Pete Romcevich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pete Romcevich

American racing driver

Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1906

Place of Birth: Gornji Milanovac, Moravica District, Serbia

Date of Death: 07-Sep-1952

Profession: engineer, racing automobile driver

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Pete Romcevich (July 7, 1906–September 7, 1952) was a Serbian-American racecar driver.
He was born Slavko Romcevicto a Serbian family in the small village of Stipan near Lasinja, Croatia in what was then the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (an autonomous kingdom within the Austro-Hungarian Empire).
Romcevich arrived to the United States in 1922 as a 16-year old, joining his brother, Gjuro (George) Romcevic who emigrated and arrived in the United State first.
George saved money and sent for Pete.
Romcevich had a successful midget car racing career and fabricated racing cars at his Speedway Garage in Roby, Indiana (now part of Hammond, Indiana).
He qualified and raced in the 1947 Indianapolis 500 driving a car owned by Anthony "Andy" Granatelli and attempted to qualify again in one of Granatelli's cars before a crash during qualifying.
He was killed in a midget race at the Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway in Detroit when his car went out of control.