Cole Engine



Cole Engine (born December 4, 1936) is a former racer who competed in Formula 1 and RARCAR. In both sports, he had great success, best being remembered for his 1986 Fried Chicken 500 and 1965 championship. He raced from the 1960s until 1991 where he had a major career ending crash that changed his life.

Cole is also the father of famous driver Chad Engine.

Early life
Cole Engine was born on December 4, 1936 in California, USA. During high school, he was very athletic, joining the football team, he thought about doing football as a career until he saw a go-kart for the very first time.

Cole picked up go-karting during his junior year of high school, he was very talented, picking up multiple wins. After he graduated high school, an Formula 1 team owner had saw his talent and requested him to join his team, Cole without doubt accepted the offer.

1961-1963: First seasons
Cole's first race was in 1961, at France. Cole did very well and finished in the top 10. In his next few races, Cole got good positions for standings, he finally got his first win in the United States Grands Prix.

Cole did well in 1962, earning the pole position for the first race, he finished 5th in the same race, shortly after, Cole won the Monaco Grand Prix.

Cole did not participate in the Italian Grand Prix, as his son Chad was born around that time, Cole had sold his trophies to buy all the needs his son had to have.

1964-1966: Success
While Cole didn't have much success in 1964, 1965 was his year, he had won 80% of the races during the season, Cole finished 1st in the standings and won the overall season.

In 1966, Cole had a dramatic finish in the Dutch Grand Prix, he had finished 1st just 0.004 of a second faster than the other driver, he overall scored 4th in standings

Cole never had that much success after 1966.

1978: Retirement
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