Len Zengel

Leonard Joseph Zengel (March 15, 1887 – September 24, 1963) was an American racing driver.

Biography
Zengel was born on March 15, 1887, in Dayton, Ohio, to Leonard A. Zengel (1857-1930). He had seven siblings.

On October 8, 1910, Zengel won the annual Fairmount Park road race in Philadelphia driving a Chadwick Engineering Works auto.

In 1911 he won the Elgin Trophy.

He participated in the 1912 Indianapolis 500.

He married Mary L. Howell and had a son, Leonard Joseph Zengel Jr. (1915-1944) who died in a car accident when he fell asleep at the wheel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He had a daughter, Betty Jean Zengel.

He operated a Chrysler and Plymouth dealership.

Zengel died on September 24, 1963, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, at age 76.