De Palma, Ralph

De Palma, Ralph

▪ American athlete and manufacturer
born Jan. 23, 1884, Italy
died March 31, 1956, South Pasadena, Calif., U.S.
 American automobile-racing driver, one of the most popular and successful competitors in the early days of the sport.

      A U.S. resident from 1892, De Palma raced bicycles and motorcycles before turning to auto racing. He was the national champion driver in 1912 and 1914 and won the 1915 Indianapolis 500. On Feb. 12, 1919, at Daytona Beach, Fla., he set a world speed record for one mile: 149.875 miles (241.15 km) per hour. He retired in 1934. In 1916 he founded the De Palma Manufacturing Company, Detroit, to build racing cars and engines for automobiles and aircraft. Earlier he had helped design the Liberty aircraft engine, which was widely used in World War I.

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