Question: What year was the man whose car failed to arrive to the 1950 Indianapolis 500 first the Italian champion?

Jeff Wood (born January 20, 1957) is an American former race car driver born in Wichita, Kansas.  He was Formula Atlantic Rookie of the Year in 1977.  He drove in the CanAm series for Carl Haas in 1981 and finished 5th in the series behind Danny Sullivan.  In 1982, driving for Bob Garnetson Racing, finished 3rd place in the 24 Hours of Daytona.  He then made his CART debut in 1983 at the Caesars Palace Grand Prix driving for Dan Gurney.  He then drove in the Formula Atlantic West Series where he won the 1985 championship.  He returned to CART in 1987 and made 4 starts for Dick Simon with his best finish being 10th.  He was away from the series in 1988, then returned in 1989 to make 5 starts for Gohr Racing, where he finished 12th at the Michigan 500.  In 1990 he drove for a new team, Todd Walther Racing, where he made his first attempt to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, but crashed in practice.  He made 10 other starts, with a 10th-place finish at Phoenix, finishing 22nd in points.  In 1991 he made 8 starts for Dale Coyne Racing, Arciero Racing, and Euromotorsports with the best finish being 13th.  7 starts in '92 for Arciero netted Wood a 12th-place finish and a single point.  In 1993 Wood attempted a nearly full season for Andrea Moda Formula/Euromotorsports but failed to qualify for 6 races and only made 8 starts and again failed to score points.  He made four more unsuccessful starts in 1994 for Euromotorsports in what would be his final races in the series.  He was named to an entry for the 1996 Indianapolis 500, but the car failed to appear.  His best finish in his 49 CART races was an 8th place that came in his second series start back in 1983 at Laguna Seca Raceway. <SEP> Charles Van Acker (14 March 1912 Brussels – 31 May 1998 South Bend, Indiana) was a Belgian-American racecar driver.  He first attempted to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 in 1946 but was too slow.  In 1947 he made the race and finished in 29th after a crash on lap 24.  He also competed in seven more races of the national trail that season and finished 4th in points.  In 1948 he 11th in the Indy 500 and 10th in the National Championship.  1949 saw him crash 10 laps into the Indy 500 and struggle to qualify much of the rest of the season.  He attempted the 1950 Indianapolis 500 but failed to qualify in what would be his last Championship Car appearance. <SEP> Dottore Emilio Giuseppe "Nino" Farina (30 October 1906 – 30 June 1966), was an Italian racing driver and was the first official Formula One World Champion, gaining the title in 1950.  He was also the Italian Champion in 1937, 1938 and 1939.  During his thirty-year racing career he suffered a series of accidents. <SEP> The 34th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Tuesday, May 30, 1950.  The event was part of the 1950 AAA National Championship Trail.  It was also race 3 of 7 in the 1950 World Championship of Drivers and paid points towards the World Championship.  The event, however, did not attract any European entries for 1950.  Giuseppe Farina originally planned to enter, but his car never arrived.  The Indianapolis 500 would be included on the World Championship calendar through 1960.