Peter Hahn
23/11/1923 - 10/12/1991
Record updated 22-Nov-22
Raced at Indy in 1952
German-born racer, who resided most of his life in Detroit, Michigan. Was primarily a sportscar racer, who amongst other drives, drove a Hudson Hornet at the Carrera Panamericana in 1952. He also owned his own Turner sportscar. Hahn worked as a gardener before World War Two. Hahn was nineteen when he moved over to the United States, sailing over from Bremen to New York in 1928. Hahn, whose middle name was Johan, later settled in Goleta, California.
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