Teddy Tetzlaff(1883-1929)
- Actor
Teddy Tetzlaff was one of the best-known American racing car drivers of
the early 20th century, and he held several different speed records at
one time or another. In 1914, Tetzlaff set a world speed record of over
142 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, and once in a
race at Corona, California Tetzlaff turned in what at the time was the
fastest lap speed in the USA. Tetzlaff also twice briefly held the
one-lap qualifying record at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but he was
never able to win the Indy 500. He drove in the race four times, with
his best finish being second place in 1912. Tetzlaff was featured in
The Speed Kings (1913) with Mabel Normand.
