Charles Lucien Basle (8 January 1885
Paris – 4 February 1962
Los Angeles, California) was a French
racecar driver. Basle did most of his racing in the 1900s and early 1910s. He won a 24 Hour race at
Brighton Beach in August 1909. Basle made 9 starts in AAA sanctioned races, including the 1911
International Sweepstakes. After a 10-year break, Basle made a surprise reappearance at the
Los Angeles Speedway board track in 1922. His younger brother, Marcel, died in a racing accident at Chicago in June 1911.
Charles Basle lived in Los Angeles for many years, where he worked in the auto industry. He eventually operated an auto repair business. He is buried in San Gabriel Mission Cemetery in
San Gabriel, California
San Gabriel (Spanish for " St. Gabriel") is a city located in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California. At the 2010 census, the population was 39,718.
San Gabriel was founded by the Spanish in 1771, when Mission San Gabriel Arc ...
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1885 births
1962 deaths
French racing drivers
Indianapolis 500 drivers
French expatriates in the United States
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