ 8	PIK	SYR 15	DNC 9	SJS 12	PHX 4				19th	320
1953	INDY 13	MIL 14	SPR DNQ	DET 17	SPR 2	MIL 2	DUQ 2	PIK	SYR 10	ISF 2	SAC 12	PHX 4				4th	960
1954	INDY 13	MIL 2	LAN	DAR 1	SPR DNQ	MIL 1	DUQ DNQ	PIK	SYR DNQ	ISF 15	SAC 12	PHX 2	LVG 2			2nd	1.290
1955	INDY DNQ	MIL	LAN	SPR	MIL	DUQ	PIK	SYR	ISF	SAC	PHX					-	0

Indianapolis 500 results

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Year	Car	Start	Qual	Rank	Finish	Laps	Led	Retired
1949	52	33	125.799	33	28	24	0	Rod
1951	9	–	–	–	3rd*	200	11	Running
1952	8	28	135.982	10	20	184	0	Flagged
1953	88	4	136.384	15	13	184	0	Rod
1954	88	22	138.164	23	13	197	0	Flagged
Totals						589	11

Starts	4
Poles	0
Front Row	0
Wins	0
Top 5	1
Top 10	1
Retired	2

* shared drive withJack McGrath

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	WDC	Pts
1950	Coast Grain	Maserati V8RI	Offenhauser 4.5L4	GBR	MON	500 DNQ	SUI	BEL	FRA	ITA			NC	0
1951	Jack Hinkle	Kurtis Kraft 3000	Offenhauser 4.5L4	SUI	500 3*	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	ESP		15th	2
1952	Coast Grain	Lesovsky	Offenhauser 4.5L4	SUI	500 20	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	NED	ITA		NC	0
1953	Peter Schmidt	Kuzma Indy Roadster	Offenhauser 4.5L4	ARG	500 13	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	SUI	ITA	NC	0
1954	Peter Schmidt	Kuzma Indy Roadster	Offenhauser 4.5L4	ARG	500 13	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	SUI	ITA	ESP	NC	0
1955	Peter Schmidt	Kurtis Kraft 500C	Offenhauser 4.5L4	ARG	MON	500 DNQ	BEL	NED	GBR	ITA			NC	0
Source:^[6]^[7]

* Indicates shared drive withJack McGrath.

References

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^"Manny Ayulo".www.champcarstats.com. Retrieved2023-06-06.
^"California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994".FamilySearch.(registration required)
^"Ayulo critically injured when car runs into wall".The Spartanburg Herald.Associated Press. May 17, 1955.
^"Crash injuries fatal to Indianapolis racer".The Pittsburgh Press.United Press. May 17, 1955.
^"Manny Ayulo".ESPN UK.Archived from the original on 2018-10-07. Retrieved2012-06-30.
^"Manny Ayulo – Involvement".StatsF1. RetrievedApril 24, 2019.
^"Features – Traditional Hot Rods".jalopyjournal.com. RetrievedApril 24, 2019.

External links

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Profile on Historic Racing Archived 2019-11-03 at theWayback Machine
Manny Ayulo atFind a Grave

Sporting positions
Preceded by Mario Alborghetti	Formula One fatal accidents May 17, 1955	Succeeded by Bill Vukovich
Records
Preceded by Alberto Ascari 31 years, 312 days (1950 Monaco GP)	Youngest driver to score a podium position in Formula One 29 years, 221 days (1951 Indianapolis 500) Shared a car withJack McGrath (31 years, 233 days). Mike Nazaruk (29 years, 239 days) finished on podium at the same race, but single. All three were younger than the previous record-holder Ascari.	Succeeded by José Froilán González 28 years, 269 days (1951 French GP)
Preceded by Mike Nazaruk 29 years, 239 days (1951 Indianapolis 500)	Youngest driver to score points in Formula One 29 years, 221 days (1951 Indianapolis 500)	Succeeded by Andy Linden 29 years, 54 days (1951 Indianapolis 500)