W. E. Shattuc
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William E. Shattuc was an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 racecar driver. Being a practicing pulmonary physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...

 in Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...

 earned him the nickname "Doc". He arguably was the first member of his profession to race at Indianapolis.

Dr. Shattuc was the grandson of William Bunn Shattuc, a former Congressman from Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

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Indy 500 results

EWLINE
Year Car Start Qual Rank Finish Laps Led Retired
1925
1925 Indianapolis 500
Results of the 1925 Indianapolis 500 held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 30, 1925....

15 14 102.070 17 9 200 0 Running
1926
1926 Indianapolis 500
Results of the 1926 Indianapolis 500 held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday, May 31, 1926. "Twenty-eight cars, groomed to mirror brilliance, wheeled in behind Louis Chevrolet and his Chrysler pace car for the start." -Footnotes:...

22 10 104.977 11 27 15 0 Valve
1927
1927 Indianapolis 500
Results of the 1927 Indianapolis 500 held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday, May 30, 1927....

17 16 107.060 26 22 83 0 Valve
Totals 298 0
EWLINE
Starts 3
Poles 0
Front Row 0
Wins 0
Top 5 0
Top 10 1
Retired 2
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