Caleb Smith Bragg was an American

United States

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 racecar driver, speedboat racer, aviation pioneer, and automotive inventor. He participated in the 1911, 1913 and 1914 Indianapolis 500

Indianapolis 500

The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, also known as the Indianapolis 500, the 500 Miles at Indianapolis, the Indy 500 or The 500, is an American automobile race, held annually, typically on the last weekend in May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana...

. In speedboat racing, Caleb won three consecutive APBA Challenge Cup races in Detroit from 1923-1925. He was the inventor of the Bragg-Kliesrath brake

Bragg-Kliesrath brake

The Bragg Kliesrath was a vacuum assisted brake invented by Caleb Smith Bragg and Victor William Kliesrath....

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Biography

He was born on November 23, 1885 in Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio

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 to Cais C. Bragg and Eugenia Hofer. While at Yale University

Yale University

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 he became interested in automobile racing. He graduated from Yale in 1908 and took a post-graduate engineering course at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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 in 1909.

In speedboat racing, Caleb won three consecutive APBA Challenge Cup races in Detroit from 1923-1925. He died on 24 October 1943 in New York City, New York.

Indy 500 results

EWLINE Year Car Start Qual Rank Finish Laps Led Retired 1911 1911 Indianapolis 500 The 1911 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, or International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Tuesday, May 30, 1911... 39 35 — — 37 24 0 Crash in pits 1913 1913 Indianapolis 500 The 1913 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, or International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race, the third such race in history, was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday, May 30, 1913.-Qualification results:... 19 1 87.340 2 15 128 1 Pump shaft 1914 1914 Indianapolis 500 The 1914 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, or International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race, the fourth such race in history, was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 30, 1914.... 21 9 92.970 7 19 117 1 Camshaft Totals 269 2

EWLINE Starts 3 Poles 1 Front Row 1 Wins 0 Top 5 0 Top 10 0 Retired 3