Len Zengel

Leonard Joseph Zengel was an American racing driver.

Biography

Zengel was born on March 15, 1887, in Dayton, Ohio, to Leonard A. Zengel and Jennie L. Pomeroy. He had seven siblings.
On October 8, 1910, Zengel won the annual Fairmount Park road race in Philadelphia driving a Chadwick Engineering Works auto.
In 1911, Zengel won the Elgin Trophy.
Zengel participated in the 1912 Indianapolis 500.
Zengel married Mary L. Howell and had a son, Leonard Joseph Zengel Jr. who died in a car accident when he fell asleep at the wheel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He had a daughter, Betty Jean Zengel.
Zengel operated a Chrysler and Plymouth dealership.
Zengel died on September 24, 1963, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, at age 76.