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Born | July 23, 1916 Akron, Ohio |
Died | February 19, 2002 Miami, Florida |
Organization | Ted Hansen Racing |
Title | Team Owner |
Predecessor | Created |
Successor | None |
Theodore Walter Hansen (23 July 1916 - 19 Feburary 2002) was an American businessman known as an early pioneer of stock car racing. Hansen is most famous for his partnership with Studebaker and Cameron Yost, a pairing which lead to Yost winning the first two National Stock Car Series championships in 1950 and 1951. Though dominant in the early part of the 1950's, the latter half of the decade would see Hansen's partnerships with both Studebaker and Yost end, though his personal friendship with Yost endured until his death in 2002.
Early Life[edit | edit source]
National Stock Car Series[edit | edit source]
Hansen had a minor comeback as a minority partner with his cousin Tom's team starting in 1960; Tom's untimely death at Lime Rock Park in 1961 ended Ted's final foray into motorsports.