# Bud Tingelstad

Bud Tingelstad (April 4, 1928 – July 30, 1981) was an American racecar driver.
Born in Frazee, Minnesota, Tingelstad drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1960–1971 seasons with 120 starts, including the Indianapolis 500 in each year except 1961 and 1970, attempting, but failing to qualify in both of those years and also attempting to qualify in 1972. His best Indy 500 finish was sixth in 1964. He had 56 top-ten race finishes, with his one victory in 1966 at DuQuoin. He had a best Championship points finish of 5th in 1964. He died of a heart attack in Indianapolis, Indiana.

## Complete USAC Championship Car results

| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | Pos | Points |
| 1960 | TRE | INDY 9 | MIL DNQ | LAN | SPR | MIL DNQ | DUQ | SYR DNQ | ISF DNQ | TRE 14 | SAC 12 | PHX DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25th | 210 |
| 1961 | TRE | INDY DNQ | MIL DNQ | LAN | MIL 14 | SPR DNQ | DUQ 11 | SYR DNQ | ISF DNQ | TRE DNQ | SAC DNQ | PHX | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 39th | 20 |
| 1962 | TRE 21 | INDY 15 | MIL 7 | LAN | TRE 9 | SPR | MIL 7 | LAN | SYR DNQ | ISF DNQ | TRE | SAC DNQ | PHX DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16th | 240 |
| 1963 | TRE | INDY 28 | MIL 15 | LAN | TRE 9 | SPR 11 | MIL 18 | DUQ 12 | ISF | TRE 2 | SAC 13 | PHX 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13th | 490 |
| 1964 | PHX 8 | TRE 17 | INDY 6 | MIL 3 | LAN 15 | TRE 9 | SPR 8 | MIL 4 | DUQ 8 | ISF 5 | TRE 3 | SAC 10 | PHX 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5th | 1,640 |
| 1965 | PHX 13 | TRE 4 | INDY 16 | MIL 18 | LAN 4 | PPR | TRE 15 | IRP | ATL 14 | LAN 19 | MIL 21 | ISF 7 | MIL 13 | DSF 16 | INF 14 | TRE | SAC 16 | PHX 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 20th | 460 |
| 1966 | PHX 4 | TRE 5 | INDY 21 | MIL 12 | LAN 18 | ATL 28 | PIP | IRP 17 | LAN 6 | SPR 7 | MIL 11 | DUQ 1 | ISF 7 | TRE 14 | SAC 8 | PHX 25 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10th | 870 |
| 1967 | PHX | TRE 18 | INDY 14 | MIL 17 | LAN 8 | PIP | MOS 13 | MOS 13 | IRP 10 | LAN 9 | MTR 21 | MTR | SPR 3 | MIL 9 | DUQ 7 | ISF DNQ | TRE 5 | SAC 8 | HAN 6 | PHX 7 | RIV 27 | | | | | | | | 10th | 965 |
| 1968 | HAN 18 | LVG | PHX 7 | TRE DNS | INDY 16 | MIL 9 | MOS DNQ | MOS | LAN 19 | PIP | CDR 13 | NAZ 13 | IRP 16 | IRP 5 | LAN 15 | LAN 2 | MTR | MTR | SPR 8 | MIL 18 | DUQ DNQ | ISF DNQ | TRE 3 | SAC 8 | MCH 9 | HAN 7 | PHX 10 | RIV | 14th | 1,016 |
| 1969 | PHX | HAN | INDY 15 | MIL 4 | LAN 13 | PIP | CDR DNQ | NAZ 4 | TRE 24 | IRP 11 | IRP 5 | MIL 15 | SPR 13 | DOV 15 | DUQ DNQ | ISF 9 | BRN | BRN | TRE 3 | SAC DNS | KEN | KEN | PHX 11 | RIV | | | | | 15th | 920 |
| 1970 | PHX | SON | TRE | INDY DNQ | MIL | LAN | CDR | MCH | IRP | SPR | MIL 25 | ONT 24 | DUQ 16 | ISF | SED DNQ | TRE 10 | SAC | PHX 18 | | | | | | | | | | | 40th | 90 |
| 1971 | RAF | RAF | PHX | TRE | INDY 7 | MIL DNQ | POC 19 | MCH | MIL | ONT 17 | TRE | PHX | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22nd | 300 |
| 1972 | PHX | TRE | INDY DNQ | MIL | MCH | POC | MIL | ONT | TRE | PHX | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - | 0 |
| 1974 | ONT | ONT | ONT DNS | PHX | TRE | INDY | MIL | POC | MCH | MIL | MCH | TRE | TRE | PHX | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - | 0 |

## Indy 500 results

| Year | Car | Start | Qual | Rank | Finish | Laps | Led | Retired |
| 1960 | 18 | 28 | 142.354 | 29 | 9 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 1962 | 5 | 10 | 147.753 | 10 | 15 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 1963 | 54 | 25 | 148.227 | 27 | 28 | 46 | 0 | Crash T2 |
| 1964 | 15 | 19 | 151.210 | 26 | 6 | 198 | 0 | Flagged |
| 1965 | 5 | 24 | 154.672 | 23 | 16 | 115 | 0 | Crash T3 |
| 1966 | 22 | 27 | 159.144 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 0 | Overheating |
| 1967 | 10 | 25 | 163.228 | 22 | 14 | 182 | 0 | Spun FS |
| 1968 | 10 | 18 | 164.444 | 17 | 16 | 158 | 0 | Oil Pressure |
| 1969 | 15 | 18 | 166.597 | 18 | 15 | 155 | 0 | Engine |
| 1971 | 58 | 17 | 170.156 | 24 | 7 | 198 | 0 | Flagged |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 1468 | 0 | |
| Starts | 10 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Front Row | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Top 5 | 0 |
| Top 10 | 3 |
| Retired | 6 |

## World Championship career summary

The Indianapolis 500 was part of the FIA World Championship from 1950 through 1960. Drivers competing at Indy during those years were credited with World Championship points and participation. Bud Tingelstad participated in 1 World Championship race but scored no World Championship points.