Tags: Motorsport Racer, Racing Driver.
Joel Thorne (16 October 1914 New York City – 17 October 1955 North Hollywood California) was an American racecar driver engineer and playboy. He died when he crashed his private plane after what witnesses described as stunting into an apartment building killing eight residents including a two-month-old baby. Thorne raced his own cars is the Indianapolis 500 and later went on to attempt to design aircraft.