{{Short description|American auto racing builder}} {{sources needed|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Wayne Ewing | image = A_J_Watson_Wayne_Ewing.jpg | caption = Ewing (bottom) with A. J. Watson | birth_name = Albert Wayne Ewing | birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|03|27}} | birth_place = Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1986|02|12|1927|03|27}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | occupation = Auto racing builder }}
'''Albert Wayne Ewing''' (March 27, 1927 – February 12, 1986) was an American race car builder.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classiccarweekly.net/2021/07/22/1960-ewing-offenhauser/ |title=Ewing Dean Van Lines Special |website=Classic Car Weekly |date=22 July 2021 |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> Ewing started as engineer on drag-racers, before joining as a metal-working engineer on the Indy car team assembled by A. J. Watson. Ewing occasionally branched out as an independent builder,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Dick |date=September 1, 2011 |title=The A. J. Watson Story |url=https://www.motortrend.com/news/1109rc-the-aj-watson-story/ |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=MotorTrend}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1961 Ewing Dean Van Lines Special |url=https://www.conceptcarz.com/z23799/ewing-dean-van-lines-special.aspx |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=conceptcarz.com |language=en}}</ref> and his cars competed in several Indianapolis 500s.<ref name="statsf11950"/><ref name="statsf11960"/> Notably, Eddie Sachs qualified on the pole for the 1960 Indianapolis 500 driving a Ewing-constructed car.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wright |first=Alfred |title=THE WIZARD OF INDY |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1960/05/30/the-wizard-of-indy |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=Sports Illustrated Vault {{!}} SI.com |language=en-us}}</ref>
== Select Indianapolis 500 results ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! Season ! Driver ! Grid ! Classification ! Points ! Note ! Race report |- | 1950 | Jimmy Davies | 27 | 17 | | | Report |- | 1960 | Eddie Sachs | 1 | 21 | | Magneto | Report |- | 1960 | Al Herman | 30 | 32 | | Clutch | Report |- |colspan=7|{{center|Sources: <ref name="statsf11950">{{cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/ewing/grand-prix-1950.aspx|title=Ewing - Grands Prix started 1950 |website=StatsF1|access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref><ref name="statsf11960">{{cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/ewing/grand-prix-1960.aspx|title=Ewing - Grands Prix started 1960 |website=StatsF1|access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref>}} |}
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== External links ==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ewing, Wayne}} Category:1927 births Category:1986 deaths Category:American Championship racing cars Category:American racecar constructors Category:Auto racing people Category:Formula One constructors (Indianapolis only) Category:People from Terre Haute, Indiana Category:20th-century American people