Travis Leon "Spider" Webb was an American racing driver.
24 Facts About Travis Webb
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Travis Webb was the 1948 American Automobile Association Midwest Sprint Car champion.
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Travis Webb's parents moved the family to Los Angeles, California in 1923.
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Travis Webb began racing on the Muroc Dry Lake in 1928.
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Travis Webb decided to stop racing on the long straightaways and decided to focus on dirt oval racing of Southern California.
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Travis Webb won the final CSRA race of the 1938 season at Winchester Speedway.
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Travis Webb switched from the CSRA to the American Automobile Association Midwest series in 1941 and finished fourth in the season points.
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Travis Webb started the 1948 season by winning seven times and finishing second in the first eight races.
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Travis Webb started the 1949 season with a new sprint car that he co-owned; by June he had moved back to a car owned by Johnny Vance.
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In 1939, Travis Webb made a one-off American Automobile Association Champ Car start at the Milwaukee Mile; he started last in the 17 car field and finished seventh.
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Travis Webb made two Champ Car starts in 1946; he finished tenth at the Indiana State Fairgrounds and eighth at Milwaukee.
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Travis Webb was offered a ride from Mutt Anderson into the 1948 Indianapolis 500 but did not qualify.
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Travis Webb's race ended early after an oil line failure; he finished 27th after completing 27 of 200 laps.
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Travis Webb switched to a car owned by Charles Bowes starting with the ninth race of the 1949 season after Mel Hansen was unable to race.
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Travis Webb started on the pole position for Syracuse race before finishing third.
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Travis Webb finished second at Detroit and eighth at Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack.
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Travis Webb finished the 1950 Indianapolis 500 in 20th place after the race was shorted due to rain on lap 138.
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Travis Webb did not qualify for four races and finished 18th in his only other Champ Car race at Springfield.
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Travis Webb got bumped out of the field for the 1952 Indianapolis 500 but made the field in a last-minute qualifying attempt for Bromme.
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Travis Webb finished 22nd after having to retire with an oil leak late in the race.
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Travis Webb did not qualify for five events and finished 15th in the event that he did qualify.
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Travis Webb participated in four World Drivers' Championship races at Indianapolis.
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Travis Webb purchased earthmoving equipment and worked on the Los Angeles Zoo construction.
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Travis Webb died at the age of 79 in McMinnville, Oregon.