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Gil Andersen
Gil Andersen (sometimes misspelled Anderson) (27 September 1879 – 26 July 1935) was a Norwegian-American racecar driver active during the formative years of auto racing.
==Biography==
Gil Andersen was born on September 27, 1879 in Horten, Vestfold county, Norway. He later became a full citizen of the United States. He competed in the first six Indianapolis 500 races, appearing in annual races from 1911 through 1916. For the 1911 Indianapolis 500, all of the drivers except for Gil Andersen were American citizens.〔( ''1911 Indianapolis 500''(Autoblog) )〕 One his major victories was in the 1913 Elgin Road Race, which he won at an average speed of 71 mph.On October 9, 1915, Anderson set a new auto speed record of 102.6 mph , winning the first Astor Cup race at Sheepshead Bay. N.Y. 〔The Encyclopedia of American Facts & Dates, Gordon Carruth, Eighth Edition, Harper & Row〕 In 1928 Andersen established a new American stock car speed record, when he clocked 106.52 mph in a Stutz Blackhawk on the measured mile at Daytona Beach, Florida.
He worked as an engineer for the Stutz Motor Company. Stutz was in operation from 1911 and continued through 1935. Gil Andersen also was a co-founder of the ReVere Motor Company. ReVere Motor Company is a defunct luxury car manufacturing company which was in operation from 1918 until 1926.〔''Gil Andersen'' (The Indy 500 drivers — Where are they now?())〕
Gil Andersen died on July 26, 1935 in Logansport, Indiana at age 55.
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