Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Ken_Wharton> ?p ?o }
- Ken_Wharton abstract "Ken Wharton (21 March 1916, Smethwick – 12 January 1957, Ardmore, Auckland, New Zealand) was a British racing driver from England. He competed in off-road trials, hillclimbs, and rallying, and also raced sports cars and single-seaters. He began racing in the new National 500cc Formula in his own special, and later acquired a Cooper. His World Championship Grand Prix debut was at the 1952 Swiss event, run to Formula 2 regulations, where he started from 13th position on the grid and finished 4th. He participated in a total of 15 World Championship Grands Prix, from which he scored 3 championship points.In 1951 he "travelled abroad, with Peter Bell's 2-litre E.R.A., to finish 3rd overall in the Susa/Mont Cenis hill-climb and 4th overall in the Aosta/Grand Saint Bernard hill-climb. With a Cooper 500 he also competed in the German Freiburg hill-climb where he was runner-up in the 500 cc class to Stirling Moss." Wharton won the Freiburg event outright in the E.R.A. on 5 August, climbing the 7.4 miles of the Schauinsland Pass, in 8 minutes 5.33 seconds. On 19 August he was fastest at the Vue des Alpes hill-climb, with a time of 3 minutes 57.8 seconds. He won the British Hill Climb Championship every year from 1951 to 1954, and remains the only driver to have won four successive BHCC titles. Other successes with ERA R4D included winning the Brighton Speed Trials in 1954, 1955 and 1956.Success in rallies included winning the Tulip Rally in 1949, 1950 and 1952, driving Fords. He also became British Trials Champion.On 4 July 1954, he and Peter Whitehead won the Reims 12-hour race in a Jaguar D-Type.In 1957 Wharton was fatally injured when his Ferrari Monza crashed in a sports car race at the Ardmore Circuit in New Zealand.".
- Ken_Wharton birthDate "1916-03-21".
- Ken_Wharton birthYear "1916".
- Ken_Wharton championships "0".
- Ken_Wharton deathDate "1957-01-12".
- Ken_Wharton deathYear "1957".
- Ken_Wharton fastestLap "0".
- Ken_Wharton firstRace 1952_Swiss_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton lastRace 1955_Italian_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton nationality United_Kingdom.
- Ken_Wharton podiums "0".
- Ken_Wharton poles "0".
- Ken_Wharton races "16".
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageExternalLink Wharton.htm.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageID "1235921".
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageLength "7406".
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageOutDegree "108".
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageRevisionID "650281443".
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1952_Belgian_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1952_British_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1952_Dutch_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1952_Formula_One_season.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1952_French_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1952_German_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1952_Indianapolis_500.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1952_Italian_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1952_Swiss_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1953_Argentine_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1953_Belgian_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1953_British_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1953_Dutch_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1953_Formula_One_season.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1953_French_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1953_German_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1953_Indianapolis_500.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1953_Italian_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1953_Swiss_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1954_Argentine_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1954_Belgian_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1954_British_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1954_Formula_One_season.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1954_French_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1954_German_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1954_Indianapolis_500.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1954_Italian_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1954_Spanish_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1954_Swiss_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1955_Argentine_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1955_Belgian_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1955_British_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1955_Dutch_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1955_Formula_One_season.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1955_Indianapolis_500.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1955_Italian_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink 1955_Monaco_Grand_Prix.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Ardmore,_New_Zealand.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Ardmore_Airport_(New_Zealand).
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Auckland.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Auto_racing.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink BRM.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Brighton_Speed_Trials.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Bristol_Cars.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink British_Hill_Climb_Championship.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink British_Racing_Motors.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Category:1916_births.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Category:1957_deaths.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Category:24_Hours_of_Le_Mans_drivers.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Category:BRM_Formula_One_drivers.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Category:Brighton_Speed_Trials_people.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Category:British_hillclimb_drivers.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Category:English_Formula_One_drivers.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Category:English_racing_drivers.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_from_Smethwick.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Category:Racing_drivers_killed_while_racing.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Category:Sport_deaths_in_New_Zealand.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Category:Vanwall_Formula_One_drivers.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Category:World_Sportscar_Championship_drivers.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Cooper_Car_Company.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Cooper_T20.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Cooper_T23.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Dennis_Poore.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink ERA_R4D.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink England.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink English_Racing_Automobiles.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Ferrari_Monza.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Formula_racing.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Frazer-Nash.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Frazer-Nash_421.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Frazer-Nash_FN48.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Frazer_Nash.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Grand_Prix_motor_racing.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Hillclimbing.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Inline-four_engine.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Jaguar_D-Type.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Maserati_250F.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Maserati_in_motorsport.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink New_Zealand.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Peter_Whitehead_(racing_driver).
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Racing_driver.
- Ken_Wharton wikiPageWikiLink Rallying.