Walt Faulkner

Walt Faulkner, an American driver born in 1920, appears in the Formula 1 record books through the Indianapolis 500, which counted toward the World Championship from 1950 to 1960. He made five championship starts between 1950 and 1955, driving Kurtis Kraft and Kuzma machinery.

Faulkner's outright speed is preserved in the statistics: he took one pole position, a notable achievement in a five-start career. His sole championship point came in 1955 at the wheel of a Kurtis Kraft, a result that left him classified twenty-third in that year's drivers' standings.

His final record shows five starts, one pole and one point — the marks of an oval-racing specialist whose appearances in the World Championship came entirely through America's biggest race during the years it formed part of the Formula 1 calendar.